The Ashes 2010/11

[Santino]

The Australian press is brilliantly churlish about it all.

 

[strung out]

from the brisbane courier and mail this morning...

 

[liquidlunch]

Can't see England changing anything. The talk seemed to be of bringing Bresnan in anyway, which would be a waste of time. Collingwood can block an end for five overs.

Aus have brought in Bollinger and Ryan Harris. I presume that both will play and Johnson and Doherty will drop out. No worries there – although I will be sad to see Johnson and Doherty go, their replacements are hardly intimidating. On a good Adelaide pitch, England should not lose 20 wickets to any combination of this lot.

i think your getting a bit ahead of yourself,you get a draw and suddenly your the best team hereIf you dont think Harris and Bollinger are non intimadating you have made a very very big mistake.Hilfenhaus,Siddle and Johnson are all first change bowlers,these two are opening quicks.I will bet you London to a brick the story will be different in the second test.Your mob will be very lucky if they get a draw

 

[strung out]

the adelaide advertiser...

 

[Idaho]

i think your getting a bit ahead of yourself,you get a draw and suddenly your the best team hereIf you dont think Harris and Bollinger are non intimadating you have made a very very big mistake.Hilfenhaus,Siddle and Johnson are all first change bowlers,these two are opening quicks.I will bet you London to a brick the story will be different in the second test.Your mob will be very lucky if they get a draw

'Tis the nature of English sport. We are either the best in the world, or we are absolutely rubbish. Often within the same 5 minutes.

The talk from Adelaide is of them preparing a 'result' wicket. I think that will favour your batsmen and our bowlers. I don't doubt that Harris and Bollinger are good bowlers, but I wouldn't want to face Broad and Finn on a fast bouncy track. Broad is perfecting the suprise bouncer.

 

[DrRingDing]

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30112010/28/bollinger-harris-added-test-squad.html

Bollinger and Harris now in the squad.

 

[Streathamite]

Your mob will be very lucky if they get a draw

given that that is your default position before every single test austra.lia play - even if it's against the zimbabwean senior citizens second XI - forgive me if I am not sent reeling backwards by the sheer force of your insight

 

[Streathamite]

.Im betting on a draw in the next test too,thanks boys

especially as you also said this!

 

[butchersapron]

I feel a ponting montage coming on

 

[Santino]

 

[Idaho]

especially as you also said this!

He doesn't think we will get a draw. However his money is on a draw.

 

[butchersapron]

I notice peter Roebuck has reclaimed his Aussie citizenship once more - after his brief flirtation with being a south african then a kiwi (after, of course, previously being a pom).

Last night this read as

AUSTRALIA have been cooked and served up for supper. Our bowlers have been taken apart by an opponent that usually departs from Brisbane in a state of shock.

Changed by this morning. What a rat.

 

[liquidlunch]

especially as you also said this!

Yes i didThe reason being that at the moment i am living in Adelaide but i have to fly out to work on Thursday morningIf i cant enjoy a test match with a result why should anyone else
"sulks off with bag"

some news about the pitch
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...produce-a-result/story-fn67x4c9-1225962879570

 

[paulhackett]

The talk from Adelaide is of them preparing a 'result' wicket.

No point in preparing a result wicket if Johnson can't land the ball on it..

 

[twentythreedom]

doubt he'll even be there

 

[liquidlunch]

No point in preparing a result wicket if Johnson can't land the ball on it..

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...produce-a-result/story-fn67x4c9-1225962879570

 

[paulhackett]

Noises are one change only for Australia - Harris for Hilfenhaus..

 

[Santino]

I'm tipping Johnson as my England player of the series.

 

[liquidlunch]

Noises are one change only for Australia - Harris for Hilfenhaus..

betcha my left agget that Bollinger is in for Johnson,reckon Harris will take Dohertys place

 

[butchersapron]

Johnson should be kept, he won't be - he'll be angry as fuck. He's shit though.

 

[liquidlunch]

I'm tipping Johnson as my England player of the series.

he has to go back to the state side to get his mojo back

 

[liquidlunch]

Johnson should be kept, he won't be - he'll be angry as fuck. He's shit though.

2009 international cricketer of the year

 

[butchersapron]

Get a new flower tattooed. No anchors or maidens.

 

[butchersapron]

2009 international cricketer of the year

140 runs, no wickets, dropped catch 0 runs scored.

He should be kept. He's got 5 good overs in him

 

[liquidlunch]

Get a new flower tattooed. No anchors or maidens.

MAIDENS???? you would be battling to find one of those over here matemost blokes wouldn't even know what one was

 

[liquidlunch]

140 runs, no wickets, dropped catch 0 runs scored.

He should be kept. He's got 5 good overs in him

how could you go downhill that fast?Fucking family trouble,mother hates girlfriend,i would give mum the arsehe lost confidence in his ability,dont worry he will be back and you will be sorry

 

[butchersapron]

MAIDENS???? you would be battling to find one of those over here matemost blokes wouldn't even know what one was

If he's kept, he's going to have one great session - if it comes early it'll settle him down for the series. I think he's a good bowler. I wouldn't drop him. Yet.

 

[butchersapron]

how could you go downhill that fast?Fucking family trouble,mother hates girlfriend,i would give mum the arsehe lost confidence in his ability,dont worry he will be back and you will be sorry

Amazing series of off ground stuff i agree.

 

[liquidlunch]

If he's kept, he's going to have one great session - if it comes early it'll settle him down for the series. I think he's a good bowler. I wouldn't drop him. Yet.

you wouldn't drop him because your'e an englishman but this is a serious situation we have here.We cannot afford to have a frontline bowler spraying it all over the joint or bowling pies to blokes who have their collective tails up.We intend to take the Ashes back to their rightful resting place and Mitch aint contributing at the moment.

 

[butchersapron]

I'd keep him full stop - failure of aussie nerve if they don't.