Author Topic: Cricket thread  (Read 114640 times)

Offline Damo

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4494
  • Member of famed “Gang Of Four”. Ground the airbus!
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #900 on: July 23, 2023, 04:05:11 PM »
I realise you said that WP
In a post directly after potting Cummins

And I counted seven times you’ve potted Cummins since and zero mention of Ronald

And apart from that mention from you , I can’t see much else where Ronald cops it .. I think he’s getting off very lightly in the public and media compared to Cummins, who is copping an absolute caning

I’m not pro Cummins as captain btw , I think Smith should be captain without doubt ..

Fair call Damo, don't agree with the Smith as Captain but that's a topic for another day  ;D

TBH the Coach should be sacked. He's proven this series and in India that he's not up to it but the players especially Cummins love him so he will stay

But end of the day Cummins is the one out there on the field directing what goes on and currently he is showing that he has no idea of doing anything outside what is concocted in the dressing room. He needs to be able to make calls on his own. Currently he seems to advice from every player when things go pear shaped. Until he is prepared to do that I reckon he will keep getting whacked

He will get whacked no matter how he goes about it now

The guy is a soft target

Being a very strange unit probably doesn’t help his cause  :lol :lol :lol

Reckon he will be the last fast bowling captain we have

 :yep

though credit where credit is due im struggling to see what more you can do other than win a series?

Agree Frankie

Imagine if we were 2-0 down

You would think we’ve been destroyed the entire series

Offline WilliamPowell

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 40306
  • Better to ignore a fool than encourage one
    • One Eyed Richmond
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #901 on: July 23, 2023, 04:27:49 PM »
Forget about winning the series at the moment

Right now let's just retain the Ashes first and then I'll pass out the credits  :rollin
"Oh yes I am a dreamer, I still see us flying high!"

from the song "Don't Walk Away" by Pat Benatar 1988 (Wide Awake In Dreamland)

Offline Andyy

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 9972
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #902 on: July 23, 2023, 08:13:07 PM »
Raining in Manchester and forecast rain all day lmao.

Might ease off for about 1 session so it's vital these guys block the day out like Faff in Adelaide.

Offline Damo

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4494
  • Member of famed “Gang Of Four”. Ground the airbus!

Offline Diocletian

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 19427
  • RWNJ / Leftist Snowflake - depends who you ask....
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #904 on: July 24, 2023, 01:06:05 AM »


 :tvhappy :shh
"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good...."

- Thomas Sowell


FJ is the only one that makes sense.

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 98225
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #905 on: July 24, 2023, 02:55:20 AM »
The Test has been abandoned. Old Trafford looks more like a pool.

Aussies retain the Ashes  :thumbsup.

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 98225
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #906 on: July 24, 2023, 04:22:29 AM »
The sooking from Poms like Piers Morgan and co. make it all worthwhile  :rollin.


Offline Tiger Khosh

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4461
  • For We're From Tigerland
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #907 on: July 24, 2023, 04:38:37 AM »
We did it guys lol  :cheers

Offline WilliamPowell

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 40306
  • Better to ignore a fool than encourage one
    • One Eyed Richmond
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #908 on: July 24, 2023, 07:17:51 AM »
Well done on retaining the Ashes  :clapping

Thank you for the rain, without it we were most likely cooked this Test match

Kudos to Marnus and Mitch !arsh who saved the game for us on Saturday

And Kudos to Cummins for being gracious in his pressers on retaining. No gloating, admitting it feels weird etc.

Must say I am enjoying the Pommies melting down on social media
"Oh yes I am a dreamer, I still see us flying high!"

from the song "Don't Walk Away" by Pat Benatar 1988 (Wide Awake In Dreamland)

Offline Andyy

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 9972
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #909 on: July 24, 2023, 08:34:56 AM »
Well it's their fault for losing the first two tests.

Rain is common in whingeland.

Shouldn't have declared so early in T1 etc.

Offline 1965

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 5646
  • Don't water the rocks
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #910 on: July 24, 2023, 09:14:55 AM »



Almost worth losing the next test just to give the poms something to whinge about.
Yeah we're already going to vote for him mate, you don't need to keep selling it.....

Offline Andyy

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 9972
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #911 on: July 24, 2023, 09:28:03 AM »



Almost worth losing the next test just to give the poms something to whinge about.

 :lol

Offline Francois Jackson

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 14048
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #912 on: July 24, 2023, 12:25:04 PM »
Yeah not sure how i feel. Retaining the ashes by rain default vrs witnessing the best series possibly ever, i think il take the latter.

I feel we were robbed of seeing how the best series ever unfolded.

every test in this series was sensational in its own way



Currently a member of the Roupies, and employed by the great man Roup.

Offline Diocletian

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 19427
  • RWNJ / Leftist Snowflake - depends who you ask....
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #913 on: July 24, 2023, 12:55:26 PM »
Yeah nah I'll take this every day of the week and twice on Sundays:



 :snidegrin :shh



Edit: resized image

« Last Edit: July 24, 2023, 01:22:53 PM by one-eyed »
"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good...."

- Thomas Sowell


FJ is the only one that makes sense.

Offline Francois Jackson

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 14048
Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #914 on: July 24, 2023, 01:24:57 PM »
 :lol. cant argue with that angle either.

how hopeless has anderson been. I think bairstow has had a better series before Old trafford, and thats saying something

Currently a member of the Roupies, and employed by the great man Roup.