Posted on January 6th, 2012 by
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I dunno if it is a slow Friday but there were some very sharp chirps going around today:
1. When Graeme Smith declared at 580/4, Gerald Majola phoned him and gave him an earful. Majola told Smith he must be more like him and DECLARE NOTHING!
2. Darren Fletcher on Twitter: “Darren Bent to Liverpool for £30m?!! Surely saying “We’re sorry for being racists” would be cheaper?”
3. Liverpool have reportedly offered Aston Villa £25m + Andy Carroll for Darren Bent……Aston Villa rejected saying they just want the £25m. – Tony Pulis Twitter.
4. Graeme Smith should be invited to the ANC centenary celebrations so he can feel what its like to get to a 100.
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Posted on December 28th, 2011 by
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My new years resolution last year was to take up golf … and I failed dismally. However this year I am determined to follow through on this particular goal so I started shopping around on the The Pro Shop website and I saw a competition which might be useful for other existing (or aspirant) golfers out there.
The Pro Shop and MSC are offering a 5 day cruise for two for one lucky shopper who buys between now and the 31st of December. You can shop online or anywhere in South Africa and for orders over R500 you get free shipping…
I’m tempted! … Now I just need to raid the piggy bank to find a few bucks for the golfing gear.
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Posted on December 10th, 2011 by
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Posted on May 8th, 2011 by
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I am an ardent Stormers rugby supporter but I have to take my hat off to the Crusaders team yesterday. Their performance was one of the gutsiest I have ever seen, and they produced a thrilling spectacle for the fans.
The game had everything. Thrilling performances from the backline – probably one of the best centre battles of all time – tries being scored by a prop who put in an enormous effort, great line-out play and a ref who largely let the game go. Sonny Bill Williams does look like the real deal – a fantastic addition to world rugby.
Did the Stormers toss it away? I think so.. but that cannot take away from the Crusaders.
The substitutions in the last 15 minutes from the Stormers side didn’t make any sense. To take off Jaque Fourie didn’t make any sense considering he was breaking the gain line consistently and was marshalling the defence really well.
Subbing Elstadt as early as they did also didn’t make sense. The Stormers front row was being bullied around, they needed his in-your-face approach to keep the back-bone strong.
I have to say that was really pleased for Lionel Cronje though – I thought he really held his own and looks like a great talent for the future.
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Posted on March 25th, 2011 by
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All I am going to say on the subject of the Proteas going down to New Zealand is…. don’t tell me you are surprised.
Prior to the tournament I warned that there was a problem with the makeup the side and the South African brainstrust have nobody to blame but themselves.
In my humble opinion Faf Du Plessis and Imran Tahir were probably the only players in the side to really enhance their international credentials while AB De Villiers and Hashim Amla did their bit. For the rest it was a pretty average performance.
I’m not blaming Robin Peterson completely but he came in at number 8 with 128/6 on the scoreboard. If he and Faf had stayed together – as the allrounders in the side – they could have done a run a ball and gotten us home. Instead he scored zip.
JP Duminy and Johan Botha at 5 and 7, can’t be getting out for 3 and 2 respectively.
We can go back to the England game which we tossed away when the pressure was put on us. Duminy (0), Peterson (3) and Morkel (1) didn’t keep their heads.
I go back to the point I raised pre the World Cup – we were not building a team for this competition designed to peak in March 2011. One moment Lopsy was going to add variety to the attack, the next he didn’t play any big name cricket. At the same time Wayne Parnell was supposed to be the answer to our number 8 allrounder problems and then we decided we didn’t need to fill this critical role.
Why invest all that time in Ingram and Miller if they weren’t going to be part of the bigger picture? We could really have used an extra batter especially with AB doing the keeping duties.
I’m just looking on Twitter now and seeing all of the sympathetic messages that “winning isn’t everything” etc…. KAK – a lot of effort has been put into this side and their goal was to be primed for this event. In short somebody has to take responsibility for this and its got to be the Proteas brainstrust – we can’t accept this result.
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Posted on March 20th, 2011 by
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Wow the Stormers dominated the Bulls last night at Loftus! I’m a staunch Stormers fan and even I was expecting something of a hiding playing a Super 15 game in Pretoria.
Was fortunate to be able to watch the game live in one of the corporate boxes and I couldn’t believe how much Stormers support there was. At times it didn’t sound like the Bulls were playing a home game! Maybe the audience just appreciated what a great game of rugby the two teams dished up…
One thing I can say about Pretoria is that irrespective of the weather, they know how to throw a party. Most of the evening was dominated with a steady drizzle and yet the braais were going in the street, fan parks and pubs were doing booming business and the mood in the street was fantastic both pre and post the game.
I will admit that 30 seconds before Bryan Habana scored that try which sealed the game, I had just SMS’d a friend asking which side he was playing on – couldn’t believe how many mistakes he was making. Oh well – at least he bounced back.
I can’t wait for the Pretoria to Sandton line of the Gautrain to be sorted out because I will be far more willing to watch games at Loftus. Our choice last night was a designated driver or to pay SA Cab – R1200 for 2 of us to go through. The Gautrain eliminates a lot of that driving risk.
Ironically we didn’t pass a single road block coming back having gone the designated driver option but still better to be safer than sorry.
Well done Pretoria – it was fantastic having you!
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Posted on March 6th, 2011 by
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You have to love Liverpool fans! They’re never short of a chirp especially with wins being so few and far between.
Spotted this chirp on Twitter and had to publish it here:
“The Liverpool victory might be tainted by the fact that Manchester United were missing their best player: Howard Webb”
And then of course there was this one:
“Sir Alex, please remove the mud on your face, clean your glasses and start with some football. Also please return the players testicles asap, they seem to need em”
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Posted on February 16th, 2011 by
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Posted on February 7th, 2011 by
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Jame Carragher has been remanded in custody by London’s Metro Police pending a bail hearing. CCTV appears to show the Liverpool vice captain walking around with 50m million pounds worth of Roman Abramovic’s property in his pocket for over an hour.
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These Liverpool supporters can’t help themselves…
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Posted on February 6th, 2011 by
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Wow the Liverpool supporters really don’t have much nice to say about Fernando Torres after he left to go to Chelsea… What’s even worse is that Liverpool promptly beat Chelsea in their own backyard.
Lots of abusive Facebook statuses went up this evening but this one has to take the cake:
Fernando proved he’s not a red, Torres, Torres!! The money went right to his head, Torres, Torres!! Go to Chelsea ruin your life, we hope John Terry fucks your wife, Fernando Torres, Judas in Disguise!!
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