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[JB]

Self defense? He'll be lucky!! He walks after one of them, continually punching him as the fella backs off with his hands up passively until he puts him on his back. That isn't self defense

[RhysH]

He will be very lucky to dodge jail let alone get into AUS for the ashes.
Most normal people would get jail for that.

[tate035]

Self defense? He'll be lucky!! He walks after one of them, continually punching him as the fella backs off with his hands up passively until he puts him on his back. That isn't self defense

Could he be backing off because his attempt at bottling somebody hadn't worked??? Amazing how people turn into cowards once a weapon is taken from them...
Not excusing the excessive punches at the end of the footage but Ffs the guy is hardly innocent when trying to bottle someone...

[iand123]

Publishing the video means his defence team will Claim he couldnt possibly get a fair trial, another ecb organised leak?

[golders]

Isn't Stokes getting married next week? Perhaps Hales,as his best man,will share some amusing anecdotes from their raucous nights out as single men...

[iand123]

Isn't Stokes getting married next week? Perhaps Hales,as his best man,will share some amusing anecdotes from their raucous nights out as single men...

Ha "bring up all you want about ex girlfriends but dont mention Bristol"

[RhysH]

Publishing the video means his defence team will Claim he couldnt possibly get a fair trial, another ecb organised leak?

Had someone say this to me earlier.

[northernboy1987]

Could he be backing off because his attempt at bottling somebody hadn't worked??? Amazing how people turn into cowards once a weapon is taken from them...
Not excusing the excessive punches at the end of the footage but Ffs the guy is hardly innocent when trying to bottle someone...

This sums up my general view of the situation, it's easy to say "walk away" but that's difficult when you've just had a bottle waved in your face.

[RhysH]

Hales booting the guy that is on the floor to end the first brawl?

[wcc]

Hales booting the guy that is on the floor to end the first brawl?

Looks like it to me when i watched it again. Gives him a kicking runs off and comes back and starts booting the bloke on the floor in the head.

[FattusCattus]

Hales booting the guy that is on the floor to end the first brawl?

This doesn't look good given the kind of sharp, pointy shoes you young people like to wear with your skinny jeans on a night out these days!

[rickjames]

Does this mean Darren Stevens is going to be selected?

[tate035]

Does this mean Darren Stevens is going to be selected?

Yes, Rick, yes it does...

[Kieron_BT]

Couldn't agree more with Chris above

Does it look bad? Of course it looks bad.

However, if all the reports are true and these guys have tried to attack Stokes/Hales/Anyone with a bottle and Stokes has the guts and power to finish it then good on him, the guys got exactly what they deserved.

Of course the video looks bad, they have only shown the footage of Stokes. Don't forget this is the Sun that has put this video into the public. Who knows what other video evidence they have been given that they haven't shown?

Its all well and good sat typing on a forum saying he should do this, he shouldn't do that but until you are in that situation you have no idea how you will react.

Just put yourself in the position of you being outside a club and 2 drunk idiots coming and attacking your Mrs/friend with a bottle. Would you just 'leave it' and walk away? Should he have just left it? Yeah probably in a perfect world, but it isn't.

As Max would put it "Play with feathers, you get your arsed tickled!"

[Calzehbhoy]

Wasn't Warner hailed as an Ozzie hero (after his ban) for punching Root?

Bloke clearly swings a bottle, good on Stokes for putting him on his (No Swearing Please)!