South Africa vs Australia Official Tour Thread

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OzzieCapie

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BigAl-sa said:
OzzieCapie hasn't voiced his opinion yet ;)

Come to think of it, Churchill has been very quiet too :D
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mmmh...you may have missed my post on the relative merits of Aus vs England....but what makes you think that I believe the Aussies are going to beat SA...when have I ever posted something like that?

However, the series will probably be closer than many think....imo one of the major factors is that SA have played too little tests in the past year, and too little relevant and hard series'.
 
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OzzieCapie said:
mmmh...you may have missed my post on the relative merits of Aus vs England....but what makes you think that I believe the Aussies are going to beat SA...when have I ever posted something like that?

However, the series will probably be closer than many think....imo one of the major factors is that SA have played too little tests in the past year, and too little relevant and hard series'.
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This is a major problem for the proteas. I do not get how the no 1 ranked team in the world can play so few tests.
 
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Devill said:
Saw they are saying that their pace attack is better than ours.... I wonder if they remember Vern and the others bowling them out for 47 the last time they were here.....
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It's their typical big talk before a series I think. Probably just trying to get under our guys' skins.
 
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Devill said:
He lasted longer than that in AUS vs Johnson while sustaining that small broken hand injury.
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Mate, I'm talking about Mitchell Johnson 2.0 :) He's totally different now. He no longer has any inner demons now. He's married and have a baby daughter now. What I'm trying to say is that he's totally focused and awesome in a way that I cannot truly comprehend. It's like his existence is vibrating between this reality and 5th dimension at a much faster rate of +100000 awesomeness points per picosec.
 
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DarkSpectre said:
Mate, I'm talking about Mitchell Johnson 2.0 :) He's totally different now. He no longer has any inner demons now. He's married and have a baby daughter now. What I'm trying to say is that he's totally focused and awesome in a way that I cannot truly comprehend. It's like his existence is vibrating between this reality and 5th dimension at a much faster rate of +100000 awesomeness points per picosec.
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This is probably Mitchell Johnson 7.0 now. Every time he apparently reinvented himself, somebody took him to the cleaners so badly that he was eventually dropped. Then he reinvents himself and has another another good series before the cycle starts again. Whether it will be us, or another team, who gets him dropped this time remains to be seen though.
 
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Mike Hoxbig said:
This is probably Mitchell Johnson 7.0 now. Every time he apparently reinvented himself, somebody took him to the cleaners so badly that he was eventually dropped. Then he reinvents himself and has another another good series before the cycle starts again. Whether it will be us, or another team, who gets him dropped this time remains to be seen though.
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Mate, you have no idea what you are talking about, seriously.
 
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Mike Hoxbig said:
It's their typical big talk before a series I think. Probably just trying to get under our guys' skins.
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I hope it does not work :( The fscking Aussies are our bogey side.

DarkSpectre said:
Mate, I'm talking about Mitchell Johnson 2.0 :) He's totally different now. He no longer has any inner demons now. He's married and have a baby daughter now. What I'm trying to say is that he's totally focused and awesome in a way that I cannot truly comprehend. It's like his existence is vibrating between this reality and 5th dimension at a much faster rate of +100000 awesomeness points per picosec.
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Ok. Have you met Smith 2.01? He now not only takes more risks but he also looks leaner and meaner and more hungry for runs than ever.
 
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I seriously hope we give them a hiding after all this best bowling attack in the world nonsense.
 
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I may be wrong, but I seem to recall the Indians chasing down most of the targets the Aussies set for them last year.

This is going to be a fascinating series.
 
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This is shaping up to be something of an epic series!!!

Reckon I'll treat myself the Day 1 Centurion, 12th Feb!! Who's joining me?
 
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sand_man said:
This is shaping up to be something of an epic series!!!

Reckon I'll treat myself the Day 1 Centurion, 12th Feb!! Who's joining me?
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Work :(

Would like to go maybe on the Saturday. So stupid of them to start a test on a Wednesday considering it may not even get to Sunday.
 
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