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[Adam Went]

Monty:

Well I heard that you were missing me, and the constant stream of insults and ownings that come your way, both for you and your insipid, incompetent, multi-nationals masquerading as the England cricket team.
What you must understand is that I am ultra-competitive when it comes to anything, be it a game of eightball at the pub or as an Aussie supporter during the Ashes, and failure is never, ever an option.

Meanwhile, Dean Jones said yesterday that he could "categorically state" from Warne's own mouth that if Cricket Australia went to him and offered him the captaincy for the next two years, he'd be straight back. It's looking more and more likely every day......just imagine the atmosphere, Warne makes his comeback at the MCG for the Boxing Day test, his home ground. Wow. I'll be off to Melbourne quicker than you Poms can go and cry in a corner somewhere if it happens....

Nobody would even care if he went for 0-200 off 20 overs, just having the man in the team would give everybody a massive lift.

Steven:

You can still inflict your version of Waltzing Matilda on us if you wish....don't know why it's not a waltz, but it does have a "jolly jumbuck".

Derrick:

*yawn*.

Cheers,
Adam.

[Steven Russell]

I agree 100%, Monty. I certainly was not advocating Warne's return. He will not come back. He has earned his retirement and a recall (which I doubt he would accept) would make a laughing stock of the already beleaguered Aussie selectors.

Best wishes,
Steve.

[Monty]

Not harsh Steve, honest.

Warne is one of the greatest players of all time. However that was then. Now? Look has is record in the final years. Add that with his gammy shoulder, well our bats would destroy him.

He'd be wise to keep his adored status.

Monty

[Derrick]

I agree, this series is probably going to be very boring....for the Aussies.

Englands bowling attack is yards more effective than the Aussies and is key.
The pitches have been benign so far and already England are 1 up.

England's batsman are making hay with the lucklustre Aussie attack.

Swann, Anderson and Finn are having a field day. Swann is the best spinner in the world after a similar number of test matches and is a great personality to have around the team.

All this talk of Warne coming back will just give England more heart to know that the Aussies have just about thrown the towel in already.

England should go out and really bully Australia from here on in.

Derrick

[Steven Russell]

Another prediction you got wrong Adam.

Yeah, bring him back, heck where do I sign Adam?

Is that your last hope? An ageing cricket who can only turn milk nowadays. A man who got destroyed during the IPL season.

Please. Not sh*tting ourselves , more like p*ssing ourselves......with laughter.

Monty

A little harsh, Monty, I feel. Warne was undoubtedly one of the finest cricketers ever to don any colour cap. How you Aussies must miss him. You may have some future stars up your antipodean sleeve but from these wintry shores, it doesn't look as though the current crop will be able to overhaul our lead. From a personal point of view, it's rather a shame as I was looking forward to subjecting you to my version of Waltzing Matilda. By the way, I don't know if you've noticed but it's not even a waltz. What's that all about?

Best wishes,
Steve.

[Monty]

Anyway, I shall refrain from making any further comment on the cricket or this thread from now on.....or at least, until the end of the test series. Enjoy!

Adam Went - 4th December 2010

Another prediction you got wrong Adam.

Yeah, bring him back, heck where do I sign Adam?

Is that your last hope? An ageing cricket who can only turn milk nowadays. A man who got destroyed during the IPL season.

Please. Not sh*tting ourselves , more like p*ssing ourselves......with laughter.

Monty

[Adam Went]

I would be quite happy to watch us get smashed 5-0 in every Ashes series for the next decade if only to see Warnie don the baggy green and come back one more time this series....

Everybody knows that all the Pommy cricketers (especially Monty's favourite, The Sherminator) and fans alike are absolutely shitting themselves over the possibility of him coming back....as Phil says, he could field at first slip, or even do a UN circa 2005 and just put his feet up in the dressing room when he's not bowling. Might even make that long awaited test century.

You should be nicer to Warnie anyway. He's keeping the likes of Darren Gough employed these days, doing segments on his talk show....

www.bringbackwarne.com - donations, Monty? Phil? Steven?

Cheers,
Adam.

