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(01-04-2018, 01:02 AM)DJC link Wrote:Inexplicable = unable to be explained or accounted for. I'd like to hear the selectors account for Maxwell's omission. They may be able make something up but I don't believe they could provide a logical, defensible argument.
I wonder if they could do better than Smith's lame attempt at 'training smarter'. I don't think 'because he's a Victorian' will work.
We seem to have a knack for breeding talented dickheads, or at the very least outspoken ones who won't toe the party line. If Maxwell was killing it in domestic cricket they'd have no choice but to pick him but alas his performances aren't at a level that will embarrass the selectors which is what Victorians need to do.
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If Maxwell needs to "work on his game" then Mitch Marsh can work on his inconsistent fielding abd lacklustre bowling.
Maxwell is a proven top line ODI player. His omission is, in simple terms, bullish1t
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(01-04-2018, 06:37 AM)Professer E link Wrote:If Maxwell needs to "work on his game" then Mitch Marsh can work on his inconsistent fielding abd lacklustre bowling.
Maxwell is a proven top line ODI player. His omission is, in simple terms, bullish1t
I stick by "inexplicable" but "bullsh1t" would be an acceptable alternative
Imagine how much better our Australian cricket teams would perform if they were picked on merit rather than the arcane formula that our selectors have used for decades (I remember my father, who played cricket for Carlton) complaining that it was harder to get out of the Test team than to get in (and the same was true for Carlton's district team). Selection was based on relationships rather than merit and it seems that nothing has changed.
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He's been forked up by a batting coach trying to make him a test player.
Instead of becoming the next Doug Walters he's ended up like Bruce Laird!
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His non-selection in the test team was a bigger indicator that something was up... made a ton in India and they could have easily picked him ahead of Marsh.
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Smith needs his bloody head read if he thinks that blokes past their use by date like White can replace Maxwell. Bats, fields and bowls unlike the imposters taking his position.
I don't mind Mitch Marsh playing himself in, but getting out for 30 or so after playing himself in is the killing us in the middle overs.
Warner continues to get out in soft ways against pace.
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(01-19-2018, 11:57 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Smith needs his bloody head read if he thinks that blokes past their use by date like White can replace Maxwell. Bats, fields and bowls unlike the imposters taking his position.
I don't mind Mitch Marsh playing himself in, but getting out for 30 or so after playing himself in is the killing us in the middle overs.
Warner continues to get out in soft ways against pace.
Maxwell should be promoted for the next 3 games.
White was pathetic and should never wear the baggy green again.
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Batting White @7 is like asking Hazelwood to open the batting. Not what he does. Not Whites fault he got selected and played in the wrong place. Stoinis and Marsh in the one side takes away balance.
Selectors are making strange decisions
