Sigh.
You're wrong because rather than looking at the underlying reasons for the criticism (and some of it will have been unfair but borne out of frustration), you've decided the problem is with the people doing the criticising rather than the adult who stopped working hard and turned to drink...
It's ok to just be wrong sometimes, @Han Solo. Stop embarrassing yourself with this nonsense. You can whine at middle aged men on a forum if you like, but that was never the cause of his fall from grace.
He was seen out drinking regularly, he had a big problematic entourage, he was taken...
I'm sure there are many reasons why it can never happen but I would love Withdean to be turned into a proper stadium housing 9-10,000 that could be used by the women's team, or for any other municipal reason for hosting that many people.
I'm at the point where I'm beginning to think all illegal substances should be made legal for all the obvious reasons - slash organised crime, raise untold taxes, slash policing head-aches etc. I think there should then be regulation on where it can be taken and how.
As for cannabis, it has...
Yeah I agree that lop-sided series are every bit as bad as games on flat pitches that don't give the bowlers a sniff, but I think that's more about scheduling series sensibly as opposed to preparing pitches that are inadequate for sensible contests. Obviously the issue you highlight is another...
Test cricket having very few draws is exactly how it should be - that's a bare minimum requirement for a game that lasts five days. especially in this day and age.
As for this type of track not being the main problem, well I like cricket but would I choose to watch a game on TV as a neutral...
It'll be interesting to see if the cricket stat bores are still purring about this game if (when?) Pakistan find themselves at 250/2 by mid-morning tomorrow.
I was talking about this elsewhere, when you think of the fuss made about crap over rates, why does no-one stop and think about the...
We will see. Right now it looks like a classic example of why the long form game is dying on its arse.
1350 runs for 13 wickets, about 300 people watching and the very worst type of cricket bores purring over good (but not the world's greatest ever, Root excepted) batsmen smashing daddy...
I wish I had the same faith as you do, but ultimately if Labour do too many controversial things, the will of GB News, Talk TV and the traditional print based media will convince the many simpletons in the electorate that either useless right wing loony Tory candidate are somehow a better PM...
I feel a bit sorry for the centre-right like yourself. You're basically politically homeless for now, much as the centre-left had been for a decade or more when Labour had Milliband and then (much) worse, Corbyn, and the Lib-Dems were as weak as they've ever been.
Not sure about that. I have a friend from Haslemere and he is Southampton, and a friend in Godalming and he and all his mates who lived there are Chelsea!
Don't underestimate the stupidity of the electorate. These two are right-wing loonies whose policies are the sort that have wrecked the country, yet there will a large rump blaming immigrants and overlooking the value of the ECHR (which they want to leave) or the value of an independent, tax...
Cleverly was a tedious, mediocre overly earnest grifter but the two remaining candidates are both right-wing loonies. One of them wants to leave the ECHR ffs. I'm not sure whether this is good or bad news for us sane people because I don't trust the electorate to look at these cretins and see...
I may end up moving there at some point - but to Ryde which is across the water from Pompey and definitely skate territory. Many years ago I used to work in Southampton and had a couple of colleagues from the island who supported Southampton. I'm pretty sure there is a fairly even split on the...
Not entirely sure about that. Whilst a draw is most likely, if England score quick runs in two sessions, end up with a lead of over 100 and put Pakistan in after tea, we will then see if Pakistan cope with batting under scoreboard pressure and possibly a deteriorating pitch. What isn't going...
This is utter nonsense.
1) Of course an offside call is black and white. You are either offside or you're not, there is no half-offside. You can argue that the law is confusing but that is the fault of the law, not VAR. Just define it more reasonably.
2) And the technology does support the...
No thanks. It's populist shit. VAR is perfectly reasonable if it's implemented properly. Binning it off completely because the implementers are complete clowns is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. It is amazing how people have forgotten about all those incorrect, goal-defining...
Yes you have that correct. Glibly saying "that'll work out" or whatever rather than explaining your position was particularly feeble, and it turns out that since that misguidedly superior but decidedly crappy post, a couple of others agree with me and have also pointed out that a) rules are...