Reply With QuoteGood to see the sun still rises in the East and that you are still moaning as much as usual, all is normal in the worldOriginally Posted by Burney
Were I to be granted dictatorial powers (and I'm working on it), I would decree that football cannot start until September and must be finished by mid April. I would also place a blanket ban on Summer international tournaments. This would be much more civilised and give everyone a proper break from Jeff Stelling, that shouty scotchman, Chris Kamara (?) et al.
Good to see the sun still rises in the East and that you are still moaning as much as usual, all is normal in the world
Northern Monkey ... who can't upload a bleeding Avatar
We'll have barely finished the first Test Match of the English Summer and the football will be on. How has that been allowed?
Speaking of which, I'm not sure that we have a snowball's chance in hell of saving it, do we?
Nope. We're doooooooooooomed!
Serves us right for picking Anderson when we knew he was an injury doubt and picking Ali (who at the moment can neither bat nor bowl and it would be a kindness to drop him) rather than a specialist spinner.
Mind you, the prospect of watching Smith bat endlessly for four more tests makes me think I might not bother with the rest of the series.
Oh some lateral movement will cater for Smith, just you wait.
Agree on Ali - but we can't pick Rashid either, can we? His shoulder issues have really impacted his googly & the speed that he can bowl his traditional leggy. Do you pick Dawson instead, perhaps? He will at least do a smart job of containing & will always be a threat on a dry pitch.
Archer in for Anderson if he gets through his Sussex 2nd XI game (poor second team cricketers having to face him) & Dawson for Ali, imo.
Also: Denly. Why?
Thought the weather might save us but no. These gutless ****s probably won't even make the third session.
'Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
But different than the day before'
'Met a dwarf that was no good, dressed like Little Red Riding Hood'
'Now you're unemployed, all non-void
Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd'
There was lateral movement in their first innings. **** played and missed, played and missed - and made 144.
I would dearly love an explanation of how they applied caution with regard to Archer's injury, but failed to do the same with Anderson's. I'm not the only one. Sir Geoffrey was scathing about it on TMS.
I'm struggling to remember the last time we successfully batted to save a test. Cardiff in 2009? We must have done more recently than that, surely?
Mind you, I think batting to save matches is a dying art.
It's OK - the lads have been practicing their range hitting this morning
If it's not on the line of the stumps I want every single ball left alone. Also, we should just run down the pitch at the seamers and pad everything away. No way are you getting out lbw if you're 3 strides down.
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