I wouldn't bother if I were her.My Gran's going all the way from Cumbria to Leeds tomorrow for the day's cricket.
The Ashes 2009
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mattie
missing in inaction
Yessah.
You thanked me for setting you right. I was not talking to you. This is called a "correction", not a "whinge".
I suppose you really don't understand the difference. Oh well.
ETA: Anyway I'll spare others talking to someone as dim as you!
mattie
missing in inaction
I thanked you for putting us all right, but whatever
Agree with smoky, this is pointless. Feel free for last word - smoky, no more from me, we've enough strife with the cricket.
mattie
missing in inaction
I'd not be surprised if it's given, there's a definite chance of a result.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
Personally I hope the aussies take it and get it over with. This is painful to watch and we need to be put out of our misery. I can't face another day of this tbh.
82-5 at stumps. Fucking awful.TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
Good thing is we have plenty of time to bat...oh wait,nevermind.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
Bopara went for a golden duck?? fuck him, he needs to be sealed in concrete and dumped in the north sea, the useless fuck 
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
mattie
missing in inaction
Bopara went for a golden duck?? fuck him, he needs to be sealed in concrete and dumped in the north sea, the useless fuck
We just don't have a middle order.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
He got a rotten decision – inside edge but given lbw.Bopara went for a golden duck?? fuck him, he needs to be sealed in concrete and dumped in the north sea, the useless fuck
Fuck you btw. Shitty comments like that are no good.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
England have the longest tail in test cricket.
mattie
missing in inaction
To be fair, Swann and Broad bat well for bowlers (I'm counting Broad as such here), Anderson can hold an end up.
It's the specialist batsmen we lack, and lack badly.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
I know, I couldn't believe it! I went for a little kip as Strauss came on, I was only half dozing, woke up to the sound a wicket, looked at the score and saw there had actually been 4 wickets!
I'm pretty much a part time cricket fan, same with most sports really, I sort of skim along the surface and don't get all that wound up or overly passionate but this has really pissed me off today
Missing an inside edge that occurred probably 5ms or so before thumping into the pad makes a "rotten decision"? Can we leave such terms for the actual shockers please? That was a routine "wrong but understandable" that every player gets quite a few of.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
Ah fuck you too, he's shit and you know it.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Comments like yours just make me think you don't understand the game at all. Berate him for his poor shot in the first innings, fine, but to lay into him after getting a bad decision first ball is just ignorant. You are not someone who knows much about cricket.
He seems to have been exposed as a fraud it would be fair to say. It's one thing scoring hundreds against a demoralised windies side and another to compete against the aussies. He's just not that good. Not good enough for first drop anyway.
There's basic technical problems in his game. From memory even against the windies he was dropped a coupla times on his way to his centuries.
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
Bopara can play all the shots, who as a strokemaker is liable to get out and look poor doing so, think Gower. He's not looking like his playing well at the moment, whether it's true he's too loose to be no 3, I don't know, but Punter also plays shots wide from his pads, 'lunges' hard early in an innings etc. (not that i'm comparing the two for talent just yet..).
Problem with changing players is, as happened before, no-one is confident of their place in the side, they have to have a run or you end up ruining your best batsmen, think Ramprakash.
That said I would start by saying thank you to Collingwood, Harmison and Swann at the end of this series and bed in players now for the next Ashes.. so KP for Colly, Rashid for Swann and and.. not sure about the other, god help us Saj Mahmood
Problem with changing players is, as happened before, no-one is confident of their place in the side, they have to have a run or you end up ruining your best batsmen, think Ramprakash.
That said I would start by saying thank you to Collingwood, Harmison and Swann at the end of this series and bed in players now for the next Ashes.. so KP for Colly, Rashid for Swann and and.. not sure about the other, god help us Saj Mahmood
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Gower's a good comparison. How many times did he get out wafting airily outside off? I don't know if Bopara's good enough. I'll wait until after the Oval to pass judgement. But the first-baller he got today tells us absolutely nothing about him.
Do u think he'll be in the side at the oval? Seriously?
I think you'll see Trott in there.
