Yorkshire Cricket

[dickythorpe]

I haven't watched much sky sports cricket despite the T20 cricket world cup......have any of the "wise men" like Atherton, Hussain, Bumble and co had anything to say?

 

[Darran]

I haven't watched much sky sports cricket despite the T20 cricket world cup......have any of the "wise men" like Atherton, Hussain, Bumble and co had anything to say?

Well kind of.

https://news.sky.com/story/former-england-coach-david-bumble-lloyd-apologises-for-comments-about-asian-cricket-community-12470194

 

[exiledclaseboy]

I haven't watched much sky sports cricket despite the T20 cricket world cup......have any of the "wise men" like Atherton, Hussain, Bumble and co had anything to say?

Well kind of.

https://news.sky.com/story/former-england-coach-david-bumble-lloyd-apologises-for-comments-about-asian-cricket-community-12470194

Tell you something, Johnson’s got a fucking brass neck given his history of racist comments which he always dressed up as banter.

 

[dickythorpe]

I used to enjoy listening to them at times.....but by Christ they think they are an expert on all things.
Rob Key started well but hanging round Shane Warne has made him have an inflated opinion of himself
I've always found cricket clubs at all levels a bit elite and snobby.
I'm not surprised that some hold rqcist views as I've seen "working class" people looked down at.

 

[dickythorpe]

I wonder what odds you can get on the likes of Vaughan and Bumble appearing in an interview shedding a few tears.
I notice that Atherton, Key and Hussain's Twitter accounts are very, very quiet.

 

[Best_loser]

Bye bye Lloyd , irritating fake, all that barmy army cr@p
Didn't Michael holding claim he never had any racist experiences personally , find that a bit hard to believe

 

[Aubrey Hambone]

Bye bye Lloyd , irritating fake, all that barmy army cr@p
Didn't Michael holding claim he never had any racist experiences personally , find that a bit hard to believe

I also think Lloyd's persona onscreen is a bit false, he comes over as a bit of a comedian and up for a laugh, but I must say I've found him to be extremely blunt and sometimes downright rude on his Twitter account...

 

[dickythorpe]

Sky got rid of Gower and Botham. Won't do any harm to get rid of a good few more.
Hussain is on his last legs too. Miserable bugger.

There's too many of them for just one Test match.

When sky first started with cricke it was just Colville , Willis and Tony Greig. Sometimes you had Holding and Boycott but they fell out

 

[Jackmanandboy]

Sky got rid of Gower and Botham. Won't do any harm to get rid of a good few more.
Hussain is on his last legs too. Miserable bugger.

There's too many of them for just one Test match.

When sky first started with cricke it was just Colville , Willis and Tony Greig. Sometimes you had Holding and Boycott but they fell out

Yes, I think a change to a smaller number of smaller egos would improve matters.

 

[dickythorpe]

Hussain writes a piece on all of this for the Daily Mail. Of all papers!!!!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10209469/Azeem-Rafiqs-case-nightmare-familiar-British-Asians.html

 

[dickythorpe]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/azeem-rafiq-the-voice-of-the-voiceless-is-finally-heard-now-cricket-must-listen-gckf5qpr8

Atherton has an article and just like his chum Hussain they fail to mention Bumble.

 

[Cooperman]

I was a big fan of the Sky commentary team and there were not many that I had even mild objections to (well perhaps KP’s voice got on my nerves). I generally regarded them as a good blend of characters who knew their subject and who complemented each other very well. Perhaps it’s just me growing old with them but I was disappointed to see Gower and Beefy go.

 

[Darran]

lol

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/azeem-rafiq-apologises-for-antisemitic-text-messages-87snclgr5

 

[TheLoneRanger]

https://twitter.com/AzeemRafiq30/status/1461363690876256269?s=20

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/AzeemRafiq30/status/1461363690876256269?s=20

Funny as fùck. :lol: