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Posted January 27, 2015 09:57 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:29

TopLeft07 wrote:
LeighboNZ wrote:

Heard Warnie harping on about Clarke being the best international captain in cricket. Not sure how you could say that about a guy who only captains in one form of the game, who's team are feral and play to and over the edge of decency at times and who can;t get along with his employers.

I might be unpopular for suggesting this but I feel that had it not been for the Hughes incident, he'd have been out the door. He was obviously distressed and upset by the event but it was also a superbly timed piece of marketing for brand CLARKE23 that he was all over like an expensive Armani suit and Ray Bans.

There was plenty of quiet, genuine grief and tribute (Steve Smith is an example) but Clarke (and Warner to a degree) really got their mileage out of tragic circumstances.

  I don't completely disagree you but it's possible that the media were all over Clarke and Warner more than others due to the fact they were his closest mates in the Aus team. In saying that I can't get over how much Clarke and co have contradicted what he said in the eulogy since. Short memory or words written by someone else?

Have removed this comment. Don't think it added anything and didn't really need to be said. Apologies.

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TopLeft07 wrote:
LeighboNZ wrote:

Heard Warnie harping on about Clarke being the best international captain in cricket. Not sure how you could say that about a guy who only captains in one form of the game, who's team are feral and play to and over the edge of decency at times and who can;t get along with his employers.

I might be unpopular for suggesting this but I feel that had it not been for the Hughes incident, he'd have been out the door. He was obviously distressed and upset by the event but it was also a superbly timed piece of marketing for brand CLARKE23 that he was all over like an expensive Armani suit and Ray Bans.

There was plenty of quiet, genuine grief and tribute (Steve Smith is an example) but Clarke (and Warner to a degree) really got their mileage out of tragic circumstances.

  I don't completely disagree you but it's possible that the media were all over Clarke and Warner more than others due to the fact they were his closest mates in the Aus team. In saying that I can't get over how much Clarke and co have contradicted what he said in the eulogy since. Short memory or words written by someone else?

Have removed this comment. Don't think it added anything and didn't really need to be said. Apologies.

bopman edited January 27, 2015 12:52
TopLeft07 wrote:
LeighboNZ wrote:

Heard Warnie harping on about Clarke being the best international captain in cricket. Not sure how you could say that about a guy who only captains in one form of the game, who's team are feral and play to and over the edge of decency at times and who can;t get along with his employers.

I might be unpopular for suggesting this but I feel that had it not been for the Hughes incident, he'd have been out the door. He was obviously distressed and upset by the event but it was also a superbly timed piece of marketing for brand CLARKE23 that he was all over like an expensive Armani suit and Ray Bans.

There was plenty of quiet, genuine grief and tribute (Steve Smith is an example) but Clarke (and Warner to a degree) really got their mileage out of tragic circumstances.

  I don't completely disagree you but it's possible that the media were all over Clarke and Warner more than others due to the fact they were his closest mates in the Aus team. In saying that I can't get over how much Clarke and co have contradicted what he said in the eulogy since. Short memory or words written by someone else?

People I have spoken to in Aus, who are reasonably close to NSW cricket have told me that Clarke and Hughes weren't actually that close.