Everything posted by remoh
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Surly Cricket Thread
Check? Lol. Its all cash transfers baby. No trace.
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Surly Cricket Thread
Eye pee el be startin bitches. should i care? do i want to really waste 3h everyday for the next 2 months? probably not. especially given that mumbai is most going to win. Again.
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Surly Cricket Thread
this is for ODIs (not T20Is): Think Thakur is in the top tier of seamers (above Natarajan), as he is fairly smart bowler with variations but he can also contribute a quick 20-30 runs with the bat. For spinners, I dont know of India has a spinner that can play purely on bowling ability. Chahal comes the closest, but attacking sides will beat on him. Good thing is he doesnt go too negative/depressed like Kuldeep when taken to the cleaners. I think India needs to continue developing spin bowlers that are all rounders. Jadeja is an obvious when healthy. One of Sundar or Axar (preferred slightly as he is a better bowler) should be given a chance as they can both bat. Here is my first India team for ODIs when all healthy: 4 bats: Rohit, Kohli, Dhawan, and Iyer. Backup: SKY. Wicketkeeper: Pant. Backup: Rahul. 3 all rounders: Hardik, Jadeja and Shardul. Backups: Axar, Sundar, or Krunal. 3 bowlers: Bumrah, Bhuvi and one of: Shami or Chahal (depending on pitch). Backup: Natarajan, Siraj, Saini, R Chahar.
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Surly Cricket Thread
3-2 T20Is, 2-1 ODIs 😉
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Surly Cricket Thread
Now most of these players head to IPL to play 14 games and make more money than they will the rest of the year. Woohoo. Life is good being a cricketer. —- These new Indian bowlers are shit fielders - Prasidh, Natarajan, and also Thakur often enough. —- Its sad - India only had a spinner bowl 4 overs. We got shit in stock besides Jadeja (and he is all rounder). Chahal is best pure spinner and he kinda sucks. Sundar only makes team as bowler because of his bat ability. So does Krunal - and he couldnt bat under pressure. I think Sundar would have done better as a bat today. Maybe it is time for superfit Kohli to give slow/fat Ashwin a chance in ODI. He cant be a worse fielder than what we saw. (Actually he probably will be worse fielder, but good chance he makes it up with wickets).
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Surly Cricket Thread
i am one of those thst’s quite soured on Kohli captaincy. With that said, wanted to give him props on couple of things: - Kohli opening in T20 was a good/great call. I think it definitely makes him way more valuable. Him coming in at 3 or 4 wasn't great as he starts slow and need to go bang-bang in this format to beat the best teams consistently. - His call to go with 6 bowling options for the last T20 was right, and he called him Bhuvi the banker at just the right time to turn the game. Now, back to another player. I know some of you really love him, but I think he is very undercooked. He is an all rounder but is very underwhelming as either a bat or a ball.... at least in T20 cricket. And I am speaking on one Mr. Washington Sundar. Cant wait to get Jadeja back. Sundar has a lot to learn to become the next Jadeja. Good news is he is only 21. He will become a great. Just not there yet. And for T20, India might not be too bad with go for 4-5 seamers (including Pandya) and 1 snipper given the current riches of seamers they have. Here is my team for T20 W Cup: Ro V SKY Pant Iyer Pandiya Jadeja Shardul Bhuvi Bumrah Shami Backups: KL Ishan Sundar Natarajan Chahal R Chahar
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Surly Cricket Thread
Ok. Game almost over. that catch of surya kumar yadav (sky) by jason roy. Well, yeah jason roy. Lol. Wow. gotta feel a bit for sky. Out both his first times on spectacular catches. This guy is good. Really really good. i dont really watch ipl, but wow. how the hell did India not select him until he is past 30. Better just keep select him for ODI. Make room for him. kohli can seat if he cant figure it out. (Kohli ended poorly I thought, could’ve gotten 240).
