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Reply | Cricket 2025 County/International Thread
at 07:57 18 Jul 2025
You said it: Jordan Cox. That's about it along with Michael Pepper in the T20.
I'm not an avid fan of T20 as I much prefer the longer county chamionship/test cricket forms of the game. However, I still like watching it and we have been abject in so many T20 games this season. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 20:55 17 Jul 2025
Very decent capture by Pompey on a free. Still only 30 and with stacks of championship experience to boot. When's our next antipodean being announced from the colossal 26-games a season, A league. [Post edited 18 Jul 8:05]
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 16:25 16 Jul 2025
Having now appointed a proper coach in Manning and with over £40 million from recent sales, I fancy them to be challenging for promotion. |
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Reply | Madsen interview
at 21:54 15 Jul 2025
Please.
He can't tackle, is hesitant when even attempting to do anything remotely close to tackling, cannot run, hid on occasions and somehow it was the MC's fault! He's a big money signing and was nowhere near good enough. Last few games of the season don't count for me as some form of redemption, as there was nothing riding on any of those games.
When the pressure was really on and we desperately needed results, it was the likes of Morgan and Kolli who stepped up and contributed significantly more to our cause than misfit Madsen.
I would much rather we moved him on and signed someone like John Swift on a free transfer instead, who has signed today for Pompey. Excellent capture by them in my view. [Post edited 15 Jul 22:18]
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Reply | Kolli
at 15:24 15 Jul 2025
Perfectly entitled to hold that view about Eze, but it's not supported by his goals and goal contributions at premier league level, which is one of either every 2.5 games. They're astonishing numbers which have been achieved at a mid-table, Palace. No disrespect meant to Palace, wish we were in their position.
146 PL games; 34 goals; 23 goal assists. Methinks that you will be proved wrong in the fullness of time. Those numbers hardly suggest that, if it were Arsenal to whom he goes, it represents a "gamble". Prior to Trossard leaving Brighton for Arsenal, he was contributing either a goal or goal assist every 3 games.
His goals and goal assist contributions with us arose every 3.25 games! He's most definitely still on an upward trajectory, misplaced perceptions of his lack of diligence notwithstanding. [Post edited 15 Jul 15:50]
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 12:45 15 Jul 2025
He may be the subject of ridicule amongst some of our fanbase, not you, Aston Hoop. However, for someone who came through our system, he's not had a bad career. 150+ games in the championship is nothing to be scoffed at.
It will be interesting to see how many of our current crop of Nourry youth/younger prospects play as many games at this level as Lumley. I suspect not too many. |
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Reply | The QPR summer transfer rumours thread
at 16:51 14 Jul 2025
That's all well and good. However, prospects do not equate to the here and now i.e. being ready to play now for the first team along with the requisite championship experience. Ideally from the first game in August.
Poku and Mbnenge are potentially decent signings but largely untried at this level.
Just over 3 weeks' away from the start of the season and we need some wise heads with experience, not necessarily old in terms of age, by then. Even more so, as some of our more experienced players are injury-prone, seemingly permanent: JC-S, or susceptible to spells of inactivity: Frey and we don't know how Cook will perform after his serious injury. [Post edited 17 Jul 19:52]
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Reply | Kolli
at 12:54 14 Jul 2025
Deliberately specious. Mystified as to why.
However, if you elect to go down that route, you have to apply the same variables/metrics consistently to all players.
For balance: much-lauded Saito: 3 goals (2 against teams that finished beneath us: Derby and Hull)
Saito: 2 goal assists (1 against a team that finished beneath us: Oxford). 39 championship games played. [Post edited 14 Jul 12:59]
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Reply | Kolli
at 11:05 14 Jul 2025
Chair excepted, who's better at 10 with decent strength to not be so easily dispossesed and with a footballing nous that belies his young age.
Madsen, Dembele definitely not. |
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Reply | Our Data Machine likes Australians
at 09:47 13 Jul 2025
You're not alone.
Yes he's young but I don't see a championship-level player in the making. At this stage, there are only two from that age group that are close to being in the first team for next season: Morgan and Kolli, that's it in my view. |
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Reply | Girona Squad
at 17:59 11 Jul 2025
Yep, has me worried too. Threadbare squad in terms of requisite quality and championship experience. Only Jake Clarke-Salter and Kolli missing from that list, I believe.
Hope we can add a few more before the season starts. if not, good luck with that, J Stephan.
Anyway, it's summer, so back to the cricket and rugby league for me. [Post edited 11 Jul 18:59]
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 16:53 9 Jul 2025
I am sure that during Rohl's time at Wednesday, either he or his representative(s) must have spoken to/sounded out other clubs re: potential move away from said club.
If he were to stay, you suspect that they'll have enough to stay clear of the bottom three. [Post edited 9 Jul 16:55]
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Reply | Marti to Leicester…maybe
at 14:53 9 Jul 2025
Might just be me, but I'm seeing some tough fixtures in those first 10 matches. Early matches in a season are generally close affairs: so Preston won't be an easy start. At this stage, I would say that only Oxford, Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton could be viewed as perhaps being easier games.
We may stregthen the squad in time, but we are weaker at this point having lost: Edwards, Saito and Paal. Perhaps Colback too. [Post edited 9 Jul 14:58]
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Reply | State of Origin 2025.
at 12:14 9 Jul 2025
WTF. Nigh on perfect 1st half from Queensland. Props to C Munster being out there and playing a prominent role. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 14:54 7 Jul 2025
Yes, that's an impressive amount of money received in transfer fees by Norwich. Three of the players listed came through their academy: Rowe, Idah, Kamara.
They could easily receive another £25m plus from the sales of Sargent and Sainz. |
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Reply | Cricket 2025 County/International Thread
at 19:13 5 Jul 2025
I tell thee, that Joe Root is absolute pony. He's got to be dropped too. 22 in the first innings and a mere 4 in the second! Drop him!
By my reckoning: that means the following will need to be discarded as they have all failed to "bed in" in this particular match: Crawley, Pope, Duckett and Root. Whilst we're at it, may as well drop Stokes too. [Post edited 5 Jul 20:17]
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Reply | Cricket 2025 County/International Thread
at 20:09 4 Jul 2025
Did you not state in one of your previous posts that you weren't suggesting Crawley wasn't good enough to remain in the England test team. Forgive me for perhaps misrepresenting you, but your latest post would appear to contradict your previous assertion. Most notably: "Duckett's form makes Crawley look better"!
For reference: Crawley's test average 31.42 (56 test matches) is higher than the person you are proposing as his replacement, Sibley: 28.9 (22 test matches) and that's after factoring the stark change in the manner in which England now aim to bat in test cricket, which wasn't the case when Sibley opened for England.
As much as I like Sibley, he will never be considered as Crawley's replacement whilst the current selectors remain in place. Same goes for Hameed, who is also scoring runs for fun in the 4-day county game.
The unique nature of batting means that you are out more frequently than you accumulate high scores. There are notable exceptions of course, but even the very best batsmen in world cricket get out for low/lowish scores too, but on fewer occasions. That's amplified even more when opening in test cricket which is the toughest gig out there. [Post edited 4 Jul 20:16]
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