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Guy on the radio called Leach "Allan from accounts" when he took his specs off to clean them before facing the bowling!!

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Do you lose points every time one of your players is offside???

Just wondering like!

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I know it's a massive call and a huge talking point, but PERSONALLY I'd leave Anderson out, even though it's Old Trafford. He's 37 and becoming an injury issue and we've just won a game. Leave as is and if necessary tinker with the batting as in lose Roy and choose A.N. Other, but leave the bowling ...

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Roy has to go (unfortunately) imo for Old Trafford and Butler is arguably under real pressure and COULD be changed. Otherwise, stick with the lads who ultimately triumphed in this match and take it to them!!! I'll be there at OT on day one!!

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Aclaret wrote:Not an expert on cricket but is Leach a better bowler AND a better batsman than Moen Ali?

Not necessarily, BUT right now his head's in the right place so he's by far he better option! (In every department)

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Absolutely brilliant innings by.........Leach!!!!! Without him Stokes would have been high and dry and England would have been nowhere!!!

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Well I'd definitely have Tim back. He's a great lad!!

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It didn't start well for Vokesy down there, sadly. I THINK he missed a penalty, which isn't like him, in his first or second game. Then he actually scored early in another game, but was promptly injured and laid up for a spell. He's since missed another penalty (I THINK?) and been somewhat on the fr...

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Granny WeatherWax wrote:Let you take your own booze in though!

I'm proper Northern. I was ****** before I got in!!

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Cleveleys_claret wrote:Yeah wasnt it at Lords where the Pope made an appearance with 50 odd of his cardinals. Crowd seemed to like it but then the camera panned to all the stiffs and they looked far from impressed

That's true. I stand corrected. I remembered seeing that, but couldn't remember if it was at Lords.

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I've been a couple of times and the atmosphere at Lords definitely is different and very much more subdued. I don't think they encourage or even maybe allow(?) fancy dress (apart from those daft red/yellow blazers! :D ) and it's not really the done thing to be peed up, roaring the bowler in and chan...

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Vino blanco wrote:Jack Leach gets a wicket with his first ball, a big spinner.

That's 7 wickets for Lyon then come England's second innings!!!

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Other clubs can't give them money - that would probably be against all league rules for a start. Happened once when the Rotherham owner helped Derby out with money, Anton Johnson I think. It kept Derby up, at our expense, in 1983 but Rotherham also went down. It's a competition, nothing to do with ...

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Is that Alec Lindsey on the end (our right) of the back row, before his move to Liverpool and houeholdnamedom?? He'd have been at Bury around that time I think?

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Ms Hart hardly looks dressed for a long term protest!!

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Robinson!!!! (as well as Gayle!) Crumbs, how bad was the Sheff U side!!!???

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The Anglo Scottish final should never really have been played. I think Torville & Dean would have been better equipped to play on that pitch.[/quote]

It didn't seem to bother Skippy Kindon!! Great night!

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The Port Vale situation has been extremely toxic for some time under the "stewardship" of Smurthwaite, but he finally agreed to jog on a short while back and 2 local, seemingly well heeled fans took over, so there's light in that particular tunnel. However, if Smurthwaite now moves on to another clu...

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I don't believe Deane scored in the original match, but after Heath gave us an early lead in the replay Deane tore us apart and got a hat trick, sadly. Both matches were very fiesty with great atmosphere.

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Hands off my Lithuanian. She's bloody brilliant.

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Northampton was exactly the same and was like that the day we beat them on our way to the 4th division title under Mullen (Marriot's final game) The cricket field was on one side. They've since moved of course.

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The problem is that the "pundits" tend to give mixed messages imo. In one breath they'll say a chap should be told he's in for a series and will be given X number of games to find his feet and prove himself (or not), but then on the other hand they say such a body clearly isn't up to it or his techn...

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Amazing night!! I'm not even a betting chap, but weirdly I ALMOST put a random bet on us on our way to the ground. If I had we'd definitely have lost!!

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Titty!!!

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Strange dismissal of Smith. Did he REALLY pass the "concussion test"?

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Positives: We were very close to an expensively assembled, nailed on top 6 side away from home.
Negatives: Crossing, 2 soft goals, lack of calmness when good opportunities were opening up.

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That's just it. He scored a great goal last week and that's the level of opposition against whom he should be judged. I take your point re the level of opposition, but tbh anyone watching today's game must be disappointed we didn't get something in the end because despite their attacking pace and f...

