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Train Driver
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Post by Train Driver »

I thought that it was time that I introduced you to something that we have on the Sussex messageboard.

This phenomena is known as 'goatmouth' and is to do with well intentioned postings during a game, such as todays posting regarding Blessing Mahwire while he was batting.

An example would be if Murray Goodwin was batting and was, say, 48* and going really well. Somebody posts that he is batting brilliantly and will get 100 easily, result, Goodwin is out almost immediately. This also works well with bowlers, example Mushtaq Ahmed has 2-10 and is beating the bat regularly, someone posts that Mushy is unplayable and will roll over the opposition in no time, result, Mushy ends up with 2-110.

This has brought about 'reverse goatmouth', example, Goodwin is 48* so the ideal post is that Goodwin is complete rubbish and couldn't score a run if his grandmother was bowling to him, result, Murray gets 200. For bowlers, Mushtaq couldn't take a wicket if the batsmen were drunk and forgotten to bring their bats, result, Mushy takes 7-15.

It has brought about some good laughs during matches, although if people don't know about goatmouthing and they see you post that Sean Williams is a totally useless batsman, should never be picked and can't even hit the ball off the square or that Prosper Utseya is a powder puff bowler and couldn't hit the stumps if there were 6 of them, then it can cause a few temporarily raised temperatures !.

You may well think that we are a right bunch of lunatics, but we have found that with a fairly large messageboard membership it pays to keep things light hearted at times, especially if you have a mixed membership of nationality, sex and age.

I hope that when the season starts in April, or before of course, that some of you sign on to the Sussex website as all are welcome regardless of who you are, where you are or who you support, our only rules are that you remember it's a family site.

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Post by maehara »

It's been a running joke around here that some players will only put in a good performance if we're busying slagging them off - just didn't have a name for it before now. :)

Guess we should've really laid in to the Zim Provs guys earlier.. :(

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