panty pee stories …

Since you are so offended by people criticising Chappell may be you wouldn’t mind answering these questions:

1. Despite Greg’s big statements about grooming youngsters why was he unable to groom a single junior player? Look at the youngsters who blossomed under the John Wright/Dada regime: Bhajji, Yuvraj, Sehwag, Nehra, Kaif, Irfan Pathan etc etc etc …

2. The list of “senior players” who are supposed to be the “mafia” includes (in addition to Sachin !!! ) Ganguly, Yuvraj and Zaheer Khan. All three of them were out of the ODI side for fairly long periods of time. So what prevented Guru Greg from building his dream team with youngsters during their absence?

3. Somehow the timing of Greg’s e-mails and SMS leaks are becoming very predictable. Just like during the sordid Ganguly episode – the leaks were timed strategically before crucial BCCI meetings. Why ?

4. What was Dravid doing all this time ? Wasn’t he the one who wanted Sehwag (supposedly of of the “seniors”) in the side? If he lets himself bullied and pushed around (if that really happened) – what does that tell about his abilities as a leader?

So if we put all these together, don’t you agree that Greg deserves all the flak he has been getting (from Bongs and non-Bongs alike), that he was trying desperately to save his job at all costs, that it was he who wanted to be the boss and was dividing the team, and – good riddance, now that he is gone !!!

Lets get on though? Why the f… did not people of India just shut up and watch things unfold when Ganguly was initially dropped? Maybe then Chappel would indeed have made more bold changes, failed of course, and we could have really roasted him having let him have his way. No. The bangla pride kicks in, parliamentarians fall to the parochial sydrome and its dada dada dada for the next n months. Digusting to most non-bongs. Whats the big deal if one big gun, out of form, is left in the cold for a bit?

To this day, I’ve not yet come across a bong (amidst 15 or so I know) that actually thought Ganguly should have been dropped when he was, without ANY ifs and buts. Simply sack the mf, not one of them said. They all wanted more rope in one form or another or found fault with Chappell or this methods as proxy protest. And then we have one idiot above preaching patriotism and how the British and goras divide and rule! Wah bhai wah!

For the life of me, I can’t figure out this bong syndrome. What really made it all the more baffling were recent comments by some B’desh player at the WC b4 the India game. Questioned by the press, he was like SRT is a great, RD very very good… but dada is dad , is the toast for us, really popular…something like that. If a b’deshi can feel the bong pride, I guess one has to cut slack for desi bongs.

Anyway, enjoy the rest of the career of your golden boy. But, but, do elect him for CM or something years down. He’s a great leader with the common good at heart (first non-parochial Indian cricket captain) and I think he will do more good than other politician has ever done Bengal.. this is not in jest.

Sachin ko PEPSI pilao;

Dhoni ko BRYLCREEM lagwao;

Ganguly ko Chavnpras khilao ;

Dravid mein CASTROL bharwao;

yuvraj ko MALAI MARKE LASSI pilao

Lekin in Models ko cricket mat khilwao..

Ok. Allright.. (taking a deep breath) Ganguly is a great player, and he (and Dravid) has mostly handled pressure much better than Tendulkar and Sehwag. Mostly, Ganguly has played when Indian team needed him to, unlike Tendulkar who has let us down so many times in crunch situations.
True. Chappell isnt a great coach (whatever his excuses for the team not performing, he did not get players he wanted etc)

The crux of the matter is that we dont know whether the coach is wrong or the “senior players lobby”. Going by the news, both are responsible for the debacle. The coach failed and the players failed. Plain and simple.

But when YOU praise Ganguly (as if he has no faults) or badmouth Chappell or Dravid, it sounds downright vernacular, regional, cheap and motivated. Like it or not. Only that your language is a lot better than the average slum-dweller. Its pretty much like your adoration of Mithun. Lets ignore the numbers and ground reality, Mithun/Ganguly are Gods and Princes, and they can never be wrong.

Sickening indeed to read your Ganguly-worship, and hate-anyone-who-ever-criticized-Ganguly-or-Mithun.

Justify it as much as you want, but do you realize that you are doing too much of this Ganguly mithun fanboy thing?