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Fair play to Sibley, he gets knocked left, right and centre, and has really dug in and anchored this innings here. Hopefully it's been a very useful learning curve for him having these 2 games in Galle. Too true. Lots of people saying he cant play spin but he's anchored the 4th innings in test wher...

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AS per a few previous comments, I liked him as a player- one of those who a lot of the hard lifting and just gets on with it. Played a lot of games at a high level and a fair few England caps. Early days in his management career but a pretty tough job keeping Fulham in the league this time round. He...

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Well, I'm nervous. Anyone else? Definitely squeaky bum time. Going to be very close. A saw somewhere (maybe BBC website) that it was the first time in test cricket that a team (or maybe just England?) had taken all 10 wickets with pace in 1st innings, all 10 with spin in 2nd. Very unusual obviously.

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Just about to set off to Morrisons to get my haggis, I already have spuds and swede. By chance (ahem) I already have some peaty Islay malt in stock too. Ive only one, way back, Scottish ancestor (Dumfries) but I like that wonderful mix of sheep offal/oats and spices (not to mention the root veg & wh...

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As an adult, always had about 7 hours per night and my body/mind seem happy with that. Until I was c 60, I slept pretty much straight through, not waking up/not remembering dreams. I retired at 61 and in 10 years since then my sleep pattern has gotten much more irregular. I go to bed at different ti...

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Music to the ears when opposition players/managers/fans moan on about us. Usually means we've taken points off them. The 2-2 at Chelsea the other year was my favourite with Sarri, Luiz, Zola etc really whining and whingeing.

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Aye, Newcastle are well in the relegation mix now, they have 1 point from the last 5 games and subsided pretty limply tonight, the worst record in the league. Wolves are next worst with 2 from 5 games and they are really struggling without Jimenez. We're defending well at the moment and leaking very...

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John Prine & Iris Dement "In spite of Ourselves" https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WWclZpTBRaU&list=RDAMVMWWclZpTBRaU There are some great duets on this album - not over-romantic but realistic M/F relationship songs. My favourite (not least because I like Dolores Keane's singing) is https://www.you...

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Aclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:10 pm
Good to have one of the games characters back, just love that Irish accent !

He kissed the Barnsley Stone.

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Good, he's a decent manager and always good for a "straight talking" quote/reaction. Bluebirds are badly in need of a lift, since mid December they've lost 5 league games in a row and exited the FA cup. Plummeting down the league.

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Nice accolade in the Telegraph match report, relevant excerpt is: " That is to take nothing from Burnley, who did what they do at their best. Their centre-backs dealt with comfortably with every cross, and if there is a better English goalkeeper than Nick Pope, who is it? It is not that he was overw...

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DCWat wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:21 pm
How long is it that this rule has been in place? I was always under the impression that a goal couldn’t be scored, direct from a goal kick?

Either there has been a change or I have always been wrong!!

Changed in 1997.

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Great win for India. They take the series 1-2. Chasing 324 on the last day to win is great going. At the Gabba as well, without their main player Kohli. Remarkable come back by India over the last three Test Matches having lost the first by 8 wickets and been dismissed for 36 within that; losing th...

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Next up should be Storm Dyche !!!! Haha but it's got to be a girlie name next. In fact it'll be Darcy (which I think of as either M or F, maybe apt for these "non-binary" confused times). UK/Ireland/Netherlands use different names (but same alphabetical M/F/M/F etc system) to France/Spain/Portugal/...

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I thought Leicester's pitch last night looked a bit ropey, looked like The Tigers had had a game or two on there. Compared to pitches 50 years ago they're all excellent now though. I watched this film a few times when we played our recent cup game 9th Jan- its our 3rd round 9/1/54 cup 5-3 win v Man ...

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Blades have had some bad luck this season and maybe turned the corner in their last game; cant see them holding Spurs though - 0-2 United seem to be generally in better form than L'pool lately but I can see the home team coming good for this 1-0 Citeh v Palace: Palace will defend manfully and pose s...

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Yes it's a turning pitch, but 74 shouldn't present too many problems, all 3 dismissals have been poor, Sibley leaving a straight ball, Crawley playing a rash shot, and as for the run out between our 2 most experienced batters, that's schoolboy cricket is that. I heard that last 5 word phrase spoken...

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Colour of her hair

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Agreed. On the rare occasions you actually want Arsenal to turn it on and win, they let you down.

Looking at the teams, Gunners have a very decent set of attacking players; not sure about their defence and propensity for going down to 10 players though.

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:56 am
same as against Man United

Wood and Barnes have good records v WHU

In my reckoning, Wood has 6 goals in the last 6 games v WHU, didnt get one in the 3-0 home win but got 2 in that (in)famous 3-0 away win. Difficult to leave him out.

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However much it's down to Sri Lanka's silly batting, that's a great day for England. To lose the toss and then, at the end of the day, be just 8 behind with 2 established batsmen in & only 2 down must be beyond their wildest hopes. As stated on BBC website: you dont want to bat last so take as much ...

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:05 am
Pleasantly surprised when i woke up this morning and India had dug in for a draw.

Me too. Real resilience from India whilst very much up against it- great credit to them.

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India collapse to 244 all out from 195-5. Couple of injuries as well. They’ll struggle now I think. Aussies currently 28-1, 122 ahead. Side note: I’ve lived here over 10 years now, I still can’t get use to the Aussies saying the score the wrong way round, you ask the question. How many are Australi...

