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Jimmy......the end?
« on: January 22, 2016, 12:52:28 PM »
Now I know I'll get shouted down for this, but I am beginning to wonder about Jimmy.

From the bits I've seen in SA (since I got Sky back), he looks laboured - lacking a little bit of 'nip'. He doesn't seem to be much of a threat on a flat deck and is short on wickets. Before you all say, 'but look how good he was in UAE', that's kind of my point. They were flat decks too, and he found ways to bowl well out there that he is not necessarily replicated in SA.

Whisper it, but is he reaching the end of his shelf-life? It's a bit like Hoggy - he was superb and an absolute legend, but he seemed to go a bit flat at the end of his career.

I'm sure Jimmy will take bucketloads against the Asian teams visiting us this, but would this mask the longterm decline?
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2016, 12:54:41 PM »
How dare you Bruce lol

Difficult to say. I imagine he'll take a load of wickets next year and his speeds look fine. I don't think the kook ball is his (or anybodies) friend. India might well be the test.
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2016, 12:58:53 PM »
Doesn't look himself to me. He looks stiffer than a w*nkers hanky at times.
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2016, 01:03:10 PM »
I'd like to know how many wickets he takes in SA over the years as I suspect it isn't somewhere he likes bowling in. We'll see how he goes in the UK this year but I suspect he'll be in the team for at least another year.
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2016, 01:07:51 PM »
IN addition to the ball and being in SA, I also don't think he's match fit.  Missed the back end of summer, not playing in ODIs and missed on in this series.  he's not fit.  Convinced of it...
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2016, 01:08:19 PM »
Dukes vs Kooks
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2016, 01:10:06 PM »
I've said it before, think he'll be done by the end of the year. Deserves a bit of time after his success, but he's not looked up to it this tour. Not sure if he's cooked or just not fully fit.
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2016, 01:16:47 PM »
that's it, send him off to Switzerland to the knackers yard for old bowlers to jump off a cliff !!!

nah.....he's got a bit left, he don't like the kook ball and who can blame him it's rubbish,loads the game in favour of the batsmen

but cherish him now cos he's is on the slide a bit, it's irreversible and he's bowled a lot of overs. Last year for the first time he got a side injury after playing thou every other test match with niggles and to be honest I thought....hang on....that would not of stopped him 6 months ago.

Wait till he get's a creak in the knee just watching telly like us old uns.
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2016, 01:17:59 PM »
Before the game AB said that he felt Jimmy had lost his nip...
once that happens the wolves will start hounding at the door.

Oh he is hero worshipped by the media in the UK so that wont happen.

I definitely don't think he is fully fit, I don't know whether he will get it back.
Still go a chance to pick up some wickets on some early season wickets against Sri Lanka and then possibly against Pakistan and could well have a rest at that point.

I can't imagine him going quickly though, i think he will string it out for as long as possible. He certainly wont get dropped.
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2016, 03:04:39 PM »
Agree with those who have said he doesn't look fit. Suspect he'll do well in the English summer in conditions that suit but could see him jacking it in before India. I know he's not one to back down from a challenge but a good summer gives him the opportunity to go out on a high
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2016, 03:11:13 PM »
with the Duke ball I still think he is the most skilful bowler we have produced for yonks, even now he's miles ahead of other English bowlers.

He is class, I suspect yes England will put him in cotton wool. Tests only.Broad should do the same, cant work out why he wants to play one dayers(and has just got in the squad)
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2016, 03:29:33 PM »
Please don't retire before the Ashes Anderson, we want to see you get ready for a broken ducking arm one more time 😉
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2016, 03:35:19 PM »
Quote from: Aussie In England on January 22, 2016, 03:29:33 PM
Please don't retire before the Ashes Anderson, we want to see you get ready for a broken ducking arm one more time 😉

yes with the Aussie selection policy no-one wants to see Jimmy A being attacked with a zimmer frame and a set of false teeth

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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2016, 03:41:09 PM »
Quote from: ppccopener on January 22, 2016, 03:35:19 PM
yes with the Aussie selection policy no-one wants to see Jimmy A being attacked with a zimmer frame and a set of false teeth

 :)
Touché  :o
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Re: Jimmy......the end?
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2016, 04:47:51 PM »
Reckon a fit  Jimmy will be  back at Nottingham this summer moving the ball both ways late then  SA won't be a concern
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