Hidden meanings in Company talk

Hidden meanings in Company talk

1."We will do it" means "You will do it"


2."You have done a great job" means "More work to be given to you"


3."We are working on it" means "We have not yet started working on the same"


4."Tomorrow first thing in the morning" means "Its not getting done "At least not tomorrow!"


5."After discussion we will decide-I am very open to views" means "I have already decided, I will tell you what to do"


6."There was a slight miscommunication" means "We had actually lied"


7."Lets call a meeting and discuss" means "I have no time now, will talk later"


8."We can always do it" means "We actually cannot do the same on time"


9."We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline" means "The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver on time."


10."We had slight differences of opinion "means "We had actually fought"


11."Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help you" means "Anyway you have to find a way out no help from me"


12."You should have told me earlier" means "Well even if you told me earlier that would have made hardly any difference!"


13."We need to find out the real reason" means "Well I will tell you where your fault is"


14."Well Family is important; your leave is always granted. Just ensure that the work is not affected," means, "Well you know..."


15."We are a team," means, "I am not the only one to be blamed"


16."That's actually a good question" means "I do not know anything about it"


17."All the Best" means "You are in trouble"


Vijay

I want more customers ! ! ! I want more money ! !

There are only 3 ways by which you can increase your product sales

1. Gain new customers
2. Increase cross selling. (Sell multiple goods to the same customer...of course based on his needs)
3. Repeat customers - Make the customer buy more and more products from you. You got the product, send out flyers, demo new products, ofcourse he will go for one Solution with the same old company than a new one

Now, the 2nd and 3rd point talks about the products credibility and also the support you provide to the customer. Good product/Great support - this is what every manager wants and the customer needs "Greater Support", if you take my opinion.

Lets hope to make this happen and work on the goal "Greater Support", No ,No, customer should say "Greates Support"

Books !!! Books !!! Books

Hi..
Long time no see....

To be frank..i wasn't busy or working..just didn't utilize my time well... :-( recently i got to read 2 absolutely spell bounding books, one of them was Michael Crichton - Sphere..and the other was SethGodin "Small is the new big"... yes both of them were totally in the opposite direction, i know..but i wanted to finish them and after 2 years, i promise after 2 yrs, i spent around 300 rs over a book..which i feel was a good thing i did... and yes, "Small is the real big" now...

new ideas..new innovations..new thoughts and new people to meet...lots and lots of stuff to share in the marketing/sales world.....

i would love to put these ideas into my real life situation and try to do something new....

see u soon..oh my its raining heavy...yes yes..i am in chennai...there is a low pressure in our region..same old stinking velachery...wht to do..just one more year...hmmmmm


bye

Lessons of Logic!!

If your father is a poor man,
it is your fate but,
if your father-in-law is a poor man,
it's your stupidity.
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Practice makes perfect.....
But nobody's perfect..... .
so why practice?
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If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?
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Since light travels faster than sound,
people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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Success is a relative term.
It brings so many relatives.
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"Your future depends on your dreams"
So go to sleep
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There should be a better way to start a day
Than waking up every morning
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"Hard work never killed anybody"
But why take the risk
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The more you learn, the more you know,
The more you know, the more you forget
The more you forget, the less you know
So... why learn.
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A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk, I have a work station....
what more can I say........

