The only interest in Sydney will be to see if you lot are as crap at dead rubbers as we used to be...
And whether punter is still captain, or even still playing...
The Ashes!
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The fat lady has screamed her lungs out...
The only interest in Sydney will be to see if you lot are as crap at dead rubbers as we used to be...
And whether punter is still captain, or even still playing...
The only interest in Sydney will be to see if you lot are as crap at dead rubbers as we used to be...
And whether punter is still captain, or even still playing...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
And my gin!
And my gin!
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Jim.“I wish no harm to any human being, but I, as one man, am going to exercise my freedom of speech. No human being on the face of the earth, no government is going to take from me my right to speak, my right to protest against wrong, my right to do everything that is for the benefit of mankind. I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot.”
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Superb, ruthless victory. Got to push on and win the series now.
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I think they just have. I look at it this way: Even a blind chook will find a corn. Normality will resume soon enough.Clinton Huxley wrote:Superb, ruthless victory. Got to push on and win the series now.
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Perhaps...perhaps not.Seraph wrote:I think they just have. I look at it this way: Even a blind chook will find a corn. Normality will resume soon enough.Clinton Huxley wrote:Superb, ruthless victory. Got to push on and win the series now.
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By normality he means the British striding all over the globe giving all the natives a good thrashingClinton Huxley wrote:Perhaps...perhaps not.Seraph wrote:I think they just have. I look at it this way: Even a blind chook will find a corn. Normality will resume soon enough.Clinton Huxley wrote:Superb, ruthless victory. Got to push on and win the series now.
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Before crumbling as a result of their own incompetence.
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Well done chaps.
England got lucky. We got lucky in that we had a glut of talent to pick from and an exceptional selection and training regime in place (exceptional for England at any rate.) There was belief and passion in that squad. Even the set-back of Perth didn't phase them as this latest result shows. They wrote it off as a blip and made sure to try harder in the next match.
Australia came across as ill-prepared and lacking in young talent to replace the aging old guard. Hussey was a star but he couldn't bolster them alone. Ponting was out of form, out of sorts and completely out of confidence - not what you need from a captain.
I have no doubt that the pendulum will swing back towards the Aussies at some point. I have a feeling that it could be quite a few ashes series before that happens though.
England got lucky. We got lucky in that we had a glut of talent to pick from and an exceptional selection and training regime in place (exceptional for England at any rate.) There was belief and passion in that squad. Even the set-back of Perth didn't phase them as this latest result shows. They wrote it off as a blip and made sure to try harder in the next match.
Australia came across as ill-prepared and lacking in young talent to replace the aging old guard. Hussey was a star but he couldn't bolster them alone. Ponting was out of form, out of sorts and completely out of confidence - not what you need from a captain.
I have no doubt that the pendulum will swing back towards the Aussies at some point. I have a feeling that it could be quite a few ashes series before that happens though.
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I have a love hate relationship with the Australians, I love to hate them. The old ones are the best. 
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Trolldor wrote:Before crumbling as a result of their own incompetence.
When has that ever happened?
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The British Colonial Empire was not dissolved voluntarily. Britain lost it despite its best efforts to hang on to it. Look at India, for example.Elessarina wrote:When has that ever happened?Trolldor wrote:Before crumbling as a result of their own incompetence.
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That's one game I'm glad we lost.Seraph wrote:The British Colonial Empire was not dissolved voluntarily. Britain lost it despite its best efforts to hang on to it. Look at India, for example.Elessarina wrote:When has that ever happened?Trolldor wrote:Before crumbling as a result of their own incompetence.
“I wish no harm to any human being, but I, as one man, am going to exercise my freedom of speech. No human being on the face of the earth, no government is going to take from me my right to speak, my right to protest against wrong, my right to do everything that is for the benefit of mankind. I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot.”
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They don't like it up 'em!
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Hussey for captain?
Clarke pisses me off.
Clarke pisses me off.
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So. England have retained the ashes but would dearly love to win the series. Can they finish the job?
Bearing in mind that they only need a draw for a series win and the weather looks a bit iffy and the Aussies are hardly setting the pitch alight with their performance this far (120/3 in 53 overs is not a convincing winning pace) I think this match has draw written all over it.
Bearing in mind that they only need a draw for a series win and the weather looks a bit iffy and the Aussies are hardly setting the pitch alight with their performance this far (120/3 in 53 overs is not a convincing winning pace) I think this match has draw written all over it.
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