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Exactly, it's the same reason why Australia have been playing friendly matches in England with games at Craven Cottage, Loftus Road and the Majecki Stadium. It would be pointless to send a team thousands of kilometres to Australia to play a training match.
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That's the million dollar question. Australia's future batting stocks look pretty good at the moment (Clarke, Hussey, Haddin), but the bowling stocks look very, very sparse. The lack of decent bowlers has been around for years it's just at the moment McGrath injury and Kasper's/Gillespie's form slump has shown it up. As someone said, it's harder to get out of the Australian team, than in.
[Clenched teeth mode] There is a chance that a team slump like after Marsh/Lillee/Chappell era of the early 80's is coming.
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It worked well last week, just wish that Keith would come back.
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So explain to me why a Papua New Guinean is now in your team?
http://content.cricinfo.com/england/conten...ayer/15501.html
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From the Mirror:
You can't dignify that with words like journalism and newspaper article. It's nothing but inaccurate speculation and out of context quotes. Just read the first line............it's pure rubbish, when did the Mirror last publish anything with any foundation
If the name changes? The Riverside is still the Riverside regardless of it's official name and for me Ewood will always be Ewood regardless of what the club decide to call it.
Exactly, the Sydney Football Stadium changed it's name to Aussie Stadium after the Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust signed away ground naming rights to Aussie Home Loans, but no one calls the ground by it's new name.
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Maybe if ECB hadn't decided to get some "practise" in against Bangladesh they would have played the games in June. Anyway the ECB just knows that the only time people want to see cricket in England is when they play Australia, so the ECB might as well get as much money out of cricket fans by playing worthless one day and 20/20 matches.What tiddles me off is the way in which the ECB has been so accommodating to the enemy, devising a schedule that gives them maximum practice and playing time before the Tests and allowing the infidels to acclimatise by playing county cricket, viz lardarse drug-baron Warne at Hampshire.I wouldn't let them in the country until two days the first Test at Lord's on July 21, and only then on the proviso that they promise to attend the serious offenders rehabilitation unit at Parkhurst for corrective training.
Hopefully this time Harmison has worked out how to bowl the ball onto the pitch.
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Been looking on Dell- and found one with the following spec for £521 inc vat and delivery.
Intel® Pentium 4 processor with HT technology 630 (3.00GHz, 800FSB, 2MB cache)
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 400MHz [2x512]
Is that quick then? I'd be using it for games/uni work/my own business needs. Also- The 1024 MB Ram is for the price of 512 till tomorrow. Is this an offer that they have often- or should I rush into another impulse buy?
All help is much appreciated guys.
Snap it up dude. throw in a new GCARD and your laughing
Be very careful with upgrading Dell PCs, Dell pop rivets their cases so it's obvious that you've opened the case. Also means that if there's a problem with your PC, the warranty is void as Dell knows that you've opened the machine.
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I hope it's Preston as I'm going over to the UK next season and I don't want to travel too far from Blackburn to see Rovers play
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Eddie's response has just got me thinking about perhaps introducing a pick and choose type season ticket, mainly aimed at those of us that can't make it to all home games but would be willing to commit to say half.
If I could buy a season ticket for 9/10 home games then I would be able to come to the games that I can actually make it to without buying a full ST and wasting lots of money. This would benefit the club as it is more guaranteed money and full seats for at least half the games.
As there is not exactally a lack of available seats, the club could still save the seats for these tickets, maybe having a section in the least desirable areas of the ground. The season ticket itself could be just a normal ST card that subtracts a game for everytime you swipe into the ground. Or, if you want a particular stand/seat, you could call the Ticket Office to let them know you are coming to that game and to reserve a seat.
The advantages to people like me would be:-
1) guaranteed seats for only the games I can make it to
2) Already bought the tickets so would get me off my lazy arse to actually get to more home games.
3) Buying in advance for 10 games is significantly cheaper than buying a full ST.
3) Half season ticket holders could be given 2nd priority over purchasing tickets for cup games / away games
4) can't think of any more!
I know it's probably not feasible but I'd buy one!
Biddy, the Rugby League team I support (South Sydney), has a similar scheme, it's called the 6 game super pass. You have entry to 6 home games in the general admission area which means you can have any seat but in a designated area.
The cost works out like this;
A full season pass = $180 (12 games) - $15 per game
6 Game Super Pass = $95 (6 games) - $15.83 per game
The usual price at the door is $20 per game.
It might be an idea that Rovers could use?
