Comments on: Matthew Hayden approves of Phil Hughes

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:40:06 +0000

What is the difference between an Aussie (including, it now seems, his baggy green) and a pot of yoghurt?

By: Focus Group Lover

Focus Group Lover — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:21:47 +0000

bit of a non-sequitor, but don’t know what else to do with it: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/2544178/Aussie-cricketers-warned-off-spitting-swearing

By: Ceci

Ceci — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:10:14 +0000

You get the feeling Hayden is indeed an alien and his words have been translated somewhat inaccurately from the the original Klingon.

Our own KP is equally capable of gnomic pronouncements – this gem from a cricinfo article about how the Moores row (selflessly started by KP himself) saved team spirit :

“It wasn’t just about January either. There were a lot of players who weren’t happy, and a lot of captains who weren’t happy as well.”

By: e normous

e normous — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:23:23 +0000

How dare you mock him? He has all the evidence! You’re going down, King Cricket! HE KNOWS.

(“know” is a bloody strange looking word, now I’m not even sure I’ve spelt it right…)

By: SimonC

SimonC — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:22:50 +0000

If Hayden had batted like he speaks, his most frequent mode of dismissal would’ve been “fell on wicket.”

By: Krish

Krish — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:27:27 +0000

His speech is like his batting – not very subtle.

By: Dada

Dada — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:08:01 +0000

Sounds like he’s got some of that Baggy Green culture growing inside his head.

By: Bert

Bert — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:23:15 +0000

He’s a twat and no mistake. He misses off the important bit in everything he says about his own (or someone elses) batting success:

“Skillsets, focus, mental something or other, dominating game spaces, oh, and having the opposition bowl 75mph dollies at me all day.”

By: alex

alex — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:45:01 +0000

Anyone who has a baggy green culture needs to go the doctor, immediately.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:44:23 +0000

Hayden has a bad case of the Pups, probably fatal in his case.

It’s like medium-pacers wearing eyeliner, except more insidious. Early stages – patient starts talking about himself in the 3rd person.

Baggy Green culture: what’s growing on the inside of old Australian Test caps