The Silver Fern

I'll be in for another try please KP . I assume there is no Taranaki so Wellington if there is still a spot

@Sneakdefreak There was nothing riding on the warm up game so the result doesn't matter a toss

I find the NZ media funny talking up a game between the only two undefeated teams at the World Cup while failing to mention that all NZ have played are the gumboot teams to date and also that India absolutely handed NZ their arses this summer in our own conditions .

All this inclusive , feel good crap really pisses me off . Appointing anyone to any position based on anything other than merit is utter bollocks . Personally I would hate the thought that the people I worked with thought I hadn't earned my place .

@No-Quarter When we beat them we are better than them . Until that happens we are just a team that chokes whenever these teams are put in front of us .

IMO number 2 in the test rankings means less than nothing . I am a big fan of the saying "to be the best you have to beat the best " and until we can play and actually win against India , Australia , South Africa and even England we are always going to be just an average team who gets put in our place every time we play one of the top teams .
As for all rounders , that table should be renamed Batting All Rounders , as the comparisons are so biased towards batsmen who bowled a bit .

You could just leave them . If left untreated , verroa mites will kill the swarm in a short period of time .

Haven't had my arse kicked since last year so I will be back . Tips are in

I wish they would permanently rest De Grandhomme from the test squad at least . I can't for the life of me see what value he adds to that team . Zero penetration as a bowler combined with him showing bugger all inclination to bat for time or to build an innings when the team is in trouble . I am getting a bit tired of hearing the commentators say "well that is how he plays " as he walks off the ground having tried , and failed , to smash one of the first balls he faces over the ropes . He may be ok for limited overs but he is bollocks as a test player .

A few from Taranaki who were sawn off by injury . Mark Allen , Jason Eaton and James Broadhurst . All probably due consideration for such a team .

Be a shame to not do it but as TR says it is you that does the hard yards KP . Still , as long as Taranaki give everyone the spankings they deserve I will be too happy to notice I am not tipping .

<p>I would prefer to have the choice myself . There would have to be checks in place and a few hoops to jump through though to stop the circumstances mentioned above from occurring </p>

<p>I'll be in KP . Just chuck me in whatever team will have me please</p>

<p>We just had cycle two cycle lanes put down the length of our street even though every person on the street that I know of said they didn't want it to the council and there is a cycle lane on the next street over . It also took all the carparks away on one side of the street and made it so narrow it is now difficult to have traffic going both ways , usually someone has to stop and pull as far left as they can to let oncomming traffic pass . To make things worse the cycle lane changes sides of the road half way down where give way signs have been put up to stop traffic so some fuckin lycra clad dick wad can cruise across the street unhindered . This took about six months to build with around a dozen or so workers to build this totally unwanted waste of time and money . All of which could have been put to better use fixing the roads of the people on the other side of town whose roads still have not been fixed since the earthquake . The priorities of the Christchurch council astound me .</p>
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<p>By the way , no man should wear lycra....Ever</p>

<p>Just an observation . I have been down at the ground the last 2 days and will be there today as well and I have noticed a big difference in the way both teams prepare . On both days I have been to so far , for quite a while before play starts  the Aussies are all either practicing their fielding or warming up their bowlers and some batsmen have been having throw downs even when they have been going out to field and not bat . Meanwhile the Black Caps have spent half an hour or so before they change to play fucking around with a soccer ball and doing nothing at all to do with cricket . Maybe I am just being picky but I would think this is a great chance for the Black Caps coaches to see how the best team in the world goes about things and maybe make a few changes . It is good we don't act like a bunch of homos on the field like many of the Australians do but maybe the way we prepare to play could use a bit of a tweak .</p>

<p>I'll be back to embarrass myself again Higgins . </p>

<p>I so wanted to see Fury lose just because he acts like such a dickhead . If a Kiwi acted like such a toss pot then not even his home fans would like him .</p>

<p>I am just finishing Shogun . What an excellent book , would thoroughly recommend it to anyone .</p>

<p>Jesus Antipodean , we get Jim Hickey , that sucks</p>