Why did you choose to bat when even you admitted the pitch was best for bowling?
Why are you such a twat?
Why is Phil Hughes there - surely there are better and more experienced openers than that spotty little twerp?
Why is Lord North still in the side when his performances have been so crap since August? I'm not saying get rid of him altogether, but maybe someone else deserves a chance?
How about Bloody-Victorian -Cameron-White?
And Chris Rogers in the opening spot for Captain Kat rather than Hughes?
Why are you so pigheaded?
Are you worried that having any more state/county captains in the side will undermine your position as captain?
Maybe it will, but don't you think having more players with experience in captaining a side is a good thing, since you have a habit of making the wrong decision?
And what about Mussey? He hasn't done bad, but he is at the end of his career, isn't he? Will you promise me you are only clinging on to him until Callum Ferguson is fit and NOT for some miguided charitable reasons?
Why are you such an angry little dwarf who wants his own way all the time?
Is it because your siblings beat you up all the time as a child? Were they bigger than you? Most people are, after all.
Will you ever let Brett Lee come back or are you worried that he is so much more popular than you?
Is it that having Lee means you can't blame all losses on the bowlers' inexperience (while taking all the credit for victories)?
When will you find a new excuse?
Doesn't it seem to you that the bowlers are actually doing a better job than the batsmen?
Can you tell I am really, really frustrated?
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Yesterday was all of Punter's worst traits in two decisions.
The decision to bat, a 'fuck you all' decision if I've ever seen one.
And then his shot to get out. 'Fuck you all, I'm still King around here,' while he swings uncontrollably at the first ball he faces, even though he KNOWS the bowlers are going to have the uppper hand for the session before he went out there.
You can really go off some people.
It's just frustrating. People declared how excellent Punter was on declaring in the last Test, now he screws up the toss...so now people will badger him all over again.
Nothing new.
These guys are all experienced cricketers and they had a crap day at the office, a really crap one. They'll fight back, but the SCG may not be where they wake up to it.
Hilfenhaus, Hilfenhaus, Hilfenhaus....and Cal Ferguson. When they're fit and ready watch the intensity rise even more so in the player performances!
Ian, he didn't screw up on the toss. He said in his interview that he knew the conditions were good for bowlers and that the wicket had a lot of grass. He went ahead and batted despite having all the evidence at his hands plus a run of poor batting performances from the team this year under precisely those conditions. This mistake was about as wilful and delusional as they get.
Yeah, but it was a screw up in the majority of peoples eyes, so it stands that way, despite Punter's intentions.
And the shot he played was the worst I have seen anyone play their first ball. Neither a hook nor a pull, neither on the back foot nor on the front, neither asleep nor awake...BULLSHIT
I'm trying to put it out of my head.
It never happened. He was just nudging it and it was a top edge...a massive top edge!
Credit to the Pakistani bowlers too... they bowled really well; Clarke's dismissal was superb.
However, the "angry dwarf" played a totally crazy shot. Perhaps he was hoping that Gul would drop the catch...
I'd like to thank Kamran Akmal for staving off defeat by an innings for us. Those three drops off Hussey were the best performance for the Aussies for the whole day. Top stuff.
When we come across a team that can catch, watch Watto morph turn back into a man who can't reach 50 very often in test cricket.
After the hubris from the last match, I wonder what Punter and Nielson will come out with this time.
I can't believe Watto got out in the 90s again - what's up with that?
@Lou and Ian - I'd have to call it a screw up as well; a premeditated one for sure but still s cock up. Punter evidently thought we could somehow win by batting first on a bowler's pitch and that was his mistake.
Either that or he just has no imagination.
Which is quite likely.
Or he put a shedload of money on the Stanis to win?
For a man who has been a part of so many collapses lately, you think he would have some idea of the capability of this team.
Or maybe he was just relying on the Pakistan team dropping loads of catches.
You know, Lou, I think you're second idea there was probably closest to the truth - Punter is so arrogant, I reckon he was underestimating the abilities of Pakistan.
Sir Stephen (we are not worthy) would never have done such a thing, she says as she puts her rose-coloured glasses on.
Oh man ... and you're instead of your.
What is up with me?
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