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IT'S TIME FOR THE WINDIES TO WAKE UP!

 
XDFIX 2017-06-26 15:01:35 

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XDFIX 2017-06-26 17:09:40 

4 YOUNG PLAYERS THAT CAN MANHANDLE INDIA'S ATTACK IN MY VIEW ARE:

BLACKWOOD

KING

AMBRIS

HETEMYER

 
POINT 2017-06-26 17:12:28 

In reply to XDFIX

If this is in reference to those in the Governance of West Indies Cricket
They are ALL BRAIN DEAD .

I have been stating in this Forum for
over 15 freaking years that the WICBC
/CWI is the main cause for the non competitiveness of Our Players & Teams .

Their main fixation is being MIMIC MEN , by behaving like those who founded the Archaic Entity , that they have inherited . In essence they
are the Masters & the Players their
Servants .

The Big Idiots still believe that having an adversary relationship with
the Players is very essential to making Our Players improve .

That perhaps is one of the reasons why they bluntly refuse to change their ancient Structure . They want to remain in the Dark Ages . Never mind the fact that their Methods &
Behaviour have never demonstrated that their Policies have worked .

 
XDFIX 2017-06-26 17:30:46 

In reply to POINT

My view is the art of cricket has not changed - old structure or not

Management style, yes! but all things considered, management is not at the wicket

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2017-06-26 17:48:10 

In reply to XDFIX

That's my belief too. If you can play well no amount of maladministration will make you fail.

Conversely if you are not good you will fail even with the best administration.

 
POINT 2017-06-26 18:24:07 

In reply to XDFIX

I have not checked the stats , but I am very sure that most if not all International Teams ranked above our Team :

PLAY MUCH MORE CRICKET THAN

OUR PLAYERS ; IN ADDITION TO THAT

THEIR STANDARD IS A HELL OF A LOT

HIGHER THAN THE STANDARD IN

THIS FREAKING REGION .


I have been stating this for years now , but people dismiss what I have
stated here . Then there are the Idiots who tell me that Each Country
in the Region must only develop their
Players .

Sadly THEY fail to understand that:

" A CHAIN IS AS STRONG

AS ITS WEAKEST LINK . "

Many here glorify the fact that their
Team is winning most of the Regional
Tournaments , this in my opinion is
very myopic thinking .

WHAT THE HELL DOES IT MATTER WHETHER

THIS OR THAT TEAM WINS THE REGIONAL

TOURNAMENT , WHEN IN THE

INTERNATIONAL MATCHES WE ARE

SUFFERING STINGING DEFEATS .

Obviously the standard of Cricket in the Region must be raised , the only method to do that is by ensuring that
the Regional Tournaments are very keen .

SADLY THIS FACT IS LOST ON MOST

PEOPLE IN THE REGION , AND MANY WHO

POPULATE THIS FORUM , BUT AS IS VERY

WELL KNOWN " YOU CAN TAKE A HORSE TO

THE RIVER , BUT YOU CANNOT FORCE THE

HORSE TO DRINK ".

The Big Idiots have not changed their
Strategy for years now , and are still continuing to do the same things . Surely these cannot be sane Persons .

Obviously money must be spent to make
our Players fully competitive . The
freaking fact is that unless money is
spent we are sure as Hell going to be in Tier 2 Forever . It is just that
freaking Simple .

 
jacksprat 2017-06-26 18:36:19 

Anybody recall these idiotic words from the visionary Dr.Ernest Hillaire from 2012--5 long years ago:

"For a decade or so the selectors were guided by a process which had them arriving at the eleven best players to take the field," Hilaire said, during the Barbados Cricket Association Awards ceremony. "With the eleven best players on the park our results went from bad to worse and yet worse still".

He said the U19 guys - who would now be about 25-26 years old-and the HPC recruits-would have guided us back to respectability in 3 years from 2012.

How is this emergent "star team" going - 5 years later?

NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!!!!

 
POINT 2017-06-26 18:44:17 

My take is that the WICBC /CWI is like
the defunct West Indies Federation .

IT IS TO FREAKING TOP HEAVY

WITH BIG IDIOTS , PERSONS

WHOSE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING

ORGANIZING & OPERATING A

PROFESSIONAL CRICKET BOARD

IS EITHER NIL , OR VERY SHALLOW .

People need to ask themselves why is
it that prior to going on Tours CWI
generally the WICBC/CWI & the Players
are squabbling over money ?????

It seems that the WICBC/CWI unfortunately believe that is a great
motivational exercise .

Other International Cricket Boards
do not have that problem with most of their Players . Yet the WICBC/CWI
persist in this Stupidity .

Their Sycophants & Stooges in the Media supporting their Masters ,talk about the Players being Greedy , meanwhile the Governments in the Region bluntly refuse to call out those in the governance of Cricket in the Region ; what a Conundrum .

 
XDFIX 2017-06-26 21:24:32 

In reply to jacksprat

U19 players currently pack the senior team but no mentors thus a starless team

 
XDFIX 2017-06-26 21:28:34 

In reply to POINT

I part company with u on that score as the so called stars weren't winning us anything and they resist sharing the little resources with the other players

 
jen 2017-06-26 22:23:09 

In reply to XDFIX

I highly doubt blackwood would be good in this format, unless the pitch is extremely flat, he's poor at rotating spinners. Haven't seen much of king so won't comment on him. Hetmeyer need to tighten up his defence else he'll be in trouble against any international attack. Remember India have B Kumar who moves it about.

