"Hard for the support staff to prepare a team if guys aren't prepared to listen" : Brendon McCullum

[Abdullah719]

"Hard for the support staff to prepare a team if guys aren't prepared to listen" : Brendon McCullum

Fiery comments from Brendon McCullum after LQ lost their sixth game in a row against IU:


"I think we bowled really poorly and had no intensity in the field"

"I don't mind losing but you expect to be hard to beat"

"You have team meetings about bowling away from Luke Ronchi and then you go and bowl straight at him so there's a disconnect there"

"It's very hard for the support staff to prepare a team if guys aren't prepared to listen"

"If that's the case, we're going to have to keep making changes because there's young and enthusiastic guys (in the squad)"

"As captain, you're responsible for the performances and I feel like I've done the same things that I do with any team I lead but unfortunately it hasn't resonated"

"That's a question we've gotta ask, whether it's better if I offload it (captaincy) to someone else and see if we can get better results"

"Doesn't matter if you're saying the right things, if they're not hitting home or instructions aren't being followed then it'll always be an uphill task"

 

[mmkextreme_1]

If that's the case that those people need to "offloaded" from the team (Wonder if Umar Akmal is a part of this group?!)

Lahore's whole team management needs to be changed. Need to get a more professional coach. It is sad that a team like Lahore has been knocked out. Just imagine a knockout match/final between Lahore and Karachi in Pakistan. Wow.

Whoever these parasites are need to be kicked out.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Next season, add another team, so they can improve on their losses lol.

 

[Varun]

Happens in every T20 league - one of the teams becomes a pantomime villain.

Kolkata Knight Riders were similar in the beginnings of the IPL, until SRK put his foot down and roped in Gambhir.

 

[Syed1]

If that's the case that those people need to "offloaded" from the team (Wonder if Umar Akmal is a part of this group?!)

Lahore's whole team management needs to be changed. Need to get a more professional coach. It is sad that a team like Lahore has been knocked out. Just imagine a knockout match/final between Lahore and Karachi in Pakistan. Wow.

Whoever these parasites are need to be kicked out.

Bhai there are "experts" on this forum who were under the delusion that Umar Akmal will smash it to all parts in the PSL and earn a recall to the national side.


This gully mohallah cricketer does not even deserve to be in a local club side.


LQ have only themselves to blame for selecting paindu Umar Akmal and appointing paindu Aquib Javed.

 

[reversehook]

sohail khan take a seat, bring in shaheen afridi
ramdin sit out, bring in akmal only if he isnt part of the guys not listening otherwise play someone else...

 

[run-out]

Same thing happens with KKR in IPL when McCullum was the captain

 

[j_kazmi]

Same thing happens with KKR in IPL when McCullum was the captain

Lahore has been like this since before McCullum.

Azhar Ali was Lahore’s captain in the first season so that didn’t help

 

[srh]

definitely talking about Umar Akmal [MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION]

 

[Abdullah719]

definitely talking about Umar Akmal [MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION]

Umar Akmal wasn't playing today and McCullum was still at the players.

 

[Rayyman]

He's right. Sohail Khan and Aamer Yamin especially have been very poor.

 

[Gubol123]

definitely talking about Umar Akmal [MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION]

he is talking about some bowler.. Anyway quick look at the scorecard confirm Umar was not even on the team today

 

[BunnyRabbit]

He's right. Sohail Khan and Aamer Yamin especially have been very poor.

Yamin has only played 2 or 3 matches i think

 

[Slog]

Umar Akmal wasn't playing today and McCullum was still at the players.

Wow Unar Akmal got dropped from domestics now

Damn it just keeps getting worse

 

[Cric1234]

Mccullums innings saved them from another dire collapse from 100-2 to 164-8 due to the blitz from him otherwise nothing much changed.
The only thing left is whether they lose all 10 or save some face from now on.

 

[Plumb]

UA must be on TOP of the list who don't listen. As he was dropped today sums up his career. To People who already made 100+ threads

about his "talent" please Stop.

 

[Cric1234]

Afridi is unofficially over 40 years old and still batting the same way as he did as a youngster Akmal is going the same way it's up to him to change his approach or go down the same route.

 

[MMHS]

He sent Dimesh Ramdhin at 4, when score was 101/2 at 11.2 - and the guy returns the compliment with 20 ball 9, what's the point of blaming others? Apart from WC 2015, his Captaincy career had been in full chaos; even Rangpur Raiders didn't appoint him Captain this year after all his out of box ideas.

He should step down and allow team to play "conventional" cricket. Playing Ramdhin on WK keeping, leaving Devecic out is another brilliant "unconventional" idea that back fired.

 

[Gubol123]

He sent Dimesh Ramdhin at 4, when score was 101/2 at 11.2 - and the guy returns the compliment with 20 ball 9, what's the point of blaming others? Apart from WC 2015, his Captaincy career had been in full chaos; even Rangpur Raiders didn't appoint him Captain this year after all his out of box ideas.

