Bombertalk

No-one mentioned Freo yet, the only team to knock over the Weagles twice last year. I always look for teams that knock over the champion teams in their prime (both Swans & Weagles gave the Bears a hard time, even in 2001-2003) as the next team to look out for. Freo for premiers in 2007. Doggies ...

How was Gilchrist given out? He didn't get anywhere near the ball. How was Warne given not out? Blatantly caught behind off Panesar. Swings & roundabouts. Back to the Panesar & Read debacle, in hindsight, if both these blokes played in Adelaide, the Poms might have won & we would have h...

While read is a decent keeper, he aint as great as people seem to think. They have a long tail and if your keeper cant bat, then your tail is even longer. Rosso, Healy just said that Read is the best English keeper he has seen in 20 years, maybe since Alan Knott. If anyone knows about glove work, i...

Now they will play their best keeper in Chris Read for the last 2 tests, & as everyone said after Monty played in this game, people will be saying 'why hasn't this bloke played all along?' At least here is another player that the Poms have found & desperately needed. Read kept & batted ...

We have just seen the greatest cricketer in history for the past 15 years. ...AND HE'S A VICTORIAN Err, Rosso, I think Don Bradman might have something to say about this line. I'm thinking how delightful to see someone go out on his own terms & not being pushed & also going out while he's s...

Just as an add on to the 2009 Ashes tour, the best thing that could help prepare us for that, would be for McGrath, Langer & Hayden to retire from international cricket after this Ashes tour or the 2007 World Cup. This will give the new blokes a chance to settle in, & if they don't work out,...

There goes any interest left in this series. All the other games are now dead rubbers & I couldn't really give a stuff if we win in a white wash or not. The Poms have been found wanting & have shot themselves in the foot with bad selections, bad tactics & ordinary batting. Now they will ...

Considering Bell was given out on a no-ball & Strauss didn't nick the ball, the Poms would be feeling well pissed off. They have a long tail & will be lucky to make 200. I wanted to see them make 400 in the 1st innings to see how good we are with our backs to the wall - looks like I won't fi...

Gutsy move, good luck to him. Hodge or Watson couldn't have picked a worst time to get injured.

Need to find another Mike Hussey - is his brother David any good?

Yep agree the 85 side is the best that has ever walked on the park - even Dermie agrees with this. We used to play all teams TWICE back in the mid 80's. The VFL had the best 240 players in the country (12 teams x 20 players) - now you have the best 352 players in the AFL (16 teams x 22 players). The...

The only clarification that will be needed, is that what about push outs to the side of an opponent, instead of in the back. This is the basic difference between Clement's pushes (always in the back) & Lucas's push outs (usually to the side of a player). So if any sort of pushing with both hands...

You also need to dissect those close losses to see how so called 'honourable' they in fact were. The loss against the Saints was a close hard fought contest that went down to the line. But the close losses to the Hawks & the Demons I wouldn't call honourable. The Hawks absolutely belted us in th...

I think people are missing the point. The push in the back with both hands has always been illegal in the rule book, but never enforced by the umps. This rule just clarifies an existing rule, so it' no brand new rule change. Players can still use their forearms & elbows to fend their opponents a...

The Poms can't take a trick & it's their own fault. They finally win a toss & don't play what looks like a fairly handy spinner in Monty. The only 2 tests you mark down in Australia for 2 spinners is Adelaide & Sydney (I reckon Warne will be bloody tired after this game, Aussies should h...

More than anything else in this Ashes series, I want a contest. I want the Poms to win the toss tomorrow & bat first. I want them to play 2 spinners versus our one. I want no excuses. Because the only way we will get a contest in this Adelaide test is if this happens. If they bat first & if ...

I'd agree with antcl - I reckon about 14th with BrisVegas & the Bloos below us. People who are talking up the 8 must have short memories of last season - to go from 3 & 1/2 wins to 12 wins is a big jump. Sure the filth did it this year, but they did tank half of 2005. People also need to rem...

Ben, you missed the gist of what i said. Horsburgh said they didn't recruit Aker cause they were looking at a flag for 2010 & beyond. Aker is 29 & 3 time premiership winner, the same as Michael is - in my eyes, no difference. And the Doggies only gave up pick 30 something for Aker anyway, ch...

Just to play devils advocate, it was only 12 months ago that everyone on BT was pissing in each other's pockets because of the signing of Campo. That never ended up being much of a coup after all. It was only yesterday that Horsburgh was saying that the reason we didn't chase Aker too hard, was that...

Looney being a ruckman is going to take at least 3 seasons to hit his straps. Our Number 2 pick needs to be a bloke who can hit the ground running next season, not take until 2010 before he starts playing consistently well. Laycock is as slow as treacle, has no mongrel & will be playing for his ...

Any of the experts out there ever wonder why Dean Wallis tried to take on Fraser Brown? Some of you say he was going for his own glory. Well in reality, when he grabbed the ball & looked up, all he saw was a WALL of Carlton players on our 50m arc. He knew if he just banged it forward, it would h...