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It’s so weird to have a government elected with a majority so colossal that they could wear a rebellion of 80, seemingly so scared of their own shadow. If you believe in something, and think it will make the country better, do it. This obsessive focus grouping and fear of upsetting...

Estate agent (or any sales in which you’re taking a commission on a product people already want to buy and/or sell) is the least skilled, but to be fair to them it must be a nightmare dealing with all the Karens on either end. Plus you’d have to spend a lot of time with estate agents. I’ll...

Yeah, I confidently stated on one of the match threads that I didn’t think there was a dangerous drinking culture with this team - was wrong about that. It’s normal for cricketers to have a few beers (for some reason, they’re still athletes) but it’s bang out of order to be going clubbing the...

I agree - he’s mainly infuriating because he’s so talented. The most annoying thing is that when the top order don't do their job, and they rarely have in this series, that’s the absolute last time you should be coming in and playing circus shots if you’re supposed to be one of the world’s...

Ha! Tbf I thought he looked in really good nick from Adelaide onwards but got some good balls, unlike previous Crawley who just spoons one to mid on either in the first over or on 32 (I know he got out in the first over at SGC too 😆). He still needs to learn to cash in, but he’s looked so much...

Yeah, we’ve been both outclassed and shot ourselves in the foot plenty of times. Test cricket is wonderful though, it’s all about the memories. Hugely frustrating series but I’ve really been entertained watching it. I’d mark Carse and Jofra down one, Brook too. He’s been very disappointing...

A mate of mine went and had a hash cookie / mushroom combo so strong that he was literally bedbound for three days, says his only memory is of the room service person cleaning up around him while he’s having a major psychedelic experience in his hotel bed 😆

Three words: FFP He was linked with joining us as a coach briefly wasn’t he?

I still wear mine to play, with the white shorts too. Actually I’ve got two shirts from that season, was a lucky Christmas. The lost classic from those years was the Hummel kits - perfect for Boro.

Yeah I moved him up, he can handle it and I want Bairstow Bazballing down the order. It’s either that or Cook & Trott which, even as a lover of a good forward defensive, would be like watching morphine dry. Suppose the “nighthawk” Broad could open at a pinch.

Kumar can open, swap out Hayden and get Ponting in at first drop - tasty team.

Great fun this for the lunch break. So hard fitting everyone in! Tried to stick to players I’ve seen, this team’s a bit Bazball: 1: Hashmatulla Shahidi 🇦🇫 2: Kumar Sangakarra 🇱🇰 3: Sachin Tendulkar 🇮🇳 4: Steve Smith 🇦🇺 5: Brian Lara 🏝️ 6: Shakib Al-Hasan 🇧🇩 7: Andy Flower (wk) 🇿🇼 8: Ben...

Haha this is true, but even shorter memories must have forgotten the 2010 Ashes tour featuring 7 of them, where out of 7 total innings they scored (quick Wikipedia break): 517/1 (d) 620/5 (d) 513 644

Vaughan, Cook, Trott, Pietersen, Root, Bell, Bairstow (wk), Stokes(c), Swann, Broad, Anderson Assignment misunderstood but that team is scoring 500+ every innings, sit Swanny on one end and let Anderson + Broad terrorise them from the other.

I also think we’re a really good team apart from the strikers, and with the parachute payment clubs doing poorly plus the superb start we’ve made, this is an outstanding chance for automatics. Next season there will be some massive clubs relegated. Presuming Nypan goes back, that opens a loan...

I used one of these guys at Fulham in 2004. I get that it’s not at all easy serving 30,000 people at exactly the same time, but on the flipside demand is predictable, down to the minute and I would imagine the amount, based on crowd size. Queuing up for anything at a live event smacks of bad...

I feel like it’s the other way around - new manager bounce happens because everyone tries harder to impress the new boss, players who were out of favour now have a clean slate etc. The bounce tails off when they start implementing their new ideas and players are still getting used to it, so...

They sing when they’re winning but love feigning indifference when they lose, I’ve noticed that loads of times with Australians. During the 2012 Olympics when Aus had a mare, losing things like swimming, you wouldn’t even know there was an Olympics on. The news channels stopped covering it...

Pricing’s a bit dynamic but at the MCG, which is massive, average was about £50. I saw some seats for £130 and standing tickets were £23. Multiply that by 93,000 as day 3 was a sellout and day 4 wasn’t far off. They give the food to charity, apparently that’s what they did in Perth, a huge...

Adam Gilchrist said on commentary that in the last 10 (maybe 15, can’t remember) years, the average score for any batsman playing in Australia across test & first class games - so like an average of the averages, if you know what I mean - has gone from 41 to 27. Fascinating. Particularly...