Corona Man wrote:Wedgie wrote:Didn't realise Chad Sayers was a regular at the pub I work at till I met his father in law in the weekend!
He rang Chad from the Front Bar so everyone could have a chat to him from South Africa, it was quite surreal as the connection was clearer than when I ring the next door neighbour!
He said the side is currently confined to their hotel as its too dangerous to walk the streets, I got the impression the rest of the squad weren't going out of their way to make him feel welcome in the team too. He's hoping to get a game in the tour match.
That would not surprise, as the Aussie team is essentially the most exclusive boys club there is in this country. There may be a few blokes looking over their shoulder. I reckon if you grab your chance, if & when it presents you would get accepted into the fold though.
I disagree, I think Boof would make sure its a great team environment. In fact its what everyone said as soon as he took over from Mickey Arthur how much it turned around.
With most of the group having a NSW or WA connection there might be a few smaller groups naturally as they know each other. This isn't Chadd's first tour with most of them & has also been apart of Test squads in Aus so he should know them well enough by now surely? I could be wrong but from listing to podcasts & interviews the likes of M Marsh & Cummins seem really genuine blokes & id be surprised if they were to exclude and allow a team to exclude someone a majority of the time.
Only reason I could think off is the fact Smith & Sayers appear to not get along after Smith changed his mind on his selection in the Adelaide test & perhaps players don't want to get around the Chadd in the fear of off putting Smith perhaps?