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SussexDon1inIreland wrote:I thought Cork was great today especially in the first half

I disagree. He does LOADS of tidying up which isn't pretty, but needs doing, granted, but when we have decent situations going forward he is painfully slow in thought and deed and other teams know this.

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You might catch a few with that one. I AM being serious. I really, really like him and there was a time when his backtracking and his defensive side was matched by his ability to create and to take people on and to get dangerous balls across. Today he offered nothing creative and was actually caugh...

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Very much a nearly performance and we battled really, really well against an Arsenal side which has cost shed loads, but hasn't yet properly gelled. HOWEVER, everything which has been written about our midfield and Cork in particular on here over the summer was there for all to see today. The midfie...

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He bought it for £1 so if he ends up with £2 he's doubled his money and anything else above that is real bonus territory. He can't lose tbh.

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Gerry Hattrick wrote:Lucas Sports Ground at Reedley.

Was there a "covenant" on that? And if so, did someone go to some lengths to nullify it?

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Mitrovic was utterly embarrassing with his antics in the corner and I hope he's made to watch the close up replays over and over, just to see him cringe!!

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If Bury FC as we know it becomes no longer existent, and Dale can prove there's no call for a sports stadia, can he apply to the courts to have the covenant over the ground removed? You can see where I'm going with this. I wondered very much the same thing tbh. If the football has long gone and the...

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My impression was that Sharp had bags of talent and genuine flair and for a while he was the darling of Old Trafford (well one of them), but he may not have always been the easiest to manage and his attitude/ego may have been his downfall, especially when you realise he was up against Alex Ferguson ...

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TheFamilyCat wrote:Imagine having to wait to read a newspaper to find out news.

I have to say I actually smiled to myself as I wrote that!

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I think it's pretty clear that the guy in question was Phillips from Leeds and although he appears to be an excellent prospect and something of rising star, even £20 million is an absolute shed load in our position for someone with PL "potential" and imo it was quite right to draw the line where we ...

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I've enjoyed cornflakes all my life and I can tell you now Dr Kellog definitely knew his stuff!! Maybe I should give them up and I might start to enjoy life more!!

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I had a summer job in a factory as I was a student at the time. I remember getting up early and going into work. I got a brew and picked up the paper and saw the front page. I remember it clear as day.

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Dale clearly couldn't give a toss what the wider world think of him or how he is perceived and he knows that in terms of being newsworthy he'll disappear back under the radar soon enough. Ultimately he saw Bury as he sees all his other business ventures, not as a football club, but as an ailing busi...

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Apparently they once used Northern Rail for an away game at Leeds. They only did it once mind....!

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Gary Higson (prat and more "Alan Partridge" than..........Alan Partridge!) BTW can't agree with Wiley re post match traffic queues as it means a very healthy crowd which means a far better atmosphere, so a necessary and tolerable evil imo. Anyway Wiley, get into the pub, get a few celebratory pints ...

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I definitely agree re Lonergan having been around absolutely forever. Crumbs, he must be due his old age pension. Was he in goal for PNE when we scored a last minute winner to snatch a 3-2 at Deepdale back in about 1998???

(Maybe I'm mistaken)

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dsr wrote:Can we have a sweep on when Defour next plays for the first team? You would only need four tickets:

This year
Next year
Sometime
Never.

You really don't need 4 options.

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"Shielding" the ball out of play when it's actually blatant obstruction in old money! Making religious signs at every opportunity as in stepping onto the grass, leaving the grass, scoring a goal, missing a goal, being subbed etc, etc. I've nothing against religion, but this is sport. Do these people...

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I genuinely don't think Defour has ever been "happy" to be injured, certainly not initially, but I do wonder and have done for quite some time now, if his time out and lengthy lay offs have affected him mentally and he just doesn't have the appetite for it or the mental strength to get back at it an...

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No Ney Never wrote:He should be placed on the list of gambles that didn't pay off.

True, but the extension to his contract wasn't a gamble, it was plain daft.

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The guidelines on fines either desperately need updating fast as they're way behind the cash clubs in the PL are raking in OR, far better, the transfer ban is leveled and actually enforced as that's what will hit big clubs hardest.

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I think we should fill our bench entirely with defenders, start as we mean to go on and and nail our colours firmly to the mast!

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SalisburyClaret wrote:Not sure DD will be in the starting line up unless we go for 5 in the middle

Spot on imo. It means we can swap and change our formation much more easily and (in theory) with greater success against certain teams and especially away from home and I definitely think we will.

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