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I agree with most of that but don’t forget 28,000 turned out for the Oxford game. That doesn’t even include me because I was on holiday ! Then this lot allowed Mowbray to dissipate that feel good fact almost immediately.

Potts has come on in the nick of time when you consider how many of our “ younger “ pace bowlers seem to be injury prone.

I wasn’t Khadra’s biggest fan either. A bit of a “ Roadrunner “. Beep, Beep.

Maybe his taste in players isn’t to the taste of the new coaching team. That would be hardly surprising. The best thing Park could have done was work on a large data base of likely players to hand over.

If you’d have told me this team was going to chase down four totals to win four games I’d have given you big odds. Even one chase down would have been something special only 6 months ago.

We were hanging back to see what happened with Saha. Looks like we’ll have to start again now.

How can you tell ?

Maybe they didn’t know where to bowl to us once we went for them ?

How about - “ Bargain Hunting Brits In The Sun “ ?

Same in Rochdale. That’s why beating them always gave me more satisfaction than beating the dingles.

I don’t think Park or his list is much of a loss but the timing could have been better.

As I said earlier - what can we say. The batting has been great, but don’t forget you have to bowl teams out twice normally to win games and we have done.

OK Sir.

Yes, you’re right. Episodes 1,2,3 of 5. That’ll teach me to question the ref’s decision. It was brilliant TV but I couldn’t watch it in the end, it was too upsetting for me.

Maybe because no other team has ever chased down a score like that in the fourth innings to win at Test Match at Edgbaston in the history of cricket.

What a carve up.

Isn’t that the first “ stand alone “ programme that came out before the series ?

And live in Zurich.

It’s a while back now but I remember there being more than one reason to disallow the goal. If you were to ask me “ Have you ever been to a game that was bent ? “ That game would have to be considered.

It makes a difference when the openers have done their job. Coming out to bat at 107 for 1 is a bit different to 20 for 2.

The Tevez goal against West Ham he was stood on the goal line when the ball hit him. Well offside.

It’s not like the Chicken Chokers to do things like that, is it ?

What can I say ? That was just brilliant. Chasing down that score with just three wickets lost must rank as one of our best performances for a long time.

I was just reading in my paper today an interview with Harry Pinner who was a great loose forward with St Helens. The interviewer asked him about when Saints signed Mal Meninga who was a really top Aussie centre, possibly No1 in the world at the time - “ There was animosity but not from me. I knew how good he was. As captain, I told the other players he’d make us money “. That’s the attitude you need in the camp.

They were supposed to be playing at the opening night of a club in town. I was waiting outside about an hour before it opened and I saw their van drive by with three of them sat on the front bench seat. One of those “ Thames “ vans that all the groups used with a long bench seat. I can’t remember who they were now but apparently the other two couldn’t get to club for all the trouble. That was as close as we got to seeing them. A band called the “ St Louis Union “ who later had a biggish hit with a cover of The Beatles “ Girl “ were the support band, they had to play two sets ! Every time the Stones play in Rio the guy who was promoting the gig tries to take The Stones to court for non appearance. He lives out in Brazil now and he reckons he had to pay everybody back after the gig. He’s full of shit, I never got my 10/- back ( 50p to any youngsters reading this ).