Alex

So you’re saying we’ll blow them away in a tight series we win 3-2 which we might lose? I’m glad you’ve straightened that out. You’re off team Bazball though. No doubters allowed, never question the process. Losses are like wins. Four legs good, two legs bad

The phrase reminds me of my mate Paul. Who overdid the shrooms many years back and spent about 4 hours of simultaneously hallucinating and chundering down the pan

Pissy pants

Let’s hope the realists are wrong and the Branch Bazidians are right

I said all last summer it was only possible to play that way in English conditions because of the shit batch of Dukes balls. It’s a massive improvement on what went before but that’s not saying much. Get hammered this series and it’s almost all back to square one. Especially as Stokes will retire from red ball cricket as his knee’s fucked and the coach will probably follow

Good job we’ve got a top class front line spinner we could turn to

Or just remind them they didn’t even have a nickname and they had to have a vote in the early 2000s to come up with one 👍🏻

Wonder if the Aussies will declare before the close to provide some ‘entertainment’ and ‘create some chaos’ by ‘rewriting the rules of test cricket’

Only 20 years after he tapped her up

As Exile is now 👍🏻

Worth noting the evangelical cult of Bazball only keeps gathering new followers by being successful

Yeah but who covered Love Don’t Live Here Anymore?

Joyce?

Especially as he’s got 12 months left in his contract

Could be worse. England might’ve decided to bat

Nice to see Bairstow actually catch something. Just a shame it was only a protestor

I saw some bloke on TV-AM in the 80s and the Geordie accent was brought up. I think it was in relation to Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Anyway the bloke was from Wearside. And he said something like I’m not really a Geordie, I’m a Mackem. And explained it’s because we mack ‘em and they tack ‘em, in relation to ships (or bow-aats). It sticks in my mind because I’d never heard it before in my life

It’s sinister as fuck how so many of these hasbeens find a grift spewing this hatred. Who’s backing them all?

I’ve never heard of the website Sportwitness ( mentioned above) for example but, irrespective of how established / popular it is, they’re unlikely to have the inside track. It’s all about generating clicks / traffic for advertising revenue. Nothing more

Is Wood definitely injured or just not match fit? If it’s the latter he hasn’t bowled in a competitive match since April. Even then it was the IPL so no long spells. But the ECB wouldn’t let him play for Durham so how is he meant to get match fit?

I mean I think it’s just the attention. But he seems to attract mainly ridicule. With the odd comment from people who clearly aren’t all there, earnestly asking for the next bit of inside knowledge. Quite why anyone would want that sort of attention is beyond me

So, according to that knacker Casey, we spent more money on Tonali than it would’ve cost to get Howe’s number one target (Maddison)?

To be fair to Targett, he had a foot problem for most of last season. I also think Burn did better than he was given credit for. Then I think there was too much riding on the run in to disrupt such a mean defence. However, I do wonder if the club’s progressed so quickly that Targett has already seen himself relegated to being either surplus to requirements or a squad player at best. There’s also a need for most players to be versatile, as the squad size is quite limiting to clubs competing on 4 fronts. Especially when that European competition is the CL. And he can only really play left back effectively you’d think

The staggering arrogance where they think they’re making a salient point. Entitled cunts

If you think the kid’s a really good right back and you can get him for very little in the current market then it’s a no-brainer. With little impact on ffp over the course of their contract. (Edit: or on how much is available to spend in this window).