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CaribbeanCricket.com 2019-08-16 15:14:17 

Retired West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo said it maybe time to try Kieron Pollard as a white-ball captain for the regional side while he also said the door was not opened to him for West Indies re-entry.

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Barry 2019-08-16 15:21:24 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
He said its not for him to say but his personal opinion is .. . .

confused

 
Islander 2019-08-16 19:13:06 

From Bravo's lips to CWI's ears....hopefully. He is heads and shoulders above the current lumbering county player. We have not seen the best of Pollard. Such a challenge may finally bring out his best. Way more respect and presence and upside than that petulant embarrassment of a Captain forced upon long suffering WI fans.

 
rillo 2019-08-17 13:00:56 

Are we on this board smarter than CWI ? Pollard is a no brainer for the white ball. Braithwaite is only there because he is Bajan as well as Holder. Merit based places are a non entity with CWI.
Race and country is the only qualifications needed.

 
Walco 2019-08-17 13:18:50 

Pollard should never come anywhere near the West Indies captaincy. He should not even be vice captain. The last straw for me was the fat-shaming he meted out to Cornwall during that CPL match a few years ago. Classless does not even come close to describing his behaviour during that match. Donald Trump would have been proud to emulate Pollard's conduct during that match.

Pollard Getting on Bad

 
Islander 2019-08-18 18:44:40 

Pollard was right. There is a reason we call it 'runs'. What they did was not in keeping with the spirit of the game. Fat shaming is a phrase accommodative of weakness and laziness. If Cornwall has a medical condition then we should all be mindful, otherwise he needs to be fit if he wants to be considered an able Rep of WI cricket. Please leave that snowflake jargon for that culture. Pollard Russel and even Powell are better white ball prospects. What has this club player ever captained successfully? yet we make him Cappo of our senior team time and time again. Your petty and moralizing approach is what got us here. Merit Walco Merit is what should be the criteria.

 
Emir 2019-08-18 18:56:37 

In reply to Walco

Are you drunk, what was fat shaming? Polly exposed their illegal tactics and even the commies chimed in.

Noe deal and come again.

 
Walco 2019-08-18 19:00:35 

In reply to Emir

You can always depend on Mullah Emir to get personal. Ian "Switzerland" Bishop is always trying to make excuses for players. By the way, the video clip does not do justice in terms of depicting Pollard's boorish behavior towards Cornwall during that match.

 
Emir 2019-08-18 19:09:21 

In reply to Walco

You can always depend on Mullah Emir to get personal.


And you are not getting personal with the above? big grin big grin
But ah not vex wit yuh padner and I was not intending to be personal, ah tort you have ticker skin wink


By the way, the video clip does not do justice in terms of depicting Pollard's boorish behavior towards Cornwall during that match


Wait wait nah, you made a claim and you posted the video to support your claim, I looked at the video to see your evidence, ready to pounce on Polly, but all I saw was a passionate captain doing the right thing to expose Cornwall skullduggery and the commie sited was the Kiwi not Bish smile

 
Walco 2019-08-18 19:09:27 

In reply to Islander

Not familiar with the term snowflake in the context you use it, but please explain to me why Pollard had to get in the faces of Cornwall and the trainer. If there was a violation of the rules, would it not have made more sense to complain to the umpires instead of the player walking off the field? Isn't that what captains are supposed to do?

But this was not an isolated example of Pollard acting like an ass on the cricket field. I can point to at least one other example when another Trini was the victim. Let's see how you deal with Trini on Trini crime smile Remember This? Keep This Guy Far Away From WI Captaincy Please

 
Walco 2019-08-18 19:13:20 

In reply to Emir

See my response to Islander and please respond.
By the way, when did the word Mullah become an insult? Especially for an Emir ... wink

 
Emir 2019-08-18 19:22:37 

In reply to Walco

But this was not an isolated example of Pollard being an ass on the cricket field. I can point to at least one other example when another Trini was the victim. Let's see how you deal with Trini on Trini crime smile Remember This? Keep This Guy Far Away From WI Captaincy Please


How can anyone be certain that Polly no ball was intentional. All I saw was he hugging Evin right after and more recently Evin himself said he believe Polly and they are friends.

Deal again and come nah.

 
Walco 2019-08-18 23:05:05 

In reply to Emir

Ok Mullah smile Answer me this one question. How come you want to take the word of the commies in the incident with Cornwall, but not in the incident with Lewis. The same guy who said Cornwall needs to get in better shape in the first video said that it was bad sportsmanship by Pollard who is not a guy who bowls a lot of no balls. Unlike you though, I don't need to listen to no commies to spin the obvious for me.

