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Listed below are comments made by DanWalder between Thursday, 21st May 2009 and Wednesday, 15th July 2009.

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Another incomparable Ashes Test 04:37am on 15 Jul 2009 MalcolmW2, the boorish bogans of bay 13 at the MCG are certainly beyond the pale. Apparently, the beer cups you mention are ritually filled with urine, then thrown joyously in the air during the odious mexican waves that rise with the afternoon booze tide. The resulting golden shower for the culprit and his accomplices never seems to bother them in the slightest, in fact they glory in it, which says it all. But the fact is the denizens of bay 13 make up a tiny proportion of the overall crowd, which can be as much as 90,000 at the MCG, just as the drunken oiks at Cardiff are hardly representative of the majority. However, British scum and Australian scum have plenty in common for the very reason they are scraped from the bottom of the same barrel.
Another incomparable Ashes Test 05:38am on 13 Jul 2009 What's all the fuss about? Did anyone really believe England would win? England should feel very fortunate to escape with a draw as it is a very ordinary side (note, i didn't say team) and was completely outplayed. The bowling lacks penetration and consistency of line; the batting lacks application and depth (Prior at six??). Results over the last four years reflect this - 2005 is irrelevant.
However, while there's no comparison between this England side and the team of 2005, this Australia is maybe not as gifted as other incarnations of the past twenty years, but is forming into a gritty and united team that plays to its strengths. More importantly for now, England is far worse in every facet of the game and is lost in day dreams of 2005, wallowing in its own mediocrity and complacency with celebrations for a dishonourable draw.
Symonds out in the cold 08:06am on 22 May 2009 I think archLionheart is right. England should disregard the visiting team entirely. As he says, "who cares?", and when you have a record like England's opposition just melts away. Besides, the Premier League will be back in full swing by the 3rd Test, when England are 3 nil down... and out
Symonds out in the cold 02:19am on 21 May 2009 Symonds is without doubt the most dangerous of aussie allreounders, but i think there's more to his exclusion than meets the eye. Despite louds pronouncements from certain team members about Symond's galvanising effect on team morale, all sorts of rumours abound and some players remain tight lipped - why exactly did he and Clarke allegedly fall out? Put it this way, Symonds seemed to divide and rule at many of his county sides - Kent,Lancashire, and Gloucester all had issues i believe - and his reputation as a loud mouthed, swaggering braggart is well established in cricketing circles allegedly. But if Ponting had his way i think he'd be in, as Symonds was one of his two key sledger henchmen (along with Hayden) over the last few years. However, post Sydney 08 and the fracas with India, CA had enough of all that nonsense ('spirit of cricket' anyone?) and Symonds seems to be, probably not without justification, the fall guy. Either way, I reckon CA has done the right thing. Put the mental disintegration days behind Australian cricket - the world's changed in a financial and cricketing sense and the aussies need friends. If there's any sniff of team disharmony you should cut out the root cause - whatever the cost - and Aussies always put the team above the individual - England take note...

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