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JuliusHMarx wrote:Tird.
When you say 'head bitten off'...

In sean's case it was probably mistaken for a chip.

JuliusHMarx wrote:Tird.
When you say 'head bitten off'...

Purposely ambiguous as usual. I'll leave the interpretation open... but you're probably on the right track.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:Tird.
When you say 'head bitten off'...

In sean's case it was probably mistaken for a chip.

Tino, I was wondering what your thoughts were on my proposed England cricket team on the cricket thread?

By no means do I particularly like some of my suggestions but sometimes you have to put these personal thoughts aside and just go for the best mix of players and personalities. A few are quite old or inexperienced but there's no doubting their high motivation, experience under pressure... or use of violence when backed into a corner. England needs some more of those rough and ready hardened characters. Real men not ponces.

Also note the subtle racial/cultural mix of players which is totally in line with the makeup of contemporary sporting teams. Think I got the balance just about right. It was intended as a laugh (for myself mainly) but not in a mean way. I'm just thinking outside the square, or circle, in England''s case but the more I look at that almost indestructible and infallible lineup, the more I realise what an invincible monster of a cricket team I have created. I'm quite proud of it.

It's on page 15 down near the bottom. https://www.606v2.com/t70544p700-ashes-2021-22-and-other-cricket-through-the-winter-of-2021-thread

Pal Joey wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:Tird.
When you say 'head bitten off'...

Purposely ambiguous as usual. I'll leave the interpretation open... but you're probably on the right track.

How is it going, Pee Jay? You must be delighted with the win down in Pakistan. I remember when England had a competitive test team.

Prodigious amount of swing your boys were getting on the ball in that last test. What were they using this time? Axle grease? Cummins magic sweat? Or did Little Davie just stroll out there with a power sander tucked in his jock strap?

Pal Joey wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:Tird.
When you say 'head bitten off'...

In sean's case it was probably mistaken for a chip.

Tino, I was wondering what your thoughts were on my proposed England cricket team on the cricket thread?

By no means do I particularly like some of my suggestions but sometimes you have to put these personal thoughts aside and just go for the best mix of players and personalities. A few are quite old or inexperienced but there's no doubting their high motivation, experience under pressure... or use of violence when backed into a corner. England needs some more of those rough and ready hardened characters. Real men not ponces.

Also note the subtle racial/cultural mix of players which is totally in line with the makeup of contemporary sporting teams. Think I got the balance just about right. It was intended as a laugh (for myself mainly) but not in a mean way. I'm just thinking outside the square, or circle, in England''s case but the more I look at that almost indestructible and infallible lineup, the more I realise what an invincible monster of a cricket team I have created. I'm quite proud of it.

It's on page 15 down near the bottom. https://www.606v2.com/t70544p700-ashes-2021-22-and-other-cricket-through-the-winter-of-2021-thread

I did see it, Pee Jay. But too depressed to comment on test cricket at the moment. I particularly liked Ant Middleton at number 3. If it all went wrong, at least he could take a few opening bowlers out with a sleeper hold. That is about the only way we will win a test match these days.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:Tird.
When you say 'head bitten off'...

Purposely ambiguous as usual. I'll leave the interpretation open... but you're probably on the right track.

How is it going, Pee Jay? You must be delighted with the win down in Pakistan. I remember when England had a competitive test team.

Prodigious amount of swing your boys were getting on the ball in that last test. What were they using this time? Axle grease? Cummins magic sweat? Or did Little Davie just stroll out there with a power sander tucked in his jock strap?

I didn't want to mention it on the cricket boards but I was a little worried about the whole tour to Pakistan. Firstly, because they can be (historically) a dangerous side at home and secondly, I was concerned about the security there given the recent bombings and other atrocities that are prevalent in that part of the world. Remember the NZ cricket team? Also, I still recall some Pakistani players being threatened with having their houses burned down if they lost a match (back in the 80s and 90s) so, to be honest, I thought a drawn series would probably be the best for everyone and even the Australians could say "we didn't lose" at least. So I am quietly impressed with their win. They did it with minimal 'banter' to which was good not to hear.

