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Hard to see that session as anything other than the one that handed the Ashes to Australia.
Fine bowling indeed but you have to find a way to dig in.
Will be a huge shame if the series is decided after 3 tests.

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Cleveleys_claret wrote:Damn Memory!!! I was sure we should have had a penalty early on and it was Eyres that was fouled

As I recall it, Adrian Randall was the star of the show for Burnley that day. Certainly a class above a 3rd division player, maybe he you were getting mixed up with Eyresy.

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Lord’s is an unpredictable ground. To say we’ve lost almost two days through rain, we have an entire team out of form with the bat (Burns excepted), Steve Smith is defining himself as one of the most indefatigable batsmen in cricket history, we still have two impressive bowling attacks and the hope ...

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Foulthrow wrote:How come Cummins was allowed to bowl a full over of bouncers at Woakes? I know the spirit of the game means nothing to the Australians but surely the limit is still two an over???

Doesnt the limit only apply to limited overs cricket?

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I'm not certain but i believe this is one of the new regulations,they let the game flow and then flag. It's bizarre to me as well,and it will cause a lot of friction during the course of the season. I think they will have to have a Goal of the Season for disallowed goals. There’s pretty much going ...

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Doesn’t Danny Ings still fund a charity foundation at Burnley for young people with disabilities?

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Haven’t watched the game but a good one for Norwich to get out of the road first up. It will get easier for them from here, of course. Congrats to the OP who I think suggested a 4-1 win. It’s never easy to accurately predict matches such as these. I imagine Grant Hanley can only succeed as a gimmick.

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I don’t start topics often but I’m in France on holiday and having to read all sorts of nonsense before cutting to the chase on the 80+ page thread (much to wife and children’s chagrin). It looks like we are talking to Chelsea about bringing in a 29 year old England international to strengthen our m...

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Like to think that there has been contact between SD and the player before its made its presence felt as an ‘inquiry’ on SSN.

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Just to qualify my earlier comment, Just seen on Twitter from Bodes that Dyche knows Drinkwater from a spell at Watford when Dyche was assistant to malky mackay (remember him?). You’d hope such things make a difference, still the issue of a considerable wage adjustment !

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I suggested Drinkwater might have been a worthwhile loan back in the Christmas window, even at those wages as we gambled with PL survival; thankfully McNeil and Westwood emerged instead. If I’m not mistaken we were linked with him before Leicester had their title winning campaign (possibly by lazy j...

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Feels weird going for another Boro defender when the previous one can’t get a game. Can it suggest anything other than an inevitable exit for Tarks?

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Is pope injured?

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Why on earth do people make stuff up like that?
Strange behaviour.

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Bairstow might have got a pair against Ireland but he had a good World Cup and has experience. There’s going to be a very gutted (pair of) bowlers not making it. I wonder whether Archer might be held back, it would be extremely harsh on Woakes or Curran to miss out. Broad and Anderson pick themselve...

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He was a very exciting signing at the time and had some great games at home too. The game v Norwich stands out during the Coyle season. It was the featured game on the Championship highlights, he scored both in a 2-0 win. Tbf he had a good spell under Laws too when we were strong at home, for a whil...

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I agree with the outlook, but I don't think we can afford to wait 3-5 years for a potential return from the Academy. We have a resource and it needs to start making money now. That could be done by bringing in players who are 20-22. Players that have a reasonably chance of stepping up in 1 or 2 yea...

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There was a link in the Independent with us and Tomori (Chelsea loanee at Derby last season). Thought he looked excellent in the Championship play off final. Different type to Tarks but skilful and quick. Derby’s best player on the day.

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It’s disappointing for me. He’s very similar to maguire I think. He can be sloppy but he’s a monster centre half more often than not. I’ve loved watching him. However, it’s likely to be almost double our previous record transfer and when you consider he arrived here for (was it £2m ??), then it woul...

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Its really poor form from Bruce - once again. No doubt he'll come out and say managing his boyhood club was a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity that was 'too good to turn down'. I'm sure he 'stood on the Gallowgate as a little boy' and 'he's not getting any younger' but reality might kick in if he al...

