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@MN5 said in Kane Williamson retires from international cricket:
Paddles had a supporting cast of some pretty bog standard test players in comparison.
Been listening to an interview with Martin Snedden and he pretty much said that. Reckons Hadlee been a bit misunderstood and was more of a team player and sociable guy than he's given credit for, but that the stress of carrying the team weighed heavy
@Chris-B.
Agree but surprised given the upcoming 12 months will be the busiest test season of his era.
Guttted A less motivated Kane in decline is still a better prospect than most of his potential replacements
@middleman TBF to Shahid you can't do an Abramovic now - as Newcastle have found out. Doesn't matter how wedged up the owner is the club is constrained by profit and sustainability
@bayimports Congratulations on a superb season.
Any chance you could send the Fulham players back home so they at least show up against Newcastle? Seems like they've been on the beach for at least three months now.
It must be fantastic supporting a club whose owners, managers and players are all ambitious for success
TBH I'd be quite happy to see any of West Ham, Forest or Spurs go down.
In each case mainly because the owners are such cocks and reek of entitlement. Their hubris deserves a chastening year in the Championship.
Marinakas the worst of them but Hammers fans really grind my gears the way they think they are a big club when clearly they're not. Fucking Fulham screwed our own European chances - it's the hope that kills you - and gave them a lifeline.
Having rarely visited for the last year or so this thread reminds me of what I've been missing.....
I spent 3 weeks in SL last month. I was surprised that cricket isn't as big as I expected it to be - volleyball is apparently the national sport! Although our driver was mad keen on cricket and knew a few of the country's greats.
He was dismissive of their chances at the WC. Said they had chosen the wrong team because of politics and that even more than usual they reled on 2-3 to construct a win. If they fail the team has no chance
I won a tie break in a quiz in Sydney by knowing the capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou.
One of the few countries anywhere I wouldn't want to visit. Most are in West Africa
as you relish pedantry it's actually Okiato that was, briefly, the capital.
Okiato being Wellington to Russell's Auckland.
@canefan said in EPL 2025/26:
But it's always dangerous when an owner starts thinking he knows more about football than the football people trying to run his club
but, but Marinakis has nothing to do with the running of the club.
Just ask UEFA - and Palace 
@Virgil said in Missing Persons:
Welcome back, with your return the average
ageDoh-ness here just went up several fold but that’s ok
@MajorRage said in EPL 2024/2025:
Did anybody light things up with their charisma, charm or absurd arrogance? I honestly can't think of anyone.
Evangelos Marinakis
I've barely been on here since I retired on 30th April.
As a parting shot I stupidly won us a brand new business opportunity and have hung around as my fingerprints were all over the Tender document. As a result I am busier than ever although the upside is it's interesting and I don't have staff or all the other daily grind and I fo into the office about once a fortnight.
My name is mud at home though as were supposed to be sailing the Med in June and renting a villa in Italy in July...
I did get Kirwan's patreon msg thanks but until now the firewall wouldn't let me visit newly registered domains.
So whose been banned / gone off in a huff in my absence?
@KiwiPie Apparently Wrexham are after Tom Cairney on a free. I think Fulham may offer him a new contract. Also can't see him lasting a Championship season given his injury record
@African-Monkey said in EPL 2024/2025:
Brentford, Brighton and Bournemouth's dreams of qualifying for European football are over.
If Chelsea finish 7th and wing the Conference League then the team that finishes eighth will still make it to Europe. Unlikely but not impossible
@Canes4life I still am
@MN5 Great coaches but not sure i'd define either Rassie or Ted as good blokes. Plenty of guys that do meet those dual criteria though for what its worth. BJ Lochore at the top of the list
In the same period
Bundesliga 7 winners
La Liga 5 Winners
Serie A 5 Winners
Yeah none of those 17 look to be struggling in the way that West Ham, Everton have latelky. Well Spurs and United but they will get their shit together surely.
Having said that when Fulham went down in 2014 the pre season poll of pundits had us at 12th. A change of Manager at any of Palace, Brentford, Bournemouth, Fulham would make fans nervous.
Outside the top 6, Newcastle, Villa and probably West Ham all the other clubs are going to be relegated one day. It's simply a question of staving off that day for as long as possible and enjoying it while you can
Baz didn't win it. Mitch Johnson did for 7-68 and 5-59 v South Africa at Centurion.
Hadlee, Ajaz, Satnav
Other winners were in 2018 and 1949 That should make it easy