It was so much better without Paine and Langer being there too. I'm beginning to like the team a bit more. I think Khawaja handled it perfectly and his performances were also a 'win' for the local people in a way. Just glad the Test matches are now over. The ODIs now. I wouldn't be surprised if the tables are turned and Pakistan win that. I'd be happy for them if that were the case. Pretty sure we'd see Shah back on here too if that was the outcome. Australia may now lose focus and take their foot off the pedal a bit which could lead to some embarrassing performances.

As for the swing - I just think they have better grips, seam positions and release techniques (for cricket balls not w*nking) that comes with years of experience. The Pakistan quicks are good too but are not as consistently accurate and controlled as Cummins and Starc are in particular. Even Lyon managed to make the ball turn and bounce more than his opponents. Again, I think it just comes down to years of experience plying his trade on different types of surfaces around the world.

Don't forget, Pakistan is 'up there' for us but I perfectly understand and admire your Anglocentric view of the planet, solar system and Milky Way.

By the way, the Budget has just been delivered here during the last hour so the actual Election date (May 14 most likely... but could be 7th or 21st) will be announced in the next day or two. It's also Shane Warne's Memorial Service tomorrow night at 7pm here. (It's hard to write that)

There'll be about 80,000 at the G and maybe 35,000 at the SCG... the weather is horrible here, lovely down south. Not sure what affect the timing of these events will have on the election outcome in May. The gloves are now off... no holds barred action on the political front. Hopefully both parties have saved some dirt on their opposition and we'll now see some some sordid 'bombshells' dropped on particular MPs.

Pal Joey wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:Tird.
When you say 'head bitten off'...

Purposely ambiguous as usual. I'll leave the interpretation open... but you're probably on the right track.

How is it going, Pee Jay? You must be delighted with the win down in Pakistan. I remember when England had a competitive test team.

Prodigious amount of swing your boys were getting on the ball in that last test. What were they using this time? Axle grease? Cummins magic sweat? Or did Little Davie just stroll out there with a power sander tucked in his jock strap?

I didn't want to mention it on the cricket boards but I was a little worried about the whole tour to Pakistan. Firstly, because they can be (historically) a dangerous side at home and secondly, I was concerned about the security there given the recent bombings and other atrocities that are prevalent in that part of the world. Remember the NZ cricket team? Also, I still recall some Pakistani players being threatened with having their houses burned down if they lost a match (back in the 80s and 90s) so, to be honest, I thought a drawn series would probably be the best for everyone and even the Australians could say "we didn't lose" at least. So I am quietly impressed with their win. They did it with minimal 'banter' to which was good not to hear.

It was so much better without Paine and Langer being there too. I'm beginning to like the team a bit more. I think Khawaja handled it perfectly... and his performances were also a 'win' for the local people in a way. Just glad the Test matches are now over. The ODIs now... I wouldn't be surprised if the tables are turned and Pakistan win that. I'd be happy for them if that were the case. Pretty sure we'd see Shah back on here too if that was the outcome. Australia may now lose focus and take their foot off the pedal a bit which could lead to some embarrassing performances.

As for the swing - I just think they have better grips, seam position and release techniques (for cricket balls not playing the flute solo) that comes with years of experience. The Pakistan quicks are good too but not as consistently accurate and controlled as Cummins and Starc in particular. Even Lyon managed to make the ball turn and bounce more than his opponents. Again, I think it just comes down to years of experience plying his trade on different types of surfaces around the world.

Don't forget, Pakistan is 'up there' for us but I perfectly understand and admire your Anglocentric view of the planet, solar system and Milky Way.

I'm really pleased for Khawaja. He always comes across as a very decent man. Pleased he is hitting some new form towards the end of his career.

We only care about winning the Ashes, Pee Jay. Doesn't matter how dreadful we are in between, as long as we win the Ashes. How is that going? Oh yeah...

And by "we", I mean the f*cking clueless spam heads that have been "running" things at the ECB recently. Not us fans who actually like to win a series or 2 in between playing your mob.

I remember when Flower and Strauss had a plan, a vision and (to be fair, we don't now but that is part of the spam head ECB policy on red ball cricket in this country) a bunch of players who wanted to win each series rather just lurch from Ashes to Ashes (dust to dust for English test cricket). How did that turn out? Number 1 in the world (for a short period, anyway).

