RobinRobin 14520 Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 Cummins & Hazlewood out. Wood ok. Need to do well in Perth to start. Can't wait. Tickets for each day. 🙂🏏 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 5197 Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 I'm equal parts existential dread and misplaced optimism 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42163 Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 It would be nice to be fucking competitive. I think we’ve got a chance but I think we’ll lose. Probably need to win the first test to have a sniff of regaining the urn though with the injuries to the Aussies etc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14520 Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 Could be a good option to lose the toss and let the Aussies chose to bat. 🙂 If our bowlers stay fit, we may have a chance. Don't underestimate the Aussie reserve bowlers. Remember what Boland did at the MCG a few years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15614 Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 21 hours ago, RobinRobin said: Cummins & Hazlewood out. Wood ok. Need to do well in Perth to start. Can't wait. Tickets for each day. 🙂🏏 Read yesterday that in home tests, that those two have both been missing together, the Aussies haven't lost in 13 years 😳 Just hope we bowl first, if we bat and lose an early wicket I feel it just causes a bow wave of momentum. Same old pommies etc. But supposedly doesn't the saying go that in Australia if you win the toss you bowl first everywhere but Perth !!!!! Bloody hope Root gets a ton at some point to slay that particular dragon. Enjoy it Robin whatever happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26384 Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 21 hours ago, spongebob toonpants said: I'm equal parts existential dread and misplaced optimism I confidently predict I will wake up early on day one of the first test to find England about 70/8 at lunch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14520 Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 17 minutes ago, Toonpack said: Read yesterday that in home tests, that those two have both been missing together, the Aussies haven't lost in 13 years 😳 Just hope we bowl first, if we bat and lose an early wicket I feel it just causes a bow wave of momentum. Same old pommies etc. But supposedly doesn't the saying go that in Australia if you win the toss you bowl first everywhere but Perth !!!!! Bloody hope Root gets a ton at some point to slay that particular dragon. Enjoy it Robin whatever happens. The usual is always bat first so spin has an effect at the end but Perth is unlikely to deteriorate. So I don't think the one who loses the toss and has to bowl first will be too worried. Forecast for partly cloudy and mid 20s. English height of summer. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26384 Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 It’s good that England now play with controlled aggression and have ditched the brainless, dick swinging arrogance. Several things stand in England’s way. They’ve had nowhere near enough prep time to get used to Aussie pitches. The top order, aside from Duckett, aren’t good enough. We don’t have a proper spinner in the squad. There are questions around a few of their players too but even a depleted Australia are good enough to beat us 4-0 or 3-1 in their own back yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14520 Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 48 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: It’s good that England now play with controlled aggression and have ditched the brainless, dick swinging arrogance. Several things stand in England’s way. They’ve had nowhere near enough prep time to get used to Aussie pitches. The top order, aside from Duckett, aren’t good enough. We don’t have a proper spinner in the squad. There are questions around a few of their players too but even a depleted Australia are good enough to beat us 4-0 or 3-1 in their own back yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15614 Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 1 hour ago, RobinRobin said: The usual is always bat first so spin has an effect at the end but Perth is unlikely to deteriorate. So I don't think the one who loses the toss and has to bowl first will be too worried. Forecast for partly cloudy and mid 20s. English height of summer. 🙂 Yeah I know that's conventional wisdom, but was sure I'd read somewhere you flipped that in Aussie, except at Perth (or maybe I imagined it 🤷♂️) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14520 Posted November 17 Share Posted November 17 15 hours ago, Toonpack said: Yeah I know that's conventional wisdom, but was sure I'd read somewhere you flipped that in Aussie, except at Perth (or maybe I imagined it 🤷♂️) Not that I've seen but Stokes likes to chase. Let's see what Friday brings. Can't wait. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15614 Posted November 17 Share Posted November 17 7 hours ago, RobinRobin said: Not that I've seen but Stokes likes to chase. Let's see what Friday brings. Can't wait. Take care in the sun, might I suggest: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14520 Posted November 17 Share Posted November 17 1 hour ago, Toonpack said: Take care in the sun, might I suggest: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 653 Posted November 17 Share Posted November 17 Definitely the biggest perk of working permanent nights is the joy of listening to TMS all night when the Ashes are over there. What more could anyone want than to be gently woken from anaesthesia to my dulcet tones and the sound of Aggers and Tufnell discussing their current cake situation in the background… 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15614 Posted November 17 Share Posted November 17 41 minutes ago, catmag said: Definitely the biggest perk of working permanent nights is the joy of listening to TMS all night when the Ashes are over there. What more could anyone want than to be gently woken from anaesthesia to my dulcet tones and the sound of Aggers and Tufnell discussing their current cake situation in the background… Hmmmm, what's the dog called ?? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14520 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 Aggers and Tuffers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15614 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 5 hours ago, RobinRobin said: Aggers and Tuffers? They're no Jonners and Fred 😔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 5197 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 Like any sentient human* I do love TMS, but I've got to admit I find Agnew a bit of an insufferable bombastic prick *by human I suppose I mean white middle-class English man of a certain age 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14520 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 2 hours ago, Toonpack said: They're no Jonners and Fred 😔 Or Bloers for pigeon watch 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15614 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 1 hour ago, RobinRobin said: Or Bloers for pigeon watch 🙂 Coincidentally, picked up his TMS Book/Autobiography at a charity bookstall in the supermarket the other day, for the princely sum of one whole English pound, hardback no less. Bargain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63312 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 Make sure you give it a wipe down with some antibac wipes. The previous owner might have read it while having a shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15614 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 54 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Make sure you give it a wipe down with some antibac wipes. The previous owner might have read it while having a shit. That's not the sort of behaviour a cricket fan would ever dream of being part of. (Wiped down just incase) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63312 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 I've got a real problem with second hand books for this exact reason. I've got a second hand guitar DVD turning up today and it'll be getting the wipe treatment and no mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15614 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: I've got a real problem with second hand books for this exact reason. I've got a second hand guitar DVD turning up today and it'll be getting the wipe treatment and no mistake. Toontastic's very own Howard Hughes 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 43974 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 Gemmill.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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