Alex

Aye, he's a really good cricketer and a very easy on the eye in terms of his batting but Root is a decent part-time spinner and Mooen is arguably just a little better than that. He gives it a rip but he's not consistent enough at the minute. Like you say, a spinner needs to (ideally) be able to hold down and end and win a match bowling last when conditions suit. You can't really rely on him to do either at present and you need to be able to one of those things at the very least at that level.

Don't know what's funnier, the head back when he's giving it 6-nowt or the guilty look when he gets rumbled.

Think England could do with the loss to ram home the fact there's still some issues, especially in the bowling department and, in particular, the lack of a proper spinner. Moeen needs to be in the side for his batting ability to warrant a place, as opposed to playing at number 8. Too late to experiment before the Ashes now though.

All the coverage of what?

Ian Smith does a fair bit of commentary on Sky, Channel 5 and the like. Like you say, looks like he like a pie and a pint.

Catches win matches

We've had considerably longer than them to prepare for a new manager so it reflects badly on us whether Derby have just done it in the last 7 days or not.

Good luck with it all, mate.

Hadlee was fantastic like. Absolute artist. A good batsman but what a bowler. He had that wiry build which was perfect for fast bowling without putting too much strain on the body. What an action as well. Remember when he played in the side that beat England over here for the first time (would've been about 1986). It was a good side though, captained by Jeremy Coney and had a young Martin Crowe plus the likes of Ian Smith and John Wright in the team.

It's what Scottish independence would look like

:lol: No shit?

I think it's more like the summer I expected Great stuff though, NZ are my favourite team in terms of entertainment and attitude

Doesn't really differ too much from my take on it. I welcome it, for what it's worth. It was something taken up by the major European players ahead of the summit then. He couldn't have done it without agreement from them. If he was as crucial to it as you suggest, then those countries wouldn't have already been piloting it, would they? More a case of going with what was already agreed in those countries. Your (sic) overestimating his role imo. Did he spearhead it? No, in my view. Was he on board with a pan-European agenda? Yes. I think the US were making similar overtures.

:lol:

Think people will draw their own conclusions to be honest. I very much doubt you even begin to convince yourself that's the case. My take on it was that Cameron made a few speeches a while back on this very subject once it became clear the EU commission were getting involved with this issues (Amazon, Starbucks et al and their tax avoidance techniques). He did this safe in the knowledge that, if action was taken, he could take the credit, whereas if not, he could blame the EU and use it to further his agenda re: EU reform. I don't have an issue with that as such (and I agree with him that the EU does need reforming). I just take issue with your claim he was instrumental in bringing this about.

The second question I asked was a request to give details re: the answer you gave initially which was a bold statement with no specifics. I asked for some details and you gave none. If you're going to make a claim it's perfectly reasonable to be asked to back it up. Anyone reading back can see that's the exact chain of events, Balatty.

It was nowt Just thought I'd quote you so it got moved onto this page too so more people would see it.

Some heartbreaking stories in there. I was in Liverpool the night it happened, which sort of made the memory of what happened all the stranger and almost surreal.

One's balmier than the other as well

Done

Well the architecture is similar, yes. Same applies to all the Cyclades though really. Santorini is canny different to Mykonos apart from that though. Even in terms of appearance. The former is built on the spectacular remains of a ancient volcano. The caldera edge faces west so you get amazing sunsets all along it and all the settlements on the west side of the island look over steep cliffs which isn't the case with Mykonos. You also said they were basically the same (without alluding specifically to the appearance) which is also incorrect given Mykonos is world famous for its party scene whereas Santorini is a much more laid back, couples and families type of place.

I asked you a question based on a claim you made and (as everyone can observe) you told to do my own research, you daft tit

CT often goes 'zany' when his bluff is called. I bet he wears novelty Homer Simpson socks.

He might as well have said I won't sell as long as it provides a revenue stream which also promotes my brand around the world, which is what he probably meant. Still, we've a very exciting close season in prospect

It's bollocks anyway though (the selling thing) as it's completely dependent on a buyer and has sweet fuck all to do with whether we've just won something or not (or qualified for the CL).