He should step down and allow team to play "conventional" cricket. Playing Ramdhin on WK keeping, leaving Devecic out is another brilliant "unconventional" idea that back fired.

His captaincy was always average.. He has one approach and does not take his team's strength's and weaknesses into consideration. Even the broken watch is right twice a day. He was playing most of the games at home in 2015 WC and his approach clicked. I personally never rated him as a great captain.. I don't know why he is valued so much on this forum. May be because he is one of the few global stars participating in PSL. Otherwise his captaincy and batting is not only pretty average in this tournament, most of the time he looks reckless and least interested in whatever is going on around him

 

[Hasan123]

He clearly isn't happy with certain players but he also to blame for some of his decisions. LQ should move on from him next year as a captain.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

He's working with a bunch of jokers in Aaqib and Akhtar and then we all know about Umar Akmal.

Doubt he'll want to come back next year to PSL in particular or if he still plays he may want to try to for a different team.

 

[MMHS]

His captaincy was always average.. He has one approach and does not take his team's strength's and weaknesses into consideration. Even the broken watch is right twice a day. He was playing most of the games at home in 2015 WC and his approach clicked. I personally never rated him as a great captain.. I don't know why he is valued so much on this forum. May be because he is one of the few global stars participating in PSL. Otherwise his captaincy and batting is not only pretty average in this tournament, most of the time he looks reckless and least interested in whatever is going on around him

Also, may be because he was Captaining when Misbah & Azhar was PAK's Captain .................. His tactics will work in NZ condition, with 4/5 pacers in attack. Somewhere recently, I had a post on his tactics (Why LQ is struggling ..). He was also famous for a great counter attacking save against IND in a Test, which probably was endorsed most by great luck and poor Indian tactics - his cricket/Captaincy is like that, if clicks, it looks brilliant. Brearley was similar, but MB kept at least 3 back-up plans under sleeve, this guy is a believer of single death.

 

[Gubol123]

Also, may be because he was Captaining when Misbah & Azhar was PAK's Captain .................. His tactics will work in NZ condition, with 4/5 pacers in attack. Somewhere recently, I had a post on his tactics (Why LQ is struggling ..). He was also famous for a great counter attacking save against IND in a Test, which probably was endorsed most by great luck and poor Indian tactics - his cricket/Captaincy is like that, if clicks, it looks brilliant. Brearley was similar, but MB kept at least 3 back-up plans under sleeve, this guy is a believer of single death.

Agree with you. If you read Brearley's biography and the feedback from various players who played with him, it was obvious that he was both a great tactician and strategist. He also brought much needed professional planing to cricket when most captains went with standard template planning. MB was flexible, understood his teammates much better than they themselves did and was willing to do whatever it takes to optimize his team's strength

If you look at Mccullun, he has one approach really. When he has the right team, he will do really well. As you said when he has four or five good bowlers, especially pacers, in his home condition, his approach will come off more often than not. He will look great and will make you believe in his approach. But cricket needs more than that one single approach to be successful over a period of time. In a long career captaining a team is like weighing a bunch of frogs. Your team composition changes, playing environment, type of opposition, opposition strategies, etc changes over a period of time. Unless the captain is willing to adapt to that changing environment, he will not do well consistently. If he were captaining a side like Australia it is a different matter. Aus has so much talent that the can pick the right team to suit his approach where as most of the other countries are not as blessed in terms of talent and system

Regarding that Ind test where he got a triple, that was really poor from India rather than great from him. He did play very well, no doubt, but the game will be more remembered for India's defensive approach than about his batting.

All said and done he is still a fantastic player, one of the best to come out of NZ. But certainly not the great captain as he is made out to be here on PP. Lahore is better off choosing a local player as their captain and ease him out. He should also consider stepping down for the remainder of the season

 

[Big Mac]

His captaincy was always average.. He has one approach and does not take his team's strength's and weaknesses into consideration. Even the broken watch is right twice a day. He was playing most of the games at home in 2015 WC and his approach clicked. I personally never rated him as a great captain.. I don't know why he is valued so much on this forum.

Look at who was Pakistan captain at the same time and you will have your answer.

 

[Sirris]

UA must be on TOP of the list who don't listen. As he was dropped today sums up his career. To People who already made 100+ threads

about his "talent" please Stop.

Forget the PP. The thing that annoys and makes me cringe the most is that every time Akmal hits a boundary the commentators with Rameez taking the lead start praising how "talented" Umar is.

 

[Gubol123]

Look at who was Pakistan captain at the same time and you will have your answer.

Yeah, may be he and his approach is endearing to Pak fans due to over defensive approach from Pak side.. But still, if you look at Mccullun in isolation, is not great. Doesn't make it too bad, but he is pretty average.

 

[shaz619]

Next season, add another team, so they can improve on their losses lol.

