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Agreed. A draw is the most likely outcome here unless the pitch degrades enough for Lyon to trouble your batsmen. Be happy with a draw.

If anyone can beat that then do so.

Happy New Year from a toontastic member in Sydney. 8 minutes away. We celebrate first of course.

As an openererer he has excelled, credit where it is due. The best English batsman since Wally Hammond.

No idea what his role was this series, me.

Not sure what Moeen was doing today. White ball cricket hasn't started yet.

Played many more tests though.

Moeen Anderson is old (cricketing terms) and has played so many matches. Needs to get through another two summers. Unlikely man but if he did he wouldn't be so good. Cummins will become our premier bowler in two years time and yes he can swing them and move them off the seam. Our batting lineup has holes in it, I have never denied it, but yours has more, regardless of where you play.

Stokes, Wood, it doesn't matter, it wouldn't have made a difference. Your lot are shit on fast wickets. This Melbourne pitch is flat and slow. Nothing in it and it suits your lot. My claim that we will be competitive is valid. You have ageing players whose eligibility remains a mystery. We have a bowling attack to get 20 wickets. We just need to find a few batsman that can compliment Smith and Warner. I don't think you have batsmen that can bat for more than an hour tbh.

So take two of the best bowlers out from any team in the world - one through injury and one playing with Delhi belly. What happens? It isn't rocket science. I'm glad you thought us as superior though. Cook is playing for his test career, and so is Broad. I have a feeling they were read the riot act; Perform or fuck off forever.

Anderson and Broad playing ok in this game. Tbf Anderson has tried the entire series. Bit of bad luck for Curran not to get Warner. Probably the highlight of the day that no ball. Captain Smith, with one hand, again a class above. He is always one step ahead.

Don't know what your association is with him, but, yeah, he is the goods.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/the-ashes-2017-umpires-tell-jimmy-anderson-to-get-better-at-playing-aussie-shortball-barrage/news-story/9850773278158ffc82ec5b1b0dd0cdfb

He's a gambler and has been all his life, he's now gambling that the club stays up. He'll want a profit so he won't sell if relegated obviously given the worth of the club would just about halve, but he'll gamble in the hope that the club bounces back up like the last two attempts with minimal cost of course, and that is no guarantee. He is a cunt.

Be careful of what you wish for. If the club is relegated he won't sell.

Stavely has the fat cunt in her pocket, it will get done only under her terms now man. The offer made while we were sitting well wasn't too much off what he was asking but now that the threat of relegation looms it throws things off completely. What a silly cunt he is

Funny hairstyle but good bowler. Has he pledged allegiance to any country yet though?

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/the-ashes/time-for-joe-root-to-act-tough--he-could-start-by-dropping-stuart-broad-20171218-h06wmj.html

That was last year, but I'll give you that.

Yes, but England are the worst a way for home. Agreed?

So yes... but no.

But we are in a better position than you?

Sounds like a wristy player, Hameed. Broad is finished. Really, he's finished.

Right. So let's wait until we get closer to our tour over to yours then before we shoot from the hip.

I haven't heard of this Hameed. A player that may work his way up in the next two years? Anderson is Anderson, but time and age do not forgive. Broad shouldn't have toured. Wrong attitude. Outplayed by Overton.