Comments on: Goodbye Sourav http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/ Wed, 23 May 2012 01:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bengali Boy http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-166472 Bengali Boy Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:09:43 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-166472 The fucker called Prem writes in Rediff: "The wicket was doubly important because it was Yuvraj who provided the momentum, while Ganguly continued to bat well within himself. The senior player had in fact almost batted himself into a comatose state, even against the spinners. The Bangladesh spinners and fielders did very well against him, by throwing themselves around, negating his best shots, and attacking the ball with such vigor that try as he would, Ganguly couldn't even turn the strike over." Same old stuff. Never say anything abour SRT. But SG, even though hes the best player on form in this Indian side, just has to be criticized. He was playing according to the situation. And how difficult was batting initially. Which is better, to make a cameo 20 ball 30 or play according to play the sheet anchor and keep wickets in hand for players like Dhoni to launch into the bowling? The fucker called Prem writes in Rediff:

“The wicket was doubly important because it was Yuvraj who provided the momentum, while Ganguly continued to bat well within himself. The senior player had in fact almost batted himself into a comatose state, even against the spinners. The Bangladesh spinners and fielders did very well against him, by throwing themselves around, negating his best shots, and attacking the ball with such vigor that try as he would, Ganguly couldn’t even turn the strike over.”

Same old stuff. Never say anything abour SRT. But SG, even though hes the best player on form in this Indian side, just has to be criticized. He was playing according to the situation. And how difficult was batting initially. Which is better, to make a cameo 20 ball 30 or play according to play the sheet anchor and keep wickets in hand for players like Dhoni to launch into the bowling?

]]> By: Joy Forever http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-163786 Joy Forever Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:19:36 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-163786 Arnabda, these lines written by you so many months ago almost seem as if you had a vision of Sourav's magnificent return. <i> "But then you fought back. Just like the time you first came into international cricket. You were too raw then. You deserved to be dropped. And then when the time came at Lords 1996, you were ready. Just like you are now. However your enemies (and you have a huge number of them) are not going to let you come back—simply because they cannot afford you embarrassing them with a performance; like you did to those naysayers (Ravi Shastri et al) who called you a "regional selection" in 1996." </i> For once I'm glad that you were wrong about Sourav's final departure though. :) Arnabda, these lines written by you so many months ago almost seem as if you had a vision of Sourav’s magnificent return.

“But then you fought back. Just like the time you first came into international cricket. You were too raw then. You deserved to be dropped. And then when the time came at Lords 1996, you were ready. Just like you are now. However your enemies (and you have a huge number of them) are not going to let you come back—simply because they cannot afford you embarrassing them with a performance; like you did to those naysayers (Ravi Shastri et al) who called you a “regional selection” in 1996.”

For once I’m glad that you were wrong about Sourav’s final departure though. :)

]]> By: Miki12 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3774 Miki12 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:50:14 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3774 Comment removed due to vulgar abuse. Comment removed due to vulgar abuse.

]]> By: Anonymous http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3771 Anonymous Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:54:31 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3771 @ Anon of 1:11 - !!!!??????!!!!?????!! There, there, get a grip. Poppins khaao, Munna. @ Anon of 1:11 – !!!!??????!!!!?????!!
There, there, get a grip. Poppins khaao, Munna.

]]> By: Anonymous http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3769 Anonymous Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:34:25 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3769 @John: Nice link, creep. @John: Nice link, creep.

]]> By: Anonymous http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3768 Anonymous Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:11:43 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3768 Anon! We are taking about patriotism here, a big F*&$ . See how these bengalies are united so fast on such a itzy-bitzy-tiny-mini issue. We'll kill our neighbor for getting a penny. We have to learn a lot from bengal and these bengalies. Anon! We are taking about patriotism here, a big F*&$ . See how these bengalies are united so fast on such a itzy-bitzy-tiny-mini issue. We’ll kill our neighbor for getting a penny. We have to learn a lot from bengal and these bengalies.

]]> By: John http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3748 John Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:54:49 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3748 Dear Arnab, I know it hurts! But frankly Ganguli sucked as a player for long. He was like what Kapil Dev was during his last leg of career. I am big fan of Kapil, but I think he should have hung his boots after the 1992 tour of Australia. FRankly there was not enough talent during early nineties to displace Kapil. But look at it there are too many players who will do better than Ganguly at this point of time. Saurav may have had his place under sun, but now it's dusk for him. I understand how you feel. But checkout Ganguly's record minus his performances against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. You will understand.... John Dear Arnab,

I know it hurts! But frankly Ganguli sucked as a player for long. He was like what Kapil Dev was during his last leg of career. I am big fan of Kapil, but I think he should have hung his boots after the 1992 tour of Australia.

FRankly there was not enough talent during early nineties to displace Kapil. But look at it there are too many players who will do better than Ganguly at this point of time. Saurav may have had his place under sun, but now it’s dusk for him.

I understand how you feel. But checkout Ganguly’s record minus his performances against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. You will understand….

