When will we LOSE the Ashes tonight?

[El Presidente]

I personally think it will be a capitulation and 330 all out after an hour and a quarter.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

i think we will win

 

[Knightsworld]

Somewhere just after lunch.

 

[withdeanwombat]

I think we lost the Ashes before we left home.

Our team is probably 5th or 6th by now,and the Aussies Wives XI would certainly beat them.

 

[Statto]

You know what, I think we can just nick a draw. They only took 4 wickets today (two in the final two overs) im not totally convinced they will take all 5 wickets.

*NURSE*

*Awaits typical England batting collapse*

 

[Skint Gull]

I think KP and Fred can get a decent partnership but as soon as one of them goes the Aussies tails will be up and it'll be done within an hour

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

we'll probably lose a wicket in the first over.

Contemplating getting up early tomorrow to see the tests conclusion (if it's still going), but not sure i can be arsed.

 

[El Presidente]

Contemplating getting up early tomorrow to see the tests conclusion (if it's still going), but not sure i can be arsed.

Is that FREDDIE talking?

 

[brighton rock]

big win comming

 

[Frutos]

IF , and it's a big if, KP and Freddie can find their form, then I truly believe we can win this match.

 

[El Presidente]

IF , and it's a big if, KP and Freddie can find their form, then I truly believe we can win this match.

KP has shown form during this series, FREDDIE has been GASH

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

It'll take a partnership better than Botham-Dilley proportions in 1981.





No chance!

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Double your cash! Almost!

BHAbet is offering 6/5 ON an England score of less than 385. Surely this could be the most free money any bookmaker has ever given away!

 

[Yoda]

I think KP and Fred can get a decent partnership but as soon as one of them goes the Aussies tails will be up and it'll be done within an hour

Have to agree with you there. If they can take their time and hold on in there (NURSE) the Aussie's will start getting anxious and may start making mistakes.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Great players they may be, but if you had to pick two guys to bat painstakingly all day, keeping their concentration and not being tempted to go for any stupid shots, I doubt you'd pick Flintoff and Pietersen



I've voted for all out by lunch.

Couple of early wickets to stupid shots, followed by a comedy late flurry from Monty, but ultimate capitulation, losing all five wickets for about 25 runs.

I haven't even looked at the score so far, so may yet look very stupid. Or be incredibly prescient.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Double your cash! Almost!

BHAbet is offering 6/5 ON an England score of less than 385. Surely this could be the most free money any bookmaker has ever given away!

I hope you all got on this. You have not been charged for this advice, as the saying goes.

 

[Chesney Christ]

I woke up at 8am this morning and put the tv straight on to see Pieterson batting with Jones and the score on 336-6. "Blimey" I thought, "we're actually gonna pull off a draw. Brilliant, just a couple more hours to cling on."

I started getting ready for work in a good mood for once on a Monday, although I couldn't help but feel we must have batted very, very slowly........ "oh well, perhaps there was some rain this morning or something".....

then I looked up at the right hand side of the screen and thats where I saw the dreaded words........... "Sky Sports REPLAY". Gutted isn't the word.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

we'll probably lose a wicket in the first over.

Contemplating getting up early tomorrow to see the tests conclusion (if it's still going), but not sure i can be arsed.

Just woken up. Thankfully!

 

[Zesh Rehman]

Just woken up. Thankfully!

you know what Mark, i bet your happy that we lost, as it means you can moan more.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

you know what Mark, i bet your happy that we lost, as it means you can moan more.

Nope.
Actually, i'm a bit sick of some of the repetitive moans I keep hearing.
e.g:

"F*CK OFF Giles you useless c*nt" - Well, wasn't he one of the heroes of the previous Ashes series? Read in the paper that his wife has got a brain tumour, so he's gone home. Poor sod

"F*CK OFF Fletcher you useless c*nt, PLAY MONTY" - After the complete disgrace of the first two tests. Fletcher then plays Monty...who takes 5 wickets in an innings. This results in more "F*CK OFF Fletcher" moaning, despite the fact that Fletcher is one of the main reasons we've had so much SUCCESS in recent years, compared to the shambles of the mid/late nineties, where we were a DISGRACE constantly.

Monty plays, and we still get BATTERED. Everyone needs a scapegoat, so who takes the abuse? Geraint Jones. Because of course, Chris Read has done so much in his previous test matches to make his absence completely BAFFLING! Of course, had Read played, the result would obviously have been so much difference, because he might have scored an extra 18 runs or so, which would obviously mean us winning the series 5-0.



Yeh, right.


At the end of the day, our team is full of out of form players who aren't good enough, and haven't had any decent preperation for a TEST series. Without S. Jones SWINGING the ball, and Michael Vaughans WORLD CLASS captaincy, we are NOT an international force. This disasterous series really shouldn't have been unexpected.

(awaits moaning at moaners abuse)