Oct 20 2008
Michael Clarke
I don’t rate him nor like him.
He crumbled like a scared little school girl in Australia’s 1st innings in the second test in India and he could only bowl long hop rubbish at the end of the first test when we needed some quality bowling.
As a matter of fact, I don’t believe he has ever looked like scoring runs in any real pressure situation what so EVER!! It is one thing to score a century when the team is in a good situation and the innings is looking fine. It’s a completely different thing when you come out to bat with no runs on the board and the team is looking to you to make the runs. In all situations where Clarke has been ‘depended on’ he has failed.
As I correctly predicted the demise of the pretender Weekend Hussler I now turn my superior sporting knowledge to attack one of the more over-rated players of the past 30 years. What also perturbs me about this little pretty boy is that he thinks he can use his apparent position in the team to get rid of one of his main threats in Andrew Symonds. Clarke knew his position in the team (as vice captain) was in danger to this big Queensland dynamo and plotted his demise with complete disregard to his ‘friendship’ with Symonds and the Australian teams requirements for someone of Symonds character and ability. Heck, had Symonds been in the team and turned on the same performance for Australia as he did for Queensland (at the exact same time mind you) in single handily defeating Tasmania at the GABBA, Australia would definitely have won the first test.
After the dropping of Symonds, Clarke reflected “The main concern from us is Andrew’s commitment, to playing for this team and in my opinion and I know the rest of the leadership team’s opinion, you need to be committed 100 per cent” Good one champ, I guess that’s why you flaunt your girlfriend around in front of the cameras at every possible opportunity.
Michael Clarke is a show-pony NIFF!!! And until he is dropped we lay exposed to his niffy abilities under pressure.
