jsslatic Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Hulk Hogan in stand C lower today with oafc flag Noticed the Ernie flag in the Lodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 Really enjoyed the day. Much improved venue, still hate the Point, will tolerate the pavilion. Bad light farce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4froale Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Is anyone who has a ticket today actually bothering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Well they should have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 :censored: :censored: :censored:ity :censored: :censored:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Time to dig out my tomhawk, and my rain dance bonnet - need the guy upstairs to do us a favour…. a monsoon of biblical proportions could do the trick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I went on saturday Old Trafford is a much improved venue. Loads going on in the lunch / tea breaks. Food was vastly over priced. I am 6ft 3 and was told the legroom was a problem in the temp stand. I got lucky as I was on the first row of the block - so had no one in front. The stewarding was good - no walking in front of us during play. Overall a good day, sunburnt though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Guess we'll have to settle for 9-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I'd freshen it up for Durham, Onions and Tremlett in for Broad and Bresnan. Trott's form is a worry, wouldn't be surprised if he's left out of the ODI's to give Taylor or maybe Carberry a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Really enjoyed the day. Much improved venue, still hate the Point, will tolerate the pavilion. Bad light farce. I was in the Point on Sunday. It really is quality. Is anyone who has a ticket today actually bothering? I had a ticket and went down. Got more play that I expected when I woke up, but gutted we didn't get more than 90 mins. But I can say I was there when we retained the Ashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I was in the Point on Sunday. It really is quality. I had a ticket and went down. Got more play that I expected when I woke up, but gutted we didn't get more than 90 mins. But I can say I was there when we retained the Ashes. Do you get half the money of the ticket off an India or ODI ticket next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Do you get half the money of the ticket off an India or ODI ticket next year? I think on day 5, if a ball is bowled you dont get anything back. If they did do a refund scheme, I think we would have seen too much with 20 overs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueatheart Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Silicon tape on the bats eh? Sounds unlikely, but plausible. Sounds like a job for the mythbusters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Is the Monty Paneser story fitting for this thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Is the Monty Paneser story fitting for this thread... Nah, I think I'll slash it from this thread and open a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Panesar and bouncers? It's just wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 The story gets funnier with every line, reached its peak when he thought his running speed would save him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4froale Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 it wouldn't be England without a middle order collapse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Time for one or two of the non-performers to be dropped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Go on Jimmy lad. Root back down the order, Bairstow out, Carberry or Compton in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Looks like a good job they were in such disarray for the first two tests. Bairstow surely needs to be taken out of the firing line now and actually I wouldn't take him on tour. Root was doing fine in the middle order, should have left him there. Taylor is a fine player but think Boycott has a point when he says he's too small to play Test cricket. Carberry in for me or maybe even Hales looking ahead to the winter and beyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Well that was :censored:! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 We need an opener who can score at a decent rate. Cook has always been one to take his time, and so has Trott, so we need someone a little bit different in the top 3. Root scores far too slowly as an opener, and just seems to heap pressure on himself with his scoring rate. I'd be in favour of dropping Bairstow and putting Root down the order. And I'd be tempted to open with Ian Bell. Geoff Boycott is forever saying that your best batsmen should play in the top 4, and at the moment, Bell is our best batsman. He opens for the one day team, it might be worth giving him a go in the test team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 DRS tying itself in knots again. Umpire gives the Aussie out caught behind. Aussie reviews it. Ball hit the pad, not the bat. Third umpire looks at it for LBW. All in line, clipping the top of the stump - umpire's call. Umpire's call was out. But because he didn't think it was LBW originally it's not out. Obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 DRS tying itself in knots again. Umpire gives the Aussie out caught behind. Aussie reviews it. Ball hit the pad, not the bat. Third umpire looks at it for LBW. All in line, clipping the top of the stump - umpire's call. Umpire's call was out. But because he didn't think it was LBW originally it's not out. Obviously. Ridiculous. Best case yet for scrapping DRS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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