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Ben Stokes

smoker said:
Lost the argument when you're resorting to cheap shots.

How you watch matches is irrelevant to the quality of comment. I've been off work with a cardiac problem and vertigo since April, unable to drive or attend games. YouTube streams of our games have kept me sane.
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If you expect a logical argument, you’ve picked the wrong poster :lol:
 

We can only speculate what he's going through and I think 99.9% of people wish him well,are sympathetic to his issues and will grant him privacy and time.

Cretins like Morgan and KP are vile.

Hope Guido thinks long and hard about the story he ran about Stokes and his mrs,wonder if that impacted on his mental health?
 
GordonMuchallNo1Fan said:
Disagree
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To be honest though there are people on here who have played cricket at a really high level. They have captained teams for years and watched cricket for decades both live and on TV. Your knowledge of deciding you liked cricket a few years ago and rock up and watch Durham doesn’t really compare. Cricket needs paying spectators tho so respect to you but you should show a bit more respect to others on here who have vastly superior cricket knowledge to yourself. You could learn from them in fact.
 
rentaghost said:
To be honest though there are people on here who have played cricket at a really high level. They have captained teams for years and watched cricket for decades both live and on TV. Your knowledge of deciding you liked cricket a few years ago and rock up and watch Durham doesn’t really compare. Cricket needs paying spectators tho so respect to you but you should show a bit more respect to others on here who have vastly superior cricket knowledge to yourself. You could learn from them in fact.
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Cricket snobbery summed up in one post right there
 
TopCat said:
Cricket snobbery summed up in one post right there
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In fairness it was gord who was taking the piss out of YouTube watchers and insinuating he knew best because he goes to more games than most. There’s your snobbery. I learn tonnes off other posters on here wayneentwhistle, MrJardine (although it kills me to say it) ncb, in fact dozens more.
 
rentaghost said:
In fairness it was gord who was taking the piss out of YouTube watchers and insinuating he knew best because he goes to more games than most. There’s your snobbery. I learn tonnes off other posters on here wayneentwhistle, MrJardine (although it kills me to say it) ncb, in fact dozens more.
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Fair enough mate. It's rife from top to bottom and one of the main reasons I gave up playing the game
 
rentaghost said:
To be honest though there are people on here who have played cricket at a really high level. They have captained teams for years and watched cricket for decades both live and on TV. Your knowledge of deciding you liked cricket a few years ago and rock up and watch Durham doesn’t really compare. Cricket needs paying spectators tho so respect to you but you should show a bit more respect to others on here who have vastly superior cricket knowledge to yourself. You could learn from them in fact.
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Going to games means fuck all in the grand scheme of things. I’d take more note of people who e actually played the game at any level over someone watching and criticising.
 
SAFC2403 said:
Going to games means fuck all in the grand scheme of things. I’d take more note of people who e actually played the game at any level over someone watching and criticising.
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I agree. I’m going to the test match on Wednesday at Nottingham. I’ll have a great day but I’ll miss stuff that I wouldn’t have done watching on telly.
 
rentaghost said:
To be honest though there are people on here who have played cricket at a really high level. They have captained teams for years and watched cricket for decades both live and on TV. Your knowledge of deciding you liked cricket a few years ago and rock up and watch Durham doesn’t really compare. Cricket needs paying spectators tho so respect to you but you should show a bit more respect to others on here who have vastly superior cricket knowledge to yourself. You could learn from them in fact.
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A few years ago :lol: :lol:
 
Sad that Ben Stokes has mental health issues and he’s doing the right thing by taking time out.
From a cricket aspect , I honestly think we have seen the best of him.
 
TopCat said:
So you can only have an informed and worthwhile opinion if you've played the game? Wow
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Tbf, don’t think he is saying that at all, what he is saying I think ( which I agree with fully) is you don’t have to actually attend games live to have a opinion on players, games etc.

In fact it could be argued that with the analysis, expert opinion, different views replays etc, you have more informed opinion watching on the telly than actually been at that game.
 
Voice of fair play said:
Tbf, don’t think he is saying that at all, what he is saying I think ( which I agree with fully) is you don’t have to actually attend games live to have a opinion on players, games etc.

In fact it could be argued that with the analysis, expert opinion, different views replays etc, you have more informed opinion watching on the telly than actually been at that game.
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This is the case in cricket probably more than any other sport funnily enough.
 
Voice of fair play said:
Tbf, don’t think he is saying that at all, what he is saying I think ( which I agree with fully) is you don’t have to actually attend games live to have a opinion on players, games etc.

In fact it could be argued that with the analysis, expert opinion, different views replays etc, you have more informed opinion watching on the telly than actually been at that game.
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I'd counter by saying they you also do not have to have played the game to have an opinion on the sport. That is a level of snobbery that is entrenched in the game, even at (or especially at) club level.
 
i think, amongst the many different arguments breaking out here, one earlier was about whether players would/could/should get bothered about peoples opinions of them on here.

what i would add to that is, if any players get on here i imagine they'll be laughing their tits off right now
 
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