| Ashes thread 17:11 - Jul 15 with 108403 views | johnhoop |
Now that the World Cup’s done and dusted we can turn our attention to the next major event.
For me the most interesting questions about team selection are;
1) Do we open with Jason Roy? For me it’s a no brainer. I know all the arguments against- he doesn’t even open for Surrey, he struggles against the moving ball etc- but I feel that he’s in such good form and the alternatives are so mediocre that it would be silly not to. If he does come off he could give us control of the game in the first couple of hours. Him and Rory Burns for me.
2) Now that Jofra Archer has to have a place in the side, who are the other two quick bowlers going to be. If fit I guess Anderson has to play and I would give the third spot to Woakes but this means no place for Stuart Broad and the 90 mph+ Mark Wood.
3) Which spinner to go with - Ali or Rashid? Ali’s batting form seems to have dipped but it’s still not an easy decision to make.
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| Ashes thread on 07:35 - Jul 28 with 2390 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Ashes thread on 00:17 - Jul 28 by MrSheen |
Harsh on Limerick? You’ll not much better, but from afar it seems that hurling is in a golden age with all the powers pulling their weight. You can see how quickly talented teams like Tipp, Waterford and Galway slide down the ladder when they aren’t at their best. Cork and Clare look good enough to have won championships in a less competitive age. Such a contrast with the football. |
I think Kilkenny were much better than Limerick yesterday, to be honest. Worked harder, tactically more astute, better teamwork. They should have hit more than one goal early on perhaps which would have ended it. As it was, Limerick hit timely goals of their own to keep in a game they scarcely deserved to be in. The All-Ireland is too precious to be populated by the casual arrogance Limerick displayed yesterday. Kilkenny, on the other hand, with supposedly less talent displayed an honesty that was fiercely impressive.
I agree that the standard among players now is incredibly high. The all ‘round level of skill, strength and pace is at an all-time high. But there isn’t a truly great team out there right now, most teams are flawed in one department or other and we await the next era-defining team.
Sorry for the thread hijack, folks! |  |
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| Ashes thread on 13:10 - Jul 31 with 2291 views | Esox_Lucius |
Let's get the partisan stuff up and running ready for tomorrow...
A Barnsley lady walked into a Police Station and the desk Sergeant said "Can I help you?"
"Yes" she said, "A fella’s just dragged me into a bush and had his way wi’ me.
"Can you describe the man?” Asked the Sergeant
"Yes, he wa’ wearing white shoes, long white trousers, a white shirt and he had these two rate big pads from his feet up to and ower his knees, one on each leg".
"Sounds to me like he was a cricketer, most probably a batsman", said the Sergeant.
"Eye, I reckon", said the lady, "He were likely an Australian Cricketer".
"That's very observant", said the Sergeant, "You worked that out from his accent?"
"No", she replied. "I worked it out ‘cause he weren't in for very long". |  |
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| Ashes thread on 17:35 - Jul 31 with 2233 views | stowmarketrange |
| Ashes thread on 13:10 - Jul 31 by Esox_Lucius |
Let's get the partisan stuff up and running ready for tomorrow...
A Barnsley lady walked into a Police Station and the desk Sergeant said "Can I help you?"
"Yes" she said, "A fella’s just dragged me into a bush and had his way wi’ me.
"Can you describe the man?” Asked the Sergeant
"Yes, he wa’ wearing white shoes, long white trousers, a white shirt and he had these two rate big pads from his feet up to and ower his knees, one on each leg".
"Sounds to me like he was a cricketer, most probably a batsman", said the Sergeant.
"Eye, I reckon", said the lady, "He were likely an Australian Cricketer".
"That's very observant", said the Sergeant, "You worked that out from his accent?"
"No", she replied. "I worked it out ‘cause he weren't in for very long". |
What’s the definition of an optimist?An Aussie batsmen putting sun cream on.
What do you call an Aussie cricketer with a 100 to his name?A bowler.
Come on England. |  | | |
| Ashes thread on 18:23 - Jul 31 with 2204 views | flynnbo |
What's the difference between yoghurts and Australians? Answer is that after time yoghurts develop a culture-obviously excluding our Rs supporting Aussies!! [Post edited 31 Jul 2019 18:45]
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| Ashes thread on 20:58 - Jul 31 with 2157 views | Hooparoo |
| Ashes thread on 18:23 - Jul 31 by flynnbo |
What's the difference between yoghurts and Australians? Answer is that after time yoghurts develop a culture-obviously excluding our Rs supporting Aussies!! [Post edited 31 Jul 2019 18:45]
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| Ashes thread on 08:59 - Aug 1 with 2058 views | ElHoop |
Plenty more of this today hopefully
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| Ashes thread on 09:04 - Aug 1 with 2053 views | Hooparoo |
Will be an interesting first session if we win the toss and bat. Warner and Bancroft I’m sure will get a warm welcome. I hope they boo because the more they boo the better the Aussies will play. | |
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| Ashes thread on 09:13 - Aug 1 with 2047 views | ElHoop |
| Ashes thread on 09:04 - Aug 1 by Hooparoo |
Will be an interesting first session if we win the toss and bat. Warner and Bancroft I’m sure will get a warm welcome. I hope they boo because the more they boo the better the Aussies will play. |
I'm not so sure about that. You can only play as well as we let you, and I think that we're a bit tougher at the moment.
