I understand that, but one man's louche is another man's laid back
(And louche seems to be the word of the day.)
One thing I would say no-one's mentioned is the relationship between McCullum and the media has grown increasingly tetchy over the last year or two. He was their darling at first, then he asked them to stop using the term Bazball (in which I am 100% in agreement with him), they didn't (it was their creation, they were very pleased with themselves about it), his interviews became rarer and shorter, so they stopped liking him. And from his perspective, he only sees criticism based around a perception of him, so he treats them as he sees fit. The comments he's made are exactly the kind of thing you might say to someone you don't want to talk to and don't respect.
Just trying to see it from all sides; I still think the most important metric from this all is the match stats and relative difference from 4 years ago.
Posted By: APB on January 9th 2026 at 13:11:14
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- Cricketing woes (Other Sports) - paulg, Jan 9, 09:21:40
- I like Ronay and generally agree with him on a lot of things (Other Sports) - APB, Jan 9, 11:31:54
- Hmm (Other Sports) - APB, Jan 9, 11:48:38
- what he doesn't like about him (Other Sports) - paulg, Jan 9, 11:56:00
- I understand that, but one man's louche is another man's laid back (Other Sports) - APB, Jan 9, 13:11:14
- So I guess, maybe a bit more focus and leadership (Other Sports) - APB, Jan 9, 11:54:00
- what he doesn't like about him (Other Sports) - paulg, Jan 9, 11:56:00
- I think he's one of the worst examples (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 9, 11:42:17
- Hmm (Other Sports) - APB, Jan 9, 11:48:38
- Thing is... we do have some really good players (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jan 9, 11:27:06
- I think there are two genuinely world class players there - Root and Stokes (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 9, 11:45:26
- Tongue and Carse's averages were right up there (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jan 9, 11:48:55
- Archer's world class when he's fit (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jan 9, 12:44:17
- Sounds like you end up in the same place as me? (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 9, 14:54:12
- Archer's world class when he's fit (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jan 9, 12:44:17
- Tongue and Carse's averages were right up there (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jan 9, 11:48:55
- the whole culture has to change (Other Sports) - paulg, Jan 9, 11:40:02
- Some valid points but basically a McCullum hit piece (Other Sports) - APB, Jan 9, 14:36:11
- Yep, win the Ashes and no one cares about the Brook story (Other Sports) - megson, Jan 9, 15:04:43
- Yep, spot on. (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jan 9, 11:44:56
- yes - some really good players - but we didn't get from them their best (Other Sports) - paulg, Jan 9, 11:49:56
- imagine ricky ponting get his hands on this lot! (Other Sports) - paulg, Jan 9, 11:42:39
- Allan Border too. He was the one who turned the tanker when they were shit in the mid 80s. (n/m) (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jan 9, 11:45:35
- v v much that (n/m) (Other Sports) - paulg, Jan 9, 11:52:23
- Allan Border too. He was the one who turned the tanker when they were shit in the mid 80s. (n/m) (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jan 9, 11:45:35
- Some valid points but basically a McCullum hit piece (Other Sports) - APB, Jan 9, 14:36:11
- I think there are two genuinely world class players there - Root and Stokes (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 9, 11:45:26
- I like Ronay and generally agree with him on a lot of things (Other Sports) - APB, Jan 9, 11:31:54
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