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Commie 2014-08-23 00:57:52 

Where are the Tim Hector archives ?

I'm in transit and feel like raising some jumbies.

 
doosra 2014-08-23 00:59:14 

In reply to Commie

they not there? finding some nice ones big grin

 
doosra 2014-08-23 00:59:37 

Larr bigging up Lara's captaincy here

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:03:18 

Admin might like this one from Mich Mac big grin


"I got into trouble about my shades. I bought a pair of expensive designer shades and someone [he believed it to be a team mate] stole it. I was kind of angry". How did he display that anger? Now he is tight-lipped; "I'm not going to say that. Coach [Clyde Butts] rest me for the next match though". I told him that there were rumours that he took his bat to one of the players and I asked him to confirm or deny the reports. "No I didn't do that. That is not true. I walked away. Coach took me away."

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:03:51 

In reply to doosra

No...he created a special archive for the fan the flame articles. Brilliant musings on cricket and caribbean life in particular.

Then ryan had amnesia and never said where he put them.

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:04:12 

In reply to Commie

lol

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:05:56 

A Foreign Coach needed now

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:08:04 

Windies problems mirror caribbean society

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:11:08 

Logie exits with bitter taste

Logie - WI selectors disrespected me

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:15:28 

Chappell - an attractive option

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:16:55 

Lequay's warning - do not impose a foreign coach

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:17:40 

Go Local, West Indies

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:17:59 

damn, this archive is rich...

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:20:01 

Anonymous players happy to bring A game at last

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:22:30 

WICB back to Benneth King

Benneth King picks Aussie Assistant

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:23:18 

Larr once said this of the WICB

It seems like the WICB is chock full of contented Christians.
big grin

yahso

 
sudden 2014-08-23 01:24:43 

In reply to Commie

Pure Donmanism right there from Gayle. It just didn't start. Beckles was indeed correct

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:24:48 

Self Determination WI style

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:26:10 

Complaints about Hilaire management style

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:27:15 

Who lie ?

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:28:17 

Chappell clears the air

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:29:17 

Lara - let's support Benneth King

 
sudden 2014-08-23 01:31:39 

In reply to doosra

Those Percy Patson's pieces were funny big grin

 
JOJO 2014-08-23 01:31:57 

In reply to sudden

Beckles was indeed correct


My single disappointment with Beckles on that issue is that he apologized. The broad analysis was intellectually sound. Yes, people were upset about the use of the term and many disagreed with his analysis. However, I think the apology detracted from the broad analysis.

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:33:08 

In reply to sudden

the archive sweet bad. yes indeed good laughs big grin

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:33:18 

In reply to sudden

If only you knew big grin

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:35:06 

In reply to Commie

Shame on you all big grin

 
Maispwi 2014-08-23 01:36:59 

In reply to Commie

Here is one to keep you going

They know not of his art

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:37:00 

Percy again

 
sudden 2014-08-23 01:37:15 

In reply to JOJO

True. I never thought he should have apologised. He was correct from what I have heard.

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:38:55 

Logie - Money was apartheid deterrent

 
sudden 2014-08-23 01:39:40 

In reply to Commie

Gotta say I like Percy's style. Too bad he wasn't a Green big grin

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:39:49 

arrite plenty already for tonite
save some for nodda blast

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:40:38 

In reply to sudden

Amazing how some of those arguments have lasted.

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:42:17 

In reply to sudden

Winston sounds like pondie...or JahJah.

 
doosra 2014-08-23 01:42:41 

Survive or succumb - big grin

hot sunday

Sudden, BKing's method big grin

 
sudden 2014-08-23 01:45:05 

In reply to Commie

More Pondie than Jah Jah. He did say he was a man if the name isn't a dead giveaway

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:47:22 

In reply to sudden

Percy at it again

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 01:47:23 

In reply to JOJO & Sudden
I hope you guys will both have a great week-end.

Now, Unnu know why we all cannot get any better...because peeps like you who KNOW better find it hard to separate your personal biases from your actions. In that regard you guys and Chrissy are no different.

Beckles issued a statement of regret...you may stretch that to apology if you want. Beckles said someone tampered with the video..hmmmm.

Beckles was out of order to say the things he said - I understand wanting to make jokes in your presentation and saying things for effect but even then he was out of line and wrong. He should know better.

CG & Marlon back then had only a HS education (still do but now have age on their side). Wavell, started UTECH but had not yet finished.

