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[Nickauger]

kids these days are soft as (No Swearing Please)

i remember as a 16 year old playing 4 games a week, opening in every one and keeping wicket as well. That is a total of 200 overs wicket keeping and i used to bat a long time as well, probably 75 - 100 overs a week .......... i hear some 18 year olds telling me they are tired after batting 6 overs and that they are going to start hitting out.

then they turn up in midweek and tell me they are tired so dont feel like batting.

anyone born in the 1990's is soft.

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Yeah, yeah and exams are getting easier, and life is generally easier for young people, don't know they're born! I pray to god you're joking as there are a lot of young people no doubt who will be revving their engines! I await your response as to whether you are joking before I go full bore at you!

[The_Bird]

We toured Blackpool at the start of the year and I was stunned by how many games of cricket they played a year. Watching the teams warm up was like watching an army prepare for war, certainly not soft as (No Swearing Please) at that club and this was every game 12 year olds plus.

Made us feel like a load of unfit drunkards....

[Nickauger]

Made us feel like a load of unfit drunkards....

But if you were on tour, no doubt you were a bunch of unfit drunkards!

[wilkie113]

kids these days are soft as (No Swearing Please)

i remember as a 16 year old playing 4 games a week, opening in every one and keeping wicket as well. That is a total of 200 overs wicket keeping and i used to bat a long time as well, probably 75 - 100 overs a week .......... i hear some 18 year olds telling me they are tired after batting 6 overs and that they are going to start hitting out.

then they turn up in midweek and tell me they are tired so dont feel like batting.

anyone born in the 1990's is soft.

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I'm sorry but this is complete and utter (No Swearing Please).

I would play cricket every single day of the week if I could. I was born in the 90s, given the opportunity I'd also bat as high as possibly every week. You say anyone born in the 90's is soft? Jumping to a big conclusion there. Me and some mates used to go the nets every single day from about 10 - 5 at night during summer holidays at school. Then play at a weekend.

People automatically assume these days that 'young people' and 'kids' are good for nothing. When it's the complete opposite of that with some people. I will agree that there is a % of people who are like you say, but people who actually really want to play a sport. Will do so at every opportunity to do so.

IMO if the kids are just wanting to hit out after six overs. It's either there watching to much T20, or there not being coached properly

[Nickauger]

I reckon he must be joking pal, as no-one can be so (No Swearing Please) ignorant as that. Looking for a bite I reckon, either that, or so geriatric that he's actually forgotten what being young is like!

[Johnny]

Can we cut the swearing out please

[The_Bird]

Can we cut the swearing out please

Apologies

But if you were on tour, no doubt you were a bunch of unfit drunkards!

We were a shambles every night and were woken up to the sound of kids netting from 8am!! Onwards. Got the fright of our lives one morning to hear a young quick charging in!

[Nickauger]

Can we cut the swearing out please

Sorry Johnny, nothing grinds my gears more than old people with no grasp on life having a pop at young people

[wilkie113]

My apologies to Johnny I'd have thought mine would have been blanked.

[PedalsMcgrew]

Sorry Johnny, nothing grinds my gears more than old people with no grasp on life having a pop at young people

Bunch of young muggers with their robot music, itelephones and freakster haircuts....bring back conscription! 

[Nickauger]

bring back conscription! 

Certainly agree with that lol, would solve a lot of the problems associated with the yoof of today. Unfortunately, not all people are too bothered by tainting young people with the same brush!

[alba caerulea]

When my league used to have re-arrangements for call offs I quite often used to keep for 90 overs in a weekend and bat twice. I was talking very recently with 2 team-mates about us not playing enough cricket compared to other places. I am now actively seeking a Sunday team for next year to play more often while I am still free and able to!

But then again i'm hard - I was born in 87 

[GarrettJ]

dodont forget this is a site full of cricket badgers so all the youngsters on here are well into their cricket

[Blazer]

There were only few injuries back in the day because sports science was not looked into seriously and it was a manly thing to carry on playing despite injuries. Injuries were diagnosed/ misgraded or even worse completely missed. Sporting science has improved so has general fitness . As awareness increased, different grades of injuries have popped up and most of the resting is as a precaution rather than their lack of fitness. I personally believe it's foolish to aggravate injury in the name of being tough although it gives you massive ego boost .
Born 1982 

[Nickauger]

dodont forget this is a site full of cricket badgers so all the youngsters on here are well into their cricket

So you were trolling then, or what point were you trying to make?! Too much smoking of the waccy baccy back in the 70's while watching Marley seems to have corrupted your views a wee bit! By the way, you're not the only one who can make ridiculous assumptions!