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Have WI HIT the Ocean Floor?

 
thefacts 2017-05-17 13:14:27 

- Loss to Ireland in WC

- Loss to Zimbabwe in Tri-Series

- Loss to Afghanistan in WC.

- Series Lost for 1st time vs Pakistan at Home

- Out of Champions Trophy
-- Winners 2004
-- Runners Up 1998 and 2006

- About to not Qualify for World Cup 2019 (automatic)

My simple question .... Have WI hit the Ocean Floor?

Or is anything left?

 
thefacts 2017-05-17 13:16:54 

Just 4 points separate WI from No.9 ....

ICC Test Rankings

 
thefacts 2017-05-17 13:17:34 

No.9 already in ICC ODI Rankings

 
thefacts 2017-05-17 13:18:16 

No.7 and free falling in ICC T20 Rankings

 
thefacts 2017-05-17 13:18:38 

One Word:

REVOLUTTTTTIOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNN

 
thefacts 2017-05-17 13:19:26 

Two Words:

BAJAN MAFIA

 
jacksprat 2017-05-17 13:22:45 

In reply to thefacts

They have turned the corner on the road to ruin! big grin

 
thefacts 2017-05-17 13:23:45 

In reply to jacksprat

I don't know when will WI wake up to the reality of GOING ALONE?

 
runout 2017-05-17 13:54:46 

How do you turn a corner when you are going around in circles?

 
bobby 2017-05-17 14:02:23 

In reply to runout
You don't understand. The last corner we turned was in Barbados, the land of roundabouts and while some here were over the moon, I knew we would go around the roundabout as Dominica proved.

 
runout 2017-05-17 14:03:40 

In reply to bobby

I would say we are on a steep climb....no more corners. cool

 
natty_forever 2017-05-17 14:10:15 

In reply to bobby... I disagree, we were one brain fart away from a commendable draw, wwhich would have left this a drawn series. I am now more than ever optimistic. If only the "skelectors" would stop being so "arrogant" or is it "ignorant"?.

 
Tryangle 2017-05-17 14:28:43 

In reply to thefacts

Technically, the floor would be where the true teams in the wilderness are strewn about. For example, Japan would swap with Windies in a heartbeat. And China, despite their money, recently finished a tournament against the likes of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, losing by close to 400 runs each time! big grin

But I get where you're coming from. Windies would disband before it got to that particular part of the abyss smile

 
runout 2017-05-17 14:33:14 

In reply to natty_forever

Very true...we would have been singing a different tune.

Mind you this same Pakistan team was only beaten by New Zealand and Australia away from UAE.

We have many positives...but the negativity here from the know-alls is just that!

 
bobby 2017-05-17 15:11:31 

In reply to natty_forever
Stop blaming Gabriel for preventing a draw. If that is all we can reach for, then we have NOT turned any corner. And it is even worse if we have to lay blame on a number 11 batsman, while, with the exception of Chase, all the others who were picked to bat, did not deliver.
It should never have come down to #11.

 
runout 2017-05-17 15:17:43 

In reply to bobby

It shouldn't have but it did. And in the context of the game, where is the pride.

Not blaming him, but making a point between competing for a draw and losing a series

The way it is bandied here is as if the boys are no good. And that is far from the truth.

 
natty_forever 2017-05-17 15:20:38 

In reply to bobby... why, I have seen us during the Glory days do the same thing, number 11 staying there with an established batsman, it happens to the best teams in the world.

I bet you if that was The Hon Courtney, the match would have been a draw.

Oh, you caan tell me what to think. Respect!

 
jacksprat 2017-05-17 15:25:14 

In reply to runout

How do you turn a corner when you are going around in circles?

It a round-a-bout!

Why do you think they call it a "revolution" underway with the emerging "star team" big grin

They are revolving on their axis of futility & mediocrity! big grin