Oh, I thought that they had a Frankenstein style factory building robotic season ticket holders, and you had somehow obtained one to do something with, exactly what I wasn’t sure and didn’t like to ask. But you meant something else 😆
It really is only a game, high up on the list of non-important things sure but ultimately only a game. I feel the ups and downs of losses as much as anyone but can put it all into context ultimately, which some seem unable to do.
And as I said on another post, when we won it 4 years ago the Australians near me were odious in their mouthy behaviour about how Ben Stokes was a cheat and it was an embarrassment how we had won it. For a country that has now won it 6 times, which is worthy of high praise, a bit of class when...
Hmmm, not convinced, as you get more teams taking part, there do seem to be a lot of games where the outcome is a formality. Some exceptions yes, but it only gets properly competitive at the knock out stages. For the Euros in Germany, I am planning to go out from the 3rd group game onwards...
Yes, watching Smith and Labushagne pile on the runs there has scarred me for life! I went there in 2006 too when we had hope for 5 minutes when Monty came on to bowl just before lunch on day one, but that soon evaporated!
I do plan to go again in 2025 and see a test at the new stadium, I’m not...
I got talking to him on the way to a recentish test match (2017?) at the WACA as we were walking in the same direction. I said something innocent like ‘good toss to win, looks like a batting day’ and I can only think he must have misheard me because he then piled in with comments like ‘you must...