It seems to me the Australian cricket team have been just a touch complacent in the First Test against the West Indies in Jamaica. Admittedly, because of the time differences I haven’t seen a heck of a lot of the game, but what I have seen included some very ordinary bowling apart from Stuart Clark and then a dismal batting performance that had Australia at 4/17. Not a lot of value appeared to be placed on each wicket. Is this the curse that 20/20 cricket will place on Test cricket? Thank goodness for Andrew Symonds and his face saving innings of 79 in a total of 167. At least he has managed to ensure that the bowlers have a score that can be defended.
On to Aussie Rules and I’m going to go on record to say I don’t rate North Melbourne at all. In fact, I think the majority of their players are talentless jokes who wouldn’t get a game at a real club. The fact that they are in the top 8 (and ahead of Collingwood) lower s the tone of the entire competition.
I remember the good ole days when crap teams were given a good hiding and sent packing. These days it seems whenever a good side comes up against North Melbourne (aka, a crap side) North seems to have the ability to force the opposition down to their rubbish standards. They’ve done it against Collingwood, they eked out a draw against Sydney and now they’ve lulled a win out of the Western Bulldogs.
Enough’s enough! For the good of the game, give North the 100 point hiding they deserve and send them to the cellar where they belong.
No comments:
Post a Comment