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The Ashes are lost. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a f**king dreamer. The same sort of dreamer who though North would find a way to get past 20, the same sort of dreamer who thought Johnson would develop control and an inswinger, the same sort of dreamer who thought Siddle would turn into a great attacking opening bowler. Yeah it might happen, but the odds aren't good. We're seeing the same sort of dreaming with Ponting. He's been a long long way short of his best for 3 years now. We're all dreaming he'll get back the magic any day now. It might happen but the odds are against it.
Those dreamers looked at the result of the last ashes and thought we didn't need to make any changes to an aging and struggling side other than dropping our admittedly modest offie and replacing him with an even more modest left arm ortho.
The dreamers may have got it right hanging on to Hussey for 3 years until he finally turned in some consistent scores, but f**k he's had a lot of luck to make it. That edge off the 1st ball in Brisbane carries just a few inches further and he wouldn't even be in the side today. Not given plumb LB on 85 and then dropped again on 3 in Adelaide. The luck finally went his way for a while, but it'll turn against him and then what?
For us to win the Ashes would take a turn around almost unprecedented in cricket. The only similar turn around I can think of would be the Indians turn around to win in 2001 after losing the first test and being forced to follow on in the second. That is the sort of level of bullsh*t, where the f**k did that come from? turn around in fortunes we're talking about to win here. That Indian side had Laxman, Tendulkar and Dravid in their prime along with Harbhajan having his best ever series in conditions tailor made for him. We don't have those players, nor will we have that much luck.
We are where we are now because too many dreamers have been hoping that miracles would occur. England didn't come here dreaming of winning the Ashes. They came planning to win it. They've been building this team for about 5 years. They've brought in a tough no-nonsense coach who knows what it takes to succeed despite the odds. They've qualified some talented yaapies, they've developed some good young bowlers and a fine young opener. They've stuck with some hard heads and improved their fielding out of sight. This is a very good team against us and dreaming of a complete turn around in fortunes isn't very likely to slow them down as they roll over the top of us. Whatever we throw at them, this England side is almost 100% certain to find a way to overcome.
And the worst thing that could possibly happen would be for the dreamers to be have their dreams come true. Just imagine the problems we will sweep under the carpet if by some miracle Ponting slams a double ton and Johnson has one of his rare days out and they win us a test? We'll still have players in the side for years to come who fail consistently but we hang on to because we're dreaming they might one day repeat the heroic comeback of the 10/11 Ashes.
Far better for mine to simply accept the Ashes are England's and we simply aren't good enough at this point to do much about it. Let's start putting together a side that will have a good shot in 2013 and will trounce them in 14/15.
Those dreamers looked at the result of the last ashes and thought we didn't need to make any changes to an aging and struggling side other than dropping our admittedly modest offie and replacing him with an even more modest left arm ortho.
The dreamers may have got it right hanging on to Hussey for 3 years until he finally turned in some consistent scores, but f**k he's had a lot of luck to make it. That edge off the 1st ball in Brisbane carries just a few inches further and he wouldn't even be in the side today. Not given plumb LB on 85 and then dropped again on 3 in Adelaide. The luck finally went his way for a while, but it'll turn against him and then what?
For us to win the Ashes would take a turn around almost unprecedented in cricket. The only similar turn around I can think of would be the Indians turn around to win in 2001 after losing the first test and being forced to follow on in the second. That is the sort of level of bullsh*t, where the f**k did that come from? turn around in fortunes we're talking about to win here. That Indian side had Laxman, Tendulkar and Dravid in their prime along with Harbhajan having his best ever series in conditions tailor made for him. We don't have those players, nor will we have that much luck.
We are where we are now because too many dreamers have been hoping that miracles would occur. England didn't come here dreaming of winning the Ashes. They came planning to win it. They've been building this team for about 5 years. They've brought in a tough no-nonsense coach who knows what it takes to succeed despite the odds. They've qualified some talented yaapies, they've developed some good young bowlers and a fine young opener. They've stuck with some hard heads and improved their fielding out of sight. This is a very good team against us and dreaming of a complete turn around in fortunes isn't very likely to slow them down as they roll over the top of us. Whatever we throw at them, this England side is almost 100% certain to find a way to overcome.
And the worst thing that could possibly happen would be for the dreamers to be have their dreams come true. Just imagine the problems we will sweep under the carpet if by some miracle Ponting slams a double ton and Johnson has one of his rare days out and they win us a test? We'll still have players in the side for years to come who fail consistently but we hang on to because we're dreaming they might one day repeat the heroic comeback of the 10/11 Ashes.
Far better for mine to simply accept the Ashes are England's and we simply aren't good enough at this point to do much about it. Let's start putting together a side that will have a good shot in 2013 and will trounce them in 14/15.