I don't know what the answer is, I just know it will take years for the type of players we need to come through the circuit now. We've had Root who has bucked the trend recently. So one player in the last decade. Not a great return. In the meantime, they need to fiddle along till the system starts to produce better red ball players. Root needs to go, sadly for him. Just bat at and forget the rest. I would actually advocate bringing someone like Vince back as skipper in the short term. He can't be worse than Lawrence or Lees or Crawley or Pope or any of the others. He has a good cricket brain and at least could probably steady the ship until someone in the county game puts their hand up. Could even leave Root at 3 and bring Vince in a 4 or even 5 (move Stokes up) to take the pressure of being a de facto opener which is what English no 4's are these days.

We only care about the Ashes too but that's now closely followed by India. Australia haven't won there since 2001 either. That hurts badly as well!

The thing I'll never understand is that touring mentality the England managers have (surely can't be the players but it sure as hell must confuse and put them in a neither-here-nor-there state of mind) of resting such greats as Anderson and Broad and then also giving the impression, at the same time, of touring the West Indies as a sort of 'see where we are without Broad and Anderson'... and treat it as some form of exploratory exercise of which we can discuss the outcomes later and tweak things later if necessary... just in time for the summer. That is so high risk and leaves no room for error. Australia will always send their best available players on tour to the top countries. They might slacken off in say, Bangladesh, for ODI, T20s (see how that went!)... but definitely not for Tests. There's too much prestige and honour at stake but perhaps that's particularly an Antipodean thing... like the ABs have.

That's never going to work. It not only shows disrespect to the opposition (no wonder they were motivated to turn it up a few notches) but also to the England players themselves. Must be awful knowing there's a dark cloud hanging over you and the lack of proper preparation in foreign conditions must make it even more difficult to get one's mindset, technique and therefore performance right in such a situation.

I must say as an Aussie - I really feel for some of your players. It's just not right. It doesn't make sense. Some players get a longer run when unsuccessful; then other players get the chop after a few poor performances. Perhaps there needs to be a medium-long term stipulation in the ECB contracts - 18 months minimum or say 8 series - with a fixed reserve of 3-4 others to fill in for injuries but at least guarantee them some certainty.  

Or perhaps just align with the WTC cycle - 2 years and stick with a core XI and around 5-7 others who are part of the group during that period but must keep playing County cricket but also be ready to slot into the team at short notice based on has who performed best at FC level. Just stick with that group and soldier on come what may. Eventually, better performances will occur purely through hard grind and familiarity with their roles and requirements within the group.

It is going to get worse before it gets better. The racial stuff will probably mean positive discrimination and you combine that with our young cricketers who are weak as p155, from club to county level. Standard of league cricket has fallen off the cliff in the last 10 years

Classic michaelsing.

Frak office

I'm going to unmichaels michaels with a michaelsing.

I'm going to unmichaels Galted with a fist.


At some point.




Fist.

Sicond.

Assume it's a bit quiet on here because you banned a few people yesterday due to all the cricket talk?

Tird. I've been distracted because I'm trying to make my chest stubborn like Truss.

superflyweight wrote:Tird.  I've been distracted because I'm trying to make my chest stubborn like Truss.  

I wish Strongback would come return. The sexual tension between him and Beefcake was tangible.

Although I wouldn't be at all surprised if Strongback was another alias of Truss.

Fist.

That's it.

That's the post.

Post-fist sicond post.

This forum needs wasp facts

I've heard some interesting stories about wasps, but I'm not sure if they are true or apocrital.

seanmichaels wrote:This forum needs wasp facts

White anglo saxon people or Vespula vulgaris?

Do you remember Christopher_Wasp? He was a proper knobber. Fairly certain he was Lumbering Jack as well.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:This forum needs wasp facts

White anglo saxon people or Vespula vulgaris?

Do you remember Christopher_Wasp? He was a proper knobber. Fairly certain he was Lumbering Jack as well.

Or all you…..

Where’s Jeff? I always think of him when I see that David Walliams and other bloke airport customs sketch

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:This forum needs wasp facts

White anglo saxon people or Vespula vulgaris?

