not exactly noteworthy these days
Australia are minnows of the game

cant you people think of anything original?

Socceroos are facing the prospect of having to clear 1998 and 2002 hurdles in one leap just to get to 2014

Stuckey wrote: What is with Australia and crossing?

well if the average Australian player cannot weight or direct a pass how could you expect them to deliver an accurate cross?

looks like Oman are going to Brazil

irony

"Stitch This" follows me around wherever i go, sniping all the way. the poor chap is obsessed with me.

Bomber wrote:One must take into account that it was only the Crows that were visiting. That away strip alone would have kept one or two thousand away!

true. friends in Melbourne and Sydney consider matches against the Crows as byes. there's no interest there.

it is a soap opera, so who cares about this stuff?

none of it affects us in any way. its been way over covered

Wraith wrote:

rulebritannia wrote:how many kids lives will be saved because he shaved his head?

Every dollar helps.

Good on him.

helps who?

how many kids lives will be saved because he shaved his head?

bubu wrote:hasnt this topic gone majorly off tangent.....

another maths wiz among us

Bomber wrote:

rulebritannia wrote:Adelbrain

"we're always so hard done by those eastern states"

banjo town syndrome

Is that why YOU are here? Figures

you luddites require my expertise, what can i say

Adelbrain

"we're always so hard done by those eastern states"

banjo town syndrome

i feel sorry for them all

he is pretty dreadful but overall the standard of decisions has improved in ODIs being played in this country, mainly due to DRS and neutral umpires

original point still stands that in 1981 nothing can be taken for granted with regards to LBW in Australia

God is an Englishman wrote:

rulebritannia wrote:

God is an Englishman wrote:
Well, we'll never know but in those circumstances I don't believe there's an umpire in the world that would give it.

Australian umpires weren't renowned for their integrity during that period

and they are now

well they have DRS to answer to now

God is an Englishman wrote:
Well, we'll never know but in those circumstances I don't believe there's an umpire in the world that would give it.

Australian umpires weren't renowned for their integrity during that period

adam wrote:

he was born in South Australia too

Bacon888 wrote:

rulebritannia wrote:

Bacon888 wrote:
If it's in the rules, then it can't be cheating.

show me where its in the rules that state one can use an oversized putter

Show me in the rules where it states you can't.

you just told me it was in the rules.
i knew you couldnt do it.

In that case, am I a cheat because my driver is not made of wood? My squash racquet is also not made of wood and I don't put nails into the bottom of my work boots to play football in. if your squash racquet was twice normal size you might have a problem or if you played cricket with a bat as wide ...

In that case, am I a cheat because my driver is not made of wood? My squash racquet is also not made of wood and I don't put nails into the bottom of my work boots to play football in. if your squash racquet was twice normal size you might have a problem or if you played cricket with a bat as wide ...

God is an Englishman wrote:why is he a cheat? All I can think of is the putter, but it's legal FOR NOW!

fair enough its legal, but its not golf
he's not a golfer unless he uses standard golf clubs

also, he's referred to as a Queenslander. i suspect he learned to play pool there.

how is this Dank a disgraced scientist?

has he been found guilty of doing anything illegal yet?

kevinkeegan wrote:ASADA need a scalp.
Politics before policy

it looks that way

1. he left South Australia at an early age
2. he's a cheat

Cor blimey! Reminds one of the film/book "A Clockwork Orange" set in futuristic Britain where the anti-hero & narrator Alex is out with his 'droogs' (mates) to find a bit of the old ultra-violence. But seriously, I avoided mainstream TV news (Channels 7, 9, 10). Did they beat up the s...

Cor blimey! Reminds one of the film/book "A Clockwork Orange" set in futuristic Britain where the anti-hero & narrator Alex is out with his 'droogs' (mates) to find a bit of the old ultra-violence. But seriously, I avoided mainstream TV news (Channels 7, 9, 10). Did they beat up the s...

seems to be a big beat up

there's no balanced reporting in the media at all, they all seem to want to stick a boot in

and showing a pic of a little girl crying was just using emotional propaganda. maybe she was crying because they lost.

God is an Englishman wrote:

kevinkeegan wrote:The 3 strikes policy relates to recreational drugs.
You could argue that the afl go beyond the call of duty in relation to this.
Does your employer have the right to randomly test you for this?

yes he does.

yes same here
i dont agree with it though. its a big violation of privacy.

adelaidebloke wrote:adelaide oval anyone

its a round ALF ground
no other such grounds will be used in the Asian Cup

football grounds only, AFC rules

plus Adelaide Oval is not FIFA compliant