There are enough all rounders to start with. And Pollard is the most bits and pieces of them all. Yes, he might come good once in 10 innings, with a quickfire 30 off 15 balls, but I don't see him bowl much.
I'm told he isn't a specialist captain, so I'll be eagerly following his performances with bat and ball. Hopefully he can contribute and make the team on merit
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Can Pollard make the team on merit
We shall see
coprophagia to me- two threads
only in the west indies can a man make a team with such a poor record and be captain too
In reply to brians_da_best
Someone thinks he can.....
If not ramdhin, its lil B , now its pollard
Why dont you shut up, you are getting boring.
How much did the previous captain make ?
What did a Trini do to you ?
In reply to sgtdjones
Let's monitor his performance as a player and captain, since I'm told he isn't a specialist claptain
In reply to brians_da_best
Are you a Trini? If you are, then you are one of the rare good ones when it comes to stamping out insularity.
In reply to brians_da_best
It's his second game as Captain, this afghan team is not a bad team. Polly is leading a minnow team also.
If after 6 months then get rid of him.
stop the bytching .....
In reply to Courtesy
He is not a Trini?
In reply to sgtdjones
I don't even want to get rid of him, if he can make the team on merit. I'm all for giving him a year, but will keep monitoring his performances in that interim
In reply to brians_da_best
When are you planning a hate campaign against Pooran.Did Pooran play an innings that saved our rass,come bway answer nah.
In reply to sgtdjones
He supported Brian Lara though. So there is an element of consistency in his posts.
In reply to Courtesy
Who wouldn't support Lara ?
Thats a no brainer.
In reply to Courtesy
Had no choice.
In reply to Courtesy
He is the famous cob
Hence the lara connection
Filial cannibalism taking place. brians_da_best I hope you have the legs to runaway now.
In reply to doosra
I tort he was a Trini.
In reply to sgtdjones
It's amusing, albeit a bit pathetic, to see the bellyachers like BdB and Courtesy bitch and moan from start to finish, barely able to conceal their desire for WI to lose.
Just so they could crow, "I told you so"
Jokers
In reply to Courtesy
Naw Naw
If Polly fails after 6 months get rid of him.
But in the interim lets see what he can do .
This is not a team of world class players.
It's a struggling team that will have moments.
I will lead the march to get rid of Polly, but its only his second game. sigh
In reply to notinsular
I support the meritorious appointment of captain Pollard in T20.
In reply to Courtesy
With all that bashing of ramdin ?
Which trini you ever see criticise another trini
In reply to sgtdjones
If Polly fails after 6 months get rid of him.
But in the interim lets see what he can do .
This is not a team of world class players.
It's a struggling team that will have moments.
I will lead the march to get rid of Polly, buts its only his second game. sigh
All this above is irrelevant until we can answer how did he get there to cappo West Indies in ODI?
In reply to doosra
Which trini you ever see criticise another trini
I see what you did there. It conceals more than it reveals to the uninitiated.
In reply to doosra
I was a critic of polly when he did that stupidity to avoid Lewis of his ton.
On occasions his sledging.
What was funny I saw Pooran sledging him Warriors vs TKR.
The look on Polly face was priceless
In reply to Courtesy
oh, you are something else
throw more gasolene on the fire.
For the 50 overs games I think Pollard was picked as a specialist captain. This is not necessarily a bad thing and he is a good player. His batting will come good from time to time he can put in overs and he is one of the best fielders in the world. I'll give Polly a chance to show me if the decision to make him skipper was good or not.
In reply to sgtdjones
I will never come to the conclusion that Trinis are insular like Doosra did without overwhelming evidence.
In reply to Courtesy
It's obvious we will never know . CWI never gives up its secrets.
Trini 2d bone
In reply to sgtdjones
Is that a euphemism for un-merited?
In reply to Courtesy
I am getting a fire extinguisher to foam ya gasolene.
Deh even have a song for it
In reply to Courtesy
Same as the selector, he gave himself a job, knowing all the secrets.
In reply to sgtdjones
Weren't you guys saying the same thing about holder and brathwaite? weren't you all saying neither earn or deserve a spot on the team? weren't you all calling the team minnow bashers, while belittling wins against pakistan, Sri Lanka and England as flukes
even now you are defending Pollard by attacking Holder
i have news for you...Pollard will have to take his blows like any other captain who was chosen and selected without merit, which you know is true, every performance will be scrutinized, every failure will be criticized and if it continues, he will be ostracized
I wish him well, but i don't see this ending well, i am also waiting to see what happens when a T20 league clashes with a West Indies duty, are you waiting to see as well?
In reply to Oilah
Pray tell, how is that different from the Sammy situation?
Full disclosure: I never supported the Sammy experiment.
In reply to hawk
even now you are defending Pollard by attacking Holder
i have news for you...Pollard will have to take his blows like any other captain who was chosen and selected without merit, which you know is true, every performance will be scrutinized, every failure will be criticized and if it continues, he will be ostracized
I wish him well, but i don't this ending well, i am also waiting to see what happens when a T20 league clashes with a West Indies duty, are you waiting to see as well?
Thank you sah. "Pick your best 11 and chose your captain" was the popular refrain here. What has changed?
In reply to Courtesy
Iz funny how life comes a full circle if yuh live long enough
Demman did deh pun sammy case day and night...
