Craigyboy9

Outstanding spectacle and a great advert for Test Cricket! Well Done Ben Stokes!

Didn’t see any of it yesterday, just watched this highlights this morning. England finally looking like they battling and thinking. Want to see the Aussies win the series, but would love England to go on and win this test. It’s going to be a tough ask for them though.

Even more so when they put a jumper over it! 🤣

Benefit of hindsight, you can forgive the openers going out thinking ‘we can smash this early and get in front’ but it was pretty clear that philosophy was fucked after about 5 overs. This is where I’d blame Root for not changing the approach. Although they were saying on the Ashes debate show that these batsman apart from Root don’t know how to bat in a test match, they just want to come out and smash it all over the place.

Think it’s clear there was absolutely no patience shown, they swung at everything. It would’ve only taken one of the top 4 to just steady the ship, go with the intention of just staying at the crease and not even think about scoring.

I enjoyed the World Cup, but for me it’s always been test cricket. I was living in Sydney in 2004 and the Aussie boys I was working with asked me to go to the SCG for the new year test against India. I wasn’t that interested to be honest, but I had an amazing time, few sore heads as well! Think it was Steve Waugh’s last test as well.

Australia looking to be in a very strong position now. Got to take your hat off to Labuschagne coming in with big shoes to fill. He’s not the run machine that SS has been, but what an effort, to stay at the crease for nearly 4 hours against that England attack. Interesting that on Friday everyone was saying the batsmen were going to be under the cosh, due to the conditions and then yesterday the Aussie bowlers produced a couple of sessions like that in the sun.

This could be over before lunch tomorrow 🤣

Just read his book, I might be wrong but I think the actual selection process puts the guys from the navy, army and the RAF regiment all together. Good read mate.

This!

Put Hendrys head on O’Sullivans talent and you’d have an unbeatable player.

Only reason we needed a break was cause they squeezed all those games into December and the two stupid international breaks. IMO the winter break is a cunt of a thing, it’ll be the same come the end of April as well.

Apparently they say this in another language a lot! Bet it wasn’t this day they thought that was coming! 🤣🤣🤣

Brilliant! That made the hairs stand up!

Hit one shite corner and AH took the rest, what a difference that made in my opinion. We were dangerous at all the set pieces. Tav was great today, loads of energy. Just keep him away from the corners and free kicks.

Except when they were supposed to be quiet!

Well Done! Now get the fucking job done!

So you agree then? 😜

Tired or not, a single quality delivery that we know he’s capable of isn’t too much to ask.

I agree, but the quality of his deliveries from dead balls is fucking atrocious. Tiredness doesn’t come into that for me. So wasteful!

Without a doubt! You see the difference that makes more in match play rather than sets.

Cumbernauld bears on tour at the darts! ?

Was watching that ‘No Offence’ on All4 last week and it’s about paedo nonce cunts. A Scots one gets lifted and he’s getting interviewed by the copper and she says to him. “Strange place for a Rangers tattoo!” The irony!

If you know anyone connected to a rugby club, they might still be able to pick some up for you, otherwise it’ll be the robbing bastards at viagogo. Sometimes you get another public release before Xmas.

Picture the scene....... Rangers v Scum 29/12/18, 0-0 89th minute and Halliday rifles one from 25 yards into the top corner past a helpless Craig Gordon. Ibrox erupts! Get your mhanky fenian paedo arses back along to the tattiedome. There’s yer dinner! I would fucking love that!