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Re: Ashes 2019 - Professer E - 09-10-2019
Makes me laugh when the Poms call us cheats....there's a roll call of less than salubrious incidents the Poms have been in. Plus Root can't seem to figure out that a grassed ball isn't a catch. Never has been, never will be.
I agree with the glasses thing not being a good look but screw the poms, maybe they should as Agent Starling retorted "turn that incisive intellect on themselves".
Re: Ashes 2019 - flyboy77 - 09-10-2019
(09-10-2019, 10:10 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Makes me laugh when the Poms call us cheats....there's a roll call of less than salubrious incidents the Poms have been in. Plus Root can't seem to figure out that a grassed ball isn't a catch. Never has been, never will be.
I agree with the glasses thing not being a good look but screw the poms, maybe they should as Agent Starling retorted "turn that incisive intellect on themselves".
Darn I forgot about that grassed catch when arguing with a Pommie mate the other day!
Re: Ashes 2019 - Professer E - 09-11-2019
I'm not much of a batsman or bowler, can I be recalled to the test side too?
Re: Ashes 2019 - DJC - 09-11-2019
(09-11-2019, 10:28 PM)Professer E link Wrote:I'm not much of a batsman or bowler, can I be recalled to the test side too?
A mate summed up the Test team selection quite well: “Two things will survive a nuclear war; cockroaches and Mitch Marsh!”
Re: Ashes 2019 - malo - 09-11-2019
(09-11-2019, 10:28 PM)Professer E link Wrote:I'm not much of a batsman or bowler, can I be recalled to the test side too?
yep, I'm with you there.....& Travis Head sacrificial lamb!
....good grief. Warner & Harris will possibly go down in history as statistically worst opening combination we have ever had in a Test Series..and they both still get a gong.
And.....perfect opportunity to give Pucovski a go with little pressure on......but no....no imagination shown at all.
Re: Ashes 2019 - tonyo - 09-12-2019
(09-11-2019, 10:46 PM)malo link Wrote:yep, I'm with you there.....& Travis Head sacrificial lamb!
....good grief. Warner & Harris will possibly go down in history as statistically worst opening combination we have ever had in a Test Series..and they both still get a gong.
And.....perfect opportunity to give Pucovski a go with little pressure on......but no....no imagination shown at all.
They are clearly worried about workload for the bowlers, since the Oval is generally the flattest track in the UK. With this Ashes series finishing so close to the Aussie summer, the last thing they need to do is grind Cummins, Hazlewood et al into the dust.
Clearly playing for a draw here.....
Re: Ashes 2019 - IvanAwfulbigone - 09-12-2019
(09-10-2019, 10:10 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Makes me laugh when the Poms call us cheats....there's a roll call of less than salubrious incidents the Poms have been in. Plus Root can't seem to figure out that a grassed ball isn't a catch. Never has been, never will be.
I’m fascinated at how quickly the Poms are engaging in revisionist history.
It might be churlish (and maybe, just maybe) sour grapes, but to me the 3rd test will hereafter be known as ‘The Joel Wilson Test’.
While reading up on the Ashes via google my eye was caught by a link - clearly clickbait, but what the hell - promising to rank Wilson’s howlers.
Lo and behold, they were all to the detriment of English batsman. Stokes’ plumb LBW not even listed! :o
Kids - don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
Re: Ashes 2019 - LP - 09-12-2019
(09-12-2019, 02:25 AM)IvanAwfulbigone link Wrote:I’m fascinated at how quickly the Poms are engaging in revisionist history.
It might be churlish (and maybe, just maybe) sour grapes, but to me the 3rd test will hereafter be known as ‘The Joel Wilson Test’.
While reading up on the Ashes via google my eye was caught by a link - clearly clickbait, but what the hell - promising to rank Wilson’s howlers.
Lo and behold, they were all to the detriment of English batsman. Stokes’ plumb LBW not even listed! :o
Kids - don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
I don;t have a problem with umpire making mistakes in any sport, it's the Full HD Slow Motion replay and disgruntled punters that cause all the problems.
Get on with the game and stuff the replays, perhaps even ban the broadcasters from using slow motion replays. It's making recruitment of umpires and officials almost impossible!
Re: Ashes 2019 - ElwoodBlues1 - 09-12-2019
I would have rested Cummins and played Pattinson, Langar just can let a series go by without playing a Marsh......
Shame Roy has been dropped, only bugs bunny was a bigger batting bunny than Roy, England have probably done
what they should have done earlier and played Sam Curran, handy with the willow and swings the ball a long way
and would have given them something different to bowl at Smith.
Thought they might have picked county wonder kid Ollie Pope but have resisted the temptation, Poms have some good kids in Crawley and Sibley who are both openers and I cant believe they didnt get games into them given their batting is so horrendous...
Re: Ashes 2019 - Professer E - 09-12-2019
Bowling sh!t and dropping catches....we're not up for this game.