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Who would you rather see working in other fulfilling employment than in English cricket.

Poll ended at Fri Jan 02, 2015 3:55 pm

Giles Clarke
1
8%
Paul Downton
5
38%
James Whitaker
0
No votes
Andy Flower
1
8%
Peter Moores
1
8%
Dave Sakor
1
8%
Alastair Cook
0
No votes
Kevin Pietersen
2
15%
Jonathan Agnew
0
No votes
Nick Knight
1
8%
Geoff Boycott
0
No votes
Michael Vaughan
0
No votes
Mike Selvey
0
No votes
Scyld Berry
1
8%
Derek Pringle
0
No votes
 
Total votes : 13

If you could...

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:55 pm

.. remove one person from the realm of English cricket, who would it be?

Nothing bad will happen to them. They will be offered a nice cushy, minimum wage, zero hour job at Waitrose in instead. No children or pets will be harmed.
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Re: If you could...

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:02 pm

Or someone else.

Tough one. If you could get rid of Clarke, a few others may tumble anyway. If I could get rid of one now, it'd be him or Commander Downton. Apart from KP and MPV, I'd sooner all of these work in retail. But Downton not only does a lot of harm, he also doesn't appear to do anything but harm. So, with a feeling that it's a waste of my one wish, I'll go for him.
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Re: If you could...

Postby Aidan11 » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:15 pm

Only one?

It's easier to pick who I wouldn't want to place a well aimed axe into someone's cranium.
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Re: If you could...

Postby braveneutral » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:32 pm

I don't think that waitrose do zero hour contracts?

I may be missing the point of the thread.
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Re: If you could...

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:53 pm

No but there is a history of unethical business at the ECB. Ian MacLaurin was from Tesco (tax evasion, insensitive rural planning, workfare), they were sponsored by Vodophone (tax evasion), and rather remarkably, after world financial crisis of 2008, took on sponsorship from an investment bank (Clarke and Downton's background). I'm not sure a go at the bottom at the ladder would do any of these any harm.

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Re: If you could...

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:54 pm

Looks like only Downton attracts any disapproval.
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Re: If you could...

Postby braveneutral » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:07 pm

Presumably it is all in the name with them.
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Re: If you could...

Postby Aidan11 » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:18 pm

Downton doesn't seem to serve nay purpose. Apart from backing Cook and sacking KP, the miserable overblown **** just serves no purpose at all.

The very mention of his name is raising my blood pressure.
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Re: If you could...

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:20 pm

You're going for him ahead of Cook, Aidan?
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Re: If you could...

Postby Aidan11 » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:21 pm

Yes because he employed Cook.
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Re: If you could...

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:17 pm

Clarke employed Downton.

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Re: If you could...

Postby DiligentDefence » Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:38 pm

How can I only pick one from that list? It's impossible. There's only about two I'd save.
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Re: If you could...

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:50 pm

Like Moores, you've got to be able to make the tough decisions.

Though, he didn't did he.
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Re: If you could...

Postby DiligentDefence » Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:35 am

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Like Moores, you've got to be able to make the tough decisions.

Though, he didn't did he.

OK, I've decided. Sakor's gone.
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Re: If you could...

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:45 am

Maybe I should have allowed for 15 votes.
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