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240, still more than 100 runs away. In the meantime, our neighbours are doing their best to help us - Warwickshire now three down in their second innings.

COVE has now bowled the grand total of nine overs - and taken three wickets!

I missed that as I was concentrating on your comment suggesting both sides looked as if they were playing for a draw. Re. COVE not playing for a few (6/7) weeks, I really do not understand the logic of just keeping him sitting around in the pavilion, which is almost as bad as depriving Jack Leach of any cricket for the rest of the season.

I am not so sure. Northants two down already.

Happy Days. Essex all out for 59 - lost by 39. What an absolute disgrace, though.

I was just about to post exactly the same!

How very interesting - Falco Subbuteo, Eurasian Hobby, bird of prey (Thank You Google). I studied Latin in school, and I am surprised it was never mentioned as a number of us were keen subbuteo players. Upon reflection, this was a long time ago, so it may well have been mentioned and I have simply forgotten.

Indeed, so a desperate, hard fought draw at best.

Hmmm, I’m not so sure. I read some years ago that Bobby and his brother would be playing outside most nights, frequently after dark, practicing by kicking the ball against the wall etc. Today, or even just fifty years later, the neighbours would be screaming blue murder and they would probably be issued with ASBOs ?.

Quite possibly, but Manchester City’s team would be strengthened due to a number of world class foreign players, whereas England would be restricted to, well, English players ?.

Assuming, of course, that Bath win their replay away to Hartley Wintney - 0-0 at halftime.

I remember it being one of my early Saturday evening highlights.

I saw that and thought immediately of D of DG. I wonder how many recognised it and, conversely, for how many it simply bypassed them.

Wow! I have posted on several occasions how I consider WORDLE to be very much a game of chance and how I much prefer QUORDLE, which I consider more challenging, but, at the same time, a fair test - I have failed WORDLE on several occasions, but, so far, have always managed to complete QUORDLE. My two go solution today, based obviously on an inspired guess, perhaps justifies my view. I should be interested to know whether you both do QUORDLE as well and, if so, which one you prefer.

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Of course it is, but such a mistake is quite understandable at the present time.

Especially as the individual prices are all even figures, whereas the final total ends with a 9! Steer well clear.

Quarterboy is a strange one, as well.

How things change. When I was (much) younger, hymen leaving used to mean there was a hole in the front.

I assume you are referring to Herr Hasenhüttl, or Mr Rabbit Hutch, in English, but I don’t believe he has been sacked (yet).

Oh, absolutely, and that is one reason I am sort of hoping Forest get relegated and, notwithstanding the MA situation, Ipswich fail to get promoted.

I sort of agree with the thrust of your post but, and I know it’s early days, it doesn’t seem to be doing Ipswich any harm.

Are you saying the first sensible post on this thread, or the first one from @Mad Cyril ?? Or both?

It was definitely a Tuesday - I remember we had 'Games' in the afternoon and, for a reason I cannot for the life of me remember, I managed to get out of school on the Tuesday morning. Thanks Beryl Fudge RIP, for arranging both tickets and City coach travel. Indeed, what a day.

I sort of agree with your suggestion that perhaps KL thinks (optimistically, but incorrectly) he can still react and move as he did when he was younger - it happens to the best of us - and he might be able to get away with it if he was a kick it and head it central defender. Unfortunately, or not, depending on your view, he has a more cultured background and is a fairly recent convert to the centre of defence. I think NP needs to have a strong word with KL - he probably has already, several times - and try and dissuade him from trying to play it out from the back when he is the last man, and certainly to stop making ‘silly’ passes when he is the last defender. Without searching back through the whole thread, I seem to recall you were going to put your tin hat on when you made the El Abd comparison - I may be referring to a different thread, or you may even have several tin hats - but, surprisingly, there appears to have been little dissent to your view.