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Recent content by BoyBrumby

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    Young players who failed to realise their potential

    Was probably a bit earlier than that (the Windies tour of 2004 Harmy's zenith, IMHO) but good shout. I'm just hoping we're not soon adding Jofra to the list too. He's 29 now, which is no spring chicken in quicks' terms.
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    **Official** English Football Season 2023/24

    By my count they're the 11th or 12th Prem team to make the CL (depending on whether one counts going out in the qualifying round as CL proper): Man U Blackburn Newcastle The Arse Chavs Leeds Liverpool Everton* (kinda) Spuds Citeh Leicester Villa Think that's it, but haven't checked out of...
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    **Official** English Football Season 2023/24

    Spot on. Fecking Villa have done the double over us, haven't they? Plus we adopted a rather more front foot MO at New Maine Road last season and we all know how that finished. Drawing away at Citeh is never gonna be a bad result, IMHO.
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    **Official** English Football Season 2023/24

    Man knows his onions. Re the Spurts' fans taunting the Arse; fair game, IMHO. I, for one, would happily have passed up an extremely unlikely shout at 4th for ensuring (in all likelihood) that yer Lily****es didn't win the league. More generally most football fans are pretty decent blokes when...
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    2024 NRL Tipping Comp

    (+3.5) Raiders vs Bulldogs (-3.5) - Sell (+10.5) Sea Eagles vs Broncos (-10.5) - Sell (+6.5) Titans vs Knights (-6.5) - Sell (+3.5) Sharks vs Roosters (-3.5) - Sell (+8.5) Rabbitohs vs Cowboys (-8.5) - Buy (+13.5) Warriors vs Panthers (-13.5) - Sell (-11.5) Storm vs Eels (+11.5) - Buy (+10.5)...
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    Boxing thread

    I mean, I didn't see the fight, but if it was close it does start to look like the announcer is taking the Mickey Bliss. FTR though the BBC had Johnson down as the fairly comfortable winner.
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    What are the minimum record requirements for secondary disciplines to qualify someone as an all-rounder?

    That so sounded like it was going to be a set up for a fat joke. Disappointed it wasn't, tbh. To the matter at hand though, I think any statistical contrivance to measure the minimum is ultimately going to be arbitrary. There's also the problem that we tend to look at players' careers as a...
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    Who should have recieved a knighthood?

    He's been a British citizen since forever though. Still lives here too, god help him.
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    Anderson to end Test career this summer

    It's all a little odd. I'm generally more and more minded that any selectorial decision made "with an eye on the future" is pretty much cobblers, but if, for the sake of argument, we accept McCullum's premise, why then is the great man being given an extended victory lap?
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    Official Rugby Thread

    Well if you keep insisting on winning world cups...
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    **Official** English Football Season 2023/24

    Slightly offset by playing Thomas "****ing" Gravesen as their holding midfielder and Jonathan "Idiot Looking for a Village" Woodgate at centre half.
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    **Official** English Football Season 2023/24

    First season Bryern haven't won a major trophy since 2011/12. #JonahKane
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    2024 NRL Tipping Comp

    (+1.5) Dolphins vs Sea Eagles (-1.5) - Sell (-15.5) Panthers vs Bulldogs (+15.5) - Buy (+9.5) Eels vs Broncos (-9.5) - Sell (+3.5) Tigers vs Knights (-3.5) - Buy (-3.5) Dragons vs Rabbitohs (+3.5) - Buy (-2.5) Storm vs Sharks (+2.5) - Buy (-10.5) Roosters vs Warriors (+10.5) - Buy (+3.5) Titans...
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    **Official** English Football Season 2023/24

    Ouch. That's one step up from editing one's own wiki page. Now, I freely admit to being very old school and still genuinely believe that one learns more about a player from (hey!) watching them play than pouring over their stats, but the narrative that's sprung up that says players who...
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    Cricketing politicians

    Arthur Gilligan (former England captain and famously the MCC president who presided over the D'Oliveira Affair) was a member of the British Fascists (the first British party to lay claim to the "fascist" label, fact fans) in the 20s. He reputedly came to the attention of the Australian secret...
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