[Phryne Fisher]

Must admit I've been dreadfully disappointed with this Ashes series. We're bad, but more importantly, England are bloody good, damn yez

It cheered me up a bit today when I heard this story about a couple of sad old farts who used to be in cricket:



Hee hee.

WTF? Me link didn't post. I'll try it again:

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/old-enemies-resume-hostilities-20101207-18ohu.html

[Monty]

Warne was wavering 2005, by the next Aussie tour we were so poor we couldnt take advantage of that. Then he packed in, knowing he was on the decline.

Besides, do you think Warne would want to be associated with the worst Australian team for 30 years?

Monty

[Phil Carter]

Hello Neil,

Yup, one way traffic I'd say.. but you DO bring up a point I seem to remember from the 70's..
bringing back a former Test Player.. although Brian Close was still actually playing cricket, they did revive HIS Test carreer for a specific purpose... and even introduced an ageing David Steele.. so why not bring Shane Warne out of retirement.. he can field at first slip as good as Katich did (and better than Clarke), he could bat better than Harris did (King Pair) and I am damned sure he would bowl better than the entire Oz bowling attack on memory alone!
(Just think of what turn HE would have got from that pitch!)

So Warne to play the third Test match? I'd love to see it.. they might have a chance of actually taking more than 6 wickets in an innings then!

1-0, three to go. That present Oz side is not capable of winning two of three matches. England's batting is way too strong, and the Oz fielding is frankly appalling. How many catches dropped in the last two Test matches is it?...

Ho hum... could be all sown up by Xmas!

best wishes

Phil

[Monty]

Adam,

I know youre peeking....I can see you.

England win the 2nd Test to go 1-0 up in the series and not only that, they completely and uttterly dominated the Australians.

Adams 4-0 prediction is blown out of the water, again. Seriously mate, I warned you. I said we were a different team from last time. Hey, maybe you can bring Warne outta retirement. And Lillie too, maybe you can dig up Bradman.

That stench of Australian fear has just gotten stronger.

Monty

[Monty]

Steven:

Nice punctuation in that post.

Monty:

Ricky, the greatest batsman in the world, got an absolute peach - Strauss, on the other hand, didn't fare much better, did he? Except it wasn't a peach, just a really awful technique, eh?

Anyway, I shall refrain from making any further comment on the cricket or this thread from now on.....or at least, until the end of the test series. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Adam.

Terndulka is better. As is Cook at the moment, and Strauss....and Trott....and Pieterson by the looks of it.

You bottling it Adam? Is it cos we are dominating thus far and the realisation that your team is by far below England that you are so embarressed and gone into hiding.

If this is the case then I'd be ashamed. Suck it up man and back yer team.....who are being slowly crushed right now.

Enjoy, I am so far.

Monty

[Adam Went]

Steven:

Nice punctuation in that post.

Monty:

Ricky, the greatest batsman in the world, got an absolute peach - Strauss, on the other hand, didn't fare much better, did he? Except it wasn't a peach, just a really awful technique, eh?

Anyway, I shall refrain from making any further comment on the cricket or this thread from now on.....or at least, until the end of the test series. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Adam.

[Steven Russell]

Stephen:

Excellent!
But do you know the words to Waltzing Matilda? Because I certainly don't know all the words to God Save The Queen at the moment....

Cheers,
Adam.[/quote]

No but I'm not going to need to know them am I cos you're not going to win the Ashes?

Best,
Steve.

[Monty]

Monty:

You're hardly in a position to talk about our attack, how's Mount Rushmore Face been travelling so far? You were talking him up as some brilliant cricketer before, saying how I was "twitching" at the thought of him coming over here, etc - what's he done? Bugger all.

Meanwhile, Day 1 is currently in progress, and once again The UN are finding it impossible to dislodge the brilliant Mike Hussey.....Onya, Mike!

Cheers,
Adam.

Hussey c Collingwood b Swann 93

Dude, you gotta learn when to keep yer mouth shut.

We let you off the hook. 2 for 3 at one stage. Wicky getting a Golden quak.

Kept quiet about that huh? Most wise.

Monty