And how come you did not touch my comment about Pollard's choice to berate Cornwall instead of taking up the issue with the umpires? Obviously an inconvenient truth for you smile

 
Walco 2019-08-18 23:16:56 

More Pollard Jackassery

 
Narper 2019-08-18 23:23:01 

In reply to Walco

None can beat when he slap up Tino with Tino's own shoes wink

 
rillo 2019-08-19 02:18:20 

In reply to Walco

Maybe a jackass is what WI need as a captain. Nice boy Jason not cutting it. Braithwaite alo clueless and nice boy. So bring a task master in Pollard and see what happens. Nothing much if he loses since that is our norm. But if he wins then all of the haters in management will be screaming.

 
Islander 2019-08-19 02:25:06 

In reply to Walco

Pl. take a deep breath. There are very few exceptions in this game we love so much where the extremely gifted and borderline genius were not prone to display moments of edginess- perhaps that's why they were and are so great. I am not saying Pollard is great. Think - if you will - of Warner, Smith, Kohli, Steyn, Broad, Rabada, Holding, Roberts, Gayle, Lara, and many others. There is a competitive fire that sometimes manifests itself in not so graceful ways but remember cricket - as much as it is a gentleman's game - is more fascinating with the 'cut-throats'. It is part of why we look at the game. The searing 90mph ball is more pulsating than Lyon's flippers. Holding kicking the stumps was more spectacular than Tendulkar's pat on the back. STOP WITH THE MORALIZING. BTW: what's with the name calling?

 
Walco 2019-08-19 17:07:49 

In reply to Narper

lol lol lol And the blow by blow recap by that cricketer whose name I do not recall was priceless

 
Walco 2019-08-19 17:21:43 

In reply to Islander

I am an apologist for no one. And it’s nothing personal for me. I just believe that Polly lacks the proper temperament to captain a WI team. I can label his onfield behavior jackassery and then turn around and pick him on my CPL fantasy league team. I would welcome Big Bravo back as the WI ODI captain in a heartbeat, but not Pollard no way no how unless he gets some anger management counseling from someone not named Sulieman Bennsmile

 
Kay 2019-08-19 18:09:39 

In reply to Islander

Fat shaming is a phrase accommodative of weakness and laziness.

Seriously .... is that how you define it?

 
natty_forever 2019-08-19 18:10:49 

Cannot do any worse than Carlos in T20s.

 
imusic 2019-08-19 19:03:54 

In reply to natty_forever

Come on now....Carlos obviously has the “roite temperament” cool

 
Walco 2019-08-19 19:26:39 

In reply to imusic

I was wondering how long it would take you to show up and start waiving the red and black. I actually don’t care who captains West Indies, just not your boy Polly

 
Walco 2019-08-19 19:48:56 

In reply to rillo
I do not know Pollard personally and as a result I would not say that he is a jackass. I simply characterized his behavior on the field of play.

 
imusic 2019-08-19 20:00:03 

In reply to Walco

You deserve your temperamentally appropriate losers cool

 
Walco 2019-08-19 20:08:26 

In reply to imusic

I look forward to a more substantive contribution from you on the topics discussed and issues raised in this thread. You are capable of much more than temperamental jabs ...

 
imusic 2019-08-19 20:13:28 

In reply to Walco

“Temperamental” jabs is all your contribution thus far warrants

 
Walco 2019-08-19 21:06:28 

In reply to imusic
Or perhaps temperamental jabs are the only things you can come up with in response to inconvenient truths. I know you are chairman of the Polly Protection Agency. That’s why I knew you would eventually show up on this thread cool smile

 
sudden 2019-08-20 00:51:05 

In reply to Walco

hahahaa. wuh loss-- man you have Itito stuttering all over the place. i have not seen him so lost since he called in on Mason and Guests

 
natty_forever 2019-08-20 01:06:21 

In reply to Walco

Did Polly violate the rules?

 
Wally-1 2019-08-20 10:04:13 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
only for 20/20

 
Walco 2019-08-20 11:07:03 

In reply to sudden
Musicman is good peeps, but he has a blindspot when it comes to Polly.

 
Walco 2019-08-20 11:09:55 

In reply to natty_forever
Yes, he was fined for throwing his bat at or in the direction of Starc. But are you suggesting that rules violations should be the only disqualifier for WI captaincy?

 
Islander 2019-08-20 17:54:30 

In reply to Kay

The potential to accommodate is distinctly different from a definition Kay. ENGLISH!!!

 
freij 2019-08-21 04:39:52 

Dwayne bravo used to be a favourite of mine. the more he speaks, the less I like him