Things Women Can't Do

1. Know anything about a car except its color.

2. Understand a film plot.

3. Go 24 hours without sending a text message.

4. Lift.

5. Throw.

6. Run.

7. Park.

8. Read a map.

9. Rob a bank.

10. Sit still.

11. Tell a joke.

12. Play snooker.

13. Pay for dinner.

14. Eat a kebab while walking.

15. Argue without shouting.

16. Get told off without crying.

17. Understand fruit machines.

18. Walk past a shoe shop.

19. Make a decent sandwich.

20. Not comment on stranger's clothes.

21. Use small amounts of toilet paper.

22. Let you sleep with a hang over.

23. Drink a pint gracefully.

24. Get a round in.

25. Throw a punch.

26. Do magic.

27. Like your friends.

28. Eat a really hot curry.

29. Get to the point.

30. Buy plain envelopes.

31. Sit in a room for 5 minutes without saying "I'm Cold".

32. Go shopping without telephoning 20 friends.

33. Avoid credit card debt.

34. Dive into a pool.

35. Assemble furniture.

36. Set a video recorder.

37. Not to try to change you.

38. Watch a war film.

39. Understand why flirting results in violence.

40. Spend a day by themselves.

41. Buy a purse that fits in your pocket.

42. Choose a video quickly.

43. Get this far without having argued with at least 1 of the above.



Nothing Personal against women.... :P

English at its BEST

wow..never have I seen such splendid English...
we can't help them....they're just doing there DUTY..i would like to know who wrote this.....

A Husband's Poem to Wife

I wrote your name on sand it got washed.
I wrote your name in air, it was blown away. Then
I wrote your name on my heart & I got Heart Attack.

God saw me hungry, he created pizza.
He saw me thirsty, he created Pepsi.
He saw me in dark, he created light.
He saw me without problems, he created YOU.

Twinkle Twinkle little star
You should know what you are
And once you know what you are
Mental hospital is not so far.

The rain makes all things beautiful.
The grass and flowers too.
If rain makes all things beautiful
Why doesn't it rain on you?

Roses are red, Violets are blue
Monkeys like u should be kept in zoo.
Don't feel so angry you will find me there too
Not in cage but laughing at you.

Enthusiastic Salesman

A new vacuum cleaner salesman knocked on the door on the first house of the street. A tall lady answered the door.



Before she could speak, the enthusiastic salesman barged into the living room and opened a big black plastic bag and poured all the cow droppings onto the carpet.



" Madam, if I could not clean this up with the use of this new powerful vacuum cleaner, I will EAT all this S...!" exclaimed the eager salesman.




"Do you need chilli sauce or ketchup with that?" asked the lady.



The bewildered salesman asked, " Why, madam?"



"There's no electricity in the house..." said the lady


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MORAL: Gather All resources be4 working on any project...!! !

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Manage Engine…..Here I come….. ! ! ! !

Hi,

Long time no see.....naah...just kinda working.. ;) , I know its funny..but hey I can work too..ok....

Well, Girish trusted my technical abilities and moved me to take care of OpManager MSP - Wow...what a product...solution to problems....I would say......

I was working with Gabriel..my senior and we did a good job..last month we had a a really good sales in MSP.......I think the biggest ever for MSP. We did well really and the product is doing too good and with new features like Zoho Meeting in MSP will boost up the sales I know. Lets hope for the best.....Sad thing is I won't be in the MSP Team to see the product grow.....hmmm..I will tell you the story...

Girish, called me up and said..you're moving to Manage Engine Pre-Sales/Support Team , OpManager was a boon to me...now Manage Engine includes, OpManager, ServiceDesk +, NetFlow , AppManager and many more...what could I say......YES....no other words....
But I couldn't ask him , why..well I would never ask him why...cos I know what he does for us is for the best...so i would never question him on this... I was thinking...whether i didn't do well with MSP or maybe Girish Trusts my Technical abilities and wants me to look after multiple product......whatever it is...I know its for Manage Engine and AdventNet......

Wish me luck...blog readers...

see ya soon.....

vijay

FUNNY DEFINITIONS

FUNNY DEFINITIONS

1.Cigarette:A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool at the other.

2.Love affairs: Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five day test.

3.Marriage:It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master

4.Divorce: Future tense of marriage

5.Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either".

6.Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

7.Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

8.Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine water-power...

9. Dictionary: A place where divorce comes before marriage.

10.Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens & everybody disagrees later on.

11.Ecstasy:A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before.

12.Classic:books which people praise, but do not read.

13.Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

14.Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

15.Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

16.Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

17.Committee:Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

18.Experience: The name men give to their mistakes.

19.Atom Bomb:An invention to end all inventions.

20.Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.

21.Diplomat:A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

22.Opportunist: A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river.

23.Optimist:A person who while falling from EiffelTower says in midway "See I am not injured yet."

24.Pessimist: A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY

The Pittance Our Cricketers Will Receive Now Onwards...!!!

