Comments on: Sometimes you get what you expect

By: granderbharata

granderbharata — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:38:46 +0000

very well written blog. I agree with it

By: NoSpinQuest

NoSpinQuest — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:21:58 +0000

One last thought after reading many forums and listening to commentators they only seem to want to dwell on the ashes. They are already talking about 2009. They need to treat every series the same.

By: NoSpinQuest

NoSpinQuest — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:16:26 +0000

After watching England over the last 6 months I feel too much was expected of them, mainly by the media, and when they didn’t achieve these expectations, the criticism took away their morale.
As soon as Flintoff was made captain, I thought it would be too much for one man (captain, bowler, batsman & inspiration). I also thought Vaughan should have stayed away to give him a clear run.
I feel they will regroup back home and hopefully the new coach will mend the scars and bring out the best in the players.

By: Â©hinaman

Â©hinaman — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:21:04 +0000

This World Cup has made me realise
1. how little we think of our players as humans.
2. how the game of cricket has changed, from being a sport to a cutthroat business.

I do not like the game as it is conducted now.

By: Jane Ellen

Jane Ellen — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:34:40 +0000

Thank you, sfx and Â©hinaman, for your kind words and support. I am a fan, unashamedly so, and I also know a little bit about the enormous (if not impossible) expectations that can be heaped upon those who perform in any visible, public arena. My heart is with England right now, as it has also been with India and the other World Cup teams who – in a perfect world – would not be struggling so hard.

By: Â©hinaman

Â©hinaman — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:10:53 +0000

Jane, this is so true.

Almost every national cricket team has forgotten
that their players are after all humans and not robots.

That inevitably there comes a stage
when too much of cricket
and pressures of performing on the world scene
will ‘burn them out’.

The teams that are floundering at this tournament,
I believe, are the one’s that failed in proper man management.
The ones who only believes in displaying their players like manikins on a shop window.

Except the Aussies.
They seem to know the magic
of getting the best out of their players.

The rest of the nations are trying
to get their players to be like the Aussies on the field,
but no really knowing how they manage to get the best out of their best.

Thanks again for a great blog. I sincerely hope that you keep writing for us.

By: Sfx

Sfx — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:48:59 +0000

That is a wonderful post.

More than anything else, what comes through is a real fan – of the sport (as opposed to blogosphere’s many armchair critics and/or “mr. fix-its” – both of which I am often guilty of being) …

Cheers.