Talk:Glenn McGrath

message: How do you put Glenn McGrath's name in the bowlers who have taken Bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in a Test innings 25 times or more box?--Rickster89 00:44, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Done AlbinoMonkey 00:53, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: awards

message: Too much text in this article, should be more subheadings. another job for Vines or Turner. thanks.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.56.65.6 (talk • contribs) .
:I agree it could use a couple more subheadings Astrokey44 10:58, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much text 

message: Im curious, why isnt there anything on the incident(s) where McGrath called Jayasuriya a 'black monkey'. This kind of racist behaviour/attitude seems to come built in in every australian, nevermind the australian cricket team.
:So add it, complete with references and noting that McGrath denied the claim.  Please try and keep your comments relating to the article rather than irrelevant and insulting reflections on an entire nation. --Robert Merkel 06:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Making this type of sweeping generalisations ensures that the author of such statements cannot be taken seriously.  Where are the references and citations?  If you are going to try and bring these sort of comments up why don't you back them up with facts rather than supposition and hearsay?Jonesy 02:11, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  McGrath and racism 

message: I have uploaded :Image:GlennMcGrath.JPG, but the original looks fine. If anyone wants to swap/add them both somewhere, go ahead. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 06:33, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: *Vote for McGrath —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hamedog (talk • contribs) 02:48, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates]] 

message: I'm curious as to why there's not more coverage of what was said between McGrath and Sarwan in 2003. It was such a highly publicised event.
McGrath's remarks were confirmed by sources to have been lewd remarks involving Sarwan and Lara. They were thus homophobic in nature. By contrast Sarwan was confirmed to have simply made lewd remarks about McGrath's wife, a standard rebuttal which had nothing to do with Jane's battle with cancer at the time. McGrath's reaction, where he was caught on camera threatening to rip Sarwan's throat out, was heavily criticised at the time, and rightly so. Even Glenn apologised for it and said it was unacceptable.
And yet, despite all that, it's a sidenote in this page. No offence, but considering the page is moderated by Australians, it just seems a little biased to cover that controversy up. The least someone could do is add a footnote to the bit that mentions the Sarwan incident linking to this page: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/13/1052591796226.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.9.34.254 (talk) 11:01, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think there would be any bad blood off-field.  But I have to disagree with the above comment.  Sledging should be bound by some code of ethics.  Just because you have a weakness doesn't mean you can't sledge - it's part of the game.  The obligation works the other way.  You need to be more clever.  Talk about his mother or his sister.  Talk about his brother if you're that way inclined.  But like racism, some things should be left alone.--Grinning Idiot 15:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sarwan wasn't targeting that weakness though. I doubt he even considered it. Whatever Sarwan said, he certainly didn't mention Jane's condition, and Glenn clearly overreacted.  Considering his own teammates seemed to agree he overreacted, and Glenn himself was said to be embarassed by his behaviour, I'm not sure why anyone would defend it. The behaviour was flagged by the ACB. There's no taking away from the fact he's been a fantastic player but he's also clearly a fiery character whose indiscretions should be part of his bio, just as Warne's controversies are. 87.74.28.177 18:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't say "Your momma's so fat that in her high school photo she was the whole front row!" if I knew your old lady died last week.  Reference to her death is of no relevance.  Sarwan was out of line.  And Glenn probably did overreact.  It's one of those emotional situations in which anything can happen.  I don't think McGrath was anywhere near as controversial as Warne though.  --Grinning Idiot 16:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right, reference to her death isn't of any relevance, I didn't suggest it was. What is of relevance is whether you were even thinking about that at the time. In the heat of battle, as a professional sportsman where the pressure is on, you block out all off-field factors. You have to if you're to focus on the job at hand. Don't forget, Sarwan didn't intiate the conversation, he responded to a comment by McGrath. We're talking split-seconds of thinking time here. If Sarwan was so out of line why did not one of Glenn's teammates speak out about it publically? As for comparing Warne and McGrath in terms of controversy, it depends whether you mean on-field or off it. Off it Warne takes the prize, but on the field of play, McGrath definitely does. 87.74.28.36 18:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Possible difference of opinion, but that's that.  As for Warne vs McGrath - fair call.  Agreed.--Grinning Idiot 15:03, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair play, difference of opinion, it's what makes the game great. In fact I must admit that having read your argument, and thought about it, perhaps having a section dedicated to what have been maybe two or three notable controversial moments in a career like McGrath's would be a little unbalanced. That's why when the article went back to being unprotected, I just added a footnote to the Sarwan incident (for anyone who wasn't familiar with it) and left it at that. Best to allow people to form their own opinions on it.87.74.3.97 22:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

text: I have expanded it every so slightly to show that it wasn't run-of-the-mill sledging, but I agree it should be left like that. Anyone interested can click on the news article that is ref'd to there, any more inclusion might be classed as unbalanced. SGGH speak! 19:13, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
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