I like the username

 

[ZyzzBrah]

So called experts pointing fingers at Umar Akmal, he wasn’t even playing today. Speaks volumes of the intelligence levels of some posters here.

The entire bowling unit bar Narine is a joke and needs to be dissolved alongside the captain and management. A fresh and new direction is needed. Baz is poor and not good enough. We actually performed better unde Azhar Ali which is hilarious . We need to et two world class speakers next season and rope in a new skipper.

 

[Big Mac]

Yeah, may be he and his approach is endearing to Pak fans due to over defensive approach from Pak side.. But still, if you look at Mccullun in isolation, is not great. Doesn't make it too bad, but he is pretty average.

Every captain at that time was praised to the rafters in an effort to paint you know who as terrible. Even Angelo Mathews received praise here for his captaincy for a short period of time.

They were all great captains until they came to play tests in the UAE and received the obligatory phainty, then everybody had to pretend they were rubbish all along and the next guy was really the best captain in the world :

 

[Gubol123]

Every captain at that time was praised to the rafters in an effort to paint you know who as terrible. Even Angelo Mathews received praise here for his captaincy for a short period of time.

They were all great captains until they came to play tests in the UAE and received the obligatory phainty, then everybody had to pretend they were rubbish all along and the next guy was really the best captain in the world :

every captain is only as good as his team. Misbah, for all the hate he gets on this forum, was the right captain for the Pak at that time and did well with the kind of team he had... It is unfortunate that PPers, in general, disapprove his captaincy stint forgetting the kind of team he had at his disposal

 

[Savak]

A captain, coach, manager get tested in tough times. Like Aqib, now Mccullam throwing his team under the bus. What about your captaincy sir? Over rated as hell.

 

[giri26]

Pretty scathing comments coming from the captain. Does not look good for the team.

 

[Savak]

Afridi is unofficially over 40 years old and still batting the same way as he did as a youngster Akmal is going the same way it's up to him to change his approach or go down the same route.

Afridi achieved more in his career than Akmal. Akmal hasn't played a meaningful knock since 2014.

 

[WengerOut]

Wow.. Umar Akmal is so bad now that even if not in the team , he is the main culprit

 

[Titan24]

He should give the captaincy to Fakhar as I have said before. Mccullum has got nothing left to gain in this tournament so its better if Fakhar gains some leadership experience as he might be captaining LQ next year.

 

[Hamza_]

Lahore Qalandars is really on top of the news.

 

[mhraja]

There is a clear disconnect between local players and forigners in Lahore. It may be due to the missing link as in other teams there are local players who have played in different T20 leagues and know some of these players already or have played enough international cricket and are mature enough.

LQ v IU first leg, last ball Baz, Fizz and Naraine were discussing and it seemed none of Pakistani players were bothered about it.

Other teams are also doing lot of bonding sessions as we see from their social media pages but seems like it's not the case for LQ (atleast not visible on social media).

Umar Akmal could have been the connection but he is not mature enough for that. They should have gone for Ahmad Shahzad who is not only the local boy but could be that connection. Moreover he could have complimented Fakhar or Baz as the other opener.

It again come down the the management; Lahore from the first season wants to pick the guys who can single handedly win them the games. They went for Chris Gayle and Bravo (who didn't play much due to injury) in first season, McCullum and Jason Roy (who left after few matches and LQ struggled after his departure) in second and McCullum and Chris Lynn (who got injured) in this season. They have never looked into preparing the team. This was very clear from the start when they were undecided about their captain in the first season and then gave it to Azhar Ali who was selected as Silver pick.

Rana brothers should get some professional people at helm next season who can make the right team covering all bases. Win or loose but atleast be competitive. This team is embarassing and have become a joke. If Ranas can't do this then sell the franchise to someone who can bring the good to Lahore.

Lahore is a cricket captial of Pakistan and this bunch is just embarassing it.

 

[Cricketfan no 1]

His captaincy was always average.. He has one approach and does not take his team's strength's and weaknesses into consideration. Even the broken watch is right twice a day. He was playing most of the games at home in 2015 WC and his approach clicked. I personally never rated him as a great captain.. I don't know why he is valued so much on this forum. May be because he is one of the few global stars participating in PSL. Otherwise his captaincy and batting is not only pretty average in this tournament, most of the time he looks reckless and least interested in whatever is going on around him

or maybe because he took newzeland from the bottom to number 1 ODI team

 

[Abdul]

Kya ukhar Liya Lahore nay "aggressive" captain ke sath? )

 

[Rayyman]

McCullum once again mentioned that there are some "shooparrstarz" who aren't playing that's why they won. Think he is mainly talking about Umar Akmal tbh.

 

[Khan12]

They should get rid of him. Can't believe amir yamin doesn't get a chance.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Wow Unar Akmal got dropped from domestics now

Damn it just keeps getting worse

fantastic!!!... need to show him where he belongs to....