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Everyone chardonnay over his eulogy. This is the same bloke who threatened to get a bowler to deliberately hurt someone a year ago.

I bet he regrets that comment now.
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Broken arm v death. Yeah, sounds fairly similar.......
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Bomber wrote:Broken arm v death. Yeah, sounds fairly similar.......
still wanted someone to be deliberately hurt. Such a nice bloke.

That incident shows how easily things can happen and he wanted someone deliberately targetted.
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I assume you still love your ex-wife, still remain friends with every kid from school, and have never changed football clubs in your life.

Or can events & circumstances change a person's viewpoint?

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Slinky_Pete wrote:I assume you still love your ex-wife, still remain friends with every kid from school, and have never changed football clubs in your life.

Or can events & circumstances change a person's viewpoint?

As I said "I bet he regrets that comment now"
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What is it with aussie cricketers not being able to deal with bouncers?
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Phil Hughes was confirmed as the first aussie to die from ebola
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God is an Englishman wrote:What is it with aussie cricketers not being able to deal with bouncers?
I knew it wouldn't take long.
God is an Englishman wrote:Oh and linking it to Hookes, even I didn't go there :)
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swannsong wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:What is it with aussie cricketers not being able to deal with bouncers?
I knew it wouldn't take long.
God is an Englishman wrote:Oh and linking it to Hookes, even I didn't go there :)

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Given the retreats, the retirements, therapy sessions last time out, I think its safe to say Johnson will still bowl at the poms bodies next time out.
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Haha watching him hobble off and then have to state that he may not play again made my day.

All because he had to be the big man and play in this test. Haha
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I get the impression that with the abundance of sport scientists, sports medicine specialists, personal trainers, dietitians, sports psychologists...they are completely doing it wrong....seems to be more soft tissue injuries than I can ever recall happening....I think they need to drink more beer and exercise less.
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Will be a sad way for a champion to go out of the game

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God is an Englishman wrote:Haha watching him hobble off and then have to state that he may not play again made my day.

All because he had to be the big man and play in this test. Haha
At least he didn't go out for psychological reasons, something your lot are only too familiar with.
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Bomber wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:Haha watching him hobble off and then have to state that he may not play again made my day.

All because he had to be the big man and play in this test. Haha
At least he didn't go out for psychological reasons, something your lot are only too familiar with.

"at least" Clarke's looks worse to me as he has shown he isn't a team player. His own big head and having to play in this game came over the team. Hope he's done and never plays again, class A chardonnay
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God is an Englishman wrote:His own big head and having to play in this game came over the team.
I to a point thought this too, but don't team selections come down to the selectors?
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Bomber wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:Haha watching him hobble off and then have to state that he may not play again made my day.

All because he had to be the big man and play in this test. Haha
At least he didn't go out for psychological reasons, something your lot are only too familiar with.
Didn't he pull out of a NZ tour a few years back for family reasons (so he could bang lara bingle)

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God is an Englishman wrote:
Bomber wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:Haha watching him hobble off and then have to state that he may not play again made my day.

All because he had to be the big man and play in this test. Haha
At least he didn't go out for psychological reasons, something your lot are only too familiar with.

"at least" Clarke's looks worse to me as he has shown he isn't a team player. His own big head and having to play in this game came over the team. Hope he's done and never plays again, class A chardonnay
Yet somehow he managed (another) century and we won by 48 runs due to some decent declarations so both teams could make a game of it. He's got more minerals in his little finger than half the previous touring english team.
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Bomber wrote:Yet somehow he managed (another) century and we won by 48 runs due to some decent declarations so both teams could make a game of it. He's got more minerals in his little finger than half the previous touring english team.
Jealous much?
Correct.

I think the English would do just about anything to have a captain like Clarke.

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wizard wrote:
Bomber wrote:Yet somehow he managed (another) century and we won by 48 runs due to some decent declarations so both teams could make a game of it. He's got more minerals in his little finger than half the previous touring english team.
Jealous much?
Correct.

I think the English would do just about anything to have a captain like Clarke.
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Bomber wrote: Yet somehow he managed (another) century and we won by 48 runs due to some decent declarations so both teams could make a game of it. He's got more minerals in his little finger than half the previous touring english team.
Jealous much?

Minerals? The same bloke who might as well have said - I'm going to get my mate on you. Coward, hypocrite and now shown to not be a team player. You're welcome to him.
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God is an Englishman wrote:
wizard wrote:
Bomber wrote:Yet somehow he managed (another) century and we won by 48 runs due to some decent declarations so both teams could make a game of it. He's got more minerals in his little finger than half the previous touring english team.
Jealous much?
Correct.

I think the English would do just about anything to have a captain like Clarke.
:lol:
Fine, keep Cook. Suits everyone who isn't England just fine.

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wizard wrote:
Bomber wrote:Yet somehow he managed (another) century and we won by 48 runs due to some decent declarations so both teams could make a game of it. He's got more minerals in his little finger than half the previous touring english team.
Jealous much?
Correct.

I think the English would do just about anything to have a captain like Clarke.
For now, I think they'd be glad just to have someone in the side that isn't scared of Johnson!
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Bomber wrote:
wizard wrote:
Bomber wrote:Yet somehow he managed (another) century and we won by 48 runs due to some decent declarations so both teams could make a game of it. He's got more minerals in his little finger than half the previous touring english team.
Jealous much?
Correct.

I think the English would do just about anything to have a captain like Clarke.
For now, I think they'd be glad just to have someone in the side that isn't scared of Johnson!
Pick me then, pick a lot of people after his last test.
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Johnson....total hypocrite.Bounces the Indian and goes to see if he's O.K. What happened to Phillip Hughes was what Johnson was trying to do to our batsmen all summer!! Just as hypocritical as his captain.

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Go crawl back under that rock you came from.
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B.Toomer wrote:Johnson....total hypocrite.Bounces the Indian and goes to see if he's O.K. What happened to Phillip Hughes was what Johnson was trying to do to our batsmen all summer!! Just as hypocritical as his captain.

I have no problem with bowling the bouncer, it's part of the game but this is the guy who forced his intimidation last year perfectly and now he's pretending he cares.

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Which B Toomer is this anyway, I assume it's not Brian.
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God is an Englishman wrote:Which B Toomer is this anyway, I assume it's not Brian.
You assume wrong.
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B.Toomer wrote:Johnson....total hypocrite.Bounces the Indian and goes to see if he's O.K. What happened to Phillip Hughes was what Johnson was trying to do to our batsmen all summer!! Just as hypocritical as his captain.
Like Jimmy Anderson, Freddy Flintoff, Darren Gough, John Snow, Chris Broad, John Lever etc etc never bowled short with the intention to soften up the batsmen. The idea behind the bouncer isn't always to cause pain, it's to force an uncharacteristic shot, to push the batsmen back in his crease. Only a fool would suggest anyone playing cricket was trying to kill the opposition as you infer in the above post - scare, inflict a little pain yes, but not kill.
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