In reply to Chrissy

What real progress, advancement or development would the so-called minnows make if, as Mr. Holding argues, "all the non-Test playing nations should continue to play among themselves"?

He continues, "I see nothing wrong with giving the smaller teams the odd tour and a few games against bigger teams from time to time."

'Smaller', 'bigger'? Who is small and who is big among the nations playing test or first class cricket. Small or big by what measure - population size, number of teams or cricketers.

Go back to the original associate members and look at the progress of a team like Sri Lanka. Didn't Canada throw a scare into the mighty West Indies in a WC game?

It is fine to sit on your self-made pedestal and talk down to others. He is entitled to his opiunion, however poorly thought out, but I find it thoroughly insulting that Holding would be a guest of Bermuda and spout such arrant nonsense in his speech.

In reply to Willie

When I was likkle the adults use to say – the truth maybe an offence but its not a sin, - now a si what them meant.
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In reply to Willie



Quality. Smaller quality, bigger quality. I know, poorly worded but that's what he means probably.
I can see his point : If World Cup football had two-three matches where its Brazil vs Nepal, where Brazil wins 30-0, it'd rass devalue the whole competition.
World cup is not about promoting the sport, its about showcasing the best of the best at the highest level. Typically the most successful world cups have been about that.

In reply to birdseye I also read that when two people agree all the time,only 1 is doing any thinking.Please post your disagreements with Holding???

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

In reply to Dukes
Nice one dukie.
Or fools seldom differ.
But hey I am not calling Birdseye nor holding a fool.

In reply to WIfan ... and Yaad and TnT have been the best of the best? That's why you have preliminary rounds to allow the minnows to rub shoulders with the best, thus helping to advance the game. A little too simple minded if you sk me.

In reply to vulcan


west indies are minnows, mikey finally gets it right

Yuh mean like Clarence Thomas and Scalia.

In reply to natty_forever



STFU Why Dont You!!!!!!

Holding is not known for his deplomacy, eh. You are my guest and you come tell me off... is this being frank or has Mr. Holding crossed the thin line to being rude?

Oh, by the way, I remember when the used to call Sri Lanka, minnows. They only won the thing once.

In reply to number09 Was there also something about “great minds” and how the think? What did they say about that again? :lol: :lol: :lol:

In reply to Dukes

As they say Dukesi “Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.” - That’s wha Mikey saying and I concur not differ
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In reply to birdseye
The fact that you imply that you have never disagreed with Holding merely confirms that saying.I can assure that I have agreed with Mr.Holding on numerous occasions but vehemently disagreed with him on others.I would even venture to say that Mr.Holding in his quiet moments has privately acknowledged some of the wrong things he has said.You on the other hand feel that everything he has said is correct,a position that not even he has.

Oh well...............

In reply to birdseye ... being disrespectfull also hurts ... the man them know them is minnows, that truth they can live with ... Holding's opinion that they shudn't be in the WC is what is disrespectfull.

In reply to vulcan

I say that minnows Shamaica should be thrown out of KFC Cup competition for at least 2 years and made to play qualifying against Falkland islands or somebody before being let back in.