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Was going to go tomorrow but there seems little point now with the game looking to be over by lunch or very soon afterwards. Will they be offering reduced prices?

Two wide players on and Smith on the bench. Looks like we're vacating the centre of midfield again to me. Not optimistic.

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They're thinking about allowing people to grow carrots and cabbages on the Memorial Stadium 'pitch' and are worried that someone might break in.

.... but it's not that long ago that the family bought him a cowboy outfit for Christmas.

Are you sure? Always find it a bit odd that one of the most frequently sung songs is 'Stand up if you hate the Gas'. Then there's this thread and it's massive predecessor. Obsessive, you could say...

... and if Somerset hadn't taken off the spinners in the home match against Yorkshire and Yorkshire had got 4 less runs as a result then Somerset would have had 16 points more and Yorkshire 16 points less.

Remember that well. At the next City home game a new song appeared: 11 men went to play, went to play at Wigan 11 men, 10 men, 9 men, 8 men, 7 men went to play at Wigan

A mistake certainly, but not where Somerset lost it IMO. Was at Taunton yesterday watching Bess and Leach easily running through the Yorkshire second innings. By the time Yorkshire were 8 down 7 of the eight wickets had gone to the spinners (Craig Overton had the other). Instead of keeping going with the spinners they took the new ball and brought on a seam attack. Result was that the Yorkshire 9th wicket put on an easy 50 with no problems. Spinners eventually brought back on and brought the innings to a close leaving Ballance stranded on 98. A very stupid decision by Somerset that cost a completely unnecessary 40 runs or so and eventually the match. Other thing I should mention was the form of Trescothick - look completely out of form, several near misses before being out for 7 and head down, shambling his way back to the pavilion. Looked very low on confidence to me - sad to see, because he's been a fantastic servant.

I think it might have been Peter Beadle. Fortunately our sound system is so bad I couldn't mate out a single word.

This is awful. Every week I look forward to reading Hava's reviews - always interesting, always full of enthusiasm. The mood around the club now seems to have gone beyond anger. Just sadness, and by the time it's hitting good folk like Hava something is dreadfully wrong. SL should open his eyes and see what is happening. The club is losing people by the bucket load at the moment. I won't be there today, or listening - I'll be playing golf. Hope the boys win today, but don't have any expectation at all. Just sad.

Excellent write up was usual. In theory we should lose this easily but you just never know with City - all part of their fabulous charm...

Assist from Brownhill - well done Lee. Genius. Johnson for England...

Agree with that but it's the other side that's the worry. If we're playing Tomlin on the left we'd be better with a good defensive left back (Golbourne) imo. Also, will be interesting to how Brownhill goes today - very much an unknown quantity. It might well work, who knows? Here's hoping....

There's actually a thread on Gas Guzzler from someone suggesting Matty Taylor is better than Jimmy Greaves. You have to wonder at the 'brain' that thought than one up...

Much as I don't like him or them I would have thought 2 consecutive promotions was a decent achievement. Don't think he could be blamed too much for the basket case he inherited. That said, he's now callling for investment in the squad in January so that, with UWE, is going to be interesting. Am sure that Wally has wealth on paper - whether he's got enough liquid cash is the question. Methinks not and the truth will out fairly soon. More fun to come for us, IMO.

That would be a very fitting time for the team to run out to...

Not at all. Match fixing is where there is some agreement to achieve a particular result. All Middlesex and Yorkshire did was get to a position where a declaration was possible and a result could be achieved for either side based on good, hard, fair cricket. All cricket teams do it, including Somerset. Don't see the point of all the sour grapes tbh. Somerset have had a good season and a brilliant last two games. Their basic trouble was that they didn't do enough earlier on in the season and only went into the last round of games in third place. Middlesex have been at the top for most of the season, the best team and fully deserve their Championship.

Yes. Somerset and Middlesex would both have 226 points. Somerset's title due to more wins.

I've met Michael Vaughan on a couple of occassions. Fantastic, intelligent, ruthless captain although somewhat less than empathetic - makes Douglas Jardine look like a Sunday School teacher, imo.

I imagine he was thinking he needed a fair time to get Yorkshire out. Thought he just about pitched it right, but it's a difficult balance to strike.

They easily could be. Yorkshire won't stop going for this even if they're down to the last wicket. No difference to them whether they draw or lose - if they don't win, they've lost the Championship, finished third and got the prize money for third place.

.... and if was Somerset doing it you'd all be delighted. (Not unlike teams wasting time at football when they're winning - great if it's City, cheating it it's not).