RIP Warney
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Aussie Golfer Wayne Riley
Riley is in Orlando this week working his usual job as an on-course commentator for Sky Sports in the UK, although the bulk of his work is on the European Tour. Warne was an avid watcher of European Tour golf and would regularly text Riley while he was on air and sledge him about things he’d just said.
“He had a way of making every Australian feel like they knew him. He was all of us, but he happened to be one of the greatest cricketers ever. I’m gutted.”
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@antipodean said in RIP Warney:
@canefan said in RIP Warney:
@antipodean said in RIP Warney:
@shark said in RIP Warney:
Ian Healy is a fucking dick and his "I'm not surprised Warney has passed away young" comment shows just what a fuck stick he is. Fuck you Ian Healy you cuntstain.
Why? Because he's being honest that a close friend of his didn't look after himself and he was worried he'd die early as a result?
I feel like it was a little too soon for that sort of honesty, at least in public comments. His family will still be struggling to get to grips with the loss
Of course they will, it's terribly sad, but I reckon Heals knows them better than randoms on the internet. They'd also have an idea of the damage he had inflicted on himself over the years - this insight wouldn't have come out of the blue.
And TBH I've never understood this "too soon" argument. Who determines that?
Well the article that @Donsteppa shared claimed he didn’t drink much and never took drugs.
I’m calling absolute bullshit on that, not judging Warnie but to make out he was someone who abstained is just nonsense.
Healy ( who I thought was a bit of a dick before this comment ) might want to time his comments better but I don’t think he’s saying anything untrue.
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@nzzp said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
Healy ( who I thought was a bit of a dick before this comment ) might want to time his comments better but I don’t think he’s saying anything untrue.
Spot on.
My first response was about heart disease being a massive killer for middle aged men, but deleted as it was too soon.
Healy probably knew him well, but it's landed with a clang. That said, male Ferners look after yourselves, eat clean, drink in moderation and keep exercising. Do as I say not as I do basically
Absolutely this. Furthermore If anything his manager claiming Warne had this good clean lifestyle is doing more damage cos we all read it and scream ‘bullshit’.
Similar principle to the Mum who’s son has been convicted of murder but she says ‘he’s a good boy really’
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@mn5 the autopsy will be
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
@nzzp said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
Healy ( who I thought was a bit of a dick before this comment ) might want to time his comments better but I don’t think he’s saying anything untrue.
Spot on.
My first response was about heart disease being a massive killer for middle aged men, but deleted as it was too soon.
Healy probably knew him well, but it's landed with a clang. That said, male Ferners look after yourselves, eat clean, drink in moderation and keep exercising. Do as I say not as I do basically
Absolutely this. Furthermore If anything his manager claiming Warne had this good clean lifestyle is doing more damage cos we all read it and scream ‘bullshit’.
Similar principle to the Mum who’s son has been convicted of murder but she says ‘he’s a good boy really’
His mum gave him the illegal drug he got banned for, remember?
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@nzzp said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 the autopsy will be
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
@nzzp said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
Healy ( who I thought was a bit of a dick before this comment ) might want to time his comments better but I don’t think he’s saying anything untrue.
Spot on.
My first response was about heart disease being a massive killer for middle aged men, but deleted as it was too soon.
Healy probably knew him well, but it's landed with a clang. That said, male Ferners look after yourselves, eat clean, drink in moderation and keep exercising. Do as I say not as I do basically
Absolutely this. Furthermore If anything his manager claiming Warne had this good clean lifestyle is doing more damage cos we all read it and scream ‘bullshit’.
Similar principle to the Mum who’s son has been convicted of murder but she says ‘he’s a good boy really’
His mum gave him the illegal drug he got banned for, remember?
Ooooooo good point. Also didn’t he lose it when some kids took a photo of him smoking ?
Proved what a legend he is that none of this detracted from his amazing deeds and standing within the game.
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@nzzp said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
Healy ( who I thought was a bit of a dick before this comment ) might want to time his comments better but I don’t think he’s saying anything untrue.
Spot on.
My first response was about heart disease being a massive killer for middle aged men, but deleted as it was too soon.
Healy probably knew him well, but it's landed with a clang. That said, male Ferners look after yourselves, eat clean, drink in moderation and keep exercising. Do as I say not as I do basically
Get the fuck outta here.
When I commented to a mate that Warneys death would likely cause many a middle-aged Aussie to take better care of themselves, he made the point that that's probably exactly what Warney wouldn't want.
Keep living fellas!
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@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
@nzzp said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 the autopsy will be
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
@nzzp said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
Healy ( who I thought was a bit of a dick before this comment ) might want to time his comments better but I don’t think he’s saying anything untrue.
Spot on.
My first response was about heart disease being a massive killer for middle aged men, but deleted as it was too soon.
Healy probably knew him well, but it's landed with a clang. That said, male Ferners look after yourselves, eat clean, drink in moderation and keep exercising. Do as I say not as I do basically
Absolutely this. Furthermore If anything his manager claiming Warne had this good clean lifestyle is doing more damage cos we all read it and scream ‘bullshit’.
Similar principle to the Mum who’s son has been convicted of murder but she says ‘he’s a good boy really’
His mum gave him the illegal drug he got banned for, remember?
