Well, obviously, but they did lose out on winning from such a superior position

And he is a sore loser. Winners always are.

Posted By: Yellalee on July 13th 2009 at 14:16:56

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Vote NO and pass it on to anyone you might know who would do the same (Other Sports) - conker, Jul 13, 12:37:12
- blimey. Talk about whingeing poms. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 13, 13:38:32
  - Aggers on R2 v an Aussie on this subject now (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 13:44:17
  - There wasn't any need for it though (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 13:40:14
    - There WAS a need - we needed to waste time (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 13:46:26
      - I guess, but from what I've also heard, Ponting hasn't just whinged about it (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 13:49:17
        
        "We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game" (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 13:59:23
        
        And when Peter Piddle appealed madly for an LBW (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:01:05
        
        Aussie newspaper having a vote: "Do you think England were cheating?" (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 13, 13:52:59
        
        so there's not the rest of the interview available then? (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 13:54:17
        
        It's all in the Torygraph today, and you're right, he's not whinging (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 13, 13:59:58
        
        ... (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:02:42
        
        I only saw a clip once, on the news (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 13:57:39
        
        He was asked a question, and he said it wasn't in the spirit of the game (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:02:06
        
        Exactly - any team would have done it. Before it happened, I was (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 14:01:35
        
        Exactly - we'd have been furious, and... (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:04:36
        
        He wasn't furious though (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:05:48
        
        He did look a bit miffed (n/m) (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:10:41
        
        Well he wasnt exactly happy, if my lip reading was accurate yesterday... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 14:08:56
        
        I guess we'll have to agree to differ (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:10:02
        
        It's the Ashes (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:20:04
        
        Well, obviously, but they did lose out on winning from such a superior position (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 14:16:56
        
        So to avoid losing, say a batsman changed his gloves every over for 5 days (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:25:13
        
        Aren't we allowed a little chuckle and an ironic whingeing (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:34:04
        
        It usually helps if what you're laughing at (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:38:58
        
        So he didn't whinge? (n/m) (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:40:32
        
        no (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:43:39
        
        yep - he had a moan about it too (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:45:21
        
        Definitions of furious I guess (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:46:25
      - no doubt. But anyway, main point was that they had plenty of time (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 13, 13:48:30
        
        And Ponting said that (n/m) (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 13:49:52
- Somehow, the concept of time wasting in the slooooowest game ever invented, (Other Sports) - DNB41, Jul 13, 13:17:05
- ... (Other Sports) - wgf500, Jul 13, 13:03:19

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