Thought you meant the proper offside rule and been re established.

No indication that this will return for matchdays

It's a start though you'd hope it would.

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I doubt it gets six replies it's not that interesting it's surely a no brainer to make getting into the ground as easy as possible for the floating fan though.

If someone disagrees with you then it will.....

Ok.

Yeah, people should keep their opinions to themselves on a public message board.

Pj never argues with anyone man


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You're a pair of dullards posting intentionally provocative, repetitive shite that I'm not going to rise to.

The irony is I reckon Yubep has been involved in more genuine arguments than anyone on the various message boards over the last 15 years or so, so it also shows a massive lack of self awareness.

Oh I'm sorry was that arguing

PJ then rises to the post with:



Something about ironing.

Something about PJ saying oh look here is uyloop who always posts about me arguing and repeats himself thus repeating himself.

Something about ironing again.

Happy Socks.

Not even sure who uyloop is

He sounds a bit of a bellend to be honest, fancy an argument?

I think they should make all turnstiles and payment methods, American Express only

Just pick any of my posts and disagree. I'll be right there!

To be honest it's hard to find stuff to argue about in the Summer. I mean I'm not even sure if I agree or disagree with bread? In principle yes I'm all for it but I just don't know. I'm fairly on the fence about socks as well especially on days like this when you don't even need them unless you're at work.

Dibble doesn't even come on and argue about Cricket anymore and that was properly shite today

See highlighted. Lifeguards don't wear socks for work, probably. Not arguing like.

I was too depressed to argue about it.

The cricket that is.

It answer me this pj. This ballance. How the fook does he get a game. I don't think he much better than I was. And I was shite.

And the spinner that doesn't.

And the opening bat that bats like he has just won a free game.

Or our so called great bowlers that struggle to take wickets in favourable English conditions. Whilst south African bowlers do it with ease in unfavourable hot and sunny weather.

It's all a mystery to me.

Anyway tennis is better.

They never moan and whine and cry cos they have a blister.

Two selections are pretty baffling to me.

Obviously Ballance has scored a lot of runs for Yorkshire this season but technically he's not changed anything since the two other times he got dropped. How can you pick someone to bat three in Test Cricket who is so prone to a full straight ball? He doesn't bat three for Yorkshire and doesn't have a technique to bat that high in Test Cricket, it's almost unfair on him.

The other is Dawson who is a bits and pieces cricketer who's not quite Test quality in either discipline.

The batting is a serious issue though, well the top order is, every game we are three down for nothing. It's gone on for ages as well. The strong middle order won't always bail us out. I can't see them making wholesale changes as it's not what they do. I reckon Stoneman or Westley will come in to open Dawson will drop out Jennings will bat 3 and Ballance 5 which is how we should have gone into this Test. The bowling isn't an issue, Wood is off the pace but isn't 100% fit. This was a fairly flat pitch really, a bit slow but to not to able to bat 100 overs for 20 wickets is pathetic. Woakes is a big miss with his batting as well.

I also don't get why jos buttler isn't in. Agree about woakes.

As soon as Cook and Root went it was game over, the rest have failed to show the temperament to bat for long periods..... Shame that Hameed got injured in the winter and hasn't got any form as he sounded like a proper old school test opener, with him and Cook at the top of the order there would be more chance of soaking up the new ball and seeing a platform, he needs runs though to get back in the selectors minds....

If Hameed is that good he should be in anyway, form or not.

Most of the good ex england players all say the same thing. Form is temporary, class is permanent, but with cricket they always pick players in form in county cricket, even though many of them are never good enough to step up to the real game.

A lot of county cricket is very average with run of the mill bowling, allowing average players to get scores they should never get.

I scored 80 in one game, and got promoted the next week to the second 11.. I got 80 against the worst and slowest bowlers I had ever faced. And a very flat wicket. If those that promoted me had seen that they would never have done it. But selectors are too anal.

For me the strong England middle order needs questioning as well. However you look at it, whilst they are capable of fantastic specific innings Stomes and Moen average in the 30's and Bairstow about 40 (although you can argue with him he is now a proper batsman since he came back). But overall those 3 for me are test number 7 or 8's really. We have too many all rounders which is a big advantage in terms of team depth of choice but for me is leaving us weak in specialist batting.

Agree with the Colonel about Hameed if his technique and temperament are deemed good enough get him in regardless of county form, Gary Ballance has proven this point. My worry with Hameed is his low hands hence the break he got in India

A very good way to pick the best international teams in any sport is just to pick the best players.

Not formations, or irrational permutations

My team:

Cook
Hameed
Root
Bairstow
Moeen
Buttler
Stokes
Woakes
Broad
Wood
Anderson

Woakes won't be fit will he?

I like your team Colonel in terms of players but I do think from Number 5 onwards they are Test number 7's really. The strong point I suppose is there is a lot of them and it bats deep

Agree with point above that we've really missed Woakes, not sure when he is back but think he is now our best seam bowler from a match to match consistency basis (even if Broad and Jimmy can still produce match winning spells)

I'd go with that as well, I would stick with Hameed for a good while as well, no point chopping and changing all of the time.

Woakes isn't fit and won't and you can't pick Hameed. I'm not sure if you are aware but he's currently playing second team cricket for Lancashire having not scored a first class fifty all summer. Buttler is someone we'd all like to see playing Test Cricket for England but he's got to make big improvements to his game in red ball cricket. His first class average is 31 and he's only ever scored 4 first class hundreds add to that he hasn't scored a hundred in 18 Tests that he's played. Bairstow is also keeping very well so it would be totally wrong to take the gloves off him now.