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Kane Williamson is a total dude.
Surreal stuff really. I think NZ have been a little hard done to.

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I will always be grateful for seeing his incredibly angled cushioned header out to the left wing on his home debut against Southampton.

It really was a thing of beauty.

Good luck Crouchy. At least he retired at the top

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Smith’s over will be replayed with so much mirth.
Satisfying in the extreme to see the Aussies scraping the barrell in their futile attempt to get back in it.

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Rashid the unsung hero for me. Breaking that Smith Carey partnership was key.
So pleased after all the hammerings we’ve taken down the years. Big job now on Sunday.

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He’s very highly regarded by Rotherham fans. Club legend.

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Not sure about that. The team who bats second tomorrow are likely to have a reduced target to chase. High chance of rain from mid afternoon onwards....

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Chris Boden was the first reporter I saw break the news that Jay Rod had a £5m release clause in his contract. It's very easy for people to make critical remarks on those working in the media but its a very different world to what it once was. Once over, the relationship between the clubs and local ...

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Quite striking how much mental fragility was in that 2005 team. Harmison, Tresco, Giles, Jones all suffer(ed) especially with depression. It sounds like Vaughan’s mind was scrambled too. Remarkable they pulled it off really. I went to day 5 at old Trafford and the oval to see us bring it home. I loo...

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You’d think it would be too hot on the Algarve at this time of year for much intensive training.

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Adams and Ings- if the latter stays fit then that strikes me as an excellent strike force that will cause team’s problems next season. Bit gutted about Adams, he was so good when he first burst onto the scene with Sheff U and has recovered after a wobble...I see him having a Troy Deeney style impact...

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Great effort under pressure today. As long as we don’t show any complacency against NZ we should be OK.

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I think all things considered we’ve done very well there.

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Asprilla..! was my era.

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Had a Parma shirt once. They were my fave Italian team from the ‘golazzo’ era when channel 4 first broadcast live Italian football.

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Thought they were excellent. Steph Houghton looks great, conceded no goals. Good luck to them.

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Just been poring over the league tables of the post war decade. Didn’t realise how strong Portsmouth were over that period, and very little sight of Blackburn in the first division.

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Aussie in cricket are like Germany in football to England.
India have looked the strongest side so far to me and would probably be narrow favourites over Australia.

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Looks very one-side so far, terrific atmosphere.
India will take some stopping in this World Cup I think.
Great balance for their team.

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How sad. Saw him do a razor sharp stand-up routine at the grand’s Comedy Club last year - he was brilliant.

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I’ve thought for a while that Newcastle was a likely destination for Sean, certainly relatively to anywhere else - but they’re experience with Allardyce years ago might work against his chances. I’m certainly sure he’d go if offered.

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Just watched part 3, hard to believe there’s only one left.

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Hopefully the last ‘all English’ CL Final we’ll see for a while. Really poor game.

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Awful but Spurs haven’t led in any champions league game at half time thus far , weirdly.

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Clitheroe beat Rochdale in a rain affected match reduced to 31 overs aside. Rochdale reduced to 91-8. Clitheroe scores 92-8 in a squeaky fanny finish.

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The power struggle at Sheff Utd appears to have given WBA a sense of hope. Wilder is a canny manager and I’m sure he’ll be using the situation to his advantage, in ensuring a better outcome for his own terms and transfer kitty for the coming season. I would be absolutely astonished if he threw in th...

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Villa will do well I think. The management have done very well since going in there. They are much improved from the side that fell short last season and their manager will bolster the team rather than do a ‘fulham’. Grealish, hourihane,McGinn, the two central defenders all look like they could do w...

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I actually watched the Burnley fans at Derby after the Derby Cup defeat from the main stand. And stayed in there until the players re-emerged from the tunnel. There were a few Derby bods about fully appreciating our support. It was a very proud moment after a decade of strife. We were on our way bac...

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A Rovers fan came with me and cheered the Clarets to the hilt. Shock, horror.

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I think Meadows has reached new heights with this.
Peerless film-making. Not watched anything so emotionally engaging in along time.

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Bring back ‘endsleigh’

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