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One for OJF:

I must be getting old... Having read some of the posts on this page, several times, I’ve not got a Scooby doo whats being discussed 😃

The Lathums from Wigan, thought it was The Arctic Monkeys or The Coral when I first heard this track:

You can download it or listen again on bbc sounds DeeCee.

Thats a superb win away from home, Captain gets a double hundred, spinners actually spinning the ball and Anderson swing it round corners. The toss was key, but take nothing away from that performance, brilliant.

The last 4hrs has been really poor from England, they’re plodding around the pitch, no urgency, wake up!!

I’m not keen on this cricket social from BBC which has replaced TMS due to talk sport having the broadcasting rights. Cricket social is TMS crew watching channel 4 and talking about the game, it often descends into who can shout the loudest with little coverage of the game itself. I’ll be giving it a miss in future..

Michael Vaughan just made the point that Root is looking to make sure India has no chance of winning the match, he wants to give them zero hope on the final day, mind games. Vaughan pointed out that he would dangle the carrot, give them some hope, but every captains different. I'm with Vaughan.

Tampas defence has been exceptional, offence clinical from the old timers. I thought KC would win, but made up for Brady, is that 7 Super Bowls now.

I’d have seriously considered sacking him after the Huddersfield game, on the back of a draw at home to Wednesday and the last minute escape against Rotherham. That run of games was particularly poor, but we are still in the mix, I’d not sack him now. 16th places is irrelevant. Do you want Mowbray sacked Hoochie?

I answered JH question Hoochie, context never came into it. Do you want Mowbray sacked?

The question from JH wasn’t about context, it was about removing Bowyer and not Mowbray. The fact Bowyer had players sold from under him is irrelevant, he was sacked because we were heading to league 1. We are not heading to league 1 right now, I hope.

Bowyer left us just above the relegation zone with 17 points from 16 games. We are currently 6 points off a playoff place with a game in hand.

Jesus wept.... Did you support the club when king rat was here?

Pedantry in full swing as usual EA, the points still stand, Covid date changes not withstanding 👍

I think its fair to say that most posters on the site would be over the moon to see a managerial change. I've said on many occasions that as a club we aren't setup for promotion, far to many factors at play that make it almost impossible for us to progress, but thats just my opinion. I was looking at the managerial merry-go-round earlier and it makes interesting reading: Sheffield Wednesday and Bournemouth have changed managers twice this season. Udders, Derby, Boro, Brum, Reading, Barnsley, Forest, Watford and Cardiff have changed once. Looking at the list I would say only the change at Reading has made any significant difference, I'd also go as far as to say that they won't be in the Premiership next season either. Warnock has done well at Boro, but recent form has been awful, losing at home to us, Rotherham and Birmingham amongst others. Hughton at Forest has been poor, just above the relegation zone, some posters wanted him here. It doesn't prove anything, but I think it shows that most sides in the same bracket as us financially/looking for playoff spots have seen little or no improvement by changing the manager. A word for Gareth Ainsworth, who some tipped to replace Mowbray, 16 points from 26 games, awful return, no thanks.

India 76/4 chasing 578. I have to admit England have surprised me here, I didn’t give us a chance against a very good India side, especially at home.

Are you sure? Battered at home by Brentford, Rotherham, Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham in the last 4 home games? This site would have the pitch forks out if our record was similar. Thankfully we’re much better than that.

Promotion is the only thing that matters, do you think Boro are going up this season?

Could have been worse, did you see the Middlesbrough result....... Pitch forks are out.

This was the best kit for me, but the 68 kit looks great also.

I remember that like it was yesterday darrenrover.

On a QPR theme: Who remembers Tim Flowers debut at QPR in 93 I think it was? Just signed him from Southampton and we filled the place. I seem to recall us singing "Flowers in the rain" by The Move for large parts of the match, a few fans presented Flowers with bunches of flowers at the start of the match which we lost 0-1. They can't take our memories away.

First game 1975 - C H A M P I O N S 👍