Except there have been a few weeks over the last couple of months which would make more sense to give them that award.

Can I put in a plug for Hull City in the EPL? They were expected to be crash test dummies for the glamour clubs but they're refusing to roll over and are kicking some big boy arse. They didn't beat the Manscum this weekend but…

Hadyn, can I ask what it is/was about Herr Schumacher that excites you more than Hamilton?

He was the greatest driver of all time (in my opinion) and cool clinical – to the point of robotism – attitude. My favourite moment was in his final year when he had just…

I think the expression you are looking for is "were killed."

They didn't die, they just went home.

In many sports, the players would have stopped playing, grabbed their bat, and marched up into the stands to teach him a lesson.

But cricket is a gentleman's game...

I quite agree. That would also be the situation in many bars and nightclubs.

Other than the fact that the players didn't do that, it really is a News Shocker: Attractive women flirt with rich men, headline.

I wonder who the players were more annoyed with: Stanford, or the boyfriends/husbands…

It's just people being people. It had nothing to do with the Poms getting thumped by a made up team of "Stars". (I suppose conspiracy theorists would probably say that Stanford was trying to distract the Poms so his team would win)

I think we're saying the same thing. I…

I think F1 hit its peak shortly after Senna/Villeneuve left.

I think the expression you are looking for is "were killed."

Juan Pablo Montoya, currently tearing up the track in NASCAR but ex-Willams. Previously Roberto Guerrero. There have been 28 Brazilian F1 drivers. Also several Mexicans, a Chilean, an Indian, a Malaysian, the list goes on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Formula_One_drivers_by_nationality

OK Julian, point made. But you can't dispute the fact that it is a…

Stanford should've been blown up, but it should mainly have come from the players and then the media.

Sorry, can't agree here, Haydn. My point (however badly made) is that this contretemps had no bearing on anything to do with the game and it is only the media's (and by…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11xMyxU8e9E&feature=related

Don't see any indigenous Brazilians or Colombians fanging around, do you?

Juan Pablo Montoya, currently tearing up the track in NASCAR but ex-Willams. Previously Roberto Guerrero. There have been 28 Brazilian F1 drivers. Also several Mexicans, a Chilean, an Indian, a Malaysian, the list goes on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Formula_One_drivers_by_nationality

Reminds me of 'Indecent Proposal.'

"How much for one weekend with your cricket team?"

If I knew how to embed vids I would. There is no outward sign of coercion whatsoever.

I think you just paste the youtube url

In many sports, the players would have stopped playing, grabbed their bat, and marched up into the stands to teach him a lesson.

I quite…

If I knew how to embed vids I would. There is no outward sign of coercion whatsoever.

Why does there have to be a villain? Pretty girls flirting with rich guys is a well understood phenomenon. (and a good reason for getting yourself filthy rich)

It's not as if he gave her a good seeing to right there in the stands, is it?

Couldn’t agree more actually.…

The Prime All Blacks game coverage was on Saturday night. 10:30pm – 1:10am.

Thanks JP, that's what I thought. Growing the game by playing the free-to-air match replay at a time when most kids are asleep.

Hadyn, can I ask what it is/was about Herr Schumacher that excites you more than Hamilton?

He was the greatest driver of all time (in my opinion) and cool clinical – to the point of robotism – attitude. My favourite moment was in…

And he is a Pom. He is a Pom in a race series dominated by Pommy teams, regulated by a kinky Pom and run by a egotistical Pom

Eh? The only other English team bar McLaren (which is half German) is Williams. And they're shit. And so fucking what if…

Brazilians, Italians, Colombians, Finns, Japanese and Scotsmen not enough diversity for you?

Sorry, I had forgotten about Sato and Nakajima, but the rest of them are all ethnically European. Don't see any indigenous Brazilians or Colombians fanging around, do you?

one of the most racially exclusive sports

Brazilians, Italians, Colombians, Finns, Japanese and Scotsmen not enough diversity for you?

It was Schumi's clinical dominance of F1 that turned it into a monotonously foregone conclusion, and his arrogance and like of sportsmanship made him a hard chap to like.

Agreed, but that is the late Schumacher who I didn't like. But when he was dominating in a Benneton? That was…

Couldn’t agree more actually. I was staggered at the way the UK media in unison came out in such self-important moral outrage about the whole thing. I mean, Texas Billionaire with a penchant for getting his name across everything. What were they expecting exactly?

Personal favourite was from the…

As for the villian in the Sitting-on-Knee incident; surely Emily Prior is not totally lillywhite?

Why does there have to be a villain? Pretty girls flirting with rich guys is a well understood phenomenon. (and a good reason for getting yourself filthy rich)

It's not as if he gave her…

I had my eyes closed for 3/4 of the 2nd half. Would have loved a replay at, say 9am on Sunday morning instead.

Yes, Hamilton does have an…

But the IPL was fully sanctioned and a lot of people hated that too.

Not to mention last year’s world cup which was largely ignored by the print media.

Where were you when the IPL was on?

See I thought that was all about "politics". Sort of a "how dare you try and set up a cricket league without our permission" thing. But I didn't think there was any hatred of the actual format.

I did discover that there is a lot of hatred out there for 20/20 and that Stanford is not doing a lot to help it.

Where were you when the IPL was on?

Not to mention when our second tier players plus Shane Bond was being pimped by the ICL?…

Ah, but you don't have the stump mike dialog:

Heh heh, "stump mike"

20/20 from its inception has been over-run by venal Godfathers. Sadly, they have also been very wealthy.

There is a huge shift now in that some West Indian provincial-at-best cricketer has now earned more than Sir Richard Paddles ever did in a 20 year career. And we know Sir…

The Caribbean has benefited hugely from his philanthropy

That may well be true, but it still strikes me as a bit odd that so much money can be put up for the winners of ONE game of 20/20…

Why is is SIR Allen Stanford ? I thought that he was an american. Did he buy a title?

According to wikipedia (which references The Times) he's a Knight of The Most Distinguished Order of the Nation of Antigua and Barbuda. He has been a citizen for over 10 years…

Chardonnay: like my Dazza, he makes heaps of dosh, but Kevin his manager says that if he doesn't watch it he'll be playing for Lesser Snoring next year

Love it.

Lewis Hamilton becomes the first person to make coming fifth exciting! He passes the Toyota driver, Timo Glock, in the final lap to get the minimum points he needed to win the F1 championship.

I didn't watch it, but saw the story on Breakfast this morning.

Overtake, last corner to…

Chardonnay: so Mr Stanford, what is it you do?
Stanford: I'm one of them billionaire businessmen
Chardonnay: ooo, so you make a lot of money?
Stanford: quite sufficient, thank you
Chardonnay: like my Dazza, he makes heaps of dosh, but Kevin…