Boring boring press conference
A limp effort in Saturday’s game against India led to us being eliminated from the travesty of a tournament that was the Compaq Cup. And that is all anyone would want to know really. Goodbye Compaq Cup, goodbye Sri Lanka.
But of course, there had to be a follow up newspaper story after the press conference. So we get to read Daniel Vettori’s comments. Whoopee.
It’s the same old stuff. Didn’t get enough runs. *shrug* Didn’t put enough pressure on the opposition. No attempt to find explanations for the poor performance. No attempt to find excuses. Just an acknowledgement that he’s said the same thing before. But I’m sure he’s said that he’s said the same thing before. “I know I sound like a broken record but…” You don’t know just how right you are
Wouldn’t it be great to see something different at a press conference when there is nothing to say about the cricket? Some karaoke or stand-up would be a good laugh, but could Vettori or Moles carry that off? Maybe a chapter from whatever Dan has on his bedside table. Or maybe a little travelogue.
What we really want to see though are some excuses or explanations. Why? What happened? What went wrong? Who’s to blame?
Now you are selector, who are you looking at dropping? Who’s not pulling their weight?
Or was the opposition at fault? A couple of digs at the sportsmanship of the other guys would make things interesting.
Just something to help us understand, or think we’re understanding.
September 16th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
karaoke ? That would be interesting. Who would get to sing I will survive in the current black caps side ?
September 17th, 2009 at 5:51 am
We don’t call him Denial Vettori for nuthin
September 17th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I do not know what this team is, but it is certainly not NZ. The NZ I admired(and secretly loved) had not more than 1 talented bat and 1 talented bowler but had 11 performers. This was the team that stopped Lloyd’s fearsome Windies.
The present talented bunch of non-peforming shit peddlers (Dan the man excepted) has shattered my opinion of the famous NZ fighting spirit.
Any team which loses while batting first at the Premadasa, that too against an understrength opponent and poorest fielding team, deserves to be sent into oblivion with Bangla Desh, Zimbabwe, and the present Windies.
If T20 is the criterion to be recognised as an international team, the Irish are long overdue a spot.
September 18th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
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