John

]]> By: Anonymous http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3742 Anonymous Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:28:55 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3742 @ynot: Well asshole, I find it a tad tough calling 11 overpaid individuals (sorry 12, if I say overpaid, he should be the first one to make it) by the name "nation". If you wake up in the morning and feel so "patriotic" that you can't hold all of it inside you- you're free to go Kashmir expose your ass to AK47s. If that sounds too difficult- quit whining about how patriotic you are and how parochial somebody else in on a blog. P.S. for all blog-pehelwaan-patriots- booing Ganguly started as early as his first year in ODI cricket- when he was performing way better than even Dravid. (Example-Bombay crowd- first ball dismissal to Chaminda Vaas yorker.) There's a saying in Bengali: Chorer mayer boro gala (The thief's mommy usually has the loudest voice). @ynot:
Well asshole, I find it a tad tough calling 11 overpaid individuals (sorry 12, if I say overpaid, he should be the first one to make it) by the name “nation”.
If you wake up in the morning and feel so “patriotic” that you can’t hold all of it inside you- you’re free to go Kashmir expose your ass to AK47s. If that sounds too difficult- quit whining about how patriotic you are and how parochial somebody else in on a blog.
P.S. for all blog-pehelwaan-patriots- booing Ganguly started as early as his first year in ODI cricket- when he was performing way better than even Dravid. (Example-Bombay crowd- first ball dismissal to Chaminda Vaas yorker.) There’s a saying in Bengali: Chorer mayer boro gala (The thief’s mommy usually has the loudest voice).

]]> By: Debasish http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3738 Debasish Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:01:56 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3738 I am a bit disappointed, I have to say. Any time Arnab writes a post on Ganguly, I wait with a lot of expectations that soon some person or another will bring the Bengali angle and how they hate Bengalis because we are so parochial. Then I make my non-bong friends read those comments because they have been taking this stand for years now that there is no bong hatred in existence and that we bongs are just paranoid and imagine those things... and get this... BECAUSE we are so full of ourselves (isn't that a pure Bob Dole moment? "I just can't win". Remember that ad?). The fun that follows is amazing. You should see how hard they have to work in order to try to wriggle out of the hole. The latest explanation from one of my friends was, "You guys (Bongs) deliberately provoke non-bongs so that they have no choice but to react violently". We drank to that that night. BTW, these are very close friends of mine and all this is done in good humor. You have no idea what hell they gave me for weeks after the Eden Gardens episode. It is also true that I am a bit perverted and get immense pleasure in reading those froth-in-the-mouth hate notes. I find them just plain amusing. I am disappointed because even with so many comments to this post, I haven't really found any new yummy kind of hate notes from the readers here. It has been a while that I have bugged my friends, you know? :-( I am a bit disappointed, I have to say.
Any time Arnab writes a post on Ganguly, I wait with a lot of expectations that soon some person or another will bring the Bengali angle and how they hate Bengalis because we are so parochial. Then I make my non-bong friends read those comments because they have been taking this stand for years now that there is no bong hatred in existence and that we bongs are just paranoid and imagine those things… and get this… BECAUSE we are so full of ourselves (isn’t that a pure Bob Dole moment? “I just can’t win”. Remember that ad?). The fun that follows is amazing. You should see how hard they have to work in order to try to wriggle out of the hole. The latest explanation from one of my friends was, “You guys (Bongs) deliberately provoke non-bongs so that they have no choice but to react violently”. We drank to that that night. BTW, these are very close friends of mine and all this is done in good humor. You have no idea what hell they gave me for weeks after the Eden Gardens episode.
It is also true that I am a bit perverted and get immense pleasure in reading those froth-in-the-mouth hate notes. I find them just plain amusing.
I am disappointed because even with so many comments to this post, I haven’t really found any new yummy kind of hate notes from the readers here. It has been a while that I have bugged my friends, you know? :-(

]]> By: Prasanth http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3734 Prasanth Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:09:22 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2006/03/04/goodbye-sourav/#comment-3734 Let me tell you that i am not a Bengali but i am a Major Fan of DADA. And i am one of the minority who thinks that his best feat in the Natwest Trophy was not waving his Shirt on the Lords balcony but the smashbuckling start he gave the Indian innings while the middle order (led by Dravid) failed spectaculary before Kaif & Yuvraj ensured Victory. For me Ganguly SHALL ALWAYS BE THE INDIAN CAPTAIN and i just hope we can have him back in the team. ALAS !!! Let me tell you that i am not a Bengali but i am a Major Fan of DADA. And i am one of the minority who thinks that his best feat in the Natwest Trophy was not waving his Shirt on the Lords balcony but the smashbuckling start he gave the Indian innings while the middle order (led by Dravid) failed spectaculary before Kaif & Yuvraj ensured Victory.

For me Ganguly SHALL ALWAYS BE THE INDIAN CAPTAIN and i just hope we can have him back in the team. ALAS !!!

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