The Ashes 2010/11

[gabi]

What have you found?

That he's a pussy against the short stuff. Siddle was all over him. It was almost as fun as swann in Cardiff.

 

[butchersapron]

That he's a pussy against the short stuff. Siddle was all over him. It was almost as fun as swann in Cardiff.

wow.

 

[butchersapron]

Agree that a draw looks way out of the question, 23 wickets down in two days should tell you that.

To win we need: to pitch it up and swing it. Get Hussey & Haddin quick smart (obv) and Johnson too. Not be chasing too many more than 300. When chasing, LEAVE THE BALL when pitched short or wide, unless it's there to be hit. See Johnson off (if he's going to have another day like that) and not lose Strauss, KP or Trott early in their innings. Once they're in, they'll deliver but all are vulnerable early on.

No predictions from me here but I think we're capable of chasing up to 350

We'll do that. We'll have 320-ish to chase and we'll do it.

 

[gabi]

Holy shit

 

[butchersapron]

What can they set us that we can't get?

 

[strung out]

450+ would be extremely unlikely. anything under that is possible, but 300-350 would be comfortable-ish, assuming we're not silly and johnson reverts to form

 

[butchersapron]

So we're looking at about 380 as the top end of what we can do?

 

[strung out]

at a guess i'd say, yep. as long as we bundle out hussey early this morning, we'll be chasing 300ish i reckon. theoretically that won't be a problem, but then again we didn't see ourselves getting out for 180 yesterday either.

 

[butchersapron]

If Somerset can do 476 last dsay (iiric) we can do it. Faith in these boys.

 

[strung out]

all we need to do is transfer the last day of this test to taunton then

 

[butchersapron]

all we need to do is transfer the last day of this test to taunton then

You must *belive*

 

[strung out]

don't worry, i do. this lineup has got balls. we'll chase down anything under 400

 

[butchersapron]

Aus must be shitting it.

 

[liquidlunch]

Where were you when you were shit?

I work in very remote locations,quite often without a computer within 300 miles.Google Cooper Basin Aust

 

[butchersapron]

I think he meant the future mate.

 

[butchersapron]

You ain't got one.

 

[liquidlunch]

I think he meant the future mate.

how soon you forget the 20 years before the 06-07 series.Your fucking lot couldnt win a chook raffle let alone a test

 

[TrippyLondoner]

how soon you forget the 20 years before the 06-07 series.Your fucking lot couldnt win a chook raffle let alone a test

Quit living in the past, mate.....

 

[butchersapron]

how soon you forget the 20 years before the 06-07 series.Your fucking lot couldnt win a chook raffle let alone a test

Won it, ate it, fucked it, your wife, Your prob if she wants me to hang around

 

[butchersapron]

What are the conditions for today?

 

[butchersapron]

Aggression from #1

If we're fighting an unsurmountable # let#s do it proper.

 

[butchersapron]

Meaningless crap. Sorry.

 

[embree]

That he's a pussy against the short stuff. Siddle was all over him. It was almost as fun as swann in Cardiff.

what?! Siddle was bowling a succession of short, uncontrolled filth. Until that freak wicket he was the worst bowler out there, which is saying something given Harris was also on at the time

 

[embree]

Seriously, after nearly 2000 Test runs and an average of over 40, Prior's been 'found out' by some misdirected shit and a freak bowled off his midriff? What?!

 

[gabi]

Sounded fairly controlled to me, in that he was pitching short and aiming for the chest. The ball before he was out just about broke his ribs. I'm listening to abc radio mind u. These guys aren't actually bad commentators all things considered.

 

[embree]

He was all over the show, hooping it all over the place, fucking shocking stuff. It was complete garbage

 

[embree]

He was giving Haddin more problems trying to prevent dozens of byes than he was Prior

 

[gabi]

Read the paper today. Check who won that battle. Lovely to listen to. There's not many players I'd like to see roughened up but prior fits the bill.

 

[embree]

Means fuck all. Stop listening to ABC, they're obviously idiots

 

[gabi]

Lol. No, they're not. Quite lucid actually.