Mr Hankey

14 minutes ago, SBB said:

Nailed it. 

22 minutes ago, TV Tom said:

This is going to creep into tomorrow with the weather forecast for this afternoon

This will be done by 4pm, no chance of it going until tomorrow.

Crawley either won’t learn or more worryingly can’t learn.

Peter Whittingham by a country mile.

Be a shame if Tongue is rested. He is very erratic & can be what you need to break down a settled partnership. Robinson just adds nothing for me, i expect the Aussies would be much happier facing his slow bowling than god knows what coming at them from Tongue.

Am i being far too optimistic to suggest that i am confident that if we bowl them out around 350-365 that i think we will chase them down…….is it just me???

1 minute ago, Port Said Red said:

Possibly. I think this approach is as new to the proponents as everybody else so it's still in it's infancy so I think some of those subtleties may develop in time.

Judging by Stokes performance at the end of the day something had changed slightly, even it was the old fashioned, hitter and anchorman approach.

Yeh i think you are right there, they will certainly be discussing how to make things better or when they need to change thier approach, i think some people think that Stokes and Baz are just saying “be aggressive, whack anything you can!” but of course they will be talking & looking at things to make it better.

Was surprised by Stokes, the one player that i didn’t expect to be the anchor! He did very well to keep things ticking over with Brook.

All for Bazball, but sometimes you just dont need to force it. The pitch is/was there for runs all day long no matter how you bat. My issue with yesterday is that when Lyon was injured, all they had to do was calm things down for 7 or 8 overs and just let the bowlers tire themselves instead of looking for the shots - it turned out Australia set their traps perfectly to get the wickets, particularly Root’s.

Still think we will at least draw level, maybe even slightly ahead after our innings, but we missed out on a chance to put some real pressure on the Aussies. It’s still looking decent to me, but could of been a lot better had we played a little bit smarter at times.

I certainly don’t want them to change their approach, but yesterday does feel like a missed opportunity at the moment if they just played the conditions at times, fingers crossed it all goes well today.

Think he will end up at West Ham, especially now Rice has gone. Would be a great move for him & should get us a good fee.

Perfect stepping stone to move on again in another 4 years should he carry on developing the way we think he will.

I am assuming his move abroad didn't quite materialise? I think the likely situation is that Pearson probably pulled the plug on this one fairly quickly so we could move on to sign Roberts. Shame, but if he wasn't fully committed then i'm glad we moved on (of course this is just an assumption).

Didn’t Jason Gillespie retire mid-Ashes after being absutely taken apart in a couple of matches? Really hope the same doesn’t happen to Jimmy, but he has been phenomenal for so long.

4 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I don't think people understand how modern football transfers work. 

I think people think it goes like buying club scout player, buying club submit bid, selling club accept and then give permission for the buying club to speak to the player. Player then comes down and discusses terms, meets the manager and then makes a decision. 

However the reality is far from that. For example, Mason Mount had agreed terms with Man Utd before Utd had even submitted a bid for him! That's how it works these days.

Yes tapping up is illegal but it goes on in every single transfer so its just seen as an acceptable part of the game now. 

You don't ever hear of players rejecting clubs these days do you? That's because it all gets agreed well before the two clubs enter discussions. 

The point I'm making is that for us to have submitted bids, we already know that he wants to join us. 

Not quite as simple as you make it out to be.

Of course most players speak to other clubs before a bid is made, & you are right that not many will say "actually no i don't want to join you" - all modern day footballers, particularly in the lower leagues, will always keep their options open & not burn bridges. He is likely to have already met with Ipswich as well & told them he "wants to join".

This one is anything but a certain signing in my books.

20 minutes ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:

I agree with you. You have to give Khawaja and Cummins credit but throughout the test we showed better captaincy and better cricket. Just as in football though individual errors, both in decision making and execution, cost us. 

I can't see how Mo is going to be fit so we need another spinner. Do we go leg spin with Parkinson or do we want another off spinner due to the number of Aussie left handers. Dom Bess, who looked like he was going to be next cab off the rank at one time, is an all rounder choice or how about giving Jack Carson a go. 

Does Ben Foakes come in behind the stumps and if so is he a one for one replacement for Bairstow or does Bairstow stay as a batsman and we make changes elsewhere. 

I can see Mark Wood coming in at Lords but at the expense of whom, Jimmy? 

I'm sure we'll play the same way but will Labuschagne and Smith fail again. Lords is often England's graveyard. 

Absolutely, didn't think Khawaja had it in him to play like that in England & Cummins did excellently well both with bat & ball, although i do think he is underrated as a batter (definitely not an all-rounder but can do a job when needed!).

