Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket
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Come on. It's just good hard aggressive cricket. They know where the line is and they don't cross it.
Oh hang on. That's their excuse for personal abuse of the opposition. What's their excuse for blatant cheating again? "We're not good enough to win an important game ...?"
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@virgil said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
So Bancroft to be the scapegoat?
Desperation drove Australia to cheat - Smith
Australia's captain said it was the decision of the team's 'leadership group' to try and rough up the ball in an effort to get it to reverse, and that the coaches had nothing to do with it
The biggest scapegoat since Trevor Chappell
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@booboo said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Come on. It's just good hard aggressive cricket. They know where the line is and they don't cross it.
We know that line changes depending on the circumstances.
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot and deflecting any conversation about Rabada and the personal abuse from the crowd.
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I hope the S.A. team get a supply of the tape and wear it on their middle finger 😁
The more I read about this the worse it gets. Can't see how Smith can continue as capt, even if it's just a temp stand down. It's the stupidity as much as the cheating, not to mention how they essentially set Bancroft up to do it. I bet there were all manner of winks and gestures from leadership while Bancroft was in the vicinity.
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@canefan said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
No way he acted alone
It’s cheating 101, use the youngest less experienced guy as your patsy. If he’s caught then you can limit the damage and fall out
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@crucial said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Watch the first bit where Smith throws Bancroft under the bus
Smith and Boof should be sacked. 'The boys in the shed are embarrassed'. So much remorse (after being caught).
In his rambling, though, he did confess to bringing the game into disrepute.
.....and it is all so fucking hilarious!
Mate I don’t see it as hilarious at all. They’ve been caught out blatantly cheating, so blatant that they’ve had to fess up. That’s not good for cricket and it’s a real fucking slap in the face for the Aussie supporters. I know, cue much mirth about their plight but the majority are genuine fans of the game and deserve better. I know if this had been England I’d be ropable.
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@catogrande said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
@crucial said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Watch the first bit where Smith throws Bancroft under the bus
Smith and Boof should be sacked. 'The boys in the shed are embarrassed'. So much remorse (after being caught).
In his rambling, though, he did confess to bringing the game into disrepute.
.....and it is all so fucking hilarious!
Mate I don’t see it as hilarious at all. They’ve been caught out blatantly cheating, so blatant that they’ve had to fess up. That’s not good for cricket and it’s a real fucking slap in the face for the Aussie supporters. I know, cue much mirth about their plight but the majority are genuine fans of the game and deserve better. I know if this had been England I’d be ropable.
Hence my more serious post underneath that one.
The hilarious-ness of it is that it comes after Boof just tried to take the moral high ground and the incessant talk about not crossing lines. That part is funny.
IMO if the ICC don't throw the book at these fuckwits the game has just written its death notice.
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@nta said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
@virgil said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Looking forward to our aussies ferners take on all this...
If they've broken the laws of the game, punish them appropriately. The end.
....aaannddd then use time honoured mocking as a means to modify and entrench their new non-cheating behaviour going forward 😊
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@stockcar86 perfect delivery. In real time, Davey was smashing it, lovely attacking shots, 30 off 13 and then that!
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The ICC MUST address the fucked up behaviour that has occurred on this tour (and harshly.) From players and officials. The reports should be about gritty partnerships and sensational catches and unplayable yorkers and brilliantly compiled centuries. Not fucking ball tampering and fights and family slurs.
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Yep pretty pathetic by Smith in that press conference. Even if it was something Bancroft did alone it would be a shit thing to do, let alone for Smith to later say it was the senior players who came up with the idea. He should "cop it sweet" as the cheat islanders would say.
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@paekakboyz said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
@hydro11 did you watch the clip? Smith absolutely threw it to Bancroft rather than explain himself. Sure he added a mea culpa afterwards but...
It made sense for Bancroft to explain as he was the person who did the ball tampering. Smith answered most other questions. It's cheating and shitty to get Bancroft to do it in the first place but I don't see why the press conference is worth being critical of.
