Skint at the ashes

[manilaseagull]

SOme chap quite prominent at times sat just behind the wicket...

Skint shirt and white beach hat.....get in....

what I like about cricket is the non arguments from players.
Pontin was given out he did not walk, the replay showed he was out, he just walked,

No tantrums, no sulking, no swearing , no pushing the umpire..

Oh how I wish football was like that....

 

[Superphil]

what I like about cricket is the non arguments from players.
Pontin was given out he did not walk, the replay showed he was out, he just walked,

No tantrums, no sulking, no swearing , no pushing the umpire..

Oh how I wish football was like that....

It could be more like that in football, but so long as the clubs have so much power and effectively run the sport, then the authorities don't have the balls, or the ability, to truly crack down on the overpaid primadonas who play football. Sadly, after years of neglect (fuelled by lucrative financial deals) by the FA, UEFA and FIFA it is now a problem running right down to the non professional leagues.

My thoughts go like this. FIFA/UEFA/Worlds FAs decide that at the beginning of next season that any players who swear at a referee, demands a card for an opposition player, surrounds a ref etc. gets instantly red carded, no ifs, no buts. The 4th official can do this if he sees it behind the players back, and the card can be applied retrospectively using video evidence. For a 1st offence it is a normal red card ban. For the next offence it is a ban for the remainder of the season, or the next 20 competitive matches, whichever is the longest.

The way this would work is that the clubs, especially those paying massive wages, will not want to be paying that sort of money to a player who cannot play. Therefore players contracts would have to have something like this written into it; 'if you get banned for the season/20 games, then you do not get paid'. Clubs would have to write that into contracts, and so by doing that, overnight, the problem would be virtually eradicated.

The same could be applied to cheating (sorry, in the words of Septic Bladder, simulation).

Our game could be changed, but, as long as the clubs are in control this can’t happen, as long as FIFA is corrupt, this can’t happen.

 

[kingstn seagull]

Saw that guy! I was chanting 'ALBION' at the TV!
Not sure why though.....?

 

[TonyTownersShorts]

Guy very prominent in a load of shots - bad day at the office for our boys!!! Quite a lot of verbal going on especially Anderson and Johnson!!! Come on the Barmy Army!!

 

[Danny-Boy]

I thought this was about a fan who had run out of money and wanted a donation...or some advice. Would have told him to go grape-picking.

 

[OzMike]

SOme chap quite prominent at times sat just behind the wicket...

Skint shirt and white beach hat.....get in....


It's meeeeeeeeee!

Just got back from game, not good today but still in with a chance I think.
The pitch is bouncing a bit but is changing, Australia need a win and will try to set a target, but with a few early wickets and 2 days to bat it is possible.
The wicket is turning into a batting strip so the last innings could be the winning one.
I have tickets for the first 4 days 32 degrees yesterday and 35 today, 28 forcast for tomorrow thank f**k!

 

[8ace]

It's meeeeeeeeee!

Just got back from game, not good today but still in with a chance I think.
The pitch is bouncing a bit but is changing, Australia need a win and will try to set a target, but with a few early wickets and 2 days to bat it is possible.
The wicket is turning into a batting strip so the last innings could be the winning one.
I have tickets for the first 4 days 32 degrees yesterday and 35 today, 28 forcast for tomorrow thank f**k!

Is XXXX Gold the only beer on sale at the WACA as well?

 

[OzMike]

Is XXXX Gold the only beer on sale at the WACA as well?

Yes and you can buy 4 max/person till 2pm then 2 max/person after and then 1 max/person after 4.
So all that happens is that the queues are just getting bigger and bigger as more people are joining, stupid if you ask me.

 

[8ace]

Yes and you can buy 4 max/person till 2pm then 2 max/person after and then 1 max/person after 4.
So all that happens is that the queues are just getting bigger and bigger as more people are joining, stupid if you ask me.

They had the same stupid system in place at the Gabba, I had given up drinking in the ground by Adelaide, as I couldn't get pissed on that witch piss - although the convicts manage to somehow.

 

[OzMike]

They had the same stupid system in place at the Gabba, I had given up drinking in the ground by Adelaide, as I couldn't get pissed on that witch piss - although the convicts manage to somehow.

I think sneaking in a hip flask is in order for tomorrow.
Ice in plastic cups is free and I'll buy a bottle of coke.

 

[Storer68]

Anyone remember these?

Beer wenches are back
By Danny Weidler
December 28, 2003
The Sun-Herald

Cheers ... Beer wench Shannon outside the SCG. Photo: Kate Geraghty

They're back. They are not banned. And they are sure to take plenty of attention away from our cricketers during the Test and one-dayers in Sydney.

Beer wenches. They were a topic of hot debate at last summer's Sydney Test and are sure to create a storm again when cricket's one-day circus hits town on January 11. They may even make their presence felt during Steve Waugh's farewell Test.

For those who missed the phenomenon, scantily clad girls are hired for $65 an hour to wait hand and foot on groups of thirsty fans, allowing them to enjoy the cricket.

Then, for an extra fee the wenches, or another girl from the same company, would do a private strip away from the ground for those fans who had had their fill of sun, drink and cricket.

The wenches enraged sections of the community earlier this year and NSW Gaming and Racing Minister Grant McBride raised concerns about them.

"We allow them, but we don't encourage them,"said Karen Grega, general manager of the SCG Trust. "The principles of responsible service of alcohol apply to them, like they apply to all bar staff at the SCG and Football Stadium."


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Mandi Brewster, the owner of Sex Bomb Promotions, said all of her girls had been trained in the responsible service of alcohol.

"I really think it is quite hard for fans at the cricket to get too drunk when they are served by my girls," Brewster said. "By the time they get to the bar and back they are not getting too much to drink.

"Last year there was quite a fuss about beer wenches and I know there were people who wanted to ban us, but, to be honest, I have not heard any more about it."

Shannon, who works as a wench, said McBride had it all wrong.

"By using us, the boys are having a controlled drink," she said. "We are encouraging controlled drinking and in my view he can stick it up his bum."


............ and in Brisbane .................
This is what makes me very proud to be Australian, brilliant, but simple ideas like this! The beer bitch, what a truly fantastic concept, and one that is sure to be nominated for a Nobel prize. A few red blooded Aussie boys went to the Brisbane test to watch Oz vs WI a couple of weeks ago. They decided that it would be too good a game to waste lining up in queues for food / beer etc, so they contacted a local escort agency and hired a beer wench for the day (4hrs @ $50/hr).

The request was for a girl with big tits to come to the cricket in skimpy gear, and be on call to go fetch food or drink as required during the days play.

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