Each player is a Captain unto yourself

“Each player in this team”, intoned Lloyd before our 1st Test at Kensington Oval against Pakistan, ‘is a captain onto yourself.

I can only guide you but you must know yourself and understand the culture of WI cricket and its teams.

All of us are not from the same countries and are from different cultures.

Not only must we play well, but most importantly, be at our best and win!”

Then WI vice-captain Deryck Murray handily supported.

“Crofty and Bird, you are joining a team that are accustomed to winning and may be setting records as we go along, who knows.

You do not have any time to settle in.

Either your produce or you can be gone, as we in this room, now including you two, must work not just for good cricket

but for total excellence!

In 1976/7, when Barbados’ Joel “Big Bird” Garner and yours truly, Guyana’s Colin Croft, became No. 160 and No. 159

WI international cricketers respectively, then WI captain Clive Lloyd and Vice Derryck Murray.


http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2015-09-...s-captains

Smapoui would ask you to compare Lloyd as a Captain and Lloyd 45 years later as a Selector  :

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“Each player in this team”, intoned Lloyd before our 1st Test at Kensington Oval against Pakistan, ‘is a captain onto yourself.

I can only guide you but you must know yourself and understand the culture of WI cricket and its teams.

All of us are not from the same countries and are from different cultures.

Not only must we play well, but most importantly, be at our best and win!”

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the more inside info I get about about Lloyd's tenure as west indies captain I see how lucky he was to have had such a tremendous flow of great players. that is why he/we won and by no reason at all attributed to Lloyd's 'leadership'

Lloyd himself is an idiot by all he is reported to have said..and by all we see of him now as an administrator.
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YO!  you fuhget the k..skmapoui. you mus' have a k in there to convey de skunt term in the mix

I even have tuh help you with dat : : : :

Quote:Then WI vice-captain Deryck Murray handily supported.

“Crofty and Bird, you are joining a team that are accustomed to winning and may be setting records as we go along
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Either your produce or you can be gone, as we in this room, now[/size] including you two,

BraBits and PollyPieces : these two walk off de Job  ::LOL::

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I dont remember Big Brothers name in 1984..

dat is what I will call you now sketchim with your incessant propaganda ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::

Me and Propoganda ??

I called it : these 3 >>>former Cappo and 2 ringleaders are being banished into the wilderness.


Propoganda is YOU : continuing to blame wicb for the 42 mil THEY Cost !


ALL odda forum posters accept my FACTS 

Quote:Propoganda is YOU : continuing to blame wicb for the 42 mil THEY Cost !

The WICB is to blame, and players should not be scapegoated.

At the same time, none of these guys should be on the Test team (I'd try Pollard for a few games at best), because they simply cannot bat.

I'd play Bravo and Pollard on the ODI team still.