Comments on: Michael Vaughan wants South Africans DEAD

By: FEC

FEC — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:49:27 +0000

Of course if the likes of Rob Key were actually good enough this conversation would be academic.

By: Monster Cable

Monster Cable — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:24:46 +0000

I have a very simple test – Accent. Accent defines someone in a way that’s much more ‘real’ than place of birth or even (god forbid) skin colour in this country.
If a saffer went to the trouble of changing their accent to the point they could either be mistaken for a cockerney, scouser, posh twit (or whatever), or, and the test is less stringent when it comes to the north, could understand a word Paul Collingwood said then I think they should be considered Englishmen for the purposes of cricket.

As an immigrant here myself I am fascinated by the whole accent thing – I’ve argued long into the drunken night with English friends of Indian descent that they are indeed English (rather than that wishy washy ‘British’) if they sound like it.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:14:50 +0000

Does that advert up there for Kitbag.com featuring Vaughan and Pietersen look more tense to anyone this morning? Colly looks distinctly peturbed.

By: Ged

Ged — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:21:06 +0000

IT’S WAR!! EUGENICIST VAUGHAN INVADES POLAND!!!

By: Vim

Vim — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:49:59 +0000

Here’s a sensationalist headline.

‘Kiwi fans want Mitchell Johnson dead.’

But it’s true.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:32:21 +0000

The stuff he says about how in an ideal world he’d like to see 11 complete englishmen in the side makes me feel very uncomfortable in its suggestion that there might be shades of grey as to what is or isn’t a “complete Englishman” when, for qualification purposes,
there aren’t – either you meet the criteria or you don’t. I thought we’d left behind the days when the presence of legitimately English-qualified players was questioned by others who didn’t think they seemed English enough.

By: Gerontius

Gerontius — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:04:29 +0000

Botham is like that offensive old man in SitComs, whose racism is played for laughs.

By: SixSixEight

SixSixEight — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:07:35 +0000

Top stuff Bert, and very funny indeed.

Decapitation of Michael Vaughan , now that’s a headline I could happily read.

And now cheered up immensely I will go forth to buy some pomegranates.

By: Bert

Bert — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:25:31 +0000

KING CRICKET CALLS FOR KEVIN PIETERSEN TO BE ELECTROCUTED TO DEATH

In a shock development today, a leading figure from the world of royal-themed-cricket-based-websites called for the execution by electric chair of South-African-themed cricketer Kevin Pietersen. From his palace in cyberspace King Cricket wrote “…if any South African born batsman were to be dropped, it would be Kevin Pietersen on current”.

UPDATE – NOW IT’S DECAPITATION

In attempting to clarify his remarks, King Cricket said “lose” and “head” in the same sentence.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:24:41 +0000

We spotted that. That’s a good example for all up-and-coming xenophobes.

Be as dismissive as possible and just sweep everyone aside in a casual, offhand manner.