The Aussie Ashes Thread

[Mr Hutt]

A thread where all Aussie fans and supporters can discuss their Ashes issues.... Pommy threads tend to get a little... how shall we call it verbose? lol

join up and make yself count here..!!!

[Mr Hutt]

For me as a fan the only cause of concern is age right now... i have a serious doubt whether Mcgrath can last the entire Ashes. Without him the pace lineup looks slightly off kilter, not that englands pacers are in killing form at the moment.

[KennyG]

They will be going in with the 2 leggies & Watson so that should reduce his workload.

At the start of every series these days local journalists always wonder about him, but he always delivers.

The only reason the poms won last time was because he trod on a ball.

[Quagmire]

The thing with McGrath is that he can bowl the same way for another 5 years if he wished his action and run up is effortless and not hard on the body. It’s not his pace that gets wickets it’s his movement and accuracy, he uses the same weapons that Warne uses. The age problem will not affect Australia this year but the team will not be as good once some of the players retire. The english supporters keep saying that Australian cricket is dying, which i find funny because the Australian youth are much better than the English youth at the moment. The success of young players in Australian first class cricket has been great, there are guys averaging 40 and 45+ batting up in the top four for there state and consistently make huge amount of runs, also young quicks are doing well taking lots of wickets.

[Andy Mellon]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

The thing with McGrath is that he can bowl the same way for another 5 years if he wished his action and run up is effortless and not hard on the body. It’s not his pace that gets wickets it’s his movement and accuracy, he uses the same weapons that Warne uses.

Try telling that to Ernest, Quagmire. I think he believes that you only get a wicket if you can bowl over 140kph!!

McGrath is a great bowler; irrespective of his current speed. He probably won't still be bowling in 5 years time, but he'll certainly last long enough to take a few wickets in the Ashes.

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by Andy Mellon

Try telling that to Ernest, Quagmire. I think he believes that you only get a wicket if you can bowl over 140kph!!

No not really, I do believe that extemes bring wickets though, be it extreme pace - spin or swing conditions.

Originally Posted by Andy Mellon

McGrath is a great bowler; irrespective of his current speed. He probably won't still be bowling in 5 years time, but he'll certainly last long enough to take a few wickets in the Ashes.

I hope he does not try an bowl for another year, I remember watching both Botham and Lilee when they were past their best, and although they did not get carted as such, they looked well past their best.

Some Austraians IMO don't seem to have learned the lesson england leared the hard way, they appear to be hanging on to players for to long, that's just my opinion.

I hope McGrath and Gillespie both play.

[KennyG]

He will probably end he's career playing for longer than Walsh did.So we have years of him to watch yet.

Is it ok to call call English "POMS" or do you little dears find that offensive.

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by KennyG

He will probably end he's career playing for longer than Walsh did.So we have years of him to watch yet.

Ok and stop youngsters coming though like England did by playing Stewart until he was 40, now England appear to have a keeper problem.

Originally Posted by kennyG

Is it ok to call call English "POMS" or do you little dears find that offensive.

Yes!

[KennyG]

Originally Posted by Ernest

Ok and stop youngsters coming though like England did by playing Stewart until he was 40, now England appear to have a keeper problem.

With all due respect to Stewart, McGrath is in an entirly different league.You don't find bowlers who take more than 500 wickets at 21 just lying around.Him & Warne will play for as long as they can last(or at least for one more Ashes series).


HERE TO STAY.

[Quagmire]

Ernest firstly this thread is aimed for Australian supporters not for people who are just bagging them without any evidence apart from saying that he is going to be like Botham and Lillee when they were both tair away quicks that relied on there pace a lot more than McGrath. Personally I would be more worried about Harmisons career by the way he has been bowling. You don't lose skill and McGrath gets his wickets with his skill, accuracy, brains and movement. Just like Warne.