Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket
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I think things have got out of hand. If the media hate campaign continues, it could end in tragedy.
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@baron-silas-greenback said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
I think things have got out of hand. If the media hate campaign continues, it could end in tragedy.
The lynch mob is far worse than any punishment the ICC and CA could dish out. Lehman talked about being concerned for the welfare of the players.
Kane's comments re: Warner were a good attempt to try and break up the mob mentality a bit. He's very fucking far from the worst person in Australia let alone the world but you wouldn't know it right now.
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I see ( almost like it's irrelevant given what's going on ) that Steve Smith has an average of 61. That's fucken head and shoulders above everyone except he who may not have even existed ( I never saw Bradman bat, perhaps he's just made up ). It's better than Kohli, Root and old mate KW.
So yeah I hear all the talk of recent years and how many brilliant batsmen they had but I think Virg is correct in that a few mid 30s journeyman get a shot for Australia. Losing Smith would be an absolute MASSIVE loss.
In other musings.....what the actual fuck was he thinking? Cheating is supposed to be what people who are no good do.....not the best players!
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@no-quarter Yep. The headlines claiming this is Aussie sport's darkest day etc etc are fucking ridiculous. In the scheme of things, league has provided infinitely more dark moments. I mean when you think of the domestic violence, sexual assault, harassment, drugs and doping, salary cap infringements... a few dickheads with sandpaper kind of pales in comparison.
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@mokey salary cap "infringements" happen all the time.
What we've seen in the NRL is systematic cheating running through every level of clubs, from the boards down. It's far worse than what we have here.
But most NRL players and coaches aren't half as sanctimonious as Warner, in particular, manages.
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I think the level of outrage is more down to what cricket means in the Australian psyche compared to what League means. Where boganicity is pretty much expected and even applauded to a degree.
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@no-quarter said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
So anyway I've heard calls for Mitch Marsh to take over the captaincy. Seems legit @NTA
There's a bag of dicks somewhere with your name on it
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@catogrande said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
I think the level of outrage is more down to what cricket means in the Australian psyche compared to what League means. Where boganicity is pretty much expected and even applauded to a degree.
If Warner was a league player he would be a legend.
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Good article by Michael Hussey
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@mn5 said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
@hooroo said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Just fucking gutted for Smith.
Why?
Because he isn’t playing for a year and is in this position because of the other two.
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@hooroo said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
@mn5 said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
@hooroo said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Just fucking gutted for Smith.
Why?
Because he isn’t playing for a year and is in this position because of the other two.
Christ on a bike. He's hardly innocent of this and he completely threw Bancroft under the bus. He's gotten off lightly.
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@bovidae said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
@hooroo said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Because he isn’t playing for a year and is in this position because of the other two.
Smith's lack of leadership put himself in this position.
Lack of leadership in itself isn't a crime, but he was meant to be the adult in the room and has to take responsibility for not stopping it.
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@baron-silas-greenback said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
I think things have got out of hand. If the media hate campaign continues, it could end in tragedy.
I actually thought this this morning. I was an angry as anyone when it happened (including posting in this thread) but enough is enough now.
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@nta said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Presser at the airport was pretty tough viewing. Smith probably needs the year out of the spotlight. Basically said it was his failure in terms of leadership.
No sign of Warner yet.
Wow that was tough viewing, I couldn't get through it.
