Mitchell Johnson is Shyt

[Late Cut]

I have no idea how this dude has gotten by for this long by bowling absolute shyt. I was watching the wickets he "took" and they were all from horrid shots because the batsmen were used to the tripe he bowls and carting him all over.

[BERGKAMP]

this has been posted before but its still funny [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef4YBwBhQ6Q]Barmy Army Mitchell Johnson Song Ashes test SCG 6/1/2011 - YouTube[/ame]

[Trichromatic]

His bowling runs in a cycle. He performs once in this cycle and whichever team is unlucky, may get caught in that.

[Number]

His bowling runs in a cycle. He performs once in this cycle and whichever team is unlucky' date=' may get caught in that.[/quote'] :haha: true ...

[bulbul]

His bowling runs in a cycle. He performs once in this cycle and whichever team is unlucky' date=' may get caught in that.[/quote'] yes his bowling is cyclical...still his overall bowling stats are reasonable for a pisssst bowler

[daryl1985]

He has been off form for a long time now (barring the Perth Ashes test last year). He was good in the 2008 Border-Gavaskar trophy and for a while after but has since lost it.

[Sehwag1830]

So was Broad before Ind-England series.

[Pagalpanti]

He has still got pace just lost the banana swing he had, Kinda like Pathan.

[Karan114]

He has been off form for a long time now (barring the Perth Ashes test last year). He was good in the 2008 Border-Gavaskar trophy and for a while after but has since lost it.

His best performance came against a strong SA side in 2008-09, when he took over 30 wickets in six Tests and looked a genuine world beater. Since then it has been mediocrity punctuated by the odd brilliant performance.

[ganeshran]

He can look amazing on his day. The problem is that he tends to leak runs and is very inconsistent

[kabira]

Australia's fixation with MJ is same as India's fixation with Sreesanth. Both match winners on their day, but those days are rare these days. In between they bowl utter ***** and let other bowlers down.

[King Tendulkar]

The aussie fixation with the awful hughes is even more disturbing. He must be the worst aussie opening batsman since the days of Lohmann

[Late Cut]

He can look amazing on his day. The problem is that he tends to leak runs and is very inconsistent

What day? I looked at highlights of when he took wickets; 70% was from **** deliveries that the batsman tried to kill.

[VRV Singh]

His bowling is very ugly. Even on a good day his action says 'I have no idea what I'm doing'

[zep1706]

Australia's fixation with MJ is same as India's fixation with Sreesanth. Both match winners on their day, but those days are rare these days. In between they bowl utter ***** and let other bowlers down.

and I don't understand the fixation of Indians with that pic in your dp, how about replacing that with the one showing the Indian army capturing Tiger Hill. It's not cool to morph such a historical photograph and then make it Indian :winky:

[Crookbond]

Johnson accentuates the positives http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-south-africa-2012/content/current/story/594491.html

Johnson's first over showed that he can still make batsmen dance. Graeme Smith, who has twice suffered a broken hand due to Johnson's zip, was immediately jumpy. His first ball from Johnson was a bouncy warning, his fourth reared up and struck Smith on the fingers, lobbing just short of gully. There was no need for an x-ray on this occasion, but the battle had resumed. The first ball of Johnson's next over, Smith flashed wildly at a wide ball, hoping to exert some authority. He failed. Shane Watson removed Smith in the next over, but Johnson could share the credit. His first spell was strong; his second provided the reward. The debutant Dean Elgar, who must surely have watched some of Johnson's fierce past performances against South Africa, thought he could get off the mark and get on top of Johnson by pulling a short ball. Instead, all he could manage was a top edge to Matthew Wade. A late wicket - Dale Steyn, who played on - boosted Johnson's figures, but the next three balls were wide of off and carved for boundaries by Morne Morkel. That was the Johnson that some Australian fans remembered - a wicket, and a lot of runs conceded. But it was a one-off over in an otherwise encouraging day for Johnson. Aside from hitting Smith on the gloves, he produced a zipping short ball that forced Vernon Philander into the kind of twisted, distorted posture that you could almost imagine was how he woke up on the morning of the Adelaide Test with a sore back. He was struck by the Johnson delivery but it didn't cost him his wicket.

[maniac]

Agree 100% with the title....Also his batting poweress is so overrated that it is :facepalm: worthy. His one or 2 decent international innings are no different from Harbhajan or the Bangladeshi No 10 batsman...just comes off once in a blue moon

[veer]

Funny thing is that MJ was promoted to play at number 4 or 5 for MI recently and failed really bad.. Unfortunately, he is still better than most of our prospects...

[VRV Singh]

He was only brought back because it's Perth. Will be kicked out soon enough. Aus have better bowlers. Starc is very promising.

[Sooda]

Lillee called him a once in a generation bowler because that is how rare a good spell from him is