Ooooooo good point. Also didn’t he lose it when some kids took a photo of him smoking ?
Proved what a legend he is that none of this detracted from his amazing deeds and standing within the game.
I think he was promoting nicotine patches at the time.
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@nta said in RIP Warney:
Rumours now of chest pains, liquid-only diets in the leadup to his death.
He was taking "Chinese Medicine and things like that" for his most recent weight loss. That's a red flag right there.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in RIP Warney:
@nta said in RIP Warney:
Rumours now of chest pains, liquid-only diets in the leadup to his death.
He was taking "Chinese Medicine and things like that" for his most recent weight loss. That's a red flag right there.
Even bigger tragedy if true.
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@NTA FYB to start your day !!!!
Kumble was very good but Muralis numbers are absolutely ridiculous. 67 Michelles and TWENTY TWO 10 fers !!!!!
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@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
@NTA FYB to start your day !!!!
It took longer than I thought. Sunil's world view is centred around the subcontinent, particularly India where Warne didn't do nearly as well as anywhere else.
Kumble was very good
Kumble was shit away from home. He regularly got spanked on anything that wasn't a dustbowl gifted to him by Indian curators in the pay of the BCCI.
but Muralis numbers are absolutely ridiculous. 67 Michelles and TWENTY TWO 10 fers !!!!!
They are ridiculous. So ridiculous they changed the Laws to accomodate him.
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@nta said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
@NTA FYB to start your day !!!!
It took longer than I thought. Sunil's world view is centred around the subcontinent, particularly India where Warne didn't do nearly as well as anywhere else.
Kumble was very good
Kumble was shit away from home. He regularly got spanked on anything that wasn't a dustbowl gifted to him by Indian curators in the pay of the BCCI.
but Muralis numbers are absolutely ridiculous. 67 Michelles and TWENTY TWO 10 fers !!!!!
They are ridiculous. So ridiculous they changed the Laws to accomodate him.
Yeah most experts rate Warnie as being better than Murali. He is still a legend provided we accept his action is legit though.
I suppose competing for wickets with Chaminda Vaas was easier than Glenn McGrath so his numbers look even more exceptional.
Warne also took 195 more Ashes wickets than Murali. That speaks volumes.
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lol what a flog
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I've read so many nice columns over the weekend
but i think this paragraph is as good as any for the majority of punters
“Bowling, Shane” can be heard countrywide on a Saturday or Sunday, usually with ironic overtones as some poor b*stard decided to copy Warne 20 years ago and take up the hardest skill in cricket, only to be pumped into the car park on a weekly basis. That same person plays for that very occasional genuine “bowling, Shane”. We all do. Partly because amateur cricketers at one point dreamed of being as good as Warne, but just as much because they want to be considered a decent, fun bloke. It’s was his character that appealed as much as anything.
Shane Warne: Beckham, Gazza and Ronaldo in one - Cricket365
Will Ford has tried comparing Shane Warne to footballers so you don't have to. He was an incomparable sportsperson.
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We had a pretty small back yard growing up, and I can remember my brother and I spending countless hours bowling Shane Warne style leggies at each other. We even roughed up the grass to create some footmarks to aim for. Throughout his career he inspired kids everywhere to give it a go instead of always trying to bowl as fast as we possibly could. He definitely made leg spin cool, I don't think you can overstate the impact he had on the game.
I could never get the hang of all his variations, but my brother actually got pretty good at it and became a spin bowler, taking a few 5-fors emulating Warnes action.
The control Warne had while putting so much turn on the ball was just out of this world. Some of my first memories of NZ v Aus are of him absolutely terrorising our batsmen. I hated the fluffybunny for being so damn good, which is the highest form of respect fans can give an opposition player.
RIP and thanks for all of the memories. A true great of the game.
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@no-quarter said in RIP Warney:
We had a pretty small back yard growing up, and I can remember my brother and I spending countless hours bowling Shane Warne style leggies at each other. We even roughed up the grass to create some footmarks to aim for. Throughout his career he inspired kids everywhere to give it a go instead of always trying to bowl as fast as we possibly could. **He definitely made leg spin cool, I don't think you can overstate the impact he had on the game.
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I could never get the hang of all his variations, but my brother actually got pretty good at it and became a spin bowler, taking a few 5-fors emulating Warnes action.The control Warne had while putting so much turn on the ball was just out of this world. Some of my first memories of NZ v Aus are of him absolutely terrorising our batsmen. I hated the fluffybunny for being so damn good, which is the highest form of respect fans can give an opposition player.
RIP and thanks for all of the memories. A true great of the game.
Yeah he was unique which made him arguably the best player of his generation. In that aspect the only one who in my opinion comes close is Gilly, no keeper is supposed to bat as well as he did.
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@nta said in RIP Warney:
but Muralis numbers are absolutely ridiculous. 67 Michelles and TWENTY TWO 10 fers !!!!!
They are ridiculous. So ridiculous they changed the Laws to accomodate him.
... and McGrath, Lee and all the other fast bowlers who it turns out straighten their arms.
Murali is nothing if not divisive - people drop into black and white veeery quickly. So probably better leave it for when the rugby season's done
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