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TheGayTent

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  1. Rather than link to yet another tweet adding zero other than a three letter acronym, why don’t you tell us what you as City CEO would have done under the same circumstances?
  2. I thought Overton was pretty good in this test. I liked his consistency, he wasn’t erratic like Curran can be. Not suggesting he’s the next coming of Christ, not even suggesting he should play on Thursday, but as someone who has seen little of him, I was impressed.
  3. Its silly season isn’t it - everyone being linked with everyone, agents trying to drum up business for themselves
  4. 10 good games spread across 16 games I’d be fine with. It was the fact it was the last 6 straight where he wasn’t putting the effort in that was the concern.
  5. You still have an allocated position if it’s “safe standing” I can’t see them having unreserved standing like their is in some German stadia but it’s better than the current position (albeit I’ve never sat in my West Ham seat for the last 30 years at either place)
  6. If it was the Lingard that played the first 10 games then snap your hand off. If it was the Lingard that played the last 6 games then not a chance. We have bigger concerns in other areas but overall yes I’d take him. Suspect there’s other suitors mind that are more attractive to him. Just don’t see him getting much game time for Man Utd so assume he’ll be off.
  7. Agreed Will he be there much longer?
  8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58357046 Hallelujah
  9. Trying to spend more money they haven’t got
  10. 7 of the first 11 are very good. 4 not so much, and the squad is absolute shite. Moyes’ two biggest achievements are refusing to bolster the squad with more shite and hiding the weaknesses of the first XI. Injuries and opposition managers more astute than Rodgers will see us moving down the table.
  11. That Lille v Marseille game went well
  12. No they didn’t. One of the biggest myths in football
  13. He is far better than Kane though.
  14. Excellent game at end to end game at SJP. Very happy with 4 goals away from home and 4 different goal scorers too. Pity it was marred by VAR as usual. Desperately reinforcements though.
  15. I’d have kept Curran as he offers something different with his left arm and will give Moeen something to bowl into. That said, both Curran and Wood have been totally ineffective thus far - so either way, results not great.
  16. Disagree. Horses for courses. It’s a deck that McGrath, Gus Fraser, Woakes, Philander, etc have always done well on. Line and length, bit of movement off the seam, use the slope, hopefully get some help from overheads with swing. It’s never been a deck for express pace bowlers like Wood 100% agree
  17. I haven’t watched a ball and don’t intend to despite it being I’m sure an entertaining game - it is cricket after all. I just can’t and won’t support something that is the start of the beginning of the end for county cricket as we know it.
  18. Am not surprised Lawrence has gone - he was competing with all rounders and specialist batsmen. Gone even though Pope isn’t fit enough for 5 days. There was quite a long discussion about that very issue on the switch hit podcast.
  19. Sounds like Hameed in for Crawley
  20. Wow…where to start?! If you can’t see that scoring a hundred when you’re team are constantly 20-2 and not 0-0…and the difference between knowing if you fail there’s Strauss, Trott, KP, Bell, Collingwood following who all average 40+ behind you, versus a couple of swingers who may get 20 then you don’t understand pressure. Cook play 4?! Haha now I know you’re on a wind up! Not being as good as 3 of the world’s best evers, does not have any effect on whether he’s England’s best ever. Both do get plenty of kudos. However Root’s already got 5 more hundreds than Thorpe ever did despite only playing 6 more tests, has the best part of 2000 extra runs and averages more despite being the captain Thorpe never was. Similarly Stewart was pure class but didn’t even average 40 - he’s been passed by Root in terms of runs scored despite playing in 30 less matches. Seriously, if you’re going to troll at least throw in a Hammond, Hutton, Barrington or Hobbs!
  21. Cook deserves all the accolades that came his way. Whilst him and Root are very different players in terms of style and technique, and not least batting position, Root is by far and away the better player. Cook had the luxury of playing in better teams than Root, Root’s average is better both overall and as captain. Barring fitness issues Root will overtake Cook’s runs record and his hundreds scored. Also a very big factor. Root plays all formats and excels in all formats. 6000 ODI runs averaging 50 and won a World Cup averaging over 60 in the tournament. Something Cook could only dream of. Bizarrely, of the two, I always preferred watching Cook. I even went to Chelmsford just to watch him the season before last solely because I couldn’t bear the idea after that day at oval that I wouldn’t see him bat ever again. I can’t see me doing that with Root (even if he were to go back to county cricket after retiring - which I also don’t see). Root is still the better batsman though.
  22. Unless you’re going back 50 years or more you’re going to struggle to make a case otherwise.
  23. That’s a fair point about Pope and he’s also far from the finished article. My counter point re Lawrence is how many cheap boundaries he gets from playing on a tiny pitch week in week out? Yes, agree to some extent. However Root is just not going anywhere from his position at 4, so the conversation is a pointless one. The only time I see that potentially changing is when Root is no longer the captain. Would a new captain/coach combo have the balls to say to England’s best ever batsman that if Root wants to play he has to play at 3? I remember that well and being excited by both Hameed and Jennings. However, I’m pretty sure I made a comment on this very thread that may have involved the words swallow and summer! Wood is crap at Lords, maybe they’ll go with Mahmood? It’s a real shame Woakes is still a few weeks away from fitness. The issue with Moeen is that India only have 1 left hander in their top and middle order?
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