The Ashes 2010/11

[RichBamf]

KP and Cookie on the batting side.

Anderson on the Bowling.

KP=bad form coming in, poor judgement, head not in the right place.

Cook=lacking confidence, although he's done well in the warm up games.

Anderson= he gets more undisciplined the longer he goes without a wicket. Wides become more frequent, he can't bowl a decent length for too long...


The ones you gotta watch out for are...hell the rest of the team. They've been consistantly good all year...we can bat down to 9 effectively, and Swanny is one of the best spinners in the world right now.

[RichBamf]

Originally Posted by Justin

I hope not for your sake mate, we are 16 wins 4 draws from our last 20 tests there

Tell me something I don't know

[Justin]

Originally Posted by RichBamf

KP and Cookie on the batting side.

Anderson on the Bowling.

KP=bad form coming in, poor judgement, head not in the right place.

Cook=lacking confidence, although he's done well in the warm up games.

Anderson= he gets more undisciplined the longer he goes without a wicket. Wides become more frequent, he can't bowl a decent length for too long...


The ones you gotta watch out for are...hell the rest of the team. They've been consistantly good all year...we can bat down to 9 effectively, and Swanny is one of the best spinners in the world right now.

I'd agree with just about all of that mate, KP can just about win the series for you guys by himself or he could go the other way, Cook seems down on form but can bat.

The rest of your batting looks good, you have great depth and as you said bat a long way down.

I'm not a Anderson fan mate, he does well in the English conditions but struggles here, the Kookaburra ball doesn't move like the Dukes and that makes a massive diference.

I also don't see a bowler for you guys who will tie up and end when we have out good periods with the bat, you seem to have a lot of guys that want to bowl wicketballs.

Swann has become a gun, he is easily one of the best bowlers in the world, really looking forward to watching him this summer, want to see how he goes in our conditions

For us i think it's Hussey and North (Wrothy is going to belt me for saying that being they are WA boys! )

But they have really let us down of late, Hussey hasn't avg better than 35 in his last 8 series and North struggles to get past 10 most times he is out there, with the ball it's the spinner, they seem to have gone with a bloke now who will try and tie up an end, i don't mind that, if your not getting wickets you have to atleast keep it tight, i'm hoping he will do that!

[Justin]

Originally Posted by RichBamf

Tell me something I don't know

Just wanted to make sure you knew our record at the GABBA mate

[RichBamf]

Originally Posted by Justin

I'd agree with just about all of that mate, KP can just about win the series for you guys by himself or he could go the other way, Cook seems down on form but can bat.

The rest of your batting looks good, you have great depth and as you said bat a long way down.

I'm not a Anderson fan mate, he does well in the English conditions but struggles here, the Kookaburra ball doesn't move like the Dukes and that makes a massive diference.

I also don't see a bowler for you guys who will tie up and end when we have out good periods with the bat, you seem to have a lot of guys that want to bowl wicketballs.

Swann has become a gun, he is easily one of the best bowlers in the world, really looking forward to watching him this summer, want to see how he goes in our conditions

For us i think it's Hussey and North (Wrothy is going to belt me for saying that being they are WA boys! )

But they have really let us down of late, Hussey hasn't avg better than 35 in his last 8 series and North struggles to get past 10 most times he is out there, with the ball it's the spinner, they seem to have gone with a bloke now who will try and tie up an end, i don't mind that, if your not getting wickets you have to atleast keep it tight, i'm hoping he will do that!

I definitely think if Hussey and North don't play, the Aussies are gonna suffer. You need that strong backbone, cause the tail's been suffering lately...

Thing is with England, I think we've got good options with the bowling attack, and if one underpeforms, it's nice to have someone good and not just average, in reserve.

Man I'm excited....

[RichBamf]

Originally Posted by Justin

Just wanted to make sure you knew our record at the GABBA mate

Oh BELIEVE me, I'm well aware of it...and even more aware of the record against England on the first ashes tests in Oz.

Just hoping we can break the tradition...

[Wrothy]

Originally Posted by Justin

I'd agree with just about all of that mate, KP can just about win the series for you guys by himself or he could go the other way, Cook seems down on form but can bat.

The rest of your batting looks good, you have great depth and as you said bat a long way down.

I'm not a Anderson fan mate, he does well in the English conditions but struggles here, the Kookaburra ball doesn't move like the Dukes and that makes a massive diference.

I also don't see a bowler for you guys who will tie up and end when we have out good periods with the bat, you seem to have a lot of guys that want to bowl wicketballs.

Swann has become a gun, he is easily one of the best bowlers in the world, really looking forward to watching him this summer, want to see how he goes in our conditions

For us i think it's Hussey and North (Wrothy is going to belt me for saying that being they are WA boys! )

But they have really let us down of late, Hussey hasn't avg better than 35 in his last 8 series and North struggles to get past 10 most times he is out there, with the ball it's the spinner, they seem to have gone with a bloke now who will try and tie up an end, i don't mind that, if your not getting wickets you have to atleast keep it tight, i'm hoping he will do that!

With North it seems to be feast or famine - he either gets out cheaply or scores a ton. If he could just string a few good scores together...

Hopefully the first class ton that Hussey just scored will do him a world of good.

The person I'm worried about is Clarke - if he ends up in the side and does his back again during the test, it's not gonna be good.

[Rocket]

Originally Posted by RichBamf

Personally, I think whoever wins at the Gabba wins the whole thing...

Originally Posted by Justin

I hope not for your sake mate, we are 16 wins 4 draws from our last 20 tests there

Just what I was gonna say! We haven't lost a test there in twenty years!

[RichBamf]

Originally Posted by Rocket

Just what I was gonna say! We haven't lost a test there in twenty years!

pffffttt, until now...

Actually I retract my statement...

[Rocket]

Originally Posted by RichBamf

pffffttt, until now...

Actually I retract my statement...

Too late!!!