When I was a child I acted like a child, now I am a man....

 
sudden 2014-08-23 01:49:17 

In reply to HumbleCalf

What is your point, mate?

By the way have a great weekend too

 
JOJO 2014-08-23 01:50:34 

In reply to HumbleCalf

You saying all off that to say what again? That you have to come to the defense of your fellow Yardie?

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 01:51:09 

In reply to sudden

Beckles was wrang and out of order. And, when you consider his status in the Caribbean, he was wranger and even more out of order.

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 01:51:26 

In reply to JOJO

Stueepes.

 
sudden 2014-08-23 01:53:05 

In reply to HumbleCalf

I beg to differ. Considering his status he needed to say it. Such behavior, Donmanism, is cancerous in any team. What he did wrong was to apologise

 
Commie 2014-08-23 01:53:14 

In reply to sudden

And more Percy.

Lix

 
JOJO 2014-08-23 01:55:04 

In reply to HumbleCalf

Beckles was wrang and out of order. And, when you consider his status in the Caribbean, he was wranger and even more out of order.


The thrust of his argument was intellectually sound and he was the perfect person to make this argument because of his standing. He was wrong to apologize.

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 01:56:58 

In reply to sudden

The youth them need help, they do not need to be ridiculed. Beckles used his privileged position to smear the fellows.

 
sudden 2014-08-23 01:57:11 

In reply to Commie

Percy would have fun nowadays big grin

 
sudden 2014-08-23 01:59:16 

In reply to HumbleCalf

Yes they need help and they need to be ridiculed when necessary. What they did to Harper and Skerrit continues today. Gayle has learnt nothing and he has not grown up if that was the problem

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 01:59:57 

In reply to JOJO

I guess I just have a fundamental difference in opinion about this - do you and Sudden really expect a higher level of thinking from these guys, seriously?

 
JOJO 2014-08-23 02:01:34 

In reply to HumbleCalf

The youth them need help, they do not need to be ridiculed. Beckles used his privileged position to smear the fellows.


...and you're suggesting that they never got help? That they were never offered help?

So people of influence and high standing are not supposed to point out the real issues because that might make some uncomfortable?

 
sudden 2014-08-23 02:01:45 

In reply to HumbleCalf

Actually I dont. What surprises me are their supporters and enablers

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 02:01:51 

In reply to sudden

The man sey 'im sleep, lick ball, drink rum, drunk and sleep again...wha yuh expect 'im to learn.

 
JOJO 2014-08-23 02:05:09 

In reply to HumbleCalf

I guess I just have a fundamental difference in opinion about this - do you and Sudden really expect a higher level of thinking from these guys, seriously?


The problem is that these guys have been empowered. They were empowered by facilitators (like you) who think that they should not be criticized and called to account because of their situation or how they grew up.

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 02:05:12 

In reply to sudden

Yuh straying...peeps support CG the entertainer (cricketer)...I do not know about enabler...sounds like you just threw that in there.

 
sudden 2014-08-23 02:07:58 

In reply to HumbleCalf

Enablers as in advisers who don't point out flaws. Supporters like those on this board who gloss over their boorish behavior

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 02:10:09 

In reply to JOJO

If I were Beckles, I would think that I lowered myself to their level in that presentation.

If you think about what Beckles did to drive home his point, it only served to strengthen CG and Marlon. When you add the fact that youngsters DO want to be like CG, Beckles' point was lost on the instant gratification generation.

You are not going to help these guys by being antagonists.

 
sudden 2014-08-23 02:11:34 

In reply to HumbleCalf

I don't know what to say mate. You just lost me there

 
Commie 2014-08-23 02:11:49 

Harper undermines team

 
JOJO 2014-08-23 02:13:22 

In reply to HumbleCalf

If you think about what Beckles did to drive home his point, it only served to strengthen CG and Marlon.


No. The reaction (and shortsightedness) of their supporters strengthened them.

This is why Beckles and WICB should have stood firm.

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 02:14:39 

In reply to Commie

Man yuh nuh see dat we winning again, why yuh airing the dirty laundry in public like dis.

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 02:17:08 

In reply to JOJO

Awright sah. I am sure if you were editing Beckles' presentation, while you would keep the thrust, you would have taken a different tact and not try to score comedy points using dem boys.