Dom Bess seems to have disappeared, but would be surprised if Mo can make it so be interesting to see what they do there. I think Foakes is a better keep than Bairstow, but don't see who he would come in for. Brooks hasn't done anything wrong to be dropped & Pope is VC so no chance of him making way & i don't think you can drop Bairstow for what he can bring to the bat when he's on form.

My main concern is what you have mentioned at the end - we got Warner, Smith & Labushagne out cheaply in both innings, but still couldn't do enough to get the win.......what happens when they hit form?

Really good test that, think it was our own mistakes that cost us (Bairstow missed stumpings, charging down Lyon when he was bowling when we didn't need to do it quite so much, no balls) & not so much Australia being better than us. Does make the next test an almost must win so will that add to the pressure, but a very entertaining start. Can't see any changes, apart from Mo if his finger hasn't healed, which if it does will likely just rip straight back open as it's only a week away. Jimmy potentially rested, but that only happens if he doesn't feel he can go again so soon. I would expect the same line-up, or as close to it as they can possibly get.

37 minutes ago, Percy Pig said:

 

 

 

He can't exactly come out and say, "I'm off and I'm going to Bristol City" in the press before a bid has even been accepted can he? 

 

It's my first summer back on OTIB for a long old time. Is this the general theme? Leaping to conclusions? 

Blooming hell. 

Don't think what i stated had anything to do with jumping to conclusions! More of a potential outcome theory based on a "what if" scenario. I have no idea what will happen with this, but can certainly see us walking away if Derby try to play the waiting game.

22 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Fixed that for you

FFP will catch them out, especially if they are outbidding in the millions. We have cut our cloth accordingly for this season. I don't know much about Ipswich's squad but having had a quick gander, i don't see anything worthy of note that they can sell if they need to balance out the books. 

He said yesterday that he doesn’t know what he is going to do & is going to go away for a few weeks to think things over - think we are likely to have moved on to other targets by that stage especially if Derby want a bidding war.

https://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/im-an-ambitious-person-irelands-jason-knight-to-weigh-up-future-at-derby/a816436125.html

40 minutes ago, Robbored said:

For me Scotland have always our noisy neighbours and although they’re pretty crap I secretly have something of of soft spot for them - much the same way that I have soft spot for Lincoln City.

Don’t you mean Bristol Rovers?

10 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Wolves can't afford as it stands, FFP a problem there.

Brighton, £30m on Joao Pedro and pushing for Colwill for £40m now.

Says they're keen on Alcaraz, Southampton. 20 years old, midfield- £25m asking price. Will Scott outcompete him?

Not sure how it works, but with Wolves letting go of Jimenez & Moutinho, along with the likely departure of Neves, would that put them in a stronger position money wise, or will that not factor in to FFP until the following summer?

Considering Spurs fans opinions of a player like Kulusevski & his goal involvements (despite being involved in 22 goals in just 48 matches) , i would be worried about Scott going there & the fans expectations, however if they show us the money then adios……but i think a club like Brighton or Wolves would be a much better move for him to begin with.

2 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

And there we have it:

OTIB at its finest. I didnt mention once about the position we're in but merely that I wasn't feeling the same excitement as others regarding the new signings.

But hey-ho Len, don't let a good misquote get in the way of a populist post.

I'm sort of with you in a way on this......the 2 signings we have made so far has made me feel that it is a very decent "start" to the window. I wasn't overly annoyed about the Bryan deal falling through (even though he would have been a good signing) & i feel the same with the Roberts deal as i don't see either of them as being better than Pring.

If we sign a couple of quality midfielders & another centre back then i will be impressed, but if we go in to the start of the season with what we have signed already (which i highly doubt we will) then i will be underwhelmed.

45 minutes ago, phantom said:

It would have been if Derby hadn't muddied the waters at the last minute

45 minutes ago, Nugget said:

Interesting at the bottom of that article says City have approached a striker but I can’t find the player in question.

edit Championship star not striker

I saw that as well, but got a feeling it may be click-bait & the “championship star” was the signing we made last week - Rob Dickie.

1 minute ago, Mihai said:

I would not sign him a new contract. He has injury problems and likely will do the same. He is not at the same level as before and we have enough defenders if Vyner stays here. I really liked Kalas but last 2 seasons was mostly injured... 

Last season he was indeed injured, but the season before he played 35 league games, which is not an injury hit year at all..........if he is willing to accept much reduced terms then i am all for it, if not then he will move on.

I wouldn’t of thought so…..can see them using the Rice money on established top level players. Moyes can’t afford a bad start to the season so can’t see him wanting to spend on a player like Scott.