Alex

Tbh the centre forward situation is ridiculous, has been for quite a while now and is the biggest single issue this season imo.

An arrogant, out of touch, rapidly decaying lettuce of a thread starter. And Gloom isn’t much better

That ship has sailed I think, with his role in the ODI set-up and the money he can make from franchise cricket. Not that I disagree with idea. Tbh, I’d have had him as the test wicketkeeper and not have pandered to Bairstow (who should’ve been a specialist batsman or not in the side imo)

Eh? You either bench him or start him. If you start him you finish him on the bench (probably) then if you bench him you don’t start him. Yes, I am bored

Have RTG confirmed that Wearside Jack was, in fact, a Durham mag yet?

In my case that and I’ll croon ya (crown you) which in practice was an unexpected slap to the top of the head using the left hand due to the added effect of her wedding ring.

I’m similar with the de facto in laws / brother in law. The latter was sending my lass covid conspiracy shit when she was working in both the RVI on an actual covid ward, then later when she was working back on her normal ward during lockdown. He’s similarly pig ignorant about most things yet an expert on stuff like the effects of the vaccine to Brexit. All ‘big truths’ learnt via social media. My parents less so. Although my mam is more susceptible to that stuff than my dad. In the latter case he’s never been into Facebook (never even had an account) and his being exposed to fake news amounts to his sitting watching Sky Sports News when he’s bored. Which leads me to another thing. It’s always the kids who get tarred with brush but that older generation, 70+ are addicted to all that troll-farm driven bollocks on social media.

Really sorry to hear about your mate. Also, what sort of reaction is that? Even if that’s what the colleague was thinking. You’ve just had an awful fucking gut wrenching shock ffs.

I’ve a vague memory that there was a story in a tabloids at the time about Hodges’ Hell up here or something like that. During which time his ‘weight ballooned’ to 14 stone or something like that McFaul signed him iirc? That’s all I can remember about his short spell here

I was being facetious but the people you’re talking about have been lost because social media and the internet in general is a ‘wild west’. And one where they’re sold lies because it’s in the interests of foreign powers who want to see the end of democracy as we know it. I see the likes of Andrew Tate as a result of that rather than its driver. It’s obviously not quite as simple as certain parties driving everything. But I really don’t know how you provide a ‘truthful’ alternative from a left wing perspective to people who despise women because they’re abhorrent to women

Not really sure I know what a left wing version of a people trafficking, tiny cocked misogynistic cunt who’s a hero of the thick as fuck misinformed should be like.

When exactly were the days when being an ex-MP was desired? Obviously there’s jobs for the boys for the old school tie lot like Gove and Osbourne. Getting editor roles where they’re just a name with others going their work. That cunt is getting exactly what he deserves as he’d have sneered at anyone in the same boat a few months ago.

All perfectly normal I’m not sure where they’re getting any of this from but I’m only really aware of the women’s match against them because of the fewm / insanity afterwards from their lot on RTG. Why are they even bothered?

I would definitely only have the coin toss for the first match in a series. Then you should alternate afterwards for which captain has the option to bat or bowl

Nah, I think the industrial dryers are already en route

Speaking of which, I googled ‘Fabricant’ just to remind myself of his majority. The Wikipedia page has been amended now but it looks like some wag had been having a bit of a laugh at his expense

I don’t know why but they’ve a long tradition of the absolute fucking mentalists having the safest seats. But they managed to keep them tucked away in the past, but they’ve got so few MPs they can’t do that any more. Particularly with them being the official opposition and pretty much needing to shadow all the ministerial posts in government. They can (and do) use members of the HoL. But that’s limiting in itself. Even though it’s stuffed with Tories.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/lucy-connolly-sentence-tory-councillor-husband-twitter-post-b2630930.html She sounds like she’d been posting racist shit for a while. She sounds lovely in general tbh

Iirc, she pleaded not guilty and didn’t appear to think she’d done much wrong.

You might want to read that one back

He averages about 32/33 in first class cricket. He’s arguably over performing as his average is the same in tests. But they want two openers to come in and smash it around. I’ve never really agreed with it but when it comes off it’s spectacular. Dan Lawrence has a significantly poorer test record and he seems to be the closest to fitting the bill as an alternative

Pitch is a bit of a pisstake mind. Recycled from the previous match which is pretty unprecedented. Then heavily watered and then dried out with industrial dryers. I know-same for both teams. I think they’ll be about 100 runs short. As you could see wickets falling in a heap

Even if you thought that you wouldn’t say it ffs

Not quite sure what the solution is but a lot of football seems to be ripe for unscrupulous types to exploit. Especially lower down the pyramid and grassroots football. Whether that money laundering, fraudulent appropriation of FA grants, syphoning off of monthly subs etc. Are Spartans in serious bother here?

Well IF the rumours have any truth the club were open to doing that but Liverpool didn’t bite. Apart from the 20/20 hindsight a lot of these self appointed pundits seem to think these things can just be made to happen