Oddly enough, I was reminded by the fact that my daughter will be going to university this autumn that we had a home series against the Windies the summer before I went to university. It was Richards' last tour and the end of the great Windies sides. We drew the series with them for the first time in decades and it felt like an amazing achievement.Originally Posted by Peter
And now they're rubbish and we can beat them without breaking a sweat. Sad.
Somehow, I don't think you'd say the same about a rubbish Manchester United side, or a down-at-heels Bayern or Barcelona, would you? Or would you?Oddly enough, I was reminded by the fact that my daughter will be going to university this autumn that we had a home series against the Windies the summer before I went to university. It was Richards' last tour and the end of the great Windies sides. We drew the series with them for the first time in decades and it felt like an amazing achievement.
And now they're rubbish and we can beat them without breaking a sweat. Sad.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Yes, but that's just football. And besides, no-one ever hated the West Indies. Not in the way everyone hated the dominant Aussie side of the 90s. One could admire the great West Indian teams while simply accepting that they were going to give England a bloody good hiding.
I certainly hated the fact that we didn't compete against them, same with the Australians. And no-one ever cried for us when we were losing every game, did they. As I say, **** 'em. This is all just your leftiness, anti-Englishness, shining through.
Viv Richards is actually a relative of a family friend; met him many times, when I was a nipper.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Well you wouldn't really, with Tony Grieg captain.
No, you wouldn't. But I doubt you've ever been to Eastern Cape, have you.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
It's a fair cop, guv.No, you wouldn't. But I doubt you've ever been to Eastern Cape, have you.
I have a chum who will only ever have Cape Coloureds as his chefs. "Man," he says, "those boys can cook, but they're so ugly! They're a total ginitic miss."No, you wouldn't. But I doubt you've ever been to Eastern Cape, have you.
I can certainly vouch for the veracity of the first part of his theory, but reject the second, knowing, as I do, a most delightful lady of such heritage. Large bosoms and an enthusiasm for Michael Jackson.
Football isn't going anywhere, though. Not soon, anyway. Test cricket has a gloomier future, and a poor W. Indies side won't help that.
And Holding, Roberts, Daniel. Makes me feel like Jorge reminiscing of the great Meeelan team of the blah blah blah.
Greenidge, Haynes, Richards, Lloyd, Kallicharan, Rowe, Murray, Holding, Garner, Croft, Roberts
Sylvester Clarke and Wayne Daniel couldn't even get into the the team, a. Even Marshall struggled early in his career.
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