JJ

Shevchenko about to come on.

I said earlier in the thread it looked similar to what I did last year and it turns out he's done exactly what I did. It'll take a long time to recover from that.

So what are the chances of Monty Panesar playing in this test then?

Ouch ouch ouch. That looked sore as fuck! I did something similar to my knee last year and I'm still not fully recovered from it. Yet another to add to the lengthy injury list!

Huntington already looks better than Carr.

Wasn't expecting that! Sibierski was unlucky there.

He's decent. Better than what we've got to be honest. I worry that his lack of pace would be exploited too easily in the Premiership though. Newcastle fans would love his never say die attitude though.

*Bows head and prays for Jonny* I know your pain, but you can pull through.

He's done fine. The Canadiens were a great team up until about 7 or 8 years before he bought it. They've been decent enough over the last few years. Were in the shit a bit when he bought them. Doesn't have a habit of just dumping coaches willy nilly like some North American teams seem to be fond of. Claude Julien was sacked about a year ago but he'd been in the position for a good few years by that time, which is a positive. Don't want to see a managerial merry go round. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens

Voges hasnt been doing too badly with the bat this season. Can bowl a bit aswell but nothing terribly special. Kinda like Ashley Giles then? Seriously though I've never seen the lad Voges play before and I'm not overly convinced about Symonds, although I watched a few tests from the last Aussie summer and he was decent. Why isn't Jacques getting his chance? I've heard a lot of good things about him.

Aye, it's weird not seeing the Penguins not only bottom of the Atlantic division but also bottom of the Eastern Conference. It's a pretty close Division this year like, even the Flyers aren't that adrift. With Crosby and Malkin the Penguins finally have some quality to build on. Although Mario was making more noises about the Penguins maybe having to leave Pittsburgh for the franchise to survive. That would be shite if they left Pittsburgh. Why is Lemiuex talking about doing that? Philly are doing shite though. Currently watching them trailing 2-0 to the Devils. Not playing too badly to be honest but they've never looked like troubling Brodeur. Here's one for your sig ----> http://www.myp2p.eu/NHL.htm is good for watching NHL online if you ever fancy it.

I wasn't online for the original of this thread. I was actually convinced to read the whole thread though when I got back on. Fucking mental.

Have to say, this surprised me a lot. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6219992.stm So to the Aussies on here, who should play in his place in Perth?

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Probably the best player in the world before the lock-out. But aye, great player in a shit team this season. Like Luque. Is your team not the Penguins Dave? I'm used to seeing Philly easily qualify for the playoffs (before fucking it up admittedly) and seeing Pittsburgh struggle. Looks like it'll be the other way round this season.

Ridiculous.

Seriously, if Giles plays at Perth I'll be furious. You going to it at all wellsy?

Do they ever have thunderstorms in Adelaide?

That is absolutely appaling in the field.

Away from the Ashes Akhtar and Asif have had their bans overturned.

Martyn out. What now? Gilchrist this time?

Ricky Ponting caught. Not likely to make much difference to be fair, but still, it's a wicket.

Gemmill > Giles Me > Giles I bowl left arm finger spin and I bet even I'd be more dangerous than Giles has been!

Because they're bloody stupid.

That edge just sums it all up.