Liverpool FC Forum

by Effes » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:34 pm

Matt McQueen - Liverpool 1892-1928.
Only professional to - play in goal (41 appearances), Defence, Midfield, Striker, and later be Director and then to be Manager (winning a Championship) - at one club

by bigmick » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:01 am

To be perfectly honest if England declared overnight (I'm not suggesting they do it obviously) I don't think Australia would be favourites to get what was left for them (about 230). England ought really to be able to get another 70 or so at least, and 300 on there batting fourth would be just about ungettable I think. If Panesar was playing as well, 200 would be ungettable as you'd just park the spinners at both ends and crowd the bat. Australia's only hope IMHo is to bowl England out sharpish (and leave themselves 270-290 to win) and then come out all guns blazing. If one guy can get a big score (even 80 or so) and they can get close enough to make England nervous (within about 200 should do it ) then it might be closer than it ought to be.

If we do win though it'll be a strange one, as I think Australia have conclusively proven they are the slightly better of two average to reasonable teams. Their batsman have been better, their bowlers have been better and they have fought better. Us winning four tosses to one has been massively significant, as has the the fact that they've been on the end of nearly all the bad umpiring decisions. Having watched the series avidly, I'd give us around a two in ten chance of beating them in a five match series, and it maybe we are about to see one of em.

by J*o*n*D*o*e » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:19 am

by Reg » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:11 am

Would you swop The Ashes for 5-0 against Villa ? 

by Judge » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:17 am

by Effes » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:07 am

Matt McQueen - Liverpool 1892-1928.
Only professional to - play in goal (41 appearances), Defence, Midfield, Striker, and later be Director and then to be Manager (winning a Championship) - at one club

by mistyred » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:26 pm

Reg wrote:Would you swop The Ashes for 5-0 against Villa ? 

5-0 Against Viila, it's more enjoyable and takes 90mins of pure adrenaline whatching the up's and downs of football.

Crickets bloody boring and takes day's, wat the hell's that all about 


But i hope they win the finger and thumb trophy though

by Effes » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:42 pm

Matt McQueen - Liverpool 1892-1928.
Only professional to - play in goal (41 appearances), Defence, Midfield, Striker, and later be Director and then to be Manager (winning a Championship) - at one club

by bigmick » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:17 pm

Provided England don't have a mad couple of hours where they decide to bowl short for no apparant reason (which lets be honest is entirely possible) it should be a formality from here. Unfortunately, we continue to cover ourseleves in the opposite to glory though where sportsmanship is concerned. Ponting gets one in the kisser while at short leg, bounces up and is spitting blood out without so much as a whimper, and fecking dickheads in the crowd are cheering. Cricket used to be one of the final bastions, the final frontier of tidemarks where w@nk jobs, t0ss pots and toolpieces hadn't quite manageds to permeate. Unfortunately, it seems that even there their combined chaverosity has finally won the day .

by andy_g » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:33 pm

agree with you there, mick. but i actually believe it was the aussies who started it

Get up! everybody's gonna move their feet
Get Down! everybody's gonna leave their seat

by Greavesie » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:50 pm

by Dundalk » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:58 pm

by Number 9 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:02 pm

Dundalk wrote:Thank God that's all over

I hate cricket!

by Ben Patrick » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:43 pm

by babu » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:01 am

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