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[wal05]

Originally Posted by jontyfromsa

Haha...yeah hard to disagree with the big red bafonce comment lol. Who do u play with??? Im sure cooky would be more than happy to trundle a few down to u.
On ur Michael Barker comment ur wrong. He was having a beer at the club sat night and is very much looking forward to playing after xmas...so tough times for opposition batsmen. Appleyard Adams and Barker....doesnt get better at this level of cricket.......now we just need the batsmen to start being consistent

At this stage i will remain anonymous but i have been around. on Barker i can assure you and everyone else that he will not be back this season. pity though one of the only genuine nice guys in the reds team. and his head bobble always gets a laugh out of me.

[Griffo]

Big opportunity for Haig this weekend if the weather holds up. Doesn't matter how many times you play and miss when you are chasing such an abysmal target. Anyway I'm sure the boys from Redback land will be stung into action and will bounce back next round against....wait for it....oh no...the three-peat boys! Should be able to get a grip on who has the best attack after that one.

And now on to the strugglers. Socials are languishing and one would suspect that their future as a club could be in strife looking at how their 2nds are travelling. And as for Pacco ahahaha do they ever make the top 4?!?!

[A.Hussey]

i cant believe people are still crapping on about jimmys hat. the st mary's boys made a big deal about it in the final last year. why? who gives a s##t. please someone explain. surely you cant question a man commitment by looking at his hat. jim is a great club man. if he was wearing a santa hat i may be worried. come on lads.

also those under 17 rules are australian wide. qld cricket has it as a by law in all comps across the state. the also had restrictions on u/19's only bowling 8 over spells. i hope the lad goes well and handles the step up, but its a huge call no matter how good he is at his age.

[wetdeck]

Originally Posted by wal05

At this stage i will remain anonymous but i have been around. on Barker i can assure you and everyone else that he will not be back this season. pity though one of the only genuine nice guys in the reds team. and his head bobble always gets a laugh out of me.

you're a fool. barks is coming back.
it wasn't football committments keeping him out of cricket. it was a wrecked achilles.
get your facts straight and get a clue.

[10notout]

Originally Posted by wal05

St.Marys have a good mix of talent in their ranks this season and I'd expect them to feature prominently. St Francis are pretty young and rely on 2 or 3 to get the job done every week so will be no good come finals when the heat is on but will probably do enough to scrape into the 4. And St Andrews, despite their recent form issues, shoud be thereabouts.

A predictable top 4, I know, but cant see any real challengers to the above teams.

St.Marys can be good at times but too many of them are hit or miss. I hate nothing more than someone who plays cricket without technique!!! i do think they will make the top 4 comfortably though but i doubt that they will be able to win in the 4 day format.

St.francis rely on babo and costello. who else of note do they have? eilers if he is in the mood i guess. they are too young but i can see them scraping into 4th maybe. they should be named st.babo cos without him they are nothing. they dont have any bowlers although the young spinner was impressive.

i would say the top 4 will be st.marys - st andrews - Merlo - St francis[/quote]


mmmm interesting

[Fresh_Prince]

Originally Posted by wetdeck

west coburg have hardly been able to have a bowl with all the washouts.
on the weekend cookie was unplayable. bowled 14 overs, 1/19.
the only reason he didn't get more wickets was the haig batsmen weren't good enough to get the edges. ridiculous amounts of play and misses.
he is bowling faster and better than he ever has right now.

having said that, i haven't seen smoke bowl yet so i can't say cookie is bowling better.

1/19 impressive.
Question please don't take this the wrong way but if 1/19 off 14 overs is unplayabale then what was Stevenson's 5/29 off 16 overs like?

[RooBoy]

Originally Posted by My Captain, My Captain.

do not belive all that Al Taylor says, but Gary has a bit of a hot head, if Brett is not Captain then he should not get involved in any decision, and i belive Gary would have told him that, maybe in a manner Brett did not like....... Nobody likes or wants to talk to Brett anyway.

My Captain, i dont want to be seen to be backing anyone up here, cos i dont know Brett, but its interesting to read the for someone that was chairman of the comp for so long know one likes or wants to talk to him??

anyway............back to the cricket

[RooBoy]

Originally Posted by kingy

St.Marys can be good at times but too many of them are hit or miss. I hate nothing more than someone who plays cricket without technique!!! i do think they will make the top 4 comfortably though but i doubt that they will be able to win in the 4 day format.

St.francis rely on babo and costello. who else of note do they have? eilers if he is in the mood i guess. they are too young but i can see them scraping into 4th maybe. they should be named st.babo cos without him they are nothing. they dont have any bowlers although the young spinner was impressive.

i would say the top 4 will be st.marys - st andrews - Merlo - St francis

mmmm interesting[/quote]

you must get pretty frustrated Kingy, cos there are heaps of guys that play "agricultural" cricket in our comp. (thats cow corner).

top 4 ...........st andrews, West Cob, St Francis and Gelnroy, ........Merlo and St MArys to just miss out!

Pacco to finish last with Haig

[wetdeck]

Originally Posted by Fresh_Prince

1/19 impressive.
Question please don't take this the wrong way but if 1/19 off 14 overs is unplayabale then what was Stevenson's 5/29 off 16 overs like?

stevenson was bowling well. maybe a little short at times. but the pitch was damp early on and the ball was cutting around everywhere.

[jontyfromsa]

Originally Posted by Fresh_Prince

1/19 impressive.
Question please don't take this the wrong way but if 1/19 off 14 overs is unplayabale then what was Stevenson's 5/29 off 16 overs like?

look mate...ive played a grade in this comp and VTCA for last 15 years and im telling u cooky is bowling unbelievable atm.
He got haigs captain who is a decent bat to play and miss an entire over, at the end of the over Bob just shook his head and said his bowling is unbelievable.
Im not saying he has been the best bowler in the comp in seasons gone by, but, right now his bowling would be at least the equal of Newtons but all these teams will find out for themselves when we play them.

And barks is a close friend, i laugh in here how some people can assure such and such wont be playing. I remember at the start of the year some ppl told me cooky wouldnt be playing at West this year, even though I was speaking to him on prettymuch a daily basis and I knew 100% he was playing

Barks WILL be playing after xmas as long as his injuries are ok. Talk of football committments or fallings out at West are plain wrong