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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - First Test @ Trent Bridge
I agree that Starc has the capability but doesn't do it often enough. Is he dangerous enough often enough i.e. does he bowl enough good balls to get a gig at Lords? He didn't seem to cause great angst aside from the novelty of being a left armer. Gee he can leak runs, and can look deadest ordinary when the ball isn't swinging.
I agree that Bird is the logical replacement but is he going to "make things happen" if the pitch is flat or grind out wickets... bearing in mind that the poms seem perfectly happy to grind out decent scores at 2 an over? Is our attack too same-same with Bird and Siddle.... but the thought of Bird hitting a spot on the downhill ramp at Lord's does peke interest.
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - First Test @ Trent Bridge
Haddin out driving away from his pad, to a ball that wasn't quite there to drive... haven't we heard that one before? In Haddin's defence, why was he placed in that position in the first place? 0/100 FFS! Bloody top order - again.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Development and Recruiting
Grigg was also a top 20 pick and he has played a fair few of games as well. He is a decent contributor elsewhere.
Should he be considered as part of our drafting?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 17 : North Melbourne v Carlton (Pre-game Jibber-Jabber)
Don't expect anything other than a truckload of pineapples from the judicating personnel as well... really worried that what we saw against ST K will be amount to nothing more than a "dead cat bounce".
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - First Test @ Trent Bridge
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - First Test @ Trent Bridge
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The Sports Desk / Re: Australia's long term Number 3?
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - First Test @ Trent Bridge
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 16 : Carlton v St Kilda (Pre-game Chatter)
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - First Test @ Trent Bridge
Please play Clarke at 5 and bat Siddle at 4. Don't bother with the others, we may as well paint a garbage bin white and lean a Gray Nick against it for all the defensive nous those blokes have.
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - First Test @ Trent Bridge
Haddin made some unbelievable takes but occasionally his concentration wobbled a bit. Just to get to that wide one down leg was a heck of an effort. I am a detractor but he did better than ok.
Agar has been selected and needs to contribute and not just go along for the ride - he will have a role to play.
English batting looked rubbish at times - pushing at decent deliveries with poor footwork. Attitude poor- looked like they were just waiting for Prior/Broad/Swan to play little cameos and drag the score to 300.
Cook - rubbish shot- and he'd played it about 3 times in the previous overs. Something to exploit before he fixes it.
Root - got a good ball but has a technical flaws in footwork we can exploit.
Trott - when are we going to execute a plan to this bloke??? Played Agar terribly. First ball wide on off and he chops it on.
Bairstow - technical flaws to exploit.
Prior - awful shot - he won't do that again this series.
Broad - when are they going to come around and cramp him? Awful shot - exploit.
Swann - limp shot bunted to point/mid off... get out of jail card there Australia.
Won't mention batting, far too disappointed.. no gutted to see those clowns burn a golden opportunity.
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - First Test @ Trent Bridge
Pity Haddin didn't glove that chance.