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I see that we're supposed to have 2x 2 day friendlies against Sussex this week. Any play so far? Edit: Right, found it on the Sussex site. Hants made 127/6 from the agreed 45 overs and Sussex were 200 odd for 4 despite being 9 for 3 at one point.

So they oscillate between celebratory river-boat rides and protest marches.

Can't remember if we've ever done well but we've certainly often been just rank awful.

Nah, don't fancy bragging about my holidays..

Perhaps he'll be able to show that some of his unfortunate dismissals in Australia were due to ball tampering. That delivery he got in the Perth Test was out of this world.

Well no, because there's obviously a reason behind him being in retirement. If he could still cut it somewhere or other he'd still be playing.

2 friendlies already cancelled then. Strange start to the season.

Which is probably why Stoke hired Lambert and West Brom Pardew. Neither of whom have made any tangible difference.

Nope, just an also ran at Monaco when that other serial failure in the PL wasn't fit. Wigan would probably be far above the standard of Dijon or Troyes though.

Obviously, because it's something that can't be guaranteed right now. We still have every chance of survival though and that would still be the case with any manager because we have players that are clearly good enough. Might even get a bonus of at least a Wembley semi as well, not a bad job for any manager really.

Ah but f you look at his scoring history with the ASM you'll notice that a lot of his goals came in big, big wins against **** poor sides like, Troyes, Metz, Guingamp etc. As the PSG DM Rabiot said a while back, it's really not that hard to score 8 against Dijon. A lot of French L1 sides would struggle in our League 1, they've no money and very little talent. That's why the French Cup semis have 2 semi pro sides in them this year. They're playing each other so the final will be no doubt PSG reserves against some awful non-league side.

Anyhow the result will be about the same in all cases. The PL's voracious manager mill has run out of fodder. That's why outcast failures like Lambert and Pardew can still get jobs.

That's the way I'd see it. There are no obvious candidates for instant success. We still have every chance of not being in the bottom 3 at the end of the season and it's probably best just to do nothing right now. WBA are already gone, Stoke will join them and that just leaves one place.

It's the red shorts, we look like a girls team with them.

Were there always so many shots shovelfooted over the bar?

Certainly sounds like excellent news.

Is Roussouw back for Hants this year?. He bats at 3 as a rule, Vince at 4 and Northeast at 5 I suppose.

Bog standard internet forum then !!

Get over yourself.

Oh really !! Presume you mean Svitolina

On the bowling side what's the situation with Topley nowadays ?

Are there any premier league games this week-end ! Thought there weren't.

I think he spent a lot of time on the injured list at the Arse. Seems to be a bit of a trend with them.

But he was past 30 when he went there so he was right at the ass end of his career anyway. Went to Millwall afterwards I think. Channon is the classic example, always known for his Saints days and the other clubs just don't matter. Graham Baker might be the same.

Spot on on both counts. Yet we've paid a small fortune for offensive players these last 2 seasons. Thing is top clubs want everybody who's even half of half decent. So the rest get the dregs for inflated prices. Gabbiadini was never worth the price we paid for him and Carrillo won't be either. Boufal, well he's Boufal, hit and miss and completed unpredictable to which it will be at any given moment. I'll not mention Redmond here eh......