How England Won the Ashes in Australia - 2010/11
Discussion
DJC said:
Im worried.
I`m not.The fact is that Aus have been struggling badly for a while, long before this series started. They are basically a poor side with zero confidence backed up by a knee jerk selection non-policy.The players they have available are not up to standard.
They have just been mercilessly hammered in one of their fortress stadiums by a team that is suffering from none of the above, quite the opposite in fact. Quite frankly if England can`t ram home all their advantages of form, confidence, clarity of thought, physcological superiority etc then they never will.
DJC said:
Im worried.
Jimmy has flown round the world.
Swanny will probably emulate Warne by not having a great match here.
2 relative new boys in Finn and Temlett.
It will be hot the whole match, we only have 4 bowlers.
The WACA is a cut n pull pitch. Strauss is the best we have with a horizontal bat. So far he has shown a remarkable ability to get out quickly.
Cook has been in too good form for it to continue.
FIGJAM thinks hes God again which means getting on 90odd when we need a big century.
Bell is starting to look like the most naturally talented batsman in the world again. Which means he is due to crumble again.
That leaves Trott and Prior to win us the match or Collingwood to save it.
I'm with you.Jimmy has flown round the world.
Swanny will probably emulate Warne by not having a great match here.
2 relative new boys in Finn and Temlett.
It will be hot the whole match, we only have 4 bowlers.
The WACA is a cut n pull pitch. Strauss is the best we have with a horizontal bat. So far he has shown a remarkable ability to get out quickly.
Cook has been in too good form for it to continue.
FIGJAM thinks hes God again which means getting on 90odd when we need a big century.
Bell is starting to look like the most naturally talented batsman in the world again. Which means he is due to crumble again.
That leaves Trott and Prior to win us the match or Collingwood to save it.
I've put Beer and Hughes into my fantasy team.
hornetrider said:
I say again. Where the fk are our pet inbred stinky crims? It's 'all gone quiet over there'. No doubt if we're 50/3 after the first hour they'll be all over this thread like a cheap Aussie suit.
I agree HR , where is the Aussie Pro cricketer , could do with some pro opinions 
I'm not opening the champagne quite yet.
Don't forget the 2009 Ashes series. England lost the Headingly test by an innings and 80 runs. (Sound familiar?) They then won the next match at the Oval to take the Ashes.
The Aussie team at the Gabba wasn't much different from the one that gave England a spanking there. The England team isn't massively different either.
So I'll continue to be a nervous England fan until the fat lady starts singing!
Don't forget the 2009 Ashes series. England lost the Headingly test by an innings and 80 runs. (Sound familiar?) They then won the next match at the Oval to take the Ashes.
The Aussie team at the Gabba wasn't much different from the one that gave England a spanking there. The England team isn't massively different either.
So I'll continue to be a nervous England fan until the fat lady starts singing!
This isn't flakiness. I just know that whenever I get cocky about British sporting talent, it gets blown up in my face! I am royally winding up Aussies elsewhere and I just think that I need to balance my comments to ensure that we give them a trouncing.
England are in a great place, even if they did allow Anderson to spend a couple of days on an aircraft in preparation for this test...
England are in a great place, even if they did allow Anderson to spend a couple of days on an aircraft in preparation for this test...
Strauss wins the toss and decides to bowl firts, should be an interesting couple of hours. The crims need a strong batting performance before lunch, poms need to get them 2 down by the time we're tucking into the cucumber sandwhiches.
With India - SA starting today, these are halcyon days for test cricket.
With India - SA starting today, these are halcyon days for test cricket.
Tremlett's first wicket
hey ladies.. just landed back in Melb and online again after a week in the nevernever - f
k me! fall guy No.1 has gawn already 
Hope I havnt missed anything... seems like we've picked up where it dropped off in Adelaide - BADLY!
lets add to the jokes..
A brummy chavette gets admitted to hospital for an abortion and 2 weeks later she gets a cheque in the post for 5 grand.
She calls the hospital during her fag break at the box factory and asks why they sent the cash.
They said.. "its not from us luv, it's from Crimestoppers".
Anyway, back to the cwiket where punter has put another nail in his own coffin
k me! fall guy No.1 has gawn already Hope I havnt missed anything... seems like we've picked up where it dropped off in Adelaide - BADLY!
lets add to the jokes..
A brummy chavette gets admitted to hospital for an abortion and 2 weeks later she gets a cheque in the post for 5 grand.
She calls the hospital during her fag break at the box factory and asks why they sent the cash.
They said.. "its not from us luv, it's from Crimestoppers".
Anyway, back to the cwiket where punter has put another nail in his own coffin
Shane was at school one morning in the outback and the teacher asked all the children what there fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came out, Fireman, Policeman, Salesman, Chippy, Captain of Industry etc, but Shane was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the teacher asked him about his father. "My father is an exotic dancer in a gay club and takes off all his clothes in front of other men. Sometimes if the offer is really good, he'll go out with a man, rent a cheap hotel room and let them sleep with him."
The embarrassed teacher quickly set the other children some work and took Shane aside to ask him if that was really true.
"No" said Shane, "He plays test cricket for Australia but I was just too embarrassed to say."
The embarrassed teacher quickly set the other children some work and took Shane aside to ask him if that was really true.
"No" said Shane, "He plays test cricket for Australia but I was just too embarrassed to say."
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