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Thanks for that. As I posted earlier, she was an interesting commentator/pundit, and was joining in with the (Peter Trego especially) banter. A welcome addition to the already excellent commentary team.

Fingers crossed for Lancs to help us out tomorrow.

Ah, you may be correct. He was chatting with the female commentator, and I wasn’t really paying attention as I was writing something and only listening in the background. Who is she, by the way. Knowledgeable and seems good fun.

If I heard correctly, he is also playing occasionally for Devon Dumplings!

Of course, although it would seem academic now as he suggested in one of his commentary sessions that he would be staying - ´Im a one club man’. I really hope so, as he does seem to be a nice young man and, of course, is a very good one day batsman. In addition, I think it is admirable that he has turned his back on the lucrative overseas thrashes to concentrate and try and improve his First Class game.

Saved the following on by two runs, although I doubt whether Somerset would have enforced it. 50 overs left in the day, so a lead of 300ish by close and a quick thrash for an hour tomorrow morning?

QUORDLE completed, as well. Daily Quordle 178 quordle.com ??? ? ? ??? ? ? ? ????? ????? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ???? ? ????? ? ?? ????? I don't know why, but I seem to find QUORDLE far easier than WORDLE.

Not in two, but at least it was a reasonable challenge. Wordle 397 5/6 ? ??? ??? ? ?????

Sure, but if they are all in the same (Atyeo) Stand, from whom do they need to be segregated? Wouldn't it be more to do with netting at the front to keep them off the pitch?

A very good point, and Good Luck to NP, RG and the rest of the management team.

I saw this earlier, especially how happy Tom Banton looked. I also read how he spent a long time signing autographs for the numerous schoolchildren present today. Surely, that doesn't look or sound like a young man who wants to leave, and to Warwickshire?

This is what I love (??) about WORDLE. I have yet to fail a QUORDLE, but frequently fail WORDLE and thought today was going to be another failure. Wordle 396 5/6 ?? ???? ???? ???? ?????

I was actually being sarcastic about ´Leach’ being back, in response to your comment about the bowling attack looking weak, apart from Jack - Jack Brooks is, of course, also in the 11. In all seriousness, though, you may have touched upon something with your comment about Dom Bess - one of Tom Abell’s best mates, I heard on the commentary yesterday - inseparable apparently. We are 26 runs from a fourth batting point at Lunch, with 12 overs left to get them and four wickets in hand. The pitch (and overhead conditions) will only get worse, so let’s see what happens this afternoon and tomorrow.

We’ve also got Leach back, though.

I must say that, going back to the days of the Gillette Cup, the one day game is probably my preferred version. It was just such a wonderful day out, and I recall trips with my father, mainly to Taunton, but also to other counties, New Road and The Oval being my favourites. My favourite was the Peter Denning inspired win against a star studded Surrey side, just an absolutely fantastic day - more than 400 runs scored between them, which was a phenomenal total back then.

As I said, that’s fair enough. Personally, I am quietly optimistic of a top half finish; threatening, even attaining if we are lucky with injuries, the play offs.

OK, that’s fair enough. But, apart from having a rubbish defence, midfield and attack, all managed by someone who is only a patch on what he used to be 10 years ago, why are you so pessimistic about the upcoming season?

Of course, but what I meant was: Who is Tom Ball? Why have they changed their official address? Wasn’t it Portman Road before?

In all seriousness, what is the relevance of this new development?

On the same site, I see that City also have a Friendly tomorrow - against Green Forest Roads ?.

Comedy Gold; Come on you Routes! It must have some value.

I am pretty sure that would have been the same game - too much of a coincidence not to be. It may have been good humoured during the game, but I can recall 'Porky' chants in response to his gesticulating, and it was anything but good humoured when we ran in to them after.

Rovers have what would appear to be an interesting Friendly tomorrow night. It seems a wonderful opportunity for them to parade some of their new signings. https://www.infotatiles.com/preview-bristol-rovers-v-stoke-city-prediction-team-news-form-guide/

It happens at home matches too. Some years ago, when away fans used to be coralled in a corner of the East End, adjacent to the Williams Stand, we played Cardiff, and they had one particularly obnoxious fan who was constantly jeering and gesticulating at the City fans - behind a large Police cordon, of course. Unfortunately, said Cardiff fan was particularly fat, and received a constant torrent of abusive chants, frequently highlighting this, and even received the (not too original) name of Porky, resulting in more gestures, more chants in response, throughout the game. At full time, my friends and I made our way in to Bedminster, when who should we come across, but Porky, accompanied by what I assume was a minibus group of Cardiff fans. There was only four or five of us, so we ran away, and I remember us laughing and being so relieved and grateful he was so fat.

Thanks. Obviously, I hadn't seen that before creating my thread. As our @Major Isewater says: Be quick or be original - it would seem I was neither.