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Would you call this a turning wicket? ?

It was meant to be a joke DE.

As someone else pointed out to me, he can’t play right wing because Brereton will be there.

? just a question Stuart.

So, £12m on Gallagher and Brereton - is that right?

The final is on channel4 as well as sky. Free to air.

Brilliant from England. I don’t think there’s a weakness in their side.

124/0 after 17. shows what I know about cricket. ?

Only thing I will say is that England won’t find it any easier on this wicket. There’s something in it for every bowler. Need to stop Aussies batting full 50 overs.

Vince second ball duck. Worst possible start. somewhere along the line England need a partnership to match the Aussies opening partnership of 100+

There’s no doubt Australia have played the conditions well but they have had a lot of luck particularly early on. I have a feeling England won’t get as lucky.

Everyone can form an opinion. It might be right or it might be wrong but we can all form an opinion. Blimey, you can form a general opinion of a players technical ability after just one or two games and you wouldn’t be far wrong. His technique isn’t going to change a lot. The way a player can adapt that technique for the benefit of the team is generally the unknown bit. I think most fans on here are judging his technique and most of them including myself just don’t see it. So if you don’t see the players technical ability, it’s very difficult to see how he’s ever going to succeed - especially for a striker.

You must know someone who is Tyrone. They would show you the photos I’m sure.

I can help a little here. I don’t have videos, but if you are on Facebook, join “the Talbot archive” group. On there you will find some great photos of that game plus other wonderful photos of rovers, football in general and all things Blackburn.

You weren’t wrong. Last couple of games have highlighted Lancs weaknesses both in the middle order batting and with Jimmy absent they look very short of penetration in their bowling - Mahmood apart. quite disappointing.

Easy win ? lancs middle order bowlers looking ordinary. Mahmood looks fast, accurate with a bit of movement. Onions looked poor, looked tired.

Well, dead or not, this is so funny.

Well maybe, but it possibly depends on what we want. I’m talking about having a squad good enough for promotion and I think we’re a long way from that.

General thoughts. Not sure where we go from here. Squad has so many weaknesses and very few strengths. Not much to build on. The squad needs dismantling and rebuilding. Without that we’ll go backwards. It’s a big job. We simply have to become much harder to beat, we have such a soft centre it’s untrue. Don’t like saying it, but we need to start looking at how Burnley got out of this league. It was by being very professional, by having solid pro’s. By having a manager who was consistent with his players and his tactics. Don’t forget, if you don’t go forwards you’ll go backwards - that IMO (again) is where we are at. Is Mowbray the man to bring that mindset to the club? I don’t think so. I see very little of what’s needed to be a force in this league.

Yeah, that’s what I mean. Bolton won’t fulfil all their fixtures, they won’t complete their season. It can’t get any more serious than that, can it?

Expulsion from the league?

What has happened previously to any club that couldn’t fulfil their fixtures? Surely it means more than a points deduction. This has to be very, very serious.

We have no reason to believe him Tom.

I think I have to agree Mellor. He just has to be the best footballer ever seen.