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Surly Cricket Thread
I am okay with 2 years with Captaincy stint. I am not a huge fan on long tenures. Complacency sets in. Ashwin would waste all DRS in one over. But besides that he would probably make a pretty cerebral captain. Jadeja is another one only if that guarantees his place on the test team. Not sure why India keep dropping him. That’s about the options.
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Surly Cricket Thread
Can we get a website to fire kohli the captain? rohit - whiteball captain jinks - redball captain India will win way more. oh fire kohli’s assistant too - shastri. And get a real coach back in - kumble. if someone can put kohli in his place it is ganguly. Thankfully he is now bcci prez. He is just waiting for kohli to lose a big series. Say if India dont win the wc t20.
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Surly Cricket Thread
Yeah. Lol. Meant Rohit. Brain fart. I do believe in Rahul but he needs a break at the moment. He can be given a chance again in the future. Your lineup is probably more logical/ better. I just want to see Pant at #3 for a bit. He is my favorite player to watch right now and was just dreaming for some extended time for him. It he doesnt work at 3, back to 5.
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Surly Cricket Thread
Here is my lineup: Rahul Ishan Pant SKY Iyer Kohli - Morgan style captaincy. There for recovery in case the kids make a mess of it. Him and Rahul can swap every other game if he wants to not always be #6. Pandya who gives a fuck
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Surly Cricket Thread
Kohli is a terrible terrible captain. His time has to be up now. Captaincy is hard. Lets give that responsibility to someone else. Rohit would be good. He tinkers too much with the damn lineup and applies inconsistent policies for selection. Further, he rarely experiments with batting order changes based on the game situation. Also, what happened to his go hard lifestyle. He recovered well in last 5 overs but sucked ass for the middle 10. With 7 wickets in hand and batting 9 deep, go hard bro. You gonna lose if you dont anyway. F your average.
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Surly Cricket Thread
Starting a tour with 4 test match series is too much emotion/intense. T20 matches after that is very very anti climactic. I think the Aussie tour schedule was much better - tests at the end. The already decided whiteball series only add to the drama/emotion.
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The New Car Fanatic Thread
Thanks. It is incredibly fun to drive even at 35mph on the streets. It is so balanced and grounded. But it is definitely not fast with 0-60 time. Now I have a car where I dont need to speed to enjoy it. Goodbye tickets. As they say “max” smiles per gallon.
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The New Car Fanatic Thread
Yes and No. it still officially has Miata as part of the name in the US. The MX-5 Miata. The Miata brand name is too strong here. Everywhere else it is just MX5. With that said, the “Miata” moniker appears is on the Window sticker only. Manual, website, badging/beanding, everything else is just MX-5.
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The New Car Fanatic Thread
I bought a new Miata. /end thread
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2020-2021 NBA Thread of Insanity
I remember the western conf finals from 97 that they show at the end. It was my first full season of watching the NBA. Stockton made all of Houston cry that night.
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2020-2021 NBA Thread of Insanity
His assists and steals record will stay there for a long long time. No current player on pace to breaking it. basically guy never got injured. And played consistently and for so long. This record might stay forever until robots are allowed in the nba.
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2020-2021 NBA Thread of Insanity
Only thing I can think of is that this is actually a”Spot the odd one” puzzle. but then there are 4 players per team for some reason. so you sound right. This is trash.
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- Amazon prime recommendations
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Superman Reboot : Ta-Nehisi Coates
Superman was king in the 70s and 80s but he doesnt have a dimensionality required of today’s superhero. doesnt matter who directs it, who acts in it, how many times they reboot it, superman movies will continue to lag behind more mortal superheros.
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Marvel's WandaVision on Disney+
This is the worst show ever made.
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HBO Max streaming service
What is this Sopranos show you all keep talking about? Is it any good? I know that the little Sopranos girl grew up and dated Turtle but broke up with him when she got a gig in New Zealand. Turtle was the sads.