f***ing hell man, I should better than trying to politely debate with you.
Here’s another example, which this time you’re responding to a different poster.
another complete wordsoup which doesn’t say a single thing at all in response or opposition to what MAO said.
It clearly addressed his point, he clearly stated Yorkshire and Lancashire T20 match in a packed house was ‘ a great watch’ because it meant something.You’ve barely posted on this forum all winter, yet you’ve managed to find something I’ve said to come out of hibernation to respond.
Funny that. Ironic even.
It doesn’t even come close, the Politics forum is far worst than this forum but it’s still light years behind PF.
I respond to 99% of posts on here respectfully, I take issue with people when they intentionally twist the words of others in order to belittle their opinion - that’s what VOFP did and does on a regular basis, they’ve been doing it for years and ignored hundreds of posts calling them out over those years, but like those hundred other times they once again have the right of reply, they don’t need others to fight their battles for them. You’re not the white knight you’d love to believe you are.
Pot and kettle sweetheart, you consistently follow me around this site, across the various subforums to jump on any little thing I say which you feel you can gain ground on. Your obsession with how I voted in the EU referendum twinned with your constant attacks on me around that particular vote - if then when it has absolutely nothing to do with the post I’ve made or the thread I’ve replied to is the exact definition of a keyboard warrior.
Every single time you’ve ever quoted me has been to launch a personal attack. I genuinely can’t remember a single time where you’ve responded to one of my posts respectfully.
Might be worth taking a closer look at yourself before you throw any stones. Or perhaps you revel in being a keyboard warrior?
Either way, I and most of the other decent cricket lovers will continue to converse and debate cricket on here totally oblivious to what it is you’re saying or where you are at. Whilst you’ll continue to follow me around waiting to pounce.
I’m off out for a run this morning if you fancy it? Let me know and I’ll tell you what route I’m doing
It isn’t polite to twist people’s words, nor is it polite to completely ignore what has been put to you so that you can meander off in a completely different direction insinuating that something has been said that it hasn’t.
If you want ‘polite debate’ then respond directly to what has been put to you. Don’t twist peoples words.
You’re dead right, you ‘should have learnt that lesson a long time ago’, because for YEARS AND YEARS now you’ve been doing this exact same act of taking something someone has said to you, completely ignoring what they’ve said and responding in a way that you prefer to respond which in no way touches on the points made to you.
It’s impossible to debate with someone who doesn’t actually address what has been said to them or asked of them.
It’s like pulling teeth. Every single thread you come on is like living in an alternative universe. It reminds me of that Two Ronnie’s Mastermind Sketch where they answer the question before last, except atleast in that sketch the correct question is responded to eventually. With you it takes four or five attempts sometimes to get an answer, before posters realise you simply aren’t going to give an answer to the actual question that was asked.
Here’s another example, which this time you’re responding to a different poster.
I knew EXACTLY what @MustardAndOnions was saying, I understood their point perfectly.
Your reply is just nonsense pal
As someone that's played in the DNECL for 17-18 years (juniors included) and someone that loves Test Cricket this IPL league is by far the best entertainment of Cricket in the World...and by far the best standard of Franchise league, by some distance too. Aye it can be a little too long a season but by far my #1 Cricket watch bar the AshesIs there much?
I’m talking merely from a fans perspective here, not about how many UK produced players are involved, but I wanted to have the discussion really - I noted on the County Cricket thread that there’s barely been any mention of the upcoming county season on the various podcast outlets that cover ‘frontline’ cricket. Not yet anyway. There were however IPL preview episodes on all of them. Now I’ve got very little interest in it so I didn’t bother listening, my interest would’ve risen ever so slightly if Durham had any players involved, but I don’t really care very much about it, being brutally honest. I imagine though, that there were fewer listeners for them than there would be for a standard days reporting of Test Cricket.
I don’t intend this as an anti-IPL thread, nor even an anti-BCCI thread, most people will know what my feelings are already about that, but is there that much interest across our nation for the IPL?? Outside of the normal cricketing public, or aside from even the British Indian community? I get that there’s interest in India.
It’s on Sky, but so was the PSL (as are various other cricketing mediums) and I did watch quite a bit of that. I enjoyed it, I always do enjoy watching cricket from Pakistan, I love the vibrancy of the crowds and I suppose I’ve got a heightened sense of appreciation when watching it which stems from the sentiment of being able to watch cricket from there again, following their previous ban. It did seem to be far more organic however, than the IPL, which I’ll probably always have a lot of hostility towards for well documented reasons.
