Ashes 2025/6
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@game_film said in Ashes 2025/6:
This ain’t even close. Stay humble or get humbled
Second string bowling attack.
New opening pair effectively.
Cummins and Hazlewood are apparently fit and ready. Lyon probably comes back in.
Good luck England
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@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:
@game_film said in Ashes 2025/6:
This ain’t even close. Stay humble or get humbled
Second string bowling attack.
New opening pair effectively.
Cummins and Hazlewood are apparently fit and ready. Lyon probably comes back in.
Good luck England
Bloody rough on Neser if they drop him. Surely they won't make THREE bowling changes ?
If anything its the other team who need to get new guys in.
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@sparky Fuck. Me. Dead.
England, you need to fire your coach immediately. And probably replace any selectors while you're at it.
I was listening to Agnew on the radio today and he went through the fact the are no players challenging the established lineup and nobody in the wider squad designed to, besides a couple of spare bowlers.
I reckon if you got Nasser, Broad, and Vaughan off commentary future they're be as effective with a week's prep.
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@Smudge Trying to block you because your posts are uniformly boring and smug.
I can't remember finding any posts of yours funny, informative or thought-provoking. Just arrogant, sarcastic bollocks.
It turns out you are a Global Moderator so I can't.
Sparky out (for a bit) then. A shame because there are lots of other fantastic posters here. Just not you.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@Smudge Trying to block you because your posts are uniformly boring and smug.
I can't remember finding any posts of yours funny, informative or thought-provoking. Just arrogant, sarcastic bollocks.
It turns out you are a Global Moderator so I can't.
Sparky out (for a bit) then. A shame because there are lots of other fantastic posters here. Just not you.
Just not you....
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Sparky, speaking of uniformly, you uniformly spam threads with live scoring updates which render threads like this utterly unreadable and boring. Cricinto has been around for 30 fucking years and does a much better job than you of live scoring.
Comment on the game and offer up your opinion. Certainly more latitude for your score updates in threads for rugby, IMO, but stop stating the bleeding obvious such as with the original post in question.
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I can't really think of a sporting equivalent of England in the (away) Ashes. Every four years arriving with a mixture of confidence, hopefulness and at times arrogance and just getting the piss beaten out of them every time.
The Wallabies haven't won in NZ for a very long time but it doesn't provoke anguish like this. We know our place, we expect failure. It can be disappointing but it's never devastating.
But watching the Poms roll in here, tails up, only to see them go straight onto the canvas... and then the avalanche of opinions, think-pieces, fan vitriol... there's just nothing like it.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2025/6:
I can't really think of a sporting equivalent of England in the (away) Ashes. Every four years arriving with a mixture of confidence, hopefulness and at times arrogance and just getting the piss beaten out of them every time.
The Wallabies haven't won in NZ for a very long time but it doesn't provoke anguish like this. We know our place, we expect failure. It can be disappointing but it's never devastating.
But watching the Poms roll in here, tails up, only to see them go straight onto the canvas... and then the avalanche of opinions, think-pieces, fan vitriol... there's just nothing like it.
Well they came into the series ( which is still alive, just ) with the number one and two ranked test batsmen in the world. The Bazball mentality which has worked for them at times and based on that is something they refuse to change. Confident captain who can be a game changer, a few quicks with talent.......Australia have had a few injuries and untried newbies. Plus many of their stars are getting on in years.
The English press certainly do them no favours though.
....and my boy Beefy is right to mouth off about them. They should be doing far better.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2025/6:
I can't really think of a sporting equivalent of England in the (away) Ashes. Every four years arriving with a mixture of confidence, hopefulness and at times arrogance and just getting the piss beaten out of them every time.
The Wallabies haven't won in NZ for a very long time but it doesn't provoke anguish like this. We know our place, we expect failure. It can be disappointing but it's never devastating.
But watching the Poms roll in here, tails up, only to see them go straight onto the canvas... and then the avalanche of opinions, think-pieces, fan vitriol... there's just nothing like it.
The 1st test in Perth is going to haunt them for a long time. A lead of 100 runs 9 wickets in hand only to throw it all away because they aren't winning if they dont score at 7 runs an over..
How broken did Stokes look as he walked off after getting out lastnightit will only get worse from now on too, Cummins will be back, Lyons too
Head is likely established as the opener.Also its night and day with the fielding and keeping between the sides.
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@Virgil said in Ashes 2025/6:
@barbarian said in Ashes 2025/6:
I can't really think of a sporting equivalent of England in the (away) Ashes. Every four years arriving with a mixture of confidence, hopefulness and at times arrogance and just getting the piss beaten out of them every time.
The Wallabies haven't won in NZ for a very long time but it doesn't provoke anguish like this. We know our place, we expect failure. It can be disappointing but it's never devastating.
But watching the Poms roll in here, tails up, only to see them go straight onto the canvas... and then the avalanche of opinions, think-pieces, fan vitriol... there's just nothing like it.
The 1st test in Perth is going to haunt them for a long time. A lead of 100 runs 9 wickets in hand only to throw it all away because they aren't winning if they dont score at 7 runs an over..
How broken did Stokes look as he walked off after getting out lastnightit will only get worse from now on too, Cummins will be back, Lyons too
Head is likely established as the opener.Also its night and day with the fielding and keeping between the sides.
It's gotta be embarrassing when a West Indian across the ditch who hadn't previously scored a test 50 knuckles down and shows them how to get shit done. The mentality of these guys to flay at everything is mind blowing. Yes, when it's "on" I'm a huge fan of guys scoring quickly but there is a time and place.
McCullum is a shit coach. I'm glad he's not coaching NZ.
