Re: Bye Bye Mitchell

"Walter Mitty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "E. Scrooge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove eye)> brightened my day
> with his incisive wit when in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] he
> conjectured that:
>
> > He knew it all when he took the job - after getting rid of some
> > quality players his result in the World Cup was a complete disaster.
> > Losing the big game wasn't the disaster, it was the way that they lost
> > it which was a complete shambles.
>
> Oh come on : despite the fact that I always thought the ABs to be untested
> in this RWC and remarkably confident despite their back to back losses
> against England, you could still see the quality ooznig out of every pore.
> They had a bad game and I doubt if it will happen again. Australia played
a
> blinder. They didn't in the final, and I think the scoreline was very
> flattering.
>
> IMO, Mitchell should stay : he's got a fine team there chomping at the
bit.

He's had good teams before, but doesn't take long to make many new teams in
his 2 years.  There wouldn't be many that are still in the team from 2 years
ago or even 1 year ago.   Mitchell has doubts about keeping Thorne as the
captain - he selects a team then a few months later has no confidence to
keep working with them.  How long was Fitzpatrick the captain for?  He
wouldn't have lasted long under Mitchell.

E. Scrooge