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9th is my birthday and generally adjacent to FA Cup 3rd round. Since I was born (1950) I think this is only the 7th time weve played a cup game on this date. Man United home 1954 - won 5-3 Lincoln away 1960 - drew, won replay Brentford home 1965 drew , won replay Birmingham away 1979 won 2-0 Reading...

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I'm annoyed that this isn't on Sky. No Big Bash anymore either. Gradually getting less and less for the subscription. It's getting the same with all main sports. Initially you just needed SkySport to follow a lot of footy/cricket/rugby, then you needed Sky and BT Sport; now there's Amazon etc invol...

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This game is at an interesting point so I may watch some of the 1st session tonight, see how it starts to pan out. Australia looked set for at least 400 when Labu was out at 206-3 and Smith well set but the middle order crumbled and India pulled it back very well. Tourists would've been pleased to g...

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Wonder why Norman Hunters not on that photo. He would have been at Leeds with those players. If this is a ref to the "Leeds team of internationals" pic, there's an alternative online with the same set-up but Hunter and Charlton added on the right as you look. Presumably they turned up late or went ...

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In the recent televised game v Everton, despite WHU generally playing well, he looked very poor, a big lump who didnt even run around much. WHU improved hugely in attack when Antonio replaced him on the hour. Just looking at the BBC website's "player ratings" on that game: The WHU other personnel ra...

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RIP Colin Bell. A terrific player for Man City and England. Never met him but I hear he was modest and unassuming. As a few above, I recall many times passing the Bell/Waldron restaurant when bussing to Manchester on a a Ribble service. I lived just south of Manchester second half 1969 and watched C...

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I'm over 70, not in bad health but aware I might well snuff it in the next decade or so. I've got enough pension income to live off comfortably (no cruises or such like but all the sports/musical events I wish to attend and to buy nice food & drink) and have paid off my mortgage & live alone. I've g...

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A very sweet goal for Danny Ings I guess. I'm not watching but I'd be interested to see how he celebrated- subdued or ecstatic?

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Lower Towneley and Prairie pitches were like Wembley compared to Cherry Fold! Haha. Played Junior School footy up there. In the mud, it was very difficult to pass the ball more than about 20 yards when you were about 10yo. My other memory is (what I remember as) a sort of old barn for changing room...

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Duffer_ wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:19 pm
Why did Chelsea get to take the corner again when the hapless Werner kicked the corner flag before the ball?

Did he kick the flag out of position? Possibly a law saying it's got to be in situ.

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Is Pardew doing anything?

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Arsenal have moved it around well so far but WBA's defending is contributing to making them look like world-beaters. I think BFS will be fuming about his defenders not bothering to tackle/harry ball carriers or track runners. BHA came back well in the prior game but it's difficult to see a big WBA r...

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Great pictures (especially when the green comes into proper view), takes a while to work everything out when all that white stuff is about. I can just spot the street I was born and brought up in the the very bottom corner in the first second of that film.

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If not P-P then 2-0. I'd rather the game went ahead but a bit of a rest wouldnt do us any harm.

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I thought WHU played well there and deserved the 3 points. Defence was very organised and calm and they played the ball out well. Lacking up front with Haller (seems a big lazy sod to me), improvement was clear when Antonio came on as sub. Everton seemed very flat and C-L barely got a kick (other th...

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Let's put things into perspective. It was a 6 pointer of a game with a lot at stake for both teams. It was a rugged contest with neither side taking any prisoners. He was introduced early into the game and had a good 75-80 minutes on the park. He was played out of position throughout. He covered th...

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You should never pass back on target but what was Johnstone doing on walkabout? I'd guess he moved into a position where a pass back wouldnt have to be on target for the goals. Not his fault that the defender did what he should never do. WBA defending was chaotic and lax though- hard to see how a t...

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I've watched a few of the series. Not something Id make a point of being in house for but decent entertainment if you're in and not watching anything else. I found that if I watched the fiirst couple of episodes of each series- I had to watch the storyline all the way through. I believe this is defo...

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He’s definitely performed in Burnley- my parents have memories of seeing him at a folk music night at the cricket club back in the early 70s. The comedy started in between the songs and slowly the comedy got longer and the songs got shorter....the rest is history! There was a relative plethora of r...

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Smith's mojo does seem to be on the wane lately. He had a relatively poor IPL (average of 25.9 this year v 39.9 year before). Scores in his 4 innings in this test series: 1, 1 n.o., 0, 8 He's "been there and done it", so maybe he's just lost a bit of motivation temporarily or bowlers have finally wo...

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Couldnt type/ remember my atlas pages quick enough (on top of a few typos/spelling mistakes) to get them all. Just scraped 30 in the last second.

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2-0. I guess The Blades will notch up an EPL win sometime soon but hopefully not until 2021.

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A huge turnaround between the two Test Matches, a good effort by India to come back so strongly after that 36 AO debacle.

I wonder if India will deduce that they're better off without Kohli?

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Got them all bar the first with a bit of time to spare then started randomly bunging in teams but ran out of time before getting that one.

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Guscott- very decent rugby outside centre. Very smooth runner (and kicked at least one important drop goal). Seemed like a decent chap. Had a terrific partnership for England XV with a Will who was a good player but maybe not such a sound fellow as Jeremy.

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2-2 @ 14/1 for my small wager.

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I'd have chosen Ramsbottom! Great place name! I remember at the time we were joining the (then) EEC, there was a local TV prog (Look North?) that had a spoof piece suggesting that when we joined, Ramsbottom would have to be renamed Derriere de Mouton. 45-50 years ago but that still makes me chuckle.

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