Root goes in at 3 which is good. I'd ask the other three in the top order to go out and play and if they can average 25 then that's just fine. Let the middle order and Root make the big runs. Once you get through the Oz top order they look very lightweight. We look to have more runs in our side anyway, and i think that's what will win us the series. | | | |
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| Ashes thread on 10:07 - Aug 1 with 2018 views | Hooparoo |
| Ashes thread on 09:13 - Aug 1 by ElHoop |
I'm not so sure about that. You can only play as well as we let you, and I think that we're a bit tougher at the moment.
Root goes in at 3 which is good. I'd ask the other three in the top order to go out and play and if they can average 25 then that's just fine. Let the middle order and Root make the big runs. Once you get through the Oz top order they look very lightweight. We look to have more runs in our side anyway, and i think that's what will win us the series. |
I’ll just be happy to spot a QPR shirt in the crowd at Egbaston. 😉 | |
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| Ashes thread on 10:23 - Aug 1 with 2003 views | stowmarketrange |
| Ashes thread on 10:07 - Aug 1 by Hooparoo |
I’ll just be happy to spot a QPR shirt in the crowd at Egbaston. 😉 |
You’ll see one in the oval test mate.I’ll be in the Peter May stand for all 5 days.I guess it might be the Saturday of the Luton home game that I’ll wear it. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 10:33 - Aug 1 with 1993 views | Hooparoo |
| Ashes thread on 10:23 - Aug 1 by stowmarketrange |
You’ll see one in the oval test mate.I’ll be in the Peter May stand for all 5 days.I guess it might be the Saturday of the Luton home game that I’ll wear it. |
Good man yourself😎 | |
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| Ashes thread on 10:54 - Aug 1 with 1979 views | stowmarketrange |
| Ashes thread on 10:33 - Aug 1 by Hooparoo |
Good man yourself😎 |
Good luck mate.May the best team win. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 10:58 - Aug 1 with 1974 views | jonno |
Aussies win the toss and are batting first. |  | | |
| Ashes thread on 10:59 - Aug 1 with 1973 views | Snipper |
Hope I’m wrong, but I think we’ll lose this series.
We have fragile openers. We’ll be one down early doors most innings. |  | | |
| Ashes thread on 11:07 - Aug 1 with 1966 views | stowmarketrange |
Warner Out But didn’t walk. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 11:09 - Aug 1 with 1961 views | jonno |
| Ashes thread on 11:07 - Aug 1 by stowmarketrange |
Warner Out But didn’t walk. |
We should have reviewed - Warner would have been out first ball. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 11:10 - Aug 1 with 1960 views | Snipper |
| Ashes thread on 11:07 - Aug 1 by stowmarketrange |
Warner Out But didn’t walk. |
99.9% don’t walk now. Sad really. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 11:14 - Aug 1 with 1949 views | stowmarketrange |
| Ashes thread on 11:10 - Aug 1 by Snipper |
99.9% don’t walk now. Sad really. |
I wonder if we can blank his face and name out of the press coverage? | | | |
| Ashes thread on 11:20 - Aug 1 with 1934 views | stowmarketrange |
Get in there.Warner Out.And replays show it was missing the stumps. [Post edited 1 Aug 2019 11:21]
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| Ashes thread on 11:22 - Aug 1 with 1927 views | jonno |
| Ashes thread on 11:20 - Aug 1 by stowmarketrange |
Get in there.Warner Out.And replays show it was missing the stumps. [Post edited 1 Aug 2019 11:21]
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Yep - cancels out the first shout. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 11:25 - Aug 1 with 1923 views | toboboly |
THATS KARMA YOU CHEATING FCUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |  |
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| Ashes thread on 11:27 - Aug 1 with 1920 views | jonno |
England bowling very well, getting the ball up there and nothing short. Aussies finding batting very tricky. Poor decision by the umpire for Warner's wicket - always looked like it was going leg-side. Amazed they didn't review it! | | | |
| Ashes thread on 11:30 - Aug 1 with 1908 views | stowmarketrange |
| Ashes thread on 11:27 - Aug 1 by jonno |
England bowling very well, getting the ball up there and nothing short. Aussies finding batting very tricky. Poor decision by the umpire for Warner's wicket - always looked like it was going leg-side. Amazed they didn't review it! |
He was batting so far out of his crease that he should’ve known it was missing the stumps and reviewed it.It was harder for the umpire from 22 yards away to readjust his vision to assume that he was 3 feet further forward than they normally are. | | | |
| Ashes thread on 11:33 - Aug 1 with 1906 views | Hooparoo |
| Ashes thread on 11:22 - Aug 1 by jonno |
Yep - cancels out the first shout. |
Agree he was out first ball and should have walked. Last decent Aussie who always walked was Adam Gilchrist. Fun fact - Adam is from my hometown - Lismore New South Wales. Our fathers knew each other | |
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| Ashes thread on 11:37 - Aug 1 with 1854 views | jonno |
| Ashes thread on 11:30 - Aug 1 by stowmarketrange |
He was batting so far out of his crease that he should’ve known it was missing the stumps and reviewed it.It was harder for the umpire from 22 yards away to readjust his vision to assume that he was 3 feet further forward than they normally are. |
True, but the umps knew where he was batting as they had already pointed out to him that he was standing too far up the pitch. I don't think Warner will be buying Bancroft a beer tonight either, you would have thought he might have said something. Still, who cares? | | | |
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