 
Commie 2014-08-23 02:19:08 

In reply to HumbleCalf

Its funny to see how the same things have been happening for so long.

And yet you would swear they hadn't.

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 02:21:30 

In reply to Commie

Once yuh winning all sores are covered and past sins forgotten. Yuh dun know dat.

 
sudden 2014-08-23 02:22:38 

In reply to Commie

You know I wonder about that sometimes. But then again humans like to bury their head in the sand

 
Commie 2014-08-23 02:23:59 

In reply to HumbleCalf

What has been forgiven?

 
Commie 2014-08-23 02:24:49 

In reply to sudden

Well...that too shall pass.

 
sudden 2014-08-23 02:25:40 

In reply to Commie

So what happened to Percy? What did he stop writing?

 
bravos 2014-08-23 02:26:13 

In reply to Commie

Amin don't like call outs apparently..

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 02:26:41 

In reply to Commie

Forgotten and forgiven are 2 different things.

Forgiven is wha Narper did to u, forgotten is wha CG and dem said to Harper et al.
lol

 
Commie 2014-08-23 02:27:13 

In reply to sudden

No idea.

Must have gotten bored.

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 02:29:04 

In reply to sudden

Ask him again!!!!

He use to write some cussout columns too!! Commie can tell yuh about them.

 
ponderiver 2014-08-23 02:30:29 

In reply to sudden


lemme give you some more to bellyache about

and when you are done answer this ..... why was the plus size one kicked out of Somerset along with Viv?
lemme answer it for you.... because someone in authority who did not earn their respect ,

with good reason
and who was jealous of their prowess and popularity, decided to show them who was boss in the most disrespectful way.

 
Commie 2014-08-23 02:31:03 

In reply to HumbleCalf

What did I do to Narper?

 
HumbleCalf 2014-08-23 02:33:11 

In reply to Commie

He sends his love and admiration and says your words are forgiven but not forgotten.

 
sudden 2014-08-23 02:34:23 

In reply to ponderiver

Do you agree with Garner?

 
Commie 2014-08-23 02:36:43 

In reply to HumbleCalf

If a man slap you and you take a 2x4 and burst his head open the issue isn't about forgiveness but about recognising who not to slap.

Narper has nothing to forgive me for.

I have never initiated any problem with Narper.

I certainly don't randomly disparage people on here.

 
ponderiver 2014-08-23 02:38:10 

In reply to HumbleCalf

yeah that was a licking indeed rolleyes

 
Commie 2014-08-23 02:41:33 

Hooper disturbed

 
ponderiver 2014-08-23 02:45:24 

In reply to sudden

it was a sweeping genaralisation and bearing in mind his treatment at Somerset I would have to say it lacked empathy and balance

 
positiveg 2014-08-23 06:20:05 

In reply to doosra

Lara, I have been told is a brilliant captain. He is simply lumbered with a poor inexperienced team. The evidence of his brilliance though is difficult to find considering he has throughout his brilliant captaincy been lumbered with poor teams. Catch 22, if you ask me. How do we know he is brilliant? Must be a West Indian inside job. He is smart because we know he is.



Dammmmnnnn
I like this guy writing
That's wayyyy before my time here on this list.
So where did he go?

 
Maispwi 2014-08-23 10:37:11 

In reply to Commie

You are a real rabble rouser. Ah tawt you wanted someting written by by Tim Hector but you sounding more like George Odlum

 
Admin 2014-08-23 12:58:11 

The Tim Hector archives are safe. Need some time to sort them properly. Publishing them or putting them online somewhere would require some communication with someone about ownership rights. I won't disrespect the man or his family and republish anything without permission.

_ryan

 
Admin 2014-08-23 13:09:38 

These were the good old days when I had time to do some reporting. Read about Chetty and Bish Panday.

_r

 
Admin 2014-08-23 13:12:29 

Live from Dominica (July 2003)

The odds declined with what insiders say was the unkindness cut of all when Richard DeSouza asked him to withdraw his candidacy. A distraught Chetty Singh on the stroke of lunch withdrew his candidacy and entered the history books of West Indies cricket as the first unopposed Presidential nominee not to be elected. As expected, Singh did not join his colleagues, WICB staff and members for lunch and sat by himself as he reflected bitterly and solemnly on the events of the morning.

 
Commie 2014-08-23 13:20:00 

In reply to Admin

The hotel lobby meeting big grin