The new system of payments formulated by the Board for Control of Cricket in India for members of the Indian team has three components, and includes performance-linked clauses. The details, as revealed to Cricinfo by Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCI's chief administrative officer, add up to a significant increase for a winning team.

• The basic match fee will be the same for all: Rs 100,000 (US$ 2332) for each one-day international, Rs 200,000 for each Test.

There will also be individual results-based incentives for players:

• For ODIs, both home and away, each member of the playing eleven will receive Rs 300,000 for each match won; reserves will get 50% of that.
• For Test matches at home, the payment will be Rs 500,000 per win per player and Rs 300,000 each for a draw.
  
• Away Tests will fetch each player Rs 600,000 for a win and Rs 400,000 for a draw. Again, reserves will get 50% of these figures in each case.

There will also be team bonuses linked to results.

• For one-day matches, the squad will receive Rs 5,000,000 for each series won in India and Rs 7,500,000 for each series won abroad.
  
• Winning a Test series will fetch the squad Rs 15,000,000 (US$ 349,882).

There will also be a flat, common retainer fee, Shetty said, to replace the graded system of contracts. However, the board has not yet decided on the quantum of that fee.

Smile 16 rules to live by ...

1. Get and stay out of your comfort zone. I believe that not much happens of any significance when we're in our comfort zone. I hear people say, "But I'm concerned about security." My response to that is simple: "Security is for cadavers."

2. Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity.

3. When you're ready to quit, you're closer than you think. There's an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: "The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed."

4. With regard to whatever worries you, not only accept the worst thing that could happen, but make it a point to quantify what the worst thing could be. Very seldom will the worst consequence be anywhere near as bad as a cloud of "undefined consequences." My father would tell me early on, when I was struggling and losing my shirt trying to get Parsons Technology going, "Well, Robert, if it doesn't work, they can't eat you."

5. Focus on what you want to have happen. Remember that old saying, "As you think, so shall you be."

6. Take things a day at a time. No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don't look too far into the future, and focus on the present moment. You can get through anything one day at a time.

7. Always be moving forward. Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. The moment you stop improving your organization, it starts to die. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.

8. Be quick to decide. Remember what the Union Civil War general, Tecumseh Sherman said: "A good plan violently executed today is far and away better than a perfect plan tomorrow."

9. Measure everything of significance. I swear this is true. Anything that is measured and watched, improves.

10. Anything that is not managed will deteriorate. If you want to uncover problems you don't know about, take a few moments and look closely at the areas you haven't examined for a while. I guarantee you problems will be there.

11. Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you're doing. When you look at your competitors, remember that everything looks perfect at a distance. Even the planet Earth, if you get far enough into space, looks like a peaceful place.

12. Never let anybody push you around. In our society, with our laws and even playing field, you have just as much right to what you're doing as anyone else, provided that what you're doing is legal.

13. Never expect life to be fair. Life isn't fair. You make your own breaks. You'll be doing good if the only meaning fair has to you, is something that you pay when you get on a bus (i.e., fare).

14. Solve your own problems. You'll find that by coming up with your own solutions, you'll develop a competitive edge. Masura Ibuka, the co-founder of SONY, said it best: "You never succeed in technology, business, or anything by following the others." There's also an old Asian saying that I remind myself of frequently. It goes like this: "A wise man keeps his own counsel."

15. Don't take yourself too seriously. Lighten up. Often, at least half of what we accomplish is due to luck. None of us are in control as much as we like to think we are.

16. There's always a reason to smile. Find it. After all, you're really lucky just to be alive. Life is short. More and more, I agree with my little brother. He always reminds me: "We're not here for a long time; we're here for a good time."

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What is Confidence?

What is Confidence?
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A hypothetical situation where 20 CEO's board an airplane and are told
that the flight that they are about to take is the first-ever to
feature Pilot less technology: It is an uncrewed aircraft.

Each one of the CEO's is then told, privately, that their company's
software is Aircraft's automatic pilot system. Nineteen of the CEO's
promptly leave the aircraft, each offering a different type of excuse.

