Sunday, November 23, 2008

Rixon sticks up for his boy

Brad Haddin is struggling.

Sure this makes me happy, but others are less so.

Especially Steve Rixon, his former teacher and coach.

He believes the pressure has gotten to Brad Haddin, and so that Australia don’t miss out on one of their best ever keepers, he should be given a 2 year run without the chance of being dropped.

RIXON YOU MAD FUCKER.

If the dude can’t handle the pressure of test cricket and the selection process, why the hell would we give him two yers, he's 31 already.

Ronchi and Paine aren’t putting any pressure on him, so it's all in his head, life is tough though Brad, get through it, or get out of the way.

Test cricket is all about the pressure.

If he can’t handle it, maybe this game isn’t for him, if it is, he will make runs and stop fumbling and solidify his spot.

There are no free rides because he has put in for the NSWales cause.

He has been given 8 tests Rixon, 4 of them against the 7th & 8th ranked teams in the world, and nothing has come of it.

His keeping is slipping, his batting is average, and he looks like a shadow of himself.

Maybe getting dropped will fire him up.

Maybe Ronchi and Paine aren’t ready, but how long do you carry a bloke because people think he has earned his spot at the level below.

That isn’t how this works.

He earned his spot, and now he needs to keep it by performing.

8 tests is more than most players get to prove themselves.

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