Alex

So do his dance moves

That’s the joke

Devised by Woodrow Wilson

I heard Rafa can't stand him. Mind, the origin of that was everybody's favourite ex-chief scout who of course would have no reason to have an axe to grind with the manager

CT busted again

She's not that competent. The full-on Corbyn nutters are that stupid though

You're all talking shite because I've been on Facebook and Mitro is mint and Rafa needs to go

It's in the middle of nowhere so probably Hexham or Corbridge are your best bets. I don't really know either that well for eating out although Hexham is bound to have a few nice places. The Valley (Indian restaurant) in Corbridge always had a good rep (I haven't been for about 5 years so can't really comment but it was nice back then).

Had a few pairs of Cortez, although not for ages. Remember a navy pair with a padded silver swoosh

Tbf, he probably hasn't even read it, let alone written it

It's always the case but perhaps more than ever. I just don't think he's particularly cut out for it. Agree with Rayvin about this being a massive opportunity missed. Whatever his intentions (and I believe Corbyn's are good) if he can't unseat a Conservative government that's as hated and as incompetent as this one then he's essentially doing much more harm than good to the country by remaining leader.

Oh, look. It's being contrary

He's fucking thick as well

Think he might've been taking the piss

It's almost like a successful leader needs mass appeal

If only they were allowed to vote, and they bothered voting

I would play Bairstow at 7 if he's got the gloves and 5 if he hasn't. Same with Buttler. Hameed has averaged about 10 this season I think but I would go along with what Boycott was saying and get him games but have him batting down the order a bit at 3 or 4 to try and get his confidence back. The way he's going he might drop out of the game altogether as that's two poor seasons in a row for him now. I think the Lions are in the UAE playing Pakistan before Xmas but they've only got one 4 day game and the rest are one-dayers and T20s.

England name the same 13. Think they've missed a trick not picking Burns like. Currently 60-odd not out and just gone past 1,000 first class runs for the 5th year in a row. They could've even played him at 3 if they wanted to persist with Jennings. While I didn't mind the experiment of Rashid I don't see the point in him playing when Root clearing didn't trust him in the last test. Although Root didn't have huge amount of runs to play with in the 4th innings if Rashid wasn't going to bowl much there then when will he bowl a lot? The problem he has is his lack of red ball cricket. In the longer format you need a stock ball which is reliable and which makes up for the majority of your deliveries. With one-day games and T20s it's almost the complete opposite with the bowler needing to have lots of variety and almost always bowling with defensive fields.

He's about a number 6 at test level. Might play ok there against Sri Lanka and the Windies this winter but you know he'd get peppered with the short stuff as soon as the Ashes start if he was coming in first wicket down.

Thing is, while they didn't exactly look great, most of the batsmen that have been recently discarded by England have looked better than Jennings.

Loses marks for spending the last 10 years of his career batting for his average.

I see Burns is playing for Surrey on day 1 of their county championship game, so he's not playing at the Oval.

I'd point out that none of those are as good as Lara or Viv Richards.