One CEO alone remains on board the jet, seeming very calm indeed, asked
why he is so confident in this first uncrewed flight, he replies "If it
is the same software that runs my company's IT systems, this plane
won't even take off."

This is Confidence!!!

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Don't copy if you can't paste.

The Minster's Sermon
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Not too long ago, a large seminar was held for ministers and reverends
in training. Among the facilitators were many well-known motivational
speakers. One such speaker boldly approached the pulpit and gathering the entire crowd's attention, said, ' The best years of my life were spent in the
arms of a woman who wasn't my wife!' The crowd was shocked. He followed up by saying, 'That woman was my mother!' The crowd burst into laughter and he gave his speech, which was well received.

About a week later, one of the ministers who had attended the seminar
decided to use that joke in his sermon. As he shyly approached the pulpit one sunny Sunday, he tried to rehearse the joke in his head. It was a bit foggy to him. Getting to the microphone he said loudly, 'The greatest years
of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not my wife!'

His congregation sat shocked, murmuring. After standing there for
almost 10 seconds trying to recall the second half of the joke, the pastor finally blurted out '...and I can't remember who she was!'


Moral of the story: Don't copy if you can't paste.

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Talking An open letter from a Most Yeligible Bachellar

Madam:



I am an olden young uncle living only with myself in xxxxxx city . Having

seen your advertisement for marriage purposes, I decided to press myself

on you and hope you will take me nicely.



I am a soiled son from inside xxxx(state). I am nice and big, six foot

tall and six inches long. My body is filled with hardness, as because I

am working hardly. I am playing hardly also. Especially I like cricket

and I am a good batter and I am fast baller. Whenever I come running in

for balling, other batters start running. Everybody is scared of my

rapid balls that bounce a lot.



I am very nice man. I am always laughing loudly at everyone. I am

jolly. I am gay.



Especially ladies, they are saying I am nice and soft. I am always

giving respect to the ladies. I am always allowing ladies to get on

top. That is how nice I am.



I am not having any bad habits. I am not drinking and I am not sucking

tobacco or anything else. Every morning I am going to the gym and I am

pumping like anything. Daily I am pumping and pumping. If you want you

can come and see how much I am pumping the dumb belles in the gym.



I am having a lot of money in my pants and my pants is always open for

you. I am such a nice man, but still I am living with myself only. What

to do? So I am taking things into my own hands everyday. That is why I

am pressing myself on you, so that you will come in my house and take my

things into your hand.



If you are marrying me madam, I am telling you, I will be loving you

very hard every day. In fact, I will stop pumping dumb belles in the

gym.



If you are not marrying me madam and not coming to me, I will press you

and press you until you come. So I am placing my head between your

nicely smelling feet and looking up with lots of hope. I am waiting

very badly for your reply and I am stiff with anticipation.



Expecting soon,



Yours and only yours

Nice joke!

After hearing that new salesman is doing wonders in sales and increasing revenues, owner of the shop suddenly visits the shop to check on him!
When he enters he sees that salesman is selling a Fishing rod to a customer! When customer buys fishing rod, salesone asks him "Are you going fishing with those nice shoes?? Go for these rubber boots instead!".
Customer agrees with him and buys the shoes also.
Again salesman says "You would be sitting in sun whole day, why dont you buy this hat also??''
Customer again admires his suggestion and buys a cap also.
Next Salesman says "You would be hungry while fishing, why dont you buy some chips and beers to keep you cool?""
Again admiring his longterm thinking customer buys chips and beers!
Salesman goes again "Now that you have beer why dont you buy a cooler and some ice so you get icecooled beers every time you need?"
Finally after selling all this items, bill comes to almost 5000 rupees!
Customers pays and leaves happily!
Shop owner, really amazed with salesman talent, comes congratulates him on his skills and says "You are really a amazing salesman! That poor fellow came just for fishing rod and you sold him so many things. Increased our sales and at the same time make him feel not looted but happy! I must say you are the best sales man I ever had!"
Salesman cooly says "Who said he came to buy fishing rod? He came to buy sanitary napkins for his wife. I simply told him that as your wife would be of no use to you for next four days, what would you do sitting alone in house?? Go fishing!!"

