Swann vs Pietersen

[Mellotron]

Who's more of a knob?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Neither for me.

 

[Mellotron]

Neither for me.

Do you not think either of them is even 1% of a knob?

The question is who is MORE of a knob between the two.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Pietersen gave an interview after the third test when he scored his hundred and I thought he came across as fairly humble.

I think Pietersen's days of antics are fairly much behind him. He realises he's on the homeward stretch of his test career and can see all the big milestones in sight, i.e. 100 caps, overtaking Gooch for most runs. I hope he'll remain focused on the test side because we simply do better when he's in the team.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Pietersen gave an interview after the third test when he scored his hundred and I thought he came across as fairly humble.

I think Pietersen's days of antics are fairly much behind him. He realises he's on the homeward stretch of his test career and can see all the big milestones in sight, i.e. 100 caps, overtaking Gooch for most runs. I hope he'll remain focused on the test side because we simply do better when he's in the team.

I remember hearing an interview with another player that knew KP and he said that you had to get to know him properly to see what he was like, and until then he could come across as the arrogant figure he is often portrayed as by the media. He also said that he is a genuinely nice and down to earth guy.

I don't think either of the are particularly knobish and there are much worse sportsmen to create a poll about

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Don't find either of them to be a 'knob'.
Are you an Aussie?

 

[spring hall convert]

I really should work as KP's press secutary, I think. I'd do a better job than he currently does. For the record, I think he is very, very misunderstood both by the public and the majority of his teammates. He's also the most exciting and possibly best batsman I've seen playing for England in 20 odd years of watching them religiously.

I find Swann's jack the lad antics extremely tiresome.

What isn't in question is they are both supremely talented cricketers.

 

[Gritt23]

There needs to be "neither" option to this poll. I think it would be winning the vote.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Neither. Both great players, and both important personalities within the England camp.

 

[Mackenzie]

I quite like them both. Sorry.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

I quite like them both. Sorry.

Au contraire. Swan is ok, (apart from the fact he is keeping Monty out of the test side), but as for KP ... he is the knob to end all knobs. Gives a whole new meaning to the word 'arrogant'. In my opinion he should of been banned permanently by the England selectors after that 'texting' incident with South Africa a few years back. There are several batsmen capable of taking his place, and doing at least as good a job as him, and just as importantly, showing a lot more compassion and humility.

 

[The Brighton Buzz]

There needs to be "neither" option to this poll. I think it would be winning the vote.

Perhaps Mellotron should put his name as an option.

 

[Mellotron]

There needs to be "neither" option to this poll. I think it would be winning the vote.

I quite like them both. Sorry.

Neither. Both great players, and both important personalities within the England camp.

So all of you think that both of them don't have a SINGLE knobbish bone in their body? You don't think either of them have ever done anything in their whole lives that could be construed as "acting like a bit of a knob"? The question is worded very carefully. Not which of them is a knob. Which of them is MORE of a knob.

 

[Mellotron]

Perhaps Mellotron should put his name as an option.

Well that's a bit harsh.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

There needs to be "neither" option to this poll. I think it would be winning the vote.

This.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Do you not think either of them is even 1% of a knob?

The question is who is MORE of a knob between the two.

No more than anyone. Funny how the media paint Peterson, and while there is probably a grain of truth in some of it, when you listen to him talking he comes across completely different from what you'd expect if you just read the ppers. Still, he stands up for himself and that gives the media a target, so let them get on with it if it mkes them happy.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

So all of you think that both of them don't have a SINGLE knobbish bone in their body? You don't think either of them have ever done anything in their whole lives that could be construed as "acting like a bit of a knob"? The question is worded very carefully. Not which of them is a knob. Which of them is MORE of a knob.

I don't consider either of them to be A KNOB, therefore I'm not really fuss about weighing up which is 'more of a knob'. Swann can be a bit too laddish, which probably balances with KP's tendancy to give his wicket away carelessly to shit balls, because he can't be bothered to concentrate. Or with Cook's selfish spunking of reviews on his own wicket. Or with Broad's selfish insistence of using them all up for his spurious lbw shouts. Or with Trott's occasional habit of risking the team's match position to plod along when he gets himself in a bit of a rut.

None of them are perfect. Or 'knobs'.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Well that's a bit harsh.

Surely it is not going by your logic. You must have at least one knobish bone in your body?

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Shit thread.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Surely it is not going by the logic of surely you must have at least one knobish bone in your body?

Ha. Excellent logic.

You KNOB, Mello.