HISTORIC THUNDER

[Jeff Thorpe]

December Three saw history made, a different day than most,
I saw F One Elevens on their last flight at the coast.
Another slice of history too, at Adelaide in the sun,
a diamond and a golden duck in over number one.

The aircraft looked majestic as they flew past at low height,
they thundered close above the waves and soon were out of sight.
A fitting way to bid farewell to jets we'll see no more,
no praise to Aussie batsmen though, for such a dreadful score.

The second blast of thunder was delivered by the Poms,
skittling all the Aussies with balls that rained like bombs.
Is it time for heads to roll and more dead wood to sever?
Three for two was our worst start in Ashes cricket ever.

F One Elevens served us well and went out on a high,
for some in Test eleven too, their end may well be nigh.
A run out is unheard of in first over of a Test,
anyone can see this team is well below its best.

What to do, can we create some thunder and then some,
but, looking at the bowling, it's akin to a tom thumb.
As with the planes, replaced at last by aircraft that are new,
shakeup of the cricket team seems sorely overdue.

Like F One Elevens, four of which are museum bound,
Test prowess will not improve unless new blood is found.
Stop the rot and let us hear the thunder roar again,
otherwise each time we play we may's well pray for rain.

Jeff Thorpe, 04 December 2010

[Peely]

G'day Jeff

It should read correctly now, it is only a matter of hitting the edit button at the bottom of the post if you see a mistake in something you have written.

I would agree that Australia look like needing to chop and change a few players to find a better team balance - hopefully they can get it right sooner, rather than later.

Regards


John Peel

[Jeff Thorpe]

Thanks John. Good advice

Cheers, Jeff

[Leonie]

I think I'm going to miss the F111's. They are a pretty special aircraft. We see them all the time here in Ippie (obviously). I like the way they can fold their wings all the way back.

As for the cricket ... no idea! Sorry.

[Jeff Thorpe]

Yes Leonie, no more dump and burns too

Regards, Jeff

[keats]

Hey Jeff, love the poem. Any chance of those F111s dumping a couple of bombs on the Adelaide Oval tomorrow?

[warooa]

They coulda been up there cloud seeding though

[Dave Smith]

Can ya grow clouds from seed? I didn’t know that, Heather you’re a framer is that true?

TTFN

[william williams]

Yes dave they do they grow them up north recon they should be ready to harvest about Jan or feb Mate

BW

[Suzanne]

Hi Jeff
They flew really low over Brisbane. I was waiting for them to turn around for second majestic flyover but they didn't come back. We were lucky to have seen it.

Suzanne