Do you remember Christopher_Wasp? He was a proper knobber. Fairly certain he was Lumbering Jack as well.

Or all you…..

F*ck off, mate. I am way funnier than all of them.

I've been very honest that Superfly is my only alias. I play it dumb and make it as stupid as possible when posting under that name but have to make it very different to my erudite, intelligent and amazingly witty, Tino account.

seanmichaels wrote:Where’s Jeff? I always think of him when I see that David Walliams and other bloke airport customs sketch

Tw*tter superstar apparently but I've not given in to social media so don't have an account.

rICK and Galted can tell you more about him.

This place is beneath him now.

I know sports isn’t the thing here but I wonder how samit Patel feels seeing some of these biffas rocking up in the England womens cricket team?

seanmichaels wrote:I know sports isn’t the thing here but I wonder how samit Patel feels seeing some of these biffas rocking up in the England womens cricket team?

Forget cricket, raf is over on the boxing pages talking about getting a woman to stick her right hand up his ring piece.

Lovely work

seanmichaels wrote:Where’s Jeff? I always think of him when I see that David Walliams and other bloke airport customs sketch

Look for Jazz Paul on Tw*tter, he's a master of the brutal putdown.

That's it.

That's the post

When did TRUSS return? I hope he announced himself, most likely oiled up and just finishing 1000 reps with a massive weight in his hand. Matron.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:When did TRUSS return? I hope he announced himself, most likely oiled up and just finishing 1000 reps with a massive weight in his hand. Matron.

He's been back for a while - mostly on the boxing boards. I missed the big loveable lummox.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

superflyweight wrote:Tird.  I've been distracted because I'm trying to make my chest stubborn like Truss.  

I wish Strongback would come return. The sexual tension between him and Beefcake was tangible.

Although I wouldn't be at all surprised if Strongback was another alias of Truss.

Nah, only a real Irishman would have got so wound up by the constant piss-taking of the Irish.

superflyweight wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:When did TRUSS return? I hope he announced himself, most likely oiled up and just finishing 1000 reps with a massive weight in his hand. Matron.

He's been back for a while - mostly on the boxing boards.  I missed the big loveable lummox.  

Truss is undoubtedly a strong 606v2 Hall of Fame candidate.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:When did TRUSS return? I hope he announced himself, most likely oiled up and just finishing 1000 reps with a massive weight in his hand. Matron.

He's been back for a while - mostly on the boxing boards.  I missed the big loveable lummox.  

Truss is undoubtedly a strong 606v2 Hall of Fame candidate.

We could have a poll on it.

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:When did TRUSS return? I hope he announced himself, most likely oiled up and just finishing 1000 reps with a massive weight in his hand. Matron.

He's been back for a while - mostly on the boxing boards.  I missed the big loveable lummox.  

Truss is undoubtedly a strong 606v2 Hall of Fame candidate.

We could have a poll on it.

Don't you mean..... a poll....... on it.......?

Galted wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:When did TRUSS return? I hope he announced himself, most likely oiled up and just finishing 1000 reps with a massive weight in his hand. Matron.

He's been back for a while - mostly on the boxing boards.  I missed the big loveable lummox.  

Truss is undoubtedly a strong 606v2 Hall of Fame candidate.

We could have a poll on it.

Don't you mean..... a poll.......  on it.......?

37% of me lol'ed out loud at that.

Sure we could induct a few every year. Maybe some HoF posts and threads. Sounds like Tino work, he's got the gumption to stick with it and see it through.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Sure we could induct a few every year. Maybe some HoF posts and threads. Sounds like Tino work, he's got the gumption to stick with it and see it through.

Good idea letting Tino run with it. Seems only right that we are all dead before we get inducted.

Hand over fist.

Just a sicond.

Tird, man

What sad days are these when there's no-one to hold the fort.

I have fifhs of rage when that happens.

Makes me sixth to my stomach.

Seventh Goran Eriksen.

'eight-Ashbury.

Unninechaelsing.

The Knights Tenthplar.

I'm away on holiday next week. Can one of you please put my blue bin out on Monday?

superflyweight wrote:I'm away on holiday next week.  Can one of you please put my blue bin out on Monday?  

Sure. What is your full address including post code? I'll do it for you.