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Post by skrabsta on Dec 31, 2007 11:14:59 GMT 10
Sedging is awesome. Its good for me cause it doesnt get to me, but its so easy to put someone off their game if i sledge them lol. But most people are wankers and want to start fights. Thats the whole point of sledging. If the person you were sledging was standing there saying insult me it would kind of defeat the purpose. |
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Post by tatt2 on Dec 31, 2007 15:00:25 GMT 10
yeah what it said on the field never stays on the field.
and it's a fine line between good natured ribbing and a straight out abuse.
all depends on the company you are in, the tone of your voice etc.
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Post by tatt2 on Dec 31, 2007 15:04:13 GMT 10
I suppose i'm from the era where it was taken for granted that the opposition of whatever team or sport you were playing would try to say stuff that would put you off.  I remember the "colourful" and suggestive language you would hear at the football from the players if you sat at the fence. Talk about ripe. |
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Post by kerna on Jan 1, 2008 19:15:24 GMT 10
short memories some people
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Post by kerna on Jan 4, 2008 22:17:50 GMT 10
MAKES FOR AN INTERESTING GAME .crikey how good is tendulkar .just think ,the indian media were calling for his head not long ago
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Post by Stephen Thorpe on Jan 5, 2008 20:21:46 GMT 10
I suppose if you sledge and it isn't warranted to the person you are having a go at, there is always a chance that they may take exception. Thats the whole point of sledging. If the person you were sledging was standing there saying insult me it would kind of defeat the purpose. Understood, but away from a game and in the pub, certain sledges earn people more than a slap! At a game an exception may not always make some lose track of what they are doing either. That is what I was getting at! Calling people names that incite issue against race, isn't too smart in my opinion. Not trying to be a stick in the mud but there are a**holes in all nationalities. |
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Post by Stephen Thorpe on Jan 5, 2008 20:23:20 GMT 10
Tendulkar, making some aussie's sweat a bit. imagine if the umpire wasn't compromised...
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Post by Stephen Thorpe on Jan 5, 2008 20:25:27 GMT 10
Has everyone seen my Beach Cricket thread in General?
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Post by TROOPER71 on Jan 8, 2008 17:44:59 GMT 10
the Indians are a bunch of cry babys that need to toughen up a bit
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Post by Stephen Thorpe on Jan 9, 2008 5:20:31 GMT 10
Isn't it the Aussie's that whinged to the Umpire.
"I was called a Monkey!" Who's the Cry Baby?
I can see the similarities personally!
Now Brad Hogg is got to answer charges, what goes around comes around. I reckon they should have cancelled the series, put something decent on the TV, during the day when I am not here!
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Post by Sands Of Time on Jan 9, 2008 7:35:57 GMT 10
Haven't they heard the saying sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.
This is politically correct madness gone too far..............again
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Post by Stephen Thorpe on Jan 13, 2008 8:32:18 GMT 10
Yep, too true.
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Post by metallinick on Jan 13, 2008 21:43:03 GMT 10
This whole cricket sledging thing has become a joke. I work as a Senior Manager at Cricket Victoria. During the MCG test I got to spend a lot of time with both the Australian and Indian teams and I can tell you that they have called the other team much worse names than "monkey". I was talking to some ex-Aussie national team players who I work with. These guys pretty much told me that if ANYONE gets upset by being called the names reported in the press then they would not have lasted an innings back in the 80's and 90's.
Basically my take......Ponting crossed a line that should not have been crossed because much worse things are said on the cricket field and it's an unwritten rule that nothing gets reported.....Indians should pull their head in and quit acting like babies and threatening to qit the tour. I bet they wouldn't be threatening this action if they had drawn that second test and were still in the running to win the series!.
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Post by Stephen Thorpe on Jan 14, 2008 5:45:11 GMT 10
Good Points and who is wrong?
Ponting crossed a line and dobbed... um ahhh dobberrrr!
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Post by kerna on Jan 16, 2008 21:40:45 GMT 10
sad state of affairs
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