The Ashes

[rich p]

Nothing to do with The Ashes but a couple of cricket related things have popped up in the last day or two.
Philip Neville of Man Utd and Everton fame was interviewed at the Old Trafford test yesterday by Aggers during tea. What a decent bloke he came over as and no mean cricketer himself. Self-deprecating and articulate - hoodathortit.
The other one is Barney Ronay's back page article in today's Guardian Sport - it's me to a tee, almost...
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/aug/08/england-cricket-france-holiday

 

[rich p]

Nothing to do with the Ashes but FFS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/31129033
Kevin Effing Pietersen on TMS

 

[User482]

Nothing to do with the Ashes but FFS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/31129033
Kevin Effing Pietersen on TMS

The commentary box already has to hold Michael Vaughan's ego...

 

[rich p]

The commentary box already has to hold Michael Vaughan's ego...

True, but at least MV has a sense of humour.

 

[thom]

True, but at least MV has a sense of humour.

The default setting of a TMS commentator is to take the piss of the expert analyst - I doubt they'll hold off for KP so that should be fine.
He just might turn out to be dull as dishwater.

 

[rich p]

The default setting of a TMS commentator is to take the piss of the expert analyst - I doubt they'll hold off for KP so that should be fine.
He just might turn out to be dull as dishwater.

I wonder which team he''ll be supporting?

 

[thom]

I wonder which team he''ll be supporting?

Team ?
There's no "I" in "team" but there is a "me".

 

[Ganymede]

Nothing to do with the Ashes but FFS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/31129033
Kevin Effing Pietersen on TMS

We at Gany Towers are utterly appalled. Hoping for his swift removal... Mr G says he doesn't think he can listen, which would be frankly tragic.

 

[AndyRM]

I've always been a KP fan, so I suppose I'm a bit biased when I say give the guy a chance. Though I like him a great deal, Boycott is a similarly twattish figure for many and has descended into a cliche ridden parody of himself recently so he'd be the first I'd want off the commentary team.

 

[hoopdriver]

Sure...lash at the ball, then give the camera your profile

 

[thom]

Does KP actually know anything about cricket?

If he doesn't, that will be funny in itself.
I'm quite looking forward to him being gently wound up on air.
Should be good.

 

[User482]

True, but at least MV has a sense of humour.

Actually I don't mind him, and you can see why he was a good captain from the insight he sometimes gives. Despite his massive ego, he does at least have a hint of self-awareness, which is more than can be said for Kevin "I've just slagged everyone off in my book but really want to play for England again" Pietersen.

 

[User482]

If he doesn't, that will be funny in itself.
I'm quite looking forward to him being gently wound up on air.
Should be good.

Have you heard Michael Owen commentating on the football? It's staggering that someone who played at the very highest level should know so little about the game.

 

[thom]

Have you heard Michael Owen commentating on the football? It's staggering that someone who played at the very highest level should know so little about the game.

Have you heard TMS before?
It's radio show about cricket games where over the decades, the commentators have honed the art of taking the piss out of each other's egos.

The bigger they come, the harder they fall.

 

[User482]

Have you heard TMS before?
It's radio show about cricket games where over the decades, the commentators have honed the art of taking the mickey out of each other's egos.

The bigger they come, the harder they fall.

Yes, I listen to it quite a lot. I particularly enjoy Aggers' subtle winding up of Boycott, and the fact that he invariably fails to spot it. I expect they're likely to back off Pietersen though, to prevent an enflouncement.