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  1. Alex
    I get the feeling it was more about saving (and making) money, combined with megalomania than ‘innovation’.
  2. Alex
    Young hoons
  3. Alex
    Plumbing the depths there, mind
  4. Alex
    Not that I can watch it at the best of times but I think I might give this one a swerve
  5. Alex
    Wrong
  6. Alex
    They’ll be gutted it’s not Barella so they can’t unfurl the latest iteration of the ‘Pistone / Emre / Santon Wings Inter Toon’ one
  7. Alex
    Join then leave Marillion
  8. Alex
    First point is right Second point is untrue. 3rd point 4th point 5th point Ashes series in the football off season so that’s standard 6th point see previous point 7th point no one is. At least on here
  9. Alex
    Was just about to post they. He’s really good crack in general from a technical and tactical point of view. Arguably knows more about cricket and is a less of a contrarian than Piers Morgan too
  10. Alex
    Peak 2023
  11. Alex
    As a fan of good insults I balk at such insults
  12. Alex
    To note, I was inferring plagiarism rather than journalism 👍🏻 I wasn’t on about you specifically though but that’s all the sorts of things being said about it. It’s hyperbolic to say the least (even if Stokes/ McCullum are saying it too).
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    Yeah but are you actually thinking the next Pakistan v Bangladesh series gets sold out because of England’s approach? ’Putting buns in seats’ is just another of the tired journalistic cliche tbh. The Ashes sells out anyway. Crowds tend to be poor in most other parts of the world (except when England are in town) and that’s been the case all my life (as has talk about the demise of red ball cricket). It might be the case that it’s doomed but, if it is, this is fuck all in the scheme of things. Other teams aren’t going to start playing like this and, even if they did, test attendance isn’t going to explode everywhere off the back of it. ‘Saving test cricket’ is just sports journalists being sports journalists tbh.
  14. Alex
    Well what’s kind of daft is it had to be conventional or ‘Bazball’. When the principles of ultra attacking cricket need to be tempered by the match situation at times. And both sides of the fence in this particular debate in here actually accept that by not even compromising a little bit, England lost. I guess it’s whether you’re fine with that. I don’t think I’m atypical as an English cricket fans in that all I really care about is The Ashes. England are much better than under Root of course, no one denies that. But just playing for the positive result and the most ‘entertaining’ outcome, regardless of who it’s for, didn’t quite sit right in the winter, let alone now
  15. Alex
    I saw Sirens at the flicks. Very ‘artistic’
  16. Alex
    Aye. They were supposedly weighing up the pros and cons of terminating the deal early but the financial hit mustn’t be worth it for another season at least.
  17. Alex
    I looked it up. It’s from the 1966 film based on the tv series. The shit you remember
  18. Alex
    That rings a bell. “The almost human porpoise…” or something like that
  19. Alex
    I used to absolutely love it like. I knew it was silly even as a kid but it was all tongue firmly in cheek. I remember going to see the Michael Keaton film at the metro centre and thinking it was shite in comparison. A view which has stood the test of time tbf
  20. Alex
    Tbf, I know people are stupid but the government talk about inflation going down like it means prices are going down and they aren’t particularly challenged on that when I’ve seen them interviewed. Although I suppose you might think people would realise that stuff like the price of food never comes down just purely through their own experience
  21. Alex
    Just reminded me of the old Batman series. Batman and Robin were tied to a buoy and The Penguin had fired torpedoes at them. They were saved by the selfless act of a passing dolphin who took the bullet for them, so to speak. Except the budget didn’t stretch to it. So one minute they’re strapped to the buoy. Then the next they’re getting away on a speedboat with Batman and Robin having to explain what happened for the benefit of the viewers
  22. Alex
    It wasn’t likely conditions for getting wickets but I do agree the declaration was a relatively minor factor. It might’ve worked. I think it was daft in terms of risk reward though. Pandering to the ego of a man child like Bairstow on the other hand….they got precisely the result they deserved for that call
  23. Alex
    I do agree it’s likely a load of shite.
  24. Alex
    Which would’ve been a better result
  25. Alex
    Well another reason I’m all for it is Chelsea are not only offloading their rejects there, with seemingly very little scrutiny. In addition to which they spent absolutely mental amounts this season after years of fiddling ffp. Again without much scrutiny.
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