He can go shove that where the sun doesn't shine.....
Not surprisingly, I agree with this, no one respects Ponting, not even his team mates.
Agreed :hpraise. Not even the Ex-players or the Australian public respect him
Ricky's obviously done a fantastic job
Thats from Katich him self. If Ponting didn't have the respect of his players he wouldn't be the captain anymore. I don't get where you got this notion that the ex-players don't respect Ponting. I haven't heard Hayden, Langer, Martyn, McGrath, Warne, Gillespie or any other player that retired from the game saying anything that would suggest he isn't respected. Also the Aussie public on this forum seems to respect Ponting...
You answered your own question.
Its called diplomacy and is extensively applied by players these days. Kato did exactly that. Ex-players keep saying in the media again and again that Punter should go (Jeff Thomson or someone is a redundant critic, maybe). Google can help you out.
He asked a question?