Typical of this place. A magnificent test victory, I come in here expecting to read about how well Australia played. Imagine my surprise to see that not only were people not celebrating a marvellous victory, they were in fact saying basically every player in the team (bar NSWelshmen, because clearly they're beyond reproach - except Hauritz) are crap and should be dropped. Just look at some of the sentiments expressed here:
Hayden should retire (perhaps)
Hayden is selfish (what rubbish)
Ponting is a crap captain (this victory makes him the second most successful captain of all time, behind only Clive Lloyd, but hey let's ignore that because you merkins would all make better captains right?)
McDonald is crap and should never be picked again (he certainly wasn't an instant great, but he didn't discredit himself either and looked very dangerous at times)
Johnson is a sh*t bowler (he took roughly 50% of Australia's wickets this series, but hey let's ignore that because he's not a NSWelshman. Someone even suggested Bollinger was Australia's best bowler this series. Talk about deluded)
Siddle is sh*t and should never be picked (A brilliant spell in Melbourne, and then again in Sydney where he took 4 wickets in 4 overs. But he's absolutely rubbish and all those people like Glenn McGrath calling him a test bowler for years to come know nothing compared to the almighty knowledge of the idiots in here)
Hauritz is crap (I agree with this one)
I honestly have no idea why some of you, with hineyrulz and Bazal the chief ringleaders, bother supporting Australia when you hate pretty much every player in the team. We lost a series against South Africa 2-1, where the two matches we lost we were in winnable positions. We were not that far off the pace, and when you consider that a few players were under par, I think we proved that we are still the best nation in the world.
Are you sure some of you aren't English fans? Because the utter contempt shown for the Australian team, coupled with the rejoicing when they fail, makes me wonder.
Lol....not quite up to your usual psychotic standards skeepey....you feeling ok?
You and several others on here seem perfectly happy to shove your heads as deep in the sand as you can physically get them and pretend everything is wonderful because we won a dead rubber. A dead rubber that we nearly threw away by letting the tail bat for a full session. A dead rubber in a series that we lost due to poor selections, some poor captaincy and some poor to below average performances from key batsmen and bowlers. These same few posters seem to think commenting negatively on some aspects of these poor performances constitutes some kind of crime against patriotism and that rabidly defending all and sundry makes them better than those who are simply pointing out the worrying signs of unhappier times to come. Essentially, these posters refuse to acknowledge that there are problems that need fixing, or that criticism is not necessarily a sign of personal dislike or even a low opinion of a player. These posters, for whatever reason, seem to believe that if you point out a flaw with a players game, you hate Australia and that player and want them to fail. What I mean to say, is these posters are poor, deluded halfwits who see the world in black and white and can't get their head around simple concepts like constructive criticism.
Now, a few questions regarding your post. Firstly, I seem to recall you agreeing a week or so back that Ponting made some crucial captaincy errors after the last Test when your thread containing some mouth-frothing diatribe about merkins and his brilliance was bumped. Are you changing that view again, skeepey? You seem to be back to the mindless "Ponting is excellent you merkins" rant again. That's pretty fairweather of you, don't you think?
Secondly, please inform me of where I have rejoiced in an Australians failure? Obviously you have evidence of this, since you named me specifically...don't you?
Thirdly, can you please explain why, in your opinion, we should not be allowed to point out the flaws in players games simply because they play for the country we support? And why that criticism, even when coupled with "Player X is a good player, but....", is an automatic indication of showing "nothing but contempt" and a deep, personal hatred for that player?
I eagerly await your response