33 Facts about Guyz

*really very true........ ...........

*Believe it or not.......

1. Guys don't actually look after good-looking girls. they prefer neat
and presentable girls.

2.When a guy says he doesn't understand you, it simply means you're not
thinking the way he is.

3. Guys may be flirting around all day but before they go to sleep,
they always think about the girl they truly care about ..

4. When a guy really likes you, he'll disregard all your bad
characteristics.

5. Guys go crazy over a girl's smile.

6. Guys will do anything just to get the girl's attention.

7 When a girl says "no", a guy hears it as "try again tomorrow".
.... so true.

8. Guys love their moms.

9. A guy often thinks about the girl who likes him. But this doesn't
mean that the guy likes her.

10. Like Eve, girls are guys' weaknesses.

11. Guys are very open about themselves.

12. Guys hate it when their clothes get dirty. Even a small dot.

13. Guys really admire girls that they like even if they're not that
much pretty.

14. Guys keep secrets that girls tell them.

15. Guys think too much.

16. Guys fantasies are unlimited.

17. Girls' height doesn't really matter to a guy but her weight
does! ... very true.

18. Guys tend to get serious with their relationship and become too
possessive.

19. Guys are more talkative than girls are especially when the topic is
about girls.

20. Guys hate girls who overreact.

Top 27 unbelievable facts that people don't know...

27. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

26. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

25. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people do.

24. Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won't be
able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after
such a large amount. (Common Sense)

23. Uncle Phil, from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, did the voice of
Shredder in the TMNT cartoon.

22. Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.

21. The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone
just knows the first one.

20. During World War II, IBM built the computers the Nazis used to
manage their death/concentration camps.

19. The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier
than the weight of the human population.

18. The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil
war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who
thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.

17. Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people
die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of
people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now,
than before you finished reading this.

16. Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.

15. The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the
number of all the people that have died. Ever.

14. The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and
eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year.

13. The Kamp Krusty episode of the Simpson's was originally meant to
be made as the Simpsons movie.

12. Men can breastfeed babies.

11. There is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome which
you've probably never heard of.

10. Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to
human beings and animals than to other plants.

9. In some (maybe all) Asian countries, the family name is written
first and the individual name written second (opposite of the America
method). That's why Asian athletes like Yao Ming and Ichiro Suzuki
have Yao and Ichiro written on their jerseys. Those are their family
names and in America their names are written Ming Yao and Suzuki
Ichiro.

8. Abe Lincoln bought 50 cents worth of cocaine in 1860

7. A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.

6. Washington State has the longest single beach in the United States.
Long Beach, WA.

5. The largest living thing on the face of the Earth is a mushroom
underground in Oregon, it measures three and a half miles in diameter.

4. The town of Los Angeles, California, was originally named El Pueblo
la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula.

3. 9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
This isn't true; Joseph Swan did.

2. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the
tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found
edible.

1. The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.

ROAD to CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007

MY ATTEMPT IN THIS THREAD IS TO BRING AHEAD A GENUINE ASSESSMENT OF WHATS TO BE DONE TO TAKE US CLOSER TO WORLD CUP WHICH IS JUST MONTHS AWAY… AND NOT TO START A CONTROVERSY… SO ALL THE OPINIONS ABOVE HAVE BEEN THOUGHT WITH SINCERTY AND MY PASSION TOWARDS CRICKET…. SO KINDLY AVOID ANY PARTIAL AND ONE SIDED COMMENTS… THIS IS FOR GENUINE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PUT SOME EFFORT IN SHARING THEIR VALUABLE COMMENTS AND STRATEGIES…

TEAM:
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No big changes in team… but just 2 …

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Sehwag
3) Dravid/Dhoni <—– first change rather make-shift change
4) Ganguly/Dhoni <—– second make-shift change
5) Yuvraj
6) Dhoni
7) Kaif
Pathan
9) Agarkar
10) Bhajji
11) Munaf

RPSIngh/Sreesanth are the reserves….

