Comments on: Serial offender Symonds just can’t help himself

By: westy

westy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:29:31 +0000

Saw Symonds having a beer at the Titans v Stgeorge time relaxed and friendly. Good luck to him. Had agreat stint with deccan Chargers and will be their next year. Will also play with QLD. Good on him.
Only left with pious pricks in the Australian cricket team. No more bad boys.
Where would Thommo go after kinghitting that soccer referee and getting banned for life.

By: Rabbitz

Rabbitz — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:17:13 +0000

With just a little luck the T20WC debacle will see the end of Hilditch & co. Which may lead to Punter being punted from the captaincy and Clarke (M) just punted.

(I can dream can’t i?)

Rabz

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:28:58 +0000

Lacks creativity? He wouldn’t know what it was if it smacked him the face. Standard fields, defensive fields, Ponting is the man at setting these. In the last Ashes series he wasn’t exposed at all, it was a combination of England not having suitable warm up matches/being rubbish and he rode on the emotions and coatails of Warne and McGrath’s last series.

Katich does have a good record and is pretty hard nosed and would probably be a good choice. However brown nose Clarke does look to have been groomed for this position for a long time and it would be hard seeing Hilditch steer away from the time and effort CA have put into him. Its all about favourites in the Aussie team.

By: Jameswm

Jameswm — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:24:44 +0000

So Ponting was exposed tactically in Australia last Ashes series?

I agree he lacks creativity and is too prone to favour the incumbents.

As I’ve said all along – Katich should be the test captain. A hard nut, but also a captain with a winning record, albeit at state level. He’d be in the Steve Waugh mould but more creative.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:17:40 +0000

Here Here. He was fortunate that in his early career he had two of the greatest bowlers of all time to turn to in times of need (Warne and McGrath). Since then he has been exposed tactically time and time again.

His handling of man management issues and his ‘favourites’ have never been a secret either. I for one am so glad Symonds has gone and hope he never comes back. The incident in Brisbane at the Normaby pub should have spelt the end of it. Sure you can go out and have a few beers, but why not stay in your hotel lobby? Why go out and ask for trouble, when you can achieve the same thing closer in surrondings closer to your teammates and friends, rather than out in the general public?

Ponting captains like he is in charge of a Under 18 side. His mentality is basically, do what you want off the field, whatever that may be, just turn up ready to play. He has no regard for anyone in his side except himself, and this constant ‘backing’ of players in public is not because he actually cares about them or there wellbeing (case in point Symo’s battling of alcoholism which he has publically stated) he just wants to win at all costs. Problem is if he goes, in comes Clarke, a loud mouth, moisturising metrosexual git.

By: FIsher Price

FIsher Price — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:59:52 +0000

Ponting is a car crash of a captain. Discuss.