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#88342 The Ashes 2013

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16 Jul 2013 11:33:44

No surprise about the Clarke Watson rift.

BESEIGED cricket coach Mickey Arthur will return to Australia on Saturday as controversy rages over his apparent claims of a huge rift between Michael Clarke and Shane Watson.

As reported in The Daily Telegraph last week, Arthur is suing Cricket Australia for up to $4 million after he was sacked in the aftermath of David Warner’s bar room altercation with England batsman Joe Root.

In court documents obtained by Channel Seven, Arthur has made explosive allegations of racial discrimination and also infighting between Test captain Clarke and all-rounder Watson.

Arthur has been in South Africa with his family since his sacking to attend the funeral of his mother. He told The Daily Telegraph this week that he would be returning to Australia on Saturday. Arthur did not return calls on Tuesday night.

The timing of the document release could not be worse for the Australian cricket team, coming just days before they prepare to meet England at Lord’s in the second Ashes Test.

Clarke and Watson have spoken positively in the past about the state of their working relationship, but Arthur’s claims stand in stark contradiction.

The public release of the documents will mean both players face unwanted attention and pressure in the days before a crucial Test match.

According to Channel Seven’s report, Arthur allegedly described the role of Watson's faction in the Test team as a cancer.

Arthur claimed that Clarke embraced the need for discipline, while Watson did not.

Arthur also revealed Watson was the player who tipped him off about Dave Warner's rowdy night out where the Australian opener punched Root at a bar.

Warner was subsequently fined $11,500 and suspended from the tour matches leading into the Ashes.

Arthur is also understood to have alleged that he was discriminated against because of his South African background and said he was not supported by his Cricket Australia employers through the "homeworkgate" affair in India.

Then vice-captain Watson, bowlers James Pattinson and Mitchell Johnson and batsman Usman Khawaja were axed from the third Test in Mohali for failing to complete a team survey.

Seven also reported Arthur felt he was discriminated against due to his South African background and because he "didn't understand the Australian way".

Cricket Australia's legal counsel Dean Kino said of Arthur's claims: "We are disappointed it has come to this position. I am sure that it will get resolved in an appropriate fashion."

#88194 Doping in sport

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15 Jul 2013 14:17:36

By Ninja | Permalink | On 15 July 2013 - 15:14 PM

What makes you think they stopped doping and haven't just been cleverer about it?

Yeah this. The majority of intellects in the field pretty much always state how the testers are always one step behind.

#88192 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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15 Jul 2013 14:16:17

By Justicar | Permalink | On 15 July 2013 - 15:07 PM

Ladies and gentleman, the product of colonialism.

Don't shift your expats on to us.

#88189 Doping in sport

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15 Jul 2013 14:12:31

There was some huge write up on Bolt doping I read ages ago after being linked to it on another forum. The same poster went on to state that doping is pretty much rife in all sports. Laughed it off at the time but it is getting very hard to doubt lately.

#87961 The Ashes 2013

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14 Jul 2013 14:05:57

I don't know. Clarke has become pretty cuntish the past few years.

#87933 The Ashes 2013

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14 Jul 2013 12:40:23

I have missed being this sucked into a game of cricket.

#81666 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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13 Jun 2013 16:21:40

On his official Facebook he made a comment about Madrid being home.

#81440 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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12 Jun 2013 11:41:24

Monaco in for Ronaldo.

Fuck off Mendes.

#80701 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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08 Jun 2013 03:39:40

Fear the end is near for my relationship.

Not a great feeling.

#78629 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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29 May 2013 14:39:18

Wow.

#77224 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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23 May 2013 04:33:19

By bluemoon. | Permalink | On 22 May 2013 - 20:12 PM

The other forum's Australian isn't it?

It's the misc actually.

Had quite a lot of Brits saying there disgusted how these 'people' keep getting in the country etc.

#77123 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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22 May 2013 18:07:32

Such differing reactions in posts between here and another forum I visit. Susie is A LOT more liberal

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22 May 2013 18:04:24

By Franck | Permalink | On 22 May 2013 - 19:00 PM

Dumb cunt stands there talking about "your government" and "our lands" despite having a London accent.

Also, ITV.com is down now, apparently their servers can't handle all the traffic.

Boggles the mind.

#77119 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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22 May 2013 17:58:10

http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/208857/article_fb93de818cc75f59_1369243638_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg

ITV News has obtained footage of a man with bloodied hands and carrying knives speaking into a camera in Woolwich.

He made a series of political statements.

"We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you," he said.

#77105 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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22 May 2013 16:54:10

By Franck | Permalink | On 22 May 2013 - 17:43 PM

Because incidents like that totally happen every day...

Yeah could be worse , could be living in Sweden.

#77099 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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22 May 2013 16:29:54

England sounds a lovely place to live.

#75959 The Mugshot Thread

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17 May 2013 01:39:36

You have a good jaw line fanny.

#75957 What Was The Last Film You Saw?

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17 May 2013 01:35:45

By Dutton | Permalink | On 17 May 2013 - 00:40 AM

Wanted to go see Mud, missed it. Had to watch Gatsby instead and it was fucking terrible, not even di Caprio could save it for me.

It tries WAY too hard to be stylish, ends up looking shit and having a shite story to go with it. I had absolutely no emotional attachment to any character and it was WAY too long.

I don't have a clue about directors but the fact that it is directed by Baz Luhrmann makes me want to go no where near it.

#73569 Old Trafford Lounge

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08 May 2013 14:09:13

Does requestion permission to speak with managers the same as players or can you just go ahead without the club knowing? Because the managerial decision would of been made before fergie retired and Everton stated that have let Moyes speak with United or something along those lines.

#72758 Newcastle Thread

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05 May 2013 13:50:53

Doesn't he have that ridiculous ten year contract?

#72751 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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05 May 2013 13:40:11

You people find the weirdest things to get annoyed about.

Snapchats fun just for sending useless shit to your mates. You don't like it don't use it. It's not that hard.

#72725 The Relationship Thread

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05 May 2013 12:50:15

By Phoenix Arrow | Permalink | On 05 May 2013 - 13:44 PM

I still have the most fucked up complicated shit going on by the way. Just because I don't come on here as much and don't feel like talking about it really I don't want you to think anything has changed.
I'm happy though so whatever.

Needed to get that off your chest did you?

#72414 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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04 May 2013 04:48:35

Fish and chip shop.

#71539 UEFA Champions League 2012 - 2013 Thread

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30 Apr 2013 14:02:41

People are way to gullible when it comes to the Balotelli stories. Almost hardly anything of all the crazy stuff he has alleged to have done has never actually been proved.