My assessment abt our players…

Ganguly:
Dont Start Shouting…
The simple reason i included Ganguly is i find the so-called great younsters suck big time against medium pace and Spinners….This is the time Ganguly will floruish… and once he sets in everyone knows what he is capable of in the last few overs… be it any one (Except Akhthar ) get the best man for the best job ,mainly for the slow Winides tracks… Simple… I accept Raina is waaaaay ahead in fielding… but that alone is not going to win u the world cup… remember one thing, what ever india does… its only the 7 batsman strategy which will save india… nothing else…Cos the probablity of top 7 scoring big is more than top 5 or top 6…. India always needs a player getting big and others score around him….
Best example for comeback from a loooong bad form is Mahela jayawardane who is not even half good a player of Ganguly’s calibre, especially in ODI’s…. SO…
And TO hell with what Chappell would feel if Ganguly is in the team… if winning is his aim and goal, Chappel should pick Ganguly for the reasons quoted above….He has unnecessailry started rumours of the team having problems with him…. Silly mind….his cunning suggestions would be of much use to Dravid… And furthermore Ganguly looks more committed and focussed… come on… its a question of a Brave and fighting exit for Cricket which he is known for…

Sachin:
No worries… he will play those one or two innings which will ensure us victories… but i was beginning to enjoy his bowling but sadly he is not able to… lets see…

Dhoni:
As Srikanth and Rajan Bala mentioned in their columns, he is being wasted through out the west-indies series and more in Malaysia…. what is the use of allowing him to get rusty and sending to consolidate after the most of the damage has been done… infact in the decider against Aussies he should have been sent as a pinch hitter… i dont know what Chappel has told him… but looked to have a lot of respect for Aussies… which he need not have… some body who takes on Akhthar, Vass and Murali can tonk Mc Grath.. no problem… This F$$ker Chappel must have scared him…
Dhoni is a must in the top 4… but if the situation is like a 100/2 then Dhoni need not be sent up….
but if its 10/2 etc… while chasing small totals like 220, then he is a must and needs to spank the ball around like anything… for even a quick 35 will take the score to say 70… 80 odd For 3… and the others can somewhat take a breather and score normally… incase he goes on to make 70-80 then match will be won in no time…. U need to play brave innings like aussies…. he is one guy who takes smart calculated risks… its just that he is being put into lot of awkward situations…

Sehwag:
we need to wait for sometime cos… this guy… when he hits… he usually puts the opposition out of contention and mind u still his wicket is being celebrated like hell by the opposition which is a good sign… Needs to open though… Middle order Sehwag is not needed… he can rather be dropped…

Dravid:
No worries… This guy is somewhat over cautious and over worked…. he will comeback…. Ponting himself has not done much since that blitz in S.Africa…. Look what happens if Dravid does not play… so many quick wickets….

Pathan:
A He-man one day and a “No Man” another day… is swinging his willow… though… a Neat Asset…Woudl be handy against Bangaldesh and Zimbabwe with five-fors

Yuvi:
Needs to be dropped a couple of times so that he will comeback double strong..Holds the key to World Cup…. Since he looked most comfortable in W.Indies

Kaif:
Nowadays contributing only in Field….Sole and best reason he needs to be in the team… he has been given ample match winning situations where he has let us miserably down… he is very very awkward in his gameplay nowadays… and please change that stupid stance… Craig McMillan’s stance is better

Agarkar:
All this guy needs to do is work on line and length like he has been doing so well for the past few months… if only he has this consistent discipline he would be ranked among the top bowlers… cos he has a knack of breaking vital partnerships… thanks god its been some time since we saw those “10-0-75-1″ stats … Brett Lee calls him one of the best bowlers and Aussies give him some respect since his match winning 6-41 in Adelaide in 2004… Needs to work on his reverse swing as he is India’s best bet at doing so…

Bhajji:
He has been at his measly best and would be a deadly bowler in slow tracks of West Indies… he needs to stop those full length faster ones bowled on leg stump… a man of his experience shoudl not do that … needs to be bold enuff to start bowling the doosra … Risky though as he may be suspended… but 1 or 2 balls… Would love to see him toy with Ponting….cos many might have forgotten that he made ponting dance in the WC 03 final and almost had him 4-5 times. Only after he finished his bowling was Ponting able to play freely…. What i like to see is the Pale, Terror-striken face of Ponting when he plays Bhajji….

