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Listed below are comments made by Dion between Sunday, 9th August 2009 and Monday, 24th August 2009.

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Flintoff a very English hero 2:26pm on 24 Aug 2009 The Hand Of Hidden Forces - !! WDB !!

Want some peanuts with that bitter?
England v Australia Fourth Test player ratings 5:29pm on 09 Aug 2009 I didn't misread your comments at all.. you came in saying Anderson deserved higher than 3, after we'd been discussing Harmison being rated the same as Anderson.
You talk no sense at all, this is by far and away the worst performance of his career when you take into account he's supposed to be our main bowler and it was nibbling around a bit.
I'm a big fan of Jimmy, he's been far and away our best player this series, but today he had an absolute shocker and deserved to be labasted for it.
You rate players on the test they've just played, not the rest of the series in these articles, and he did NOTHING with bat or ball. Good player, had a stinker. If McGrath had bowled like that he'd get a 1 aswell, 500 wickets at 21 dont change the fact if you bowl horribly you get a low mark.
England v Australia Fourth Test player ratings 5:10pm on 09 Aug 2009 In no way did Anderson deserve more than a three... he comes close to the 0 threshold... he took 0-90 and messed up with the batting. (Look at the rating system at the top of the page) I cant remember if he droped any catches, I know he held the North one, which is the only place I can see him getting any marks for this test.
He's been decent in the others and probably Englands best bowler bar Onions, but this test match is probably the worst performance of his career and you have to accept that.
England v Australia Fourth Test player ratings 4:53pm on 09 Aug 2009 I'm not being contradictory at all, you're just not very clever.
If he can do his job propperly (take wickets or not go at 5 an over) then he should try his very best.
If he cant do his job propperly because of injury then he shouldn't bowl, simple as that.
England v Australia Fourth Test player ratings 4:50pm on 09 Aug 2009 Hahahaahahaha you cant even read!!!
My very first post was all about why Harmison and Anderson had the same marks!!!!
If Harmison got 3 (which im not saying he didn't deserve) and you've just said Anderson was worse... then I think we both know 1 is a number less than 3.
England v Australia Fourth Test player ratings 4:33pm on 09 Aug 2009 I expect them to play with injuries if they can do there job, if they cant then they should get off the pitch.
How did Anderson help the team by bowling 18 shoddy overs than simply settled the batsman? Even Smiths "heroics" with a broken had helped his team, even if it didn't win.
I'm not saying Harmsion played well, but who played better, Anderson or Harmison? Who aided the England cause most this match?
The match as lost by the batsman, I'm not blaming Anderson for that, but he bowled HORRIBLY injury or not, and screwed up as a nightwatchman. In no way did he do better than Harmison.
Ifs and buts dont score runs or take wickets, if he wasn't injured, if he'd have blocked it, he didn't.

"Dion what so rude?"
"not people like you spewing out your cr*p."
"arent you being a bit contradictory now?"
"MAKE YOUR BLO*DY MIND UP!!"

Pot, kettle, black.
England v Australia Fourth Test player ratings 4:21pm on 09 Aug 2009 I dont know what people expect of sportsman these days, but "trying" with an injury isn't something I'd rate highly, its kind of what you expect, you know, being paid.
Seriously... its not worth anything if you do it badly.
England v Australia Fourth Test player ratings 4:16pm on 09 Aug 2009 Stop making excuses for him! He was pathetic! He didn't take those 5 and Cook got out to one, therefore he fails.
His bowling was hideous and Collingwood bowling line and length would have been more effective than him.
He did NOTHING to deserve higher than a 1, bowling with an injury is stupid unless you're going to be a threat.
Malcolm Marshals bowling spell against England wasn't great because he had a broken arm, it was great because he took 7 wickets. Otherwise he wouldn't have played.
England v Australia Fourth Test player ratings 3:52pm on 09 Aug 2009 DID I SAY GET HIM OUT!
No, I didn't, I said during this test he's been shocking.
If it was Freddie like at Edgebaston, I'd have been saying he was a waste of space bowling and should have just fielded.
I'm not going to give him a higher rating for this test because he's been average for the rest of the series.
Of course Cook should be better, but then thats what a night watchmans for, to protect him from mistakes in the closing overs, at which he failed. No matter what Cook said, Flower clearly wanted Cook there in the morning otherwise he would never have sent him out and you listen to the coach and captain.

He failed totally in both the roles he was asked, so he doesn't deserve higher than a 1, if Harmison gets a 3, since he at least got some wickets and scored some runs.
England v Australia Fourth Test player ratings 3:34pm on 09 Aug 2009 -Jimmyandersonfan

Well you're talking rubbish.

And the nightwatchmans job is to protect the other batsmen, not to scamper a leg bye off the second ball thinking its a single to save your duck record.
Bad bowling is bad bowling wether you're injured or not, if he was that badly hurt he'd have stopped, he just did what the others did but was far less threatening.

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