A very good win. There's a bit of toughness to this England squad - and it was needed today.

Cook resigned from England Captaincy. it was coming.

Just bought tickets for the lancs/yorks T20. Two years ago an adult ticket was £15, now it's £25. The powers that be need to be careful with this trend. A big part of the attraction was entertainment at a good price. having said that, family stand prices are £20 for an adult and £5 for an under 18. These tickets are only available in one stand though as far as I'm aware.

We need wins. We've so far this season, managed to win 6 games out of 27. Put another way - in a very poor league we've played on 21 occasions when we couldn't win the game. It's a good job we got very lucky twice against Newcastle. For us to survive from this position entering February, we need to hit a run of unbeaten games, containing a sprinkling of wins. Draw one, lose one just won't get us anywhere near to what we need. No matter what Coyle says, the situation is quite bleak.

Did they say what the rule is now?

I didn't think Root should have been given out either. If I understand the rules correctly, the catcher has to be in control of the ball on disposal, which he clearly wasn't.

All the hallmarks of a relegation team are there. Relegated sides don't play badly every game. They play reasonably well for at least parts of most games. BUT......... they struggle when sides hit on the break - and inevitably they fall away the longer the game goes on. Seen it so many times.

Blimey...... Anyone seen DE and Bob Fleming in the same room? If so, are they twins?

The guy in the white shirt second pic looks like Ray Pointer.

Not saying I agree with that decision Gumboots. BTW, latest forecast is giving a lot of rain in Manchester tomorrow.

Can't see that being the reason Gumboots. Think it's just that England are rubbing the Pakistanis in it by making sure it's them that bat last on a wearing wicket. There's loads of time left and that's why they've done it.

Ah, the Ponderosa

ha ha, very good Phil.

Nor me. He could have got a better club than us at present.

Not good when someone as loyal as you feels this way Aggy.

Good signing, makes us into a proper team. The massive gap between striker and midfield disappeared when he played. Best striker we've had since the Yak. Agree with Parson we need more. If Graham got injured and Stokes isn't up to it, we'll still be in big trouble.

Well, as ever, it's more what they don't say, rather than what they do say - and there was no denial of rovers interest. Maybe he was just one of the short list, somewhere below van Gaal. Things look worse by the minute. Anyone got some good news?

That's what I thought as well. With the batsmanship first move being to get his front leg out of the way, a wide Yorker would have been the ball. Stokes just looked like a rabbit in headlights. Don't think him or Morgan were thinking straight.

Yeah, but let's not go overboard about Morgan's recent form. He only has difficulty with one ball - the first one.

According to the Bolton evening news today, the deal will go through possibly tomorrow. No mention of any problems there.

Both referees were just being silly boys. Seriously - both of them must think what they did was stupid.

Clive Thomas once blew the full time whistle between a corner being taken, and maybe 2 seconds later, the ball landing on the head of Zico of Brazil, scoring what would have been a winning goal in a World Cup game.

Yes Arbitro, if you're behind the ball you're onside - no matter where anyone else is. We've had this discussion before and it's a bit surprising how many people don't realise it.

I remember watching the roses game live on Granada for three days - many years ago. Come 6O'clock on the third day, closing overs being bowled with the result in the balance, Granada just finished the programme to go to the news. They never showed the final overs. Happy about that I was.

Yes they did, I was there - and it was against an old teammate of theirs, Fred Else who was playing for Barrow that day.