Shai Hope, Ambris and J Mohammed is our best 3 - 5 right now. Marlon Samuels woulda been great but aint' mek sense we call his name as Windies foolish policy excludes him. Samuels in 2014 - 2016 in ODI cricket has been excellent.

 
POINT 2017-06-27 09:07:43 

In reply to XDFIX

SO WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS

OF OUR PLAYERS IN THE SHORTEST VERSION

OF THE GAME INTERNATIONALLY ?????????

One thing I know is it surely was not
the Big Idiots in the WICBC . If WE
want Cricket in the Region to improve
there must be a genuine examination of what those Former Great Players
did to MOTIVATE ; INSPIRE & TEACH
Our Players to Dominate this version
of the game Internationally .

Until this is comprehensively done ,

WE ARE SIMPLY SPINNING A TOP IN MUD .

The Problem is that Cricket Worst Idiots , aka CWI , will never do this
WHY ????

IT WOULD DEMONSTRATE TO ALL & SUNDRY

THAT THOSE IN THE CWI ; ARE TOTALLY

UNFIT & INADEQUATE TO BE IN THE

GOVERNANCE OF CRICKET IN THE REGION .

This is precisely why I am in favour
of One Entity , with two Departments
An Administrative Department & A Cricket Department .

THE CRICKET DEPARTMENT MUST BE

STAFFED BY OUR FORMER GREAT PLAYERS

WHO WILL DEAL WITH EVERYTHING

PERTAINING TO CRICKET WITHOUT

INTERFERENCE FROM THOSE IN THE

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT WHOSE JOB

WILL BE TO DEAL WITH ADMINISTRATIVE

MATTERS .

It is high time that those in CWI
get to eat some Humble Pie . Their
governance for many years now has been an abomination to West Indies
Cricket .

If the WICBC /CWI was in control of
the shortest format of the Game I
seriously doubt that Our Players would have won Back to back World Championships in this version of the game .

 
XDFIX 2017-06-27 14:08:08 

In reply to POINT

Windies players play more cricket than Bangladesh and Afghanistan, no?

Look at where these two teams are today compared to the Windies

Again, board members do not play cricket!

 
XDFIX 2017-06-27 14:13:53 

In reply to jen

King and Blackwood are two young master blasters I would give them a run that's the only way doubt can be dispelled!

 
SirGarny 2017-06-27 14:39:18 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

If you can play well no amount of maladministration will make you fail. Conversely if you are not good you will fail even with the best administration.


Finally someone agrees with me...The administration of Windies cricket is no worse now than it was during the height of our powers.

It's the quality and depth of the talent...plain and simple...it's not what it used to be! Not even close.

 
POINT 2017-06-27 16:42:04 

In reply to XDFIX

Please reread what I stated . If you are comparing Our Players to Afghanistan & Bangladesh , YOU have set your sights very low .

I am very ashamed that you are making
a comparison with those at or near the Bottom . You should be ashamed of yourself .

 
Baje 2017-06-27 17:42:48 

In reply to jen

Shai Hope, Ambris and J Mohammed is our best 3 - 5 right now


Roston Chase has to bat 3-5.

 
jacksprat 2017-06-27 18:27:20 

In reply to XDFIX

...the so called stars weren't winning us anything

Compared to the current bunch - which seems out of its league in international cricket - they were world beaters!!!

The "so-called stars" beat England a higher ranked-team; Those players beat New Zealand in a test series in the Caribbean; They also comprised the team which won an away test against South Africa test for the first time in history; the "prima donnas" formed the core of the team which has won the last two T20 world cup, etc.

Please enlighten me on what any "star less" West Indies team has won since 2010?

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2017-06-27 18:30:48 

In reply to jacksprat

How many years it took your star team to become a star team and to achieve those accomplishment? Are you willing to give the starless team equal time?

 
Devin 2017-06-27 18:36:49 

Jermaine Blackwood is a master. Now I've heard it all. Someone post his career statistics in all formats so I can get my shits and giggles on.

 
Devin 2017-06-27 18:40:56 

Wait, I'll do it.

31 test average after 22 matches.

5.50 average from 2 ODI'S, 48 strike rate.

31.5 FC average from 65 matches.

25.18 List A average from 32 matches.

12.92 T20 average from 19 matches. 80.38 strike rate.

Ladies and gentlemen, a young master.

 
buds 2017-06-27 18:42:08 

In reply to Baje

How Ambris even figure in your calculation? That's just wishful thinking.

rolleyes

 
XDFIX 2017-06-27 22:53:03 

In reply to POINT

Your contention is Windies not playing enough cricket thus the poverty in their game.

I am arguing that Windies play many more games than the two in question, yet those teams are showing riches.

 
XDFIX 2017-06-27 22:53:46 

In reply to jacksprat

Fuzzy made my point!

The "so called stars" may have done better than the current young inexperienced Windies team but when compared to the real stars of past Windies team, there is not much to boast about.