JourneyMan Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Two things to note here. Firstly, despite all the criticism, you have to admire the guts it takes to make such a bold decision. Secondly, it's interesting to note that players were asked to think about how the team could improve. I wonder how many times the Indian players have had such discussions with their coach & captain. Link to comment
Robelinda Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 live discussion between damien martyn, robelinda, bryce mcgain, stuart mcgill Hey, hope you enjoyed it! You silly indian fans laughed when i said it will be an easy 4-0 series for India, Oz were a shambles before we even arrived, now its a full scale disaster. Now, i actually dont blame Arthur. Our players have some serious attitude problems. It has tried to be dealt with, but when a team is losing, or getting thrashed 2-0, if the players arent pulling their weight and refusing to help the team, then they deserve all the trouble they get. My inside info - and it is credible - is that it was most defintiley NOT Arthur 100% behind it, Clarke himself is supposedly very unhappy with attitudes, especially from players who are NOT performing. Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Cricket australia should be ashamed of themselves,even BCCI would not pull a stunt like this.to axe 4 of your best players because they didnt do written homework is laughable and unprecedented in all of sports. Link to comment
G_B_ Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hey, hope you enjoyed it! You silly indian fans laughed when i said it will be an easy 4-0 series for India, Oz were a shambles before we even arrived, now its a full scale disaster. Now, i actually dont blame Arthur. Our players have some serious attitude problems. It has tried to be dealt with, but when a team is losing, or getting thrashed 2-0, if the players arent pulling their weight and refusing to help the team, then they deserve all the trouble they get. My inside info - and it is credible - is that it was most defintiley NOT Arthur 100% behind it, Clarke himself is supposedly very unhappy with attitudes, especially from players who are NOT performing. question for you rob, Is the rift between Clarke and Watson the reason behind Watson's dropping? Also, is it fair to have Damien Martyn involved? Based on the Anderson autobiography it seems that he did not get well with Clarke or for that matter most of his team. Link to comment
carnish Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hey, hope you enjoyed it! You silly indian fans laughed when i said it will be an easy 4-0 series for India, Oz were a shambles before we even arrived, now its a full scale disaster. Now, i actually dont blame Arthur. Our players have some serious attitude problems. It has tried to be dealt with, but when a team is losing, or getting thrashed 2-0, if the players arent pulling their weight and refusing to help the team, then they deserve all the trouble they get. My inside info - and it is credible - is that it was most defintiley NOT Arthur 100% behind it, Clarke himself is supposedly very unhappy with attitudes, especially from players who are NOT performing. Hey Rob, word out there is Andy Bichel is involved somehow ... Do you have anything on that?? Link to comment
SLICKR392 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I honestly CANNOT wait for Warne's assessment on this bombshell. I have been monitoring his Twitter a/c. Can't wait for his response. Link to comment
SLICKR392 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 BoooM!! Warne As I have always said the coach should not be a selector. He should communicate well with the players & help them prepare, that's it ! The issue of 4 players being unavailable for Aust selection due to not delivering homework or a report to the coach, the answer is simple The Capt runs the team & in conjunction with the selectors picks the team.The Capt should always have final say.Ridiculous what's happening Link to comment
carnish Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I have been monitoring his Twitter a/c. Can't wait for his response. He Just Replied ... Coach should not be a selector. Link to comment
G_B_ Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Shane Warne @warne888 The Capt runs the team & in conjunction with the selectors picks the team.The Capt should always have final say.Ridiculous what's happening Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More 3 mins Shane Warne @warne888 Re the issue of 4 players being unavailable for Aust selection due to not delivering homework or a report to the coach, the answer is simple Expand 3 mins Shane Warne @warne888 As I have always said the coach should not be a selector. He should communicate well with the players & help them prepare, that's it ! Link to comment
