Maesknoll Red

39 minutes ago, TomF said:

Anderson deep in trouble 

Not for long……

I’m sure Dr’s are being discouraged from dishing out antibiotics like smarties on request, due to the concern they are losing their effectiveness.

24 minutes ago, 54-46 said:

Clubs should offer an amnesty where coke can be swapped for ecstasy

This in turn will see a decrease in violence as per the early days of acid House back in the early 90s

Not much ecstasy in Ashton Gate the last few years……

Another one gone with a positive test, Chisnell this time.

That was like watching two different Wrights in one match……

Traffic is shit, the council seem to be hellbent on making it worse.  Some lovely areas on the outskirts, public transport is a bit crap as well.  Some good restaurants and bars, great countryside and country pubs within easy reach.

I like it ( mostly ) sometimes I have the misfortune to work in Doncaster, now that is a depressing place……

Another great game, Cross needed that 170 check to ensure he had it then.

39 minutes ago, billywedlock said:

Of course now having got ourselves in this pickle, and it is bad as many assumed, getting out of it is even harder. We should have been maxing out the areas of non FFP performance investments for years (Academy cat 1) as we will be relying on youth development for many years to come now. Taking players from the Prem reserves looks unlikely when Palmer was on £28k a week at Chelsea (now that shows how far apart these leagues are now). Scouting and recruitment will need to be very clever. The parachute system will now completely destroy the Championship as owners (maybe like our or Stoke) cannot simply try to compete with them with cash inputs. The whole concept of the Championship is flawed, and the Prem with parachute payments and the ability to sign any talents they want with no squad size constraints (youth) makes a mockery of it all. So this is going to be a very tough period for us and many fellow sides and for some fans they have had enough of the nonsense. Not sure how this plays out, certainly not well if the structure of football is not changed. No wonder the idea of a regulator worries the Prem, and so it should. If you look at the Championship, you really can start to question what is the point. 

Maybe the European Superleague wasn’t such a bad idea, let the real moneybags clubs disappear and use it to get football in this country back in a more level footing.

1 hour ago, TomF said:

Well this explains it 

Apparently MvG was helping VvDV to practise and get him ready for the next round, such a shame, friends inadvertently thwarting each other’s chances.

MvG out with a positive test.

8 minutes ago, BasSavage88 said:

 

Broken down in the thread 

That is difficult reading and if there are other clubs in the same position, something is very wrong with football as a commercial entity, if it’s just us, there is a huge incompetence and mismanagement at play here.

I do wonder, given some of the games I see, how £16K PW can be seen as a realistic and viable wage for the return we get.

2 hours ago, TomF said:

The real issue lies with the ECB and the prioritisation of white ball cricket. 
 

We need to put the county championship back to the pinnacle and run it from start to finish of season with 1 50 over tournament and 1 20 over tournament. 
 

The 100 can get in the ******* bin for me but you know it’ll be the blast that gets the chop 

Not doubting you’re right, but there is a dilemma, white ball cricket is very popular, I enjoyed the 100 and whilst I don’t watch womens football, I did enjoy the womens  games (I think women cricketers are more accomplished at the sport, or maybe they just appear to play the same style as men? than women footballers, but that’s going off on a tangent).

If the 100 was stopped, I’m sure it would pop up elsewhere, with players lured by the financial gain and fun of it.

I’ve watched test matches (mainly on TV, but have done some at the ground) for as long as I can remember and usually enjoy them, I do find that I have less time nowadays to watch long spells of the game and I guess that’s the same for many who work.

Someone needs to work out a system that allows for both types of cricket, maybe it needs a bizarre idea like the short form of the game awarding extra runs for longevity of innings, the team that loses the least wickets getting a bonus?  Probably not practicable nor desirable by those who run the white ball game.

Not a milk chocolate fan really, so bespoke tempered dark chocolate tempered and crafted into delightful treats by a Master Chocolatier for me….. 

I see our sensitive ears were protected by the crowd mics being turned right down as well…… he’s such a popular champion

Bollocks……

4 hours ago, TomF said:

Wade gets a bye due to Covid.  Hope this doesn’t effect the later stages of the tournament 

How will they manage if it’s a finalist?

Oh my, another collapse….

33 minutes ago, northsomersetred said:

The game maybe saved!!, a positive COVID test within the English family group.

 

Sky Sports reporting it’s still on….. even COVID can’t save England!

R-JR holding his nerve well, but he does have plenty of youth titles, so maybe he’s not phased by it all.

Such a shame, what a different Barney from the last round.  Oh well, for me now I am supporting the rest of the field to win, with the exception of Price.

5 hours ago, Leveller said:

Depends on your definition! His dad was a black GI who had to return to the US without him.

I was just wondering why he was being referred to as. Bristolian and the book cover says African-American.  I tried to read the Bristol live article, but for some reason anytime I try to go to any of the Reach group papers sites, my iPad locks and won’t let me scroll down.  

11 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

I can recommend his book, very interesting read.

 

Was he American?

Said to my Mrs what must Fallon Sherrock be thinking watching this, then the commentators said the self same thing.  Not sure if my telly is bugged……

Oh dear Dimitri, No5 seed bites the dust.

Different Barney from a couple of years ago in that post match interview, seems much happier and into it.