Comments on: Justin Langer really doesn’t give a toss if everyone in the entire world is making fun of him for using the word ‘elite’ all the time https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/ Independent and irreverent cricket writing Fri, 18 Jan 2019 06:21:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 By: Aks https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257954 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 06:21:45 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257954 In reply to Deep Cower.

That has been a thing in India for a while now.

]]> By: Deep Cower https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257949 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:45:56 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257949 Elite mateship is achieved through elite matrimony:

http://www.elitematrimony.com

This is apparently a thing in India now.

]]> By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257948 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:56:25 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257948 In reply to Mike.

Literally only just this minute realised that the West Indies and the Women’s Institute share the same abbreviation.

]]> By: Mike https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257947 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:20:15 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257947 In reply to A P Webster.

Is there a ‘proper’ scorecard for this CWI XI innings anywhere? Everywhere I’ve looked just has a ‘sensible’ 128 all out.

]]> By: Mike https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257946 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:19:12 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257946 Aren’t E-lites a brand of vape?

In other news, Olly Stone’s back…

]]> By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257942 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 07:54:40 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257942 In reply to A P Webster.

317-10 declared seems petty.

]]> By: A P Webster https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257941 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:15:30 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257941 England take 19 wickets in a day but can only draw – clearly this side lacks the killer instinct needed….

I am slightly disappointed no bowler ended up with an 11-for.

]]> By: Uday https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257937 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:11:43 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257937 In other news, the Uttar Pradesh seam attack managed to get Pujara out in 28 balls

]]> By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257936 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:08:28 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257936 In reply to Bert.

We had some crisps that had edible gold stars in with them the other day. What in Stephen J. Hell is that all about?

And who is Stephen J. Hell?

]]> By: Bert https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/justin-langer-doesnt-give-a-shit-if-everyone-in-the-entire-world-is-making-fun-of-him-for-using-the-word-elite-all-the-time/2019/01/16/#comment-257935 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:57:39 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=20879#comment-257935 Comparable examples of torturing a language:

13th Century Catholic theologians
1990s American corporate managers
Australian cricketers

In each case the concepts they were trying to explain were smoke and mirrors, and if they’d been honest about that they’d have been out of a job. Actually, in the first case they’d have been out of a job and into a small urn. The reality is that religion is great if it makes you feel better, that corporations work well if their products are good, and cricket teams play well if the players make a decent team. When this is true, nobody ever needs to discuss anything because the results speak for themselves. In the cases where these things are not true (13th Century Europe, 1990s America, Australia now) all that is left for the bosses to do is rampant language buggery. It’s a smokescreen for imminent failure, not an explanation of success.

What it says about Justin Langer is that he has no idea how to make Australia a good test team again, except for repeatedly telling the players just how unbelievably excellent they are. Presumably he thinks this will in some way make silk purses out of them all. They have to feel so special, he can’t allow them to be ordinary in any regard. If they make friends, it has to be elite mateship. If they train, it has to be elite preparation. If they go to the toilet, it has to be for elite defecation. And their poos are golden, probably.

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