Playing some decent stuff after a slow start.

I'd ban you for saying that 😁

Hopefully keep the league run going, can't afford any injuries with an already depleted squad, if we get a draw I'll be happy. 1-1

The Blackburn Rovers of old would have moved on by now, he's clearly not interested, its desperate stuff. Move on Mowbray, next target please.

We are 3 games in, but If we carry on with the current league form I couldn’t care less what Mowbray says and neither should you. Ronaldo leaving Juve, Balaji do your stuff.

😂 Coffee on keyboard moment.

Its a lovely spot St Brelades. These *******s can't take away our memories, they went beyond my wilderness dreams, thanks Jack.

I wasn't really blaming Bayliss, but his brief was to improve the countries fortunes in limited overs cricket and he was very successful at that. Was that at the expense of test cricket? Maybe...but I think we're sadly lacking in decent batsmen, technique and temperament has gone and replaced with crash, bang give me the money. Looking at Root and Silverwood is again ignoring the real problem for me, that lies elsewhere, lack of county games, where historically players have learnt their trade instead of playing international cricket seemingly 12 months a year with hardly any break. India are the best side in the world at the moment for me, we are 4th and it showed......

Joe will probably admit he got his tactics wrong, especially to the Indian tail yesterday, it all got a bit shambolic to be honest. But without Root we’d be 0-2 down currently, both games over in 3 days, his batting has been exceptional, he’ll go down as one of England’s greatest, no doubt about that. As for the rest of the batting lineup…… Bayliss was brought in to concentrate on white ball cricket, he won the World Cup, job done, but that has consequences and we are seeing those now with poor top and middle order batters, lacking technique and temperament, you don’t fix that over night. Hard work required before the next test at Headingley.

What huge cock up did Root make?

Brilliant by India, Root let down again by poor batting around him and the bowling yesterday was extremely poor. India deserved that, should be 2 up really, we need a miracle to get anything from this series. Has the Ashes been cancelled yet 🤞

Not over this yet, digging in. Kholi wants to shut his trap and concentrate on the game, or better still his poor batting. Anderson v Bumrah - the sequel, coming up I fear.

Whats Boycott doing these days? Surely he's still better than some of this lot.

No, many more mustard… But my point was we don’t want Ainsworth at the club whilst Venkys are running the show, he’ll not last 2 minutes in my opinion, no matter how good he is.

I said managers with better records. Danny Cowley and Nigel Clough.

Brilliant Moeen Ali. 175/6 India - Leading by 148.

Don’t tell them your prediction for yesterday…..Lordy Lordy 😩

214/6 off 48. Confident @matt83 What do you think?

Chris Sutton was the best example - played centre back for Norwich originally, then moved up front, the rest is history.

Raining at Clitheroe, Dingles 86/1 off 25

Why do I keep reading about Preston? Talk about lowering the bar, they’ve done nothing since 1950’s. As for Ainsworth, I can think of many managers in the lower leagues with better records, forget the Blackburn link. Ainsworth would be a good shout if we had local owners, the fans could get behind that idea, but under Venkys he’d be eaten alive, no thanks.

England putting themselves into a great position to win this. Come on Clitheroe 👍

I'm no fan of Nixon, but are you referring to the same Nixon that broke Armstrong to Southampton and Obafemi? You had Armstrong going to West Ham in January 😆 How gullible.....

@47er @renrag Thanks very much gents, great reads, appreciate you both taking the time. Ive always thought getting to the final was the reward, whatever happens on the day I’d accept, but that clearly is very different in practice.

Pearls of wisdom, can you offer anything on the game? Or is that you done?