Comments on: When Holland beat England in the Twenty20 World Cup

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:54:03 +0000

There we sat on Friday evening longing to be like the Dutch supporters opposite – watching our best players try their hardest, cheering our team, dreaming of victory and instead as soon as Shah came on and not Key we knew Collingwood had bottled it and we were doomed. (What is the point of playing Key and not giving him a chance is the polite gist of what came from everyone on the top of the Compton stand)

The English seemed to be wading in treacle; as you say unable to try and win in case they lost. It was completely exhausting watching them, frustrating beyond measure that they couldn’t get off the treadmill and I felt flattened out like a bit of lino by the experience. Oh, it’s hard to be an English supporter.

I thought i might have to give up cricket but the Scots and the Windies have built me up again.

By: Harris Harrison

Harris Harrison — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:43:55 +0000

I’d say hand the fielding coach his P45 but he’d only drop it.

http://tinyurl.com/np8ozq

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:47:29 +0000

Thanks for the species check, Suave. I’d been wondering about that overnight (like you do).

Capybara meat is said to taste like pork, so the pork belly references are apposite.

By: Suave

Suave — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:35:27 +0000

Yeah, burn Rob Key, the capybara riding behemoth.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:30:27 +0000

And what had Rob Key ever done for us?

By: Kendal King Pin

Kendal King Pin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:42:16 +0000

mmm, pork belly.

By: drmony

drmony — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:39:22 +0000

this is all time worst defeat in english history

By: lee

lee — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:35:04 +0000

English cricket has always excelled at getting one part of it;s game right. For ages under Fletcher (post-Banger), no-one at the top of the order could get runs and it was probably that factor that ended up getting dunc the boot. Yet today we seemed to solve that prolem, only for the middle-to-late innings to be more stodgy that pork-belly in gravy.

It’s almost like England are playing an eleven-man game of Connect 4, so that every time someone gets and advantage it is to the detriment of the others.

I always knew Connect 4 was shite, now I’ve given myself all the convincing I need. Who’s with me?

By: Bass

Bass — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:20:57 +0000

Well, I’m Dutch… And drunk… So forgive me for saying:

Mwhaahhhahahhahgdahhahhahahhahahhaaaababbaa

I really don’t know what else to say. Winning form England in this way is something like Ajax winning the Champions League.

And no, no witty remarks. This was just to good.