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Or as the misses says looking at one of those photos of him, we've signed Victor hmmm wow Meat

Oh and we all know what will happen this morning. Aus will run through the last 4 wickets in no time for no runs at all just as the 'taters are building up about how we need to bat through to lunch and and and... Then we'll all be glued to the box all afternoon biting nails and getting grey hair

Anyone who has ever played cricket at any level has been given out when they clearly were not. Did the Umpire ever apologise? The ICC have confirmed that Erasmus was WRONG to give Trott out because he did not follow protocol. Has he apologised? Did the wrong decision get reversed? Of course not. Fed up with the sanctimonious drivel in the papers today that are so totally one sided and about the good of the sport. Bollix, it has been that way since Cricket was invented and always will be. Just lazy Journalists jumping on a bandwagon. Have your own opinion by all means but don't preach and don't ram it down our throats. Martin Samuel in the fail is the worst, stop comparing Cricketers to Golf/Snooker. If you want Cricket to be the same then stop talking about football where every player looks to gain an advantage in a game even if it's only and extra few feet at a throw in. It's Professional Sport it has always been this way. It is NOT Chris Broad's job to change that, IF he had walked he would be forgotten in 5 seconds and it would not change a damn thing, same as how not walking won't change a damn thing. Broads' job is to stay out there as long as possible, not to change 200+ years of tradition in thousands of matches every day somewhere in the world. In other words fook off Samuels and the rest of you morons. Broad may not have been RIGHT but he did the RIGHT thing by his job, tradition and the needs of the many. Go find another way to change the world of cricket, not destroying him.

Now this was a cool idea. How can TMS get a job on a photo shoot like this? What qualifications do you need to spray paint onto Nips? Any other ideas for our own ads? [video=youtube;WKe02Fq-Yzk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKe02Fq-Yzk&feature=player_embedded

Yes, we all know that, it's the inbreeding. Now tell us something we don't know.

So 25 on the plane poss two more coming in How many allowed in a PL squad (inc the nippers?)

Elite Umpires Business Class flights around the world for them (and their families) Damned good salaries and allowances Training and review programmes That is modern cricket, it's The Ashes, there had already been one howler with Trott and a probably howler with Root. Too right Broad should not have walked, that's why the Umpires get all those perks. Not HIS fault he was given not out and I would NOT expect an Aussie to walk in such circumstances now that Adam Gilchrist has retired. Away from that gritty gutsy work from England today, that was what the pitch dictated and that is what they did. Never thought we'd get a 150 lead let alone 250. Can still be turned around & lost in the blink of an eye and a few overs or a bad umpiring call so tomorrow morning? Keep grinding. Longer they stay out the more the pitch will wear and the more tired & frustrated they become. Already England get to put the heavy roller on again so probably needs to be rolled twice tomorrow. Who knows what that will do At this level, the mental side is as important as ability. Oh and Bell deserves to get to his ton

Sod your Wagamama Fred Tokes, what happened to my excuse to post up all my best holiday snaps in my thread about journeying through the Hill Tribes of Vietnam? Hell I wasn't even using some googled pics they were all my own and passed all the censorship needs down here. I'm so mad still I think the Mods deserve to sit and watch the Vid they made from my coaching session with the European Tour big guns. I'll make golf more exciting!

What a disgraceful mess they all look. They should at least wear suits on their flight, how can we ever compete with Manure if we look like a pile of manure

Mayuka replacement? http://first-thoughts.org/on/Luis+Muriel/

Have they done a full Due Dilligence on the driver?

Love the Cork & Morgan combination to death. But in games against the likes of "smaller teams" we did not perform. IMHO his sheer physical presence will make a key difference next year, it's the games against the likes of WBA, Stoke, Sunderland where we will need this. Our performance & position next year will be about the results in games we have to battle as opposed to those where we know we can play expansive football.

What? Does this mean we don't get to see Lucy Pinder nearly in the new kit? Disaster

A golfing buddy has rthe big scoop on the next signing. I have a PM with all the details It's on FB. I'm at work can't access it but we DO have the scoop

Holy Sh1t we've signed Miguel Angel Jimenez. What a great day for the TMS Golf Society, I always knew the Northam lent itself to crazy golf, always dreamt it would be th Tiger Woods Stand but this IS big news

FFS I go to the shop for 10 minutes and we're two down? Where's the cut & paste function At this rate if the weather holds it will be a 5-0 whitewash To the Aussies

Of course they can. Didn't you get the link to Glasgow's book on rumour management? Create rumour ignite and wait We all know something is going on elsewhere and bingo win win

Of course they can. Didn't you get the link to Glasgow's book on rumour management? Create rumour ignite and wait We all know something is going on elsewhere and bingo win win

ouch

Well, I was willing the nipper to get to 3 figures, it would have put the seal on a great Ashes innings. Fair play to him, it was excellent to watch and now England need to get their heads down, see the shine off the new ball and grind out a score.

Shows up Cook badly as Captain, he has a book he Captains by the book. Was blindingly obvious to everyone not just the Sky taters that the plans were not working so what did he do? Kept going. At least it shows that you CAN bat on the pitch, IF you want it enough. England have to now bat 4 sessions AT LEAST and with the sun the pitch should help in the 4th innings. Really poor performance in that last 90 minutes

I think we need to demand a public enquiry. Tokes has been off this morning posting COMMON SENSE on the main board Wagamamas thread that is NOT about the quality or size of his noodles. This is clearly a worrying trend, either someone has stolen his ID or the stress and excitement of yesterday has left him in need of therapy. What can we do? Would PM's of golf stories make him worse? Can Bearsy afford to DHL him some Meds? We CAN'T afford to lose the Tokes to reality HELP!

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A lot will depend on Chris Broad's shoulder tomorrow. Without him and the sun shining could be a problem, with him and the sun shining we should get to bat later in the day in good conditions and won't make such bad shot selection again. Chasing 150/180 on that pitch in the 4th innings could be REALLY hard work if the match goes to 4 days.