tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post3275827316162293560..comments2024-03-29T01:10:34.095-07:00Comments on The Old Batsman: Bad for good: England player-by-playerThe Old Batsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376172807195747856noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-55557621569381084942009-08-25T12:12:27.757-07:002009-08-25T12:12:27.757-07:00Really haven't seen enough of Trott to know, b...Really haven't seen enough of Trott to know, but I'd imagine not yet, as he doesn't bat there for Warks.The Old Batsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376172807195747856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-28092770882653080182009-08-25T12:09:59.554-07:002009-08-25T12:09:59.554-07:00Fred's PR team are going in the ego post when ...Fred's PR team are going in the ego post when it comes - they knew how to set the news agenda, that's for sure...<br /><br />I did notice that about Bopara, and I liked the Fred post. I take the point, but I think greatness in sport, if not in writing, is connected in part to longevity and repetition, a point that Flintoff seems to have signed up to - although that could be spin from the PR team, of course...The Old Batsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376172807195747856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-64680376228205684842009-08-25T01:38:19.624-07:002009-08-25T01:38:19.624-07:00Also, I wonder if Trott could bat at 3.Also, I wonder if Trott could bat at 3.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-88510646552052825642009-08-25T01:33:57.998-07:002009-08-25T01:33:57.998-07:00Great stuff, OB. Funny, exactly the same thought o...Great stuff, OB. Funny, exactly the same thought occured to me re: Broad modelling himself on Pollock. <br /><br />Did you notice that Bopara was forgotten in all the post-win namechecking by Strauss and Flower, when they thanked "all fourteen players used"...? I've posted on that, and on the greatness of Flintoff over at TofE. <br /><br />"A player of great games rather than a great player"? Well what is that supposed to mean? As Simon Barnes might put it: You may as well say Joyce is a writer of great novels but not a great novelist.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-109763380132607162009-08-25T01:08:32.610-07:002009-08-25T01:08:32.610-07:00No rating for Freddie's PR team?No rating for Freddie's PR team?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467402376534616886noreply@blogger.com