All we asking for is consistency not hypocrisy
In reply to doosra
Absolutely... and I have got enough ammunition to expose the hypocrisy.
In reply to hawk
My summation:
If polly fails after 6 months in ODI and T20
lets get rid of him.
In the interim he is not leading a bunch of world class players. They will have moments.
I dont like to criticize players, the comment posted today
was hoping Jason could save the collapse. I have seen improvement in his game since taking away the captaincy.
I wish I knew why CWI selected Polly as captain , but they did say he will have two understudies. I dont know who they are but I wish all well.
In reply to Courtesy
CCcom members are not selectors at CWI, we are offering a suggestion. AS usual we are ignored. CWI is a secret organization.
In reply to sgtdjones
Conveniently, the door to these suggestions is now closed. You see dat ain. Wonders never siss.
In reply to Courtesy
I didnt critize sammy, at the time it was the best option.
As he matured in the position , he saw what CWI was like and called them out on it . He was victimized for doing so.
That was wrong .
In reply to Courtesy
Sarge wants nothing to do with merit
In reply to sgtdjones
Sammy being the best option at the time now fits nicely with polly is the best option
Man
In reply to sgtdjones
Criticizing Sammy at the time was not a bad thing. Specialist captains cannot be justified...wouldn't you say so?
Now, If you give me your handle before 2017 I might be able to disprove or prove this...as Sammy has not featured much after 2017.
In reply to doosra
Be nice you , see the improvement on merit about hetty, a Trini as Captain and a Coach.
In reply to sgtdjones
A little bit a clapping goes a far way nah
I expected this topic from Emir.
Where is he? I look fwd to his input.
In reply to Courtesy
I believe Criticizing Sammy was wrong , this guy did his best with whatever ability he had . How can he be castigated.
I dont support a specialist capitan. I am clueless how CWI works in selecting personnel , they dont follow the book.
How can I comment.
In reply to Courtesy
I wasn't here before 2017.
In reply to doosra
Naw Polly uses his shoes ..ask Tino
In reply to sgtdjones
Did you overlook this from my post above?
While I dont support Pollards appointment as captain, now that he is captain, Ill support him for a while, and hope he earns his place in the team.
My nationality is irrelevant to the above discussion
In reply to sgtdjones
In reply to sgtdjones
no current West Indies captain (merited or unmerited) will be leading a bunch of world class players,
others did not benefit from this summation, neither will Pollard
for the record Jason was improving long before he was stripped of the captaincy
6 months???? Pollard has to prove his worth and prove it fast......
In reply to sgtdjones
Sammy deserved all the criticism he got. he was plucked from nowhere and imposed as the WI cappo...with no accountability for performance....as a player or as a cappo
JHo deserved all the criticism he got as a cappo....he too was plucked from nowhere and imposed without accountability for 4 long years...but to give him credit he developed as a player...and deserve a plece in the WI team
And if Pouty does not deliver as a player and Cappo he will deserve all the criticism he is getting already....
In reply to Courtesy
I answered. Now members have given me handles as bagel,
socafighter, Alien 51, dean jones,runout,CITYBOY,beharry, lil B, red baron etc etc
so many I can't remember them all
The Caribbean was founded on insularity,remember the Federation or do I have to say why,anyway allyuh old enough to know.I notice a Guyanese poster always talking bout Trinis insular,although we have more Guyanese in TT than we would like.We also have loads of people from the smaller islands.Wait for it I eh dun yet,Guyana say flat out,we nah joining no federation,and now they chat bout insularity.We Trinis so insular that we gave money to the whole Caribbean so they can fix broken tings,mind you they never pay back.Mek de stay deh.
In reply to sgtdjones
Thanks. So there is no need for sgtdjones to but in.
In reply to Courtesy
The big difference with Sammy and Polly is that Polly comes with a lot more experience and years under his belt. Sammy was green and had done nothing to even suggest he should be a fixture in all the sides far less being captain. Polly has captaincy experience and I think he has shown himself to be a confident proactive leader. As I stated dem trying a ting in the 50 overs...I would not have made him skipper of the 50 overs but I'm ok with it..we shall see. I would have made Polly skipper of the t20 years ago. When Sammy was made skipper of everything I said he would definitely be in my t20 team, in the 50 overs mix but not in the test squad.
In reply to brians_da_best
It is relevant when it's you,what a shame yuh didn't migrate to TT in the 50s,you would have learnt to mingle with Trinis and all different people and it would have stopped your hate.
In reply to Oilah
Ok...if more experience is taken in isolation then I will yield. But I am all for meritorious appointments.
When will Poland bring himself on? 4 down already, was backing him to pick up 5 wickets
In reply to brians_da_best
Not yet.
In reply to brians_da_best
Another Sammy type doctrine, Mek he on the team... him pure dead. Smh!
In reply to Cricket_101
Will he bowl more overs than the runs he scored?
In reply to brians_da_best
This is West Indies' first series win since August 2014. That was 21 series ago.
In reply to brians_da_best
Nah
Him a non-hands on manager.
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What is merit? See Cherri, opening, tc1...
So long as he turns them into a professional winning unit and passes on knowledge!
In reply to Narper
The man bat once so far as captain. Real numbskulls here yes.
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