cricinfo right now is showing a lot of good examples as to why swann gets up my nose.
it's just "ask swann" trying to get the normal sportsman type stuff but with a laddy bent so it makes a good soundbyte.
"so strauss, how are you feeling about your chances in the ashes?"
"well, we feel pietersen and cook are key to our hopes but we've got to take our chances and work hard out there, but I think we can win."
"and you, swann?"
"OI OI, course, KP nuts and posho are gonna have to step up but s'long as we don't make a tits of the catching and apply some good old fashioned elbow grease to the situation at hand, my old guvnor, we can trounce these ruddy convicts and send them back to prison island. nutters."
yeah, he's alright and a good bowler. i just hate him.