*Official* England in West Indies

[Prince EWS]

No third-man is utterly ridiculous, nothing short of.

Botham still seems to think it was Anderson who played that shot.

 

[Richard]

I hope Johnny Dyson is listening somewhere, because you'd really think third-man would be common-sense here. Mind, I sometimes think third-man is just a position many captains refuse to use on principle, because there aren't that many occasions when you should not have one in.

 

[GIMH]

Haha, WTF at the random soccer talk. Sometimes it comes up in conversation but Botham made a special point of bringing it up then.

A - What did he say?
B - Can you call it football when posting in England threads please

 

[Richard]

Third-man in, woohoo, just hope it's not just a one-delivery thing.

 

[Richard]

A - What did he say?

That S****horpe (I typed those asterisks) have reached the final of some weird-ass competition that virtually no-one cares about. And that it's apparently more important than the FA Cup.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

A - What did he say?
B - Can you call it football when posting in England threads please

Bit about Scunny making the Johnstone's Paint final. Personally I've got no problems with a bit of banter between commentators, better than the repeated (but painfully obvious) talk of having a third man and definitely better than Botham and Holding banging on about gaps in the slip cordon, which really gets my goat.

 

[Prince EWS]

B - Can you call it football when posting in England threads please

Never. It's the height of arrogance to demand such a thing; there are several different types of football. It'd be like demanding that sprinting be called "sport" because it was the first sport of which the others have developed from.

I will, however, call it "association football" if you ask me nicely enough.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

My knowledge of Aussie Rules isn't that great, but out of the myriad codes of 'football' (League, Union, gridiron etc etc) only one of them is predominantly played with the feet.

 

[Uppercut]

That S****horpe (I typed those asterisks) have reached the final of some weird-ass competition that virtually no-one cares about. And that it's apparently more important than the FA Cup.

I think you'll find the guy across the hall from me is a massive Luton fan and has been drinking solidly ever since they won the semi on penalties last night. Monty Panesar, too, will be lining up against Botham's side.

 

[GIMH]

That S****horpe (I typed those asterisks) have reached the final of some weird-ass competition that virtually no-one cares about. And that it's apparently more important than the FA Cup.

Well he played for Scunny tbf, nothing wrong with a bit of self-indulgence, and also there are plenty of people who care about that competition @ (until we get knocked out by Scunny, anyway )

Never. It's the height of arrogance to demand such a thing; there are several different types of football. It'd be like demanding that sprinting be called "sport" because it was the first sport of which the others have developed from.

I will, however, call it "association football" if you ask me nicely enough.

I'll ask you nothing nicely, you ****. I will be needing proof that sprinting was the first sport though.

 

[Prince EWS]

My knowledge of Aussie Rules isn't that great, but out of the myriad codes of 'football' (League, Union, gridiron etc etc) only one of them is predominantly played with the feet.

Aussie Rules is probably 50/50 TBH.

Regardless though, they're all still types of football.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Also, surely Anderson should just have thrown bat at ball as soon as he got out there today. Every ball he blocks is another that one of the proper batsmen could have spent adjusting to conditions in order to hit out properly (which Anderson can't do).

 

[Richard]

I think you'll find the guy across the hall from has been drinking solidly ever since last night.

Oh dear.

 

[GIMH]

I think you'll find the guy across the hall from me is a massive Luton fan and has been drinking solidly ever since they won the semi on penalties last night. Monty Panesar, too, will be lining up against Botham's side.

If I was a Luton fan I'd probably drink solidly all the time, to take the pain away

 

[Richard]

Well he played for Scunny tbf, nothing wrong with a bit of self-indulgence

Hmm, well there is IMO TBH, but as long as it's just a minute or two I can put-up with it.

and also there are plenty of people who care about that competition @ (until we get knocked out by Scunny, anyway )

I doubt there are TBH, not those who follow mainstream UK football. Obviously those who follow a team who's doing well in it will.

Is that the old LDV Vans Trophy BTW?

 

[Richard]

2 runs and a leg-bye in the last 3 overs...

 

[Neil Pickup]

If I was a Luton fan I'd probably drink solidly all the time, to take the pain away

They should be saving some for the inevitability of the trips to Torquay and Weymouth and Eastbourne and Ebbsfleet next year. Going back there after Wembley's a real killer - but I don't reckon many sides will go to Wembley and drop out of the league in the same year...

As for the JPT, well it's the only time that I have failed to swear about City losing this season. It's nice if you haven't got more pressing concerns.

 

[Richard]

Another one down.

 

[Neil Pickup]

2 runs and a leg-bye in the last 3 overs...

This tedium is why we're talking about football (it is the old LDV/Autoglass/Auto Windscreens...)

FFS Gayle...

 

[Richard]

Another one down.

Same bowler and same bowler too (that's Anderson and Edwards BTW).