SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Trying to clobber all these short balls seems like a great way to get them to keep bowling short balls at you.
The Ashes 2023
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yep. Rugby tackled, dislocated shoulder. Terry Alderman.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Yep, 'here's the obvious trap we've set, the one that kept working yesterday, when your lot kept falling into the obvious trap. What's your approach this morning?'
- We'll carry on falling into your trap please.
'Well, thankyou very much'
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
What stewards are employed to do.
Sportspeople don't have to grandstand as "Have-a-go-heroes"
but this is the age of Baz... just do what you feel, be aggressive, go for it, launch him over the boundary... no bad decisions
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Except that the protesters were intent on getting on the pitch and stopping the game. The players were already there, the stewards had to run on.
I don't agree anyway - leave it to the authorities? Nah, take responsibility if you feel you should and can help. I hate the thinking that somehow our security and wellbeing is the job of somebody else.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Can, kind of, understand it, feeling annoyed at the interruption and all that, but yeah, exactly that. Also, I suspect they will have been briefed about the possibility of JSO protesters given the high profile events they've invaded recently. That briefing would have been 100% 'leave it to the stewards'.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Somehow only Broad has got the idea; block and dodge. Make them bowl something else.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Security and wellbeing. Armed was he, this fella?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Wellbeing as in the game being stopped, potentially ended.
Sorry I don't go along with this po-faced 'leave it to the stewards' crap. Poor fucking stewards, what magic powers are they supposed to possess anyway?
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Was just about to post something similar..... then just as I about to post this, he had a flap!
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
We'll not agree here, clearly.
It was a stupid and rash decision which, as Wilf just said, almost certainly went against protocol/advice for these professional sportspeople, and instantly attained political support from very unsavoury quarters, whether Bairstow wanted it or not.
Foolish, impulsive and macho.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Shut up Broggers, you plum. If Bairstow had tackled a right wing protestor you'd be genuflecting in admiration and queuing-up to polish his ringpiece. You're just upset because he marched off one of your mates, you old hypocrite!
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I reckon I could get a few runs off Cameron Green tbh.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
What is JSO's point in these protests? If their main point is to provide visibility for the cause they advocate, which it is, Bairstow provided them with the iconic image to go on all the newspaper front pages. They should be thanking him.
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
A bit of powder can be swept off. Bairstow should have kept out of it, instead he exposed his reactionary politics.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I've only just seen the clip of this and seen how far he carried the bloke. Whatever threat was perceived at the start of the invasion, carrying him all the way off was something else. Maybe once he started carrying him he thought he'd look a div if he then put him down 20 yards on, but still, all a bit daft. I'm not really that fussed either way, tbh, but whilst Bairstow's annoyance might have been justified, I'm struggling to see him as the last line of defence against the eco-menace.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
No he fucking didn't. He carried a protester intent on stopping the match off the pitch. nothing to do with his politics at all ffs.
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
I fucking love cricket but it is just a sport. The impending global catastrophe that change life as we know is more important. Just
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I feel we now need a 10 page diversion on Stokes battering those blokes to 'defend the gay lads'.Shut up Broggers, you plum. If Bairstow had tackled a right wing protestor you'd be genuflecting in admiration and queuing-up to polish his ringpiece. You're just upset because he marched off one of your mates, you old hypocrite!
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Fuck me, someone really left the madhouse gate open this morning didn't they. He stopped a dickhead who was trying to ruin the match. You have no idea what his politics are and that action told you precisely fuck-all about them.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Sure. Does that mean you have to want JSO to succeed in ending sporting contests?
There's some utter bollocks being spoken here. Don't you care about climate change, Jonny, you monster?????
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
Yes it does. Bairstow earlier in the match in the team bus was giving it the pub bore slagging off the protestors. That is the tell.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Anyhow, this is now looking grim. England need at least another 50 here somehow.
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
I feel we now need a 10 page diversion on Stokes battering those blokes to 'defend the gay lads'.
That was the decent thing to do
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I know, in as much as that was his motivation. I'm not sure how much it was, as in I really don't know. But anyway, perhaps best not to have that diversion.
