Back to the cricket, I long for the old days when Aussie fast bowlers did their best to turn the fingers of opposition spinners to mush, it was their job to do so no sledging needed!
I saw the physio 3 days after I got home She stayed about 15 minutes and was so impressed by the movement I had that she said a follow up wasn't neccessary I have been doing my own rehab I saw the specialist a fortnight ago, he was very happy with everything and asked how the physio was coming along. I told him the story and he has me booked for physio next week I haven't spent a great deal on the couch and am steadily increasing the distances I walk
Wow, I wouldn't be recommending that physio to anyone!
Second opinions C4E, those people can live with their mistakes, you can't!
I suppose age, weight and genetics make it different for everybody.
I had a mate who was told he needed two knees done, but the surgeon wouldn't do the job until he lost weight. Which was a problem because losing weight was hindered by knee problems. In the end he changed diet, lifestyle and lost the weight, then he didn't need the surgery!
I've known people in their 70s who have had them done and been perfect inside of 6 months, and another friend who had it done in her 30s and was never the same!
So I think the safest thing if you think progress is not what was expected is to get a second opinion, don't ask the Internet, the Internet will always tell you what is wrong with you, but it never ever offers a cure!
Hazelwood & Cummings need to take the new ball....Starc can come on after they've built up a bit of pressure......and release it all
But it's not ODI or T20, I think in tests Starc spraying the ball just makes him harder to bat against for the long haul.
In an ODI or T20 batsmen are primed for a short period of time to maximise the return from loose deliveries. It's too hard to stay in the ODI mindset during a test innings, and the fields are set to dismiss not to restrict. In test cricket generally they get set for the long haul and look to score from the predictable deliveries, almost the exact opposite.
I've had debates with family about McGrath, why was he so good if he was so predictable? But that opinion comes from cursory analysis. If you look at McGrath his control was so good that he could deliver little cutters in either direction, and land the ball around defects in the pitch at an uncomfortable length, with ridiculous ease. He could find what makes the batsmen uncomfortable and repeat it with ease.
Starc is a different prospect, in my opinion he must be more like batting against Thommo, you don't know what is coming because he doesn't know what is coming, and it all happens so quickly blink and your dead! Thommo was the same in tests and ODI as Starc, generally expensive but possible devastating. Thommo could take 5/40 or 0/100 on the same pitch, you never knew what you were going to get!
Any comments about the selected XI, to me it feels like a team to draw or lose!
I think we can expect a run feast over the last few days and not many wickets.
I got the irony of some fans calling for Mitch Marsh as a backup bowler in case one of the front line crew break-down, the irony being Mitch Marsh averages about 4 overs and would be the most likely one to break down!
It seems that it was the conditions/location rather than his fitness. It also seems that Wet Toast is a lot better at monitoring player wellbeing than the Crows
Hard to know isn't it, it is all a grey area, welfare versus quitting!
Is it too easy to blame stress for not doing your job, how do you differentiate poor productivity due to stress from poor productivity due to laziness, and is stress an excuse for some of the lazy?
If you can definitively answer that you could well be wealthy beyond belief!
I think it's a lack of confidence, he always behaves like someone who thinks they don't belong there, he acts like he is never in control.
But doesn't that remind you of something, our playing list in general, church mice that seem hell bent on sneaking around unnoticed?
Our club and so many of it's officials and personalities have an unhealthy desire to fly under the radar, so much so I think it hinders our progress. I can understand why they don't want to be a real James Hird, but I can't see how you can achieve your goals by always taking the back seat!
Sooner or plater you have to pump yourself up and act with some aggression, you have to make the move to take what you want, or somebody else will take it from you!
Reading about Liam Ryan struggling to complete the Wet Toast Pre-Season offers an interesting insight into one of our opposition for 2019.
I would have thought Liam was one of 2018's most exciting prospects, and as a more mature body you'd expect him to go up a level in 2019, but maybe not given they pulled the pin early on his pre-season camp!
So you can expect his opponents will be running him all over the park in 2019!
So I thought I'd start this thread as a useful reference for the strengths and weakness of opponents in general, as opposed to round specific commentary. If you see anything of interest, clues to an opponents strength or possible foibles in their footy make up, please post it here.
Correct LP...Mundine never really threw a punch and was very un Mundine like, heavy in the feet and didnt get the hands up....
Cooked before he stepped in EB1!
I'm glad I stayed home and didn't spend all that time waiting for the main bout. It sounds like the undercard was rubbish, and a lot of venues and fans were very unhappy with the event. Some local publicans are in the media today saying they are done paying the thousands of dollars in fees to broadcast Australian fights. Normally at my local they won't let you in that late because they close at 12pm, but by the time the fight started most people had left and a mate sent me a txt to come and watch it as the pub had opened it's doors, further it was offering punters who had actually paid to watch it free drinks. The problem wasn't the late start, the problem was the undercard was rubbish!
When you're organizing the big dance you have to provide plenty of quality dance cards or the fans are going to be very unhappy.
