Is Matthew Hayden a Moron?

It pains us to say "YES". Actually, it doesn't really pain us. That was more of a literary flourish than anything else. We hate that bastard for saying things like this:

"In the heat of the battle New Zealand and Australia is one of the finest competitions you can play. They're in our country and we're very excited about the way we're playing and we're working exceptionally hard to what is ahead of us."

He said this in response to Lou Vincent's comments about how the Aussies are arrogant pricks. If you read the quote, the first sentence of his statement makes no sense.

Another gem (this is a oldie but a goldie, from the 2005 ashes):

"It was really satisfying to perform against them out here," he said, "so the challenge is to perform against them on their turf as well. I'm not making it emotional, I just want to be ruthless. I'm not going to go in with blinkers on, but certainly with a lot of the emotion out of it, that puts me in a good frame of mind."

This guy is a nutcase. Haydos (his nickname) is a MORON. There, we feel better now.