Munaf:
Looks to be very disciplined although seems to lose rhythm during slog overs when he gets hit all over the park… needs to bowl his deadly late swinging yorkers… A Deadly Weapon…

Only 2 things India mainly need to work on

1) Unnecessary Tensed up bowling during last 10 overs leading to match turning situations… lot of times oppositions who stood at 160-5 in 40 overs have gone on to hit 240… India needs to kill the tail with Munaf….

2) Very Bad Hitting during the last 10 overs… India tend to collapse in last 10 overs were they play ridiculous shots to get out…Normal shots would get us 65-70 runs…

If the above 2 points are corrected even to 70 % … we have the best shot at the CUP….

Sehwag/Yuvi should comfortably fill the 5th bowler slot….

Already i feel india management should and must be regretting the vital mistake they made during WC 2003 when they made a deadly mistake of dropping LAXMAN for DINESH for just his “fielding qualities” when we all know that Laxman is not at all a bad slipper…. He would have been our best bet in bouncy tracks… which he showed later in 2004 in australia… And ironically both matches against aussies in WC03 were disasters as we could not handle pace…..So place bet on Batting depth more than fielding…

And one advice to Indian Team Think-Tank Especially that mad guy called Chappel who seems to make everyone think as if he is a genius…

1) Stop Mad/Extreme experimentation
2) Stop these Time-wasting boot Camps, oneness stays etc…
3) Spend time on working out real strategies and have atleast 2 backup plans for all situations … even for D/L if possible… as fears of rain are there …. WORK OUT THE SLOG OVER BOWLING/BATTING

Deadly batsmen who might Torment India

1) Ponting (of course!!!!Not if Bhajji is bowling though )
2) Hussey
3) Martyn
4) Gilchrist
5) kevin Peterson
6) Flintoff
7) Trescothick
Chris Gayle
9) Sarwan
10) ChanderPaul
11) jayasuriya (God save us…he must not be able to bat against us)
12) Mahela
13) All the Pakistani Top 7(Thank God there is no Saeed Anwar Only 7 Batsman to be afraid of)
14) Fleming
15) Graeme Smith
16) Gibbs
17) kallis (Not much of a threat but he will occupy the crease)

The reason for leaving out players like Brian Lara and Sangakkara are that so far they have not been doing well against us in big matches

Deadly Bowlers

1) Shane Bond (Self Explanatory reasons)
2) Mcgrath (Some body needs to be picked to hit this guy)
3) Brett Lee (Need to hit him out of the attack)
4) Vaas (come on Dhoni… he is ur bunny)
5) Murali (Yuvraj… This is ur last chance against Murali in a WC.. Do it alteast this time)
6) FlintOff (since he has learned to bowl short against India and worked it out beautifully in their test victory here in India)
7) Naved Rana (Luckiest Bowler who gets wickets in a gift wrapper)
Akhthar (Sachin, Dhoni, Sehwag… he is all yours)
9) Asif (a silent threat????)
10) Pollock

Johnson, D.R. Smith ??????? Who Knows….

I will continue churning out more comments…

Lets hope to keep this thread alive till World Cup

Love Unconditionally, Before its too late,moral of life

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after
having fought in Kargil. He called his parents from Delhi.

“Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend
I’d like to bring home with me.”

“Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”

“There’s something you should know the son continued, “he was hurt
pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind & lost an arm and a
leg. He has nowhere else to go, & I want him to come live with us.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to
live.”

“No, Mom & Dad, I want him to live with us.”

“Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone
with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We’ve our own lives
to live, & we can’t let something like this interfere with our lives. I
think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He’ll find a
way to live on his own.”

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing
more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the
J&K police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were
told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents
flew to Sri Nagar and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body
of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also
discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love
those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like
people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather
stay away from people who aren’t as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we
are. Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us that way. Someone
who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the
forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.