Are you surprised with the results our boys in maroon sent our way this festive season?
As I tried to dance my troubles away at the Guardian Media Ltd's Christmas Dinner, Tommy Joseph looked on in horror as Valentino Singh told him the boys were shut out for 193 in the first innings.
Later in the night Tommy Joseph had the floor and was really enjoying himself so I did not bother to tell him that the match was over. Just the look on Joseph's face told the story of West Indies cricket post-Viv Richards and Clive Lloyd.
I felt sorry for him though, as he looked really troubled at what was going on.
He even took out his frustration on a young man eating close by, telling him to hold the fork good before he swallowed it.
Well I know that the results in New Zealand was hard for him to swallow.
I wondered if the cricketers down there were feeling and looking the same, or whether they had dusted their whites and hit the town for a night out.
I have been around West Indies cricket for quite some time now and I can tell you the only time most players take on anything is when their place in the side is in jeopardy.
They have taken their carefree and careless attitude unto the cricket field and as a result have not much to make their fans smile about.
It makes me think that the breakdown in society is now being expressed on the cricket field.
Back in the day it was the other way around, as the cricketers would have learnt the game from the British who were their owners and employers and they wanted to go out there and play with pride and passion to defeat them because cricket was the only avenue at the time to show they were worthy.
I wonder if our modern day cricketers understand anything about this or any part of the history of the game.
When you know where you came from, you normally know where you are going and I am forced to believe that our boys don't really know of the struggles that occurred in the earlies for recognition on the cricket field.
Nowadays when a youth does something that is offensive, he would just look at you and say 'small thing'.
It is this 'small thing' attitude that is killing us as a people.
When men lose their wicket, it is 'small thing', while men like Tommy Joseph misses sleep and goes into depression from another defeat.
The discipline of our players when it comes to the true format of the game 'Test' cricket leaves a lot to be desired.
There is no fight, no belly to stand up and grit it out. They rather throw aggression at everything and hope they come through. Doesn't this remind you of the folks who live by the gun, showing aggression and aggressively marching to their graves?
Our players have to do some serious introspection after this latest defeat at the hands of a team that is ranked lower than them, on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test ladder.
They have to ask themselves the serious questions.
Whether they are in the game for fame and fortune, or whether they represent the people and the struggles of the Caribbean.
They have to know whether they want to play T20 cricket alone and stop parading in white as Test cricketers.
If pajama cricket is their thing, then they can go right ahead, so no one can get vex with them but when they pose as Test cricketers and go on to play T20 cricket in a Test match, then the WICB and the selection panel have to come into play.
As a matter of fact I think the WICB should serious look at the selection panel and make some changes.
The chairman Clyde Butts has been in the position for many years and I think that he has gotten stale. Change in my mind is always good and for this reason, I think that the WICB should get some new men in there with new ideas on what they are looking for in players and lets see how it works out.
In the meantime, the forecast is for continuing licks with brief isolated victories, so guard up and let's hope Tommy Joseph can have a better 2014.
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