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Maybe the Mancs should of let Rupert "Evil" Murdoch buy the club a few years ago?
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Who cares about Fergy anyway, it's not like he'll win anymore titles with Man Utd.
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I agree Chris, it must of been the dodgy beer they were drinking, I had the fish and chips and I survived.
It was a great night, shame about the result, it's always great to meet fellow Rovers' fans and actually put faces to names. Although it was weird when the game finished and I looked around and I was surrounded by Welsh and Irish Rugby fans.
Highlights/Lowlights/Strangeness
*Watching the Worthington Cup Final again, even three years later I couldn't get the smile off my face when the second goal went in. Also lamenting how great Rovers attack was back then.
*Finding out where Chris Roe was after he went missing at the Sydney Promotion party back in 2001. We all thought he went away with someone
*Watching the smile on the face of a Blackburn lass when she entered the pub and saw a bunch of lads in Rovers' jerseys.
*Trying to convince a bunch of Union fans that I wasn't English and didn’t care who would win the Wales V Ireland game, I was just happy that England weren't going to win the Six Nations.
*Calling my airline at 5am after getting a SMS saying that my flight had been cancelled. I wonder what the woman on the other end of the phone was thinking when I started talking.
*Talking to the pubs landlord about the raising of the coffin ceremony at Bamber (sp?) Bridge.
*When the Blackburn lasses very attractive friends left
- and no it wasn't anything I said *The 8am wake up call after 3 hours of sleep
*Watching South Sydney play the next day with fellow Roverite Squaylor and seeing a Rabbitohs win.
Let's hope we do this again (maybe the Storm V Rabbitohs game in June?), sooner rather that later.
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My prediction;
Rovers 1 - Arsenal 1
At the Charles Dickens Tavern tonight, Rovers' fans will out number Arsenal fans 5 to 1, and the hangover count the next morning will be about the same.
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Hope one of the discussion topics is a whipround to send one of you to the Semi-Final,the final or any match.
That's a great idea, maybe the person to go to the semi will be the person who had to travel the furthest distance. I wonder who that is?
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I knew there was a reason why I'm staying at a hotel near the pub
Just have to make sure I'm at the hotel for the cab I booked on Sunday morning.Anyway, aren't we all going to pg's house for drinks after the game?
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Thanks Alan75 for this quote http://www.brfcs.co.uk/mb/?showtopic=11362
The event will kick off from 8pm, so it is questionable whether everyone will be still standing when the game kicks off.Come on, we'll be fine by kick off, although I'm not too sure how we will be when the game is finished
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Also for fans in Australia, SBS will be showing both semi finals live!
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BTW I had a house-warming on Sunday and the bath was full of Coopers Pale Ale, Sparkling Ale, Dark Ale, Mild Ale and Cooper's Heritage. I've still got 3/4 of slab of Dark Ale left if you want to come over after the game
pg, that's a very dangerous question to ask, just hope your wife doesn't mind a room full of Rovers fans after a Rovers win.
Shall we post details of this on the rovers email list as well?Yes please, the more the merrier I say.
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Well hotels booked and now work is paying my airfares as I have to be in Melbourne for a meeting
Now, what time are we meeting up at the Charles Dickens?
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well, blueboy will be there aswell.
i fly back to australia on wednesday.....so will be making my way to the charles dickens.....for those folks that have not been there before, be careful though cause you might miss it as it is situated in a basement.
uncle dave - it serves great meals and top quality ale and lager....just hope they serve tooheys new, otherwise sr is bringing a crate for me.
i will bring my rovers flag that i took to south africa and we can have a picture taken and send it in to rovers for it to be printed into a matchday programme.
btw....SR, where are you staying?
Blueboy, I've sent you an email about accommodation, and no I wont be bringing a case of Tooheys New for you, there's enough pubs in Melbourne owned by Tooheys that will sell you one
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Just bringing this to the top.
BTW mods, could someone pin this topic???
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Does anyone know if there will be a free live internet broadcast of the match?
(Asking again in case this question gets unnoticed.)
Sorry James, Boro site is pay to listen just like the Radio Rovers.
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Does anyone now if the game will be shown in Sydney anywhere? Preferably in Kings Cross?
Not too sure about pubs in the Cross, but I'm sure that One World Sports at Darling Harbour will have it on (if the game is on TV here).
Maybe a get together of the Sydney based fans could be organised?
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Also wasn't there similar problems when he managed Liverpool?