Tim Watson

Why would he refuse to do that?

just making light of umpires and you're discouraging people from um taking up umpire hey rob anyone that anyone that listens to this program knows that i'm not an umpire basher okay i have never been an umpire basher i'm a rational thinker and i believe that most things most things when there's a breakdown in communication can be solved by getting people in the room to talk about

It would be in their best interest to actually have the auto.

Then we can unambiguously... Everything could be clarified very quickly if that was the case.

Is that Pete?

Was that Pete?

Paul's on the road.

Okay, Paul.

Good morning, Paul.

Hey, Gary, back in the day, I just want to put a full stop on this.

Back in the day, and a lot of people are saying that I'm old-fashioned in my views about how you diffuse this situation.

Well, maybe some, but back in the day, like if an umpire had have had that said to them, they would have said, well, I'll tell you how much I'm getting paid.

I've got a magnificent yacht moored down there at Brighton at the moment.

Like they would have diffused the situation with some humour.

And that would have been the end of it.

And we wouldn't have been in the position we actually are right in now.

So what has changed about mankind then if at one point in time it would have been handled like that and it can't be handled like that today?

You know very well.

Well, not only Glenn James.

A lot of umpires reacted in a completely different way.