Originally Posted by Peter
See, the problem with people like you is you only care about Arsenal. You couldn't actually give a **** what happens to England.
I'm the sameBy Monday, I was cool with losing in the final. I'm still pissed off about 101 different Arsenal defeats.
Not to mention the 115
Bit unfair, P. I do follow the England test team - but not to the extent where I'd wish the Arse never to win the league ever again as long as we one won Ashes down under like certain {seemingly former} Awimbers.See, the problem with people like you is you only care about Arsenal. You couldn't actually give a **** what happens to England.
I'm the same
Don't. Still can't get over the '90-'91 title winning season. Losing 2-1 at Chelsea when TA6 was banged up for drink driving and an injury meant we had to play Hillier at CH {despite us having Adams, Bould, O'Leary and Linnigan in the squad.} Or the Gazza free-kick semi-final.
Not to mention the 115
Avoided defeat in the first and we'd have had another Invincibles. Beaten the Scum in the second and another double. Both and it would have been an Invincible Double like Preston North End in the first ever season.
'88 League Cup final also still hurts.
1999 should have been an Arsenal double, not a Manc treble.
I couldn't even tell you who was playing on Sunday other than B and Dec.
Oh, hold on a minute. I was talking about football.
Obviously we all care deeply for the England test team. Not the same thing at all
I'm with you on 88. I was there. Fuming! ****ing Luton
Amused me yesterday at the end of play, Sky trying to say the West Indies had had a decent day because they dropped catches, so therefore created chances and England were 350 odd for 5 and restricted them to just the 416Oh, hold on a minute. I was talking about football.
Obviously we all care deeply for the England test team. Not the same thing at allStraw clutching
Poor chap. That missed pelanty. I watched on TV and they interviewed Kenny Samson beforehand asking how he felt about having won as captain last year but now having lost the armband to TA6, and he said it didn't matter, they all just wanted the best for the club.I'm with you on 88. I was there. Fuming! ****ing Luton
If we'd won that, TA6 would have captained us to cup wins in 3 different decades as well as to titles.
It would have been 4 titles, 3 FA Cups, 2 LCs and one European. Stopped him getting double digits of silverware lifted.
Agree with you about the test team. When I were a lad my club team, Middlesex, had 5 players in the Eng squad. Gatts, Downton, Emburey, Edmonds and Norman Cowans. Neil Williams also played one test. And I was happy with that. But imagine if our five best AFC players missed half the season playing for Ingerlund?
They were scared of batting and getting bowled out for 150 again. At least this way they would have a target to try to beat in their first innings.Amused me yesterday at the end of play, Sky trying to say the West Indies had had a decent day because they dropped catches, so therefore created chances and England were 350 odd for 5 and restricted them to just the 416
Had they held the catches, got us out for 100 less and managed to be say 40-1 at the close, it would have been a great day for them.
Re: 350-5 to 419 a/o. I do worry about our tail. We used to have Bres, Swann and Broad {who was averaging 29 when we got to world no.1 vs India at home} at 8, 9, 10.
In Aus, having an 8-10 who score 20-30 between them vs the 2011 team scoring around 75 is the difference between winning and losing, ceteris paribus.
Woakes can bat, Wood can get you a 20+ score, not sure about Atkinson though and Bashir is a proper 11
Agree about Wood. Test ave of 16 isn't too bad. But if we're dropping Jimmy to plan for the Ashes, Woakes at home averages 33 with bat and 22 with ball at home but 22 and 52 away.
Jofra's FC average of 23 is under 8 in tests.
Atkinson has a FC ave of 20 with 3 50s in 27 innings, but cf Jofra. Ganpati willing I'm wrong but I doubt he'll average 20 in Aus.
So having Wood at 8 averaging 16 and then 9-10-Jack scoring sod all isn't ideal.
Now Stokes is back, we really could do with another all-rounder. If only we could find an Imran Khan.....
Like we all have wk-batsmen, you really want a spinner who can bat at 8. Makes such a difference.
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