I know we’re just a small microcosm of the cricketing public on here, but there doesn’t seem so much interest in franchise cricket as a whole, maybe we aren’t the target audience after all
T20 has its place in world cricket, I can’t and won’t dispute that, but when an innings is taking close to two hours to complete as it does in this current version and they’re taking tactical and strategic timeouts AND even having a f*cking drinks break after ten overs - it’s sort of losing the entire point of what it was meant to be in the first place. It’s becoming ever so closer to being baseball. I’m sure most of us have played midweek club games where we’ve completed the entire thing in less time than it takes the Bangalore Bullshitters to bowl their 20 overs.
So is it really the all conquering answer to the future of world cricket? I’m sure the players appreciate the huge paychecks, it’s created a band of mercenary cricketers (and who can blame them?) who simply travel the world for twelve months every year earning enough money so that they never have to work a proper job for the rest of their (or their families lives) once the gravy eventually runs out or they’re too old to board the train. The IPL in itself won’t cure the ills of world cricket, it may not even cure the ills of Indian cricket, but of course that’s why every country now has its own version and whether you or I agree or not with how best to pursue that option, every nation tries to do it as best as they can in order to maximise as best they can the amount of gravy they can extract from it.
I concede I’ve drifted a little from the original question, I concede too that I’ve perhaps touched upon how shite I think it all is (which I said I wouldn’t do), but I think those are pertinent enough points and important questions in the bigger picture and when it pertains to considering how best it is to answer the first question anyway.
If you’re still awake after all of that, what are your thoughts?
So then just for a clarity a good game of T20 cricket between two sides is not a good game if the team has been going 10 years or so but is a good game if a team and has been going longer and has more of a history?
That is exactly my thoughts too mate.
Guess the question there then, is if the Pakistan players were allowed to play and other cricketers mentioned would you agree that it probably would be great entertainment and a great watch?
And apparently it’s me ignoring the questions put to me!!
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That’s twice you avoided the question.I didn’t ignore it, I responded, hence why you were able to quote me
Doing well to rid yourself of that knacker tag…
You’ve barely posted on this forum all winter, yet you’ve managed to find something I’ve said to come out of hibernation to respond.
Funny that. Ironic even.
It doesn’t even come close, the Politics forum is far worst than this forum but it’s still light years behind PF.
I respond to 99% of posts on here respectfully, I take issue with people when they intentionally twist the words of others in order to belittle their opinion - that’s what VOFP did and does on a regular basis, they’ve been doing it for years and ignored hundreds of posts calling them out over those years, but like those hundred other times they once again have the right of reply, they don’t need others to fight their battles for them. You’re not the white knight you’d love to believe you are.
Pot and kettle sweetheart, you consistently follow me around this site, across the various subforums to jump on any little thing I say which you feel you can gain ground on. Your obsession with how I voted in the EU referendum twinned with your constant attacks on me around that particular vote - if then when it has absolutely nothing to do with the post I’ve made or the thread I’ve replied to is the exact definition of a keyboard warrior.
Every single time you’ve ever quoted me has been to launch a personal attack. I genuinely can’t remember a single time where you’ve responded to one of my posts respectfully.
Might be worth taking a closer look at yourself before you throw any stones. Or perhaps you revel in being a keyboard warrior?
Either way, I and most of the other decent cricket lovers will continue to converse and debate cricket on here totally oblivious to what it is you’re saying or where you are at. Whilst you’ll continue to follow me around waiting to pounce.
I’m off out for a run this morning if you fancy it? Let me know and I’ll tell you what route I’m doing
It isn’t polite to twist people’s words, nor is it polite to completely ignore what has been put to you so that you can meander off in a completely different direction insinuating that something has been said that it hasn’t.
If you want ‘polite debate’ then respond directly to what has been put to you. Don’t twist peoples words.
You’re dead right, you ‘should have learnt that lesson a long time ago’, because for YEARS AND YEARS now you’ve been doing this exact same act of taking something someone has said to you, completely ignoring what they’ve said and responding in a way that you prefer to respond which in no way touches on the points made to you.
It’s impossible to debate with someone who doesn’t actually address what has been said to them or asked of them.
It’s like pulling teeth. Every single thread you come on is like living in an alternative universe. It reminds me of that Two Ronnie’s Mastermind Sketch where they answer the question before last, except atleast in that sketch the correct question is responded to eventually. With you it takes four or five attempts sometimes to get an answer, before posters realise you simply aren’t going to give an answer to the actual question that was asked.
Here’s another example, which this time you’re responding to a different poster.
I knew EXACTLY what @MustardAndOnions was saying, I understood their point perfectly.
Your reply is just nonsense pal
Not for me I genuinely think sport is there to be enjoyed first and foremost.
Ditto on first part.
