Any news on Tom Robinson?

<p>Hope it's not the case that he is finished, but if he has been out this long then something is obviously seriously wrong.</p>

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<p>Can't go wrong, upon meeting it should go something like this......</p>
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<p>Smudge: Hey Chloe, wanna come home for a root ?</p>
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<p>Chloe: I sure will you smooth talking Adonis.....</p>
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<p>Smudge: The D & O are silent.</p>

<p>my comment wasn't directed at you or anyone in particular....was just sayin'</p>

<p>The Bangalore bowling has been pretty poor and Gayle hasn't even been playing. Been reliant on Kohli to date with ABdV batting too low in the order in my humble opinion. Not that I have seen all that much, it is just the insominac's friend during the week!</p>

<p>Fair call. Seems to have a bit of x-factor about him and fellow Balclutha man Tony Brown thinks highly of him.</p>

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<p> A bit like Jan Molby the Danish footballer who spoke English with a really thick scouse accent. Just really odd, although not when you think about it.</p>
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<p>Probably not in the world we live in nowadays but I picture Samoans having their own accent or a real kiwi one. Not English....</p>

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Players can't play that much rugby and perform at the peak for international rugby. 4 midweek rounds make a huge difference.</p></blockquote>
It's the same amount. But otherwise yes I agree, the rugby out of France is atrocious. That Comp produces fairly dire test rugby players.

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<p>Sorry, virtually nothing.<br><br>
Your comparison with a "well-engineered crumple zone" and headgear that has a maximum thickness of 10mm and then might only compress as little as 2 to 3mm, is a massive stretch.<br><br>
Considering the considerable g forces involved, a 2 or 3mm give IS virtually nothing.</p>
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Right, but its not nothing, which you said. That's the point I was trying to make with the crumple zone analogy.</p>

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<p>Good analogy although the Fijians can't look back on how amazing they used to be at 15s.</p>
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<p>A couple of years back I would have thought D Warner would be well up the list of T20 batsmen but I guess it shows that he has reigned in his natural instincts somewhat and become such a dominant test player instead.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1008695.html'>http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1008695.html</a></p>
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<p>Cricinfo did a piece on Warner on Friday highlighting that in the IPL he is so much better than the others its just not funny... - (lots of interesting tables & shit ion the actual article, but here's the gist)</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After a lacklustre World T20 when he batted at Nos. 3 and 4 for Australia and scored all of 38 runs in four innings, David Warner is back at where he's done the best in T20s - opening. Warner has scored 386 runs in seven innings in this IPL at average of 77.20 and a strike rate of 168.55. Among openers who have played more than one innings in this season, KL Rahul's strike rate of 158.33 comes the closest. Warner's strike rate is also the best for any batsman with at least 150 runs in this IPL. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Admittedly, it has helped to open in this IPL - 2016 has already seen 45 fifty-plus scores by openers in 32 matches, which is just three such scores fewer than what they managed in the whole series last year. Openers' average of 36.83 in 2016 is also the highest in any IPL season. But even among openers, Warner has stood out in the manner he has dominated the bowlers. He has attacked them from the word go and hasn't allowed them to bowl tight lines. In the first 15 balls of his innings in this IPL, Warner has struck at a rate of 174.72, which is higher than any of the other big-hitting batsmen in this series. His balls-per-boundary ratio of 3.6 is also the best among these batsmen. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Warner has also had to shoulder the responsibilities of a team that is clearly one of the weaker batting units in this IPL. While most other teams have had a strong middle order to fall back upon, Sunrisers Hyderabad haven't had that luxury, making Warner's contribution with the bat even more valuable. While Warner has averaged 77.20 in this IPL, the other Sunrisers batsmen have collectively averaged 21.58. Till Sunrisers' seventh game, Warner scored 386 runs out of the 958 that the team's top-seven batsmen have made, making his contribution of 40.29% to the top-order runs the highest for any batsman.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Warner's IPL success hasn't been limited to this season alone. <strong><em>He has been one of the most successful batsmen in IPL's history.</em></strong> In addition to being one of the top run-getters in this competition, he has notched up 30 fifty-plus scores, which equal the most any batsman has hit. Rohit and Gambhir have also hit 30 fifty-plus scores but they have taken 133 and 125 innings, respectively, to Warner's 90 innings (though to be fair it needs to be said that almost three-fourths of Rohit's innings in the IPL have been at No. 4 or lower). Warner's conversion rate of a fifty every three innings is the second best for any batsman with at least five fifty-plus scores in the IPL.</span></span></p>

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<p>Crucial would be so lucky to be so attractive!</p>
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<p>I'm not sure that having farmyard animals finding me attractive is 'lucky'</p>

<p>Interesting comment made by the commentator after a wide shot of the crowd, "Tonight would be a great night to sneak into a pub because every doorman in Sydney is here at Pirtek Stadium".</p>

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<p>With the final demise of the Townsville Crocs, the Taipans are firming as wooden spoon favourites. </p>
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<p>Our best player of last year, Tory Craig, is gone. Markel Starks wasn't re-signed (just as he started coming good). Shaun Bruce is gone (no great loss, but he wasn't the worst backup guard, he just got too much game time because Aaron Fearne loves a trier). The two biggest busts of last year in Loughton and Tragarth are still here thanks to multi-year deals. We have a couple of other important players off-contract and no guarantee to stay. </p>
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<p>We've signed the Hawks' back up backup PG. And no one else. Every fucking year we leave the signings to the very end, and they don't have time to settle into Fearne's rigid don't-you-dare-deviate-from-the-plan style, and we suck for half the season (or all the season, depending on the year).</p>
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<p><strong>Where is that thread about the deadshit sports team i support?</strong></p>
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<p>There's a whole sub-forum for one of them.....</p>
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<p>Weeks is a good pick up for the Taipans. He'll bring a bit of energy off the bench.</p>
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<p>Biggest move in the offseason so far has been Lisch joining Andrew Gaze at the Kings.</p>

<p>I suspect most players do want to play for the team their provincial side is aligned with but it is not unusual for the super side to overlook them (eg Ta$man players turning out in decent numbers for the Chiefs and the Highlanders) so if the player wants to be a professional player then he must accept whatever offer comes their way rather than living in hope that their preferred super team might belatedly come knocking on their door. It is always better to take a concrete offer rather than wait for something that might or might not come along later. Former Wellington based club players aspiring to play Mitre10 Cup know only too well that scenario.</p>

<p>They say "the bigger you are the harder you fall".......but the lesser known cliché of "the smaller you are the further you fly" is equally apt. Fuck me he got some serious airtime trying to tackle Naholo that time.....air traffic control just about had to be notified.</p>

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It has got to be a senior player, who is comfortable leading the challenge and respected by the other players:<br><br>
Read, Coles, Kaino, Aaron Smith, Cruden or Julian Savea would be the short list for me. I'd go for Kaino, but I suspect it will be the Skipper.</p></blockquote>
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Savea? Don't think so. <br><br>
I think Aaron Smith will lead it.

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<p>I thought Francis was pretty meh apart from his pop pass (which was good but should be standard for a 12). Defence was woeful at times.</p>
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<p>He seemed to forget how to tackle in the last 20.</p>