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Need Bairstow and Root to get us near 250 or both be still in at close of play tonight. Hopefully Stokes plays the situation like a proper batsman rather than a reckless Swann / Broad type.

Is this why it's taken so long? Been stuck at the airport with everyone else for the last two weeks

What a find Matty Potts looks, him and Robinson are surely the future new ball bowlers once Jimmy and Broad hang them up

Think after the shambles we've seen for the last year or two the general consensus was that the fault was deep rooted at the bottom of the game however this series suggests it was at the top all along.

What a bowler Trent Boult is

Is it just me hoping he has a stinker of a tournament?

That's a blow was hoping he would hit the ground running this season

It'll be Buttler, think thats already been decided upon within the ECB, it should be a fairly seamless transition given how he plays the game personally as well as how long he's already been in the ODI setup.

Anyone else think Morgan will call it a day soon? Been a fantastic captain for England and revolutionised limited overs cricket in this country but his batting had been going downhill for quite a while now and we have literally dozens of batsmen that can step into the ODI top 6

Signed a GK from Man City today I think for £12m

Why would you tempt fate like that... Yep and nobody could blame him if that was the case, he has a career to progress.

What an innings by Bairstow, plenty on here including me saying it was time to move him on and Pope was never going to do anything at 3....so happy to be proven wrong. What a transformation in the space of a few weeks, bring on the Aussies next summer, be nice to see Anderson go past Warne during that series

I have very little expectation that we will be anywhere near the top 6 but those odds are enticing given there is usually a team that comes from nowhere the season before I.e. Luton and it would make it all the sweeter if it actually happened

Your overthinking it, Tomin doesn't care enough about football to have the career he could have so I doubt he's trawling through his old clubs forums to see if his Instagram posts cause any sort of commotion. Really don't understand why anyone gets so riled over this kind of stuff.

Or a bit of light hearted banter between friends? I doubt Tomlin or any other footballer thinks posting an emoji on Social Media has any sort of relevancy to anyone.

It wasn't meant in a "how the mighty have fallen" way just funny how things change over time

If i was told 4 years ago there would be this much fuss about a right back from Forest Green I would have assumed we were laughing at the Rovers!

Exactly...you'll have Udinese's third choice right back and like it pal!

Decent range of choice to be fair, the prices are a little on the high side though

Away kit at 7pm followed by home kit at 8pm?

QPR just after Xmas

Couldn't agree more, should have batted 7 in this game with Brook or Pope at 5

29 years first game around Xmas 1993 v Forest

He wasn't an assistant at Liverpool he was a U18/23 coach. Still a strange move though I agree although Villa seem to be splashing the cash so would think he's at least doubled his money by going there.