Crookbond Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Mickey Arthur has got Twitter in a tizzy today http://www.espncricinfo.com/page2/content/story/624547.html "'If you want feedback listen to Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner. I'm off to the nets' - things the Dog Ate My Homework 4 wished they'd said..." Former England batsman Mark Butcher on how the sacked Australian players should have responded to Mickey Arthur "Mickey Arthur: 'This is a line in the sand.' It's called a crease. Behind it are are three poles: they're called stumps ... #laughingstock" Australian journalist Greg Baum on the coach's standards of discipline "On a positive note Ed Cowans presentation has just been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize" Damien Fleming, the former Australia fast bowler, looks at the silver lining "John Inverarity was my high school headmaster. Not once did he threaten to drop me for not doing homework during my 5 years at Hale. #Legend" Inside info from allrounder Theo Doropoulos "Even bigger story @scgmacgill I'm batting 5 next test !!! iPad charged up PowerPoint done" Former Australia batsman Damien Martyn thinks he qualifies for today's Aussie team "Bowl better,Bat better, Catch better,communicate better... Just bloody play better.... I am now available for Selection of Australia..!!!!!" And so does Michael Vaughan "Amazing 4 Aussie players banned for not doing homework , I thought letting them play in the next test would be punishment enough #3-0india" Can't blame Andrew Flintoff from having a laugh at the sacked Aussies' plight "Not really up on modern text speak, but gather that ROFL might be appropriate…" BBC's Jonathan Agnew sums up the general mood "At least NZ'ers get in trouble for having some proper fun (read: not fun, against team protocols, naughty boys) No homework, ha" A trans-Tasman dig from former New Zealand fast bowler Iain O'Brien "I want views of Chappelli, DK Lillee and Rod Marsh on punishments for not doing homework. This feels like a seminal moment in Aus manliness." The National's Osman Samiuddin says aloud what everyone else is thinking "Kiwis learning Mike Hesson not such a bad option after all...." And another from @Innobystander "The only thing that would explain Mickey Arthur is if Ashton Kutcher jumped out of a locker with a camera crew. #punk'dthemovie" @ScottyCummins_ wishes it was a reality series "Reasons for dropping Test cricketers: 1. Texting a South African, 2. Not texting a South African." @tickerscricket pithily defines modern-day cricket management "Four Australians axed from the next Test for lack of texting. This must be very confusing for poor Kevin Pietersen." What's with cricketers and texting? @pavilionopinion wonders "Oh, so that's what the fifth day of a Test is for? The paperwork." :hehe: Wil_Anderson on when to do your homework "For those asking about my test team. J K Rowling is not injured but rather being rested as part of our ongoing rotation policy" @Specialgrant digs up other comical Australian management theory "In Shane Watson's defence one other time he filled out paperwork and got a paper-cut and missed six months of cricket." @bretteppa draws up Watto's excuse "A rare day when a patient Test 190 by Ashraful is the 2nd most unbelievable event in the Test world" A dose of perspective from @Sriram_S Link to comment
Robelinda Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hey Rob' date=' word out there is Andy Bichel is involved somehow ... Do you have anything on that??[/quote'] Bichel has gone home already, Rod Marsh is over there, but had nothing to do with this. It was all Clarke, Arthur, and the team manager. Link to comment
Robelinda Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Actually apparently there is more regarding Bichel, to come shortly..... Link to comment
Sidhoni Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 This takes the cake : "Reasons for dropping Test cricketers: 1. Texting a South African, 2. Not texting a South African." @tickerscricket pithily defines modern-day cricket management :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
carnish Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Bichel has gone home already' date=' Rod Marsh is over there, but had nothing to do with this. It was all Clarke, Arthur, and the team manager.[/quote'] Sad ... Cant ACB overturn this decision in any manner??? Link to comment
Crookbond Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Tom Moody on the situation e356lFclpEI Link to comment
carnish Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Actually apparently there is more regarding Bichel' date=' to come shortly.....[/quote'] Keep us updated when it comes ... Even I heard that Bichel is somehow involved. Lets hope Aussies get over this and play well at Mohali. Link to comment
Robelinda Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 LOL, play well at mohali? There can be NO DOUBT that our team is going to be the weakest we have ever fielded in 30 years. an absolute smashing will occur. Link to comment
G_B_ Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 damn Aussie cricket has some big fault lines running through it Link to comment
ganeshran Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 of his kid... :haha: this thread is giving me a lot of laughs :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
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