Calculus

13 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

I didn't know that! 

I didn't think my memories of that night could be any better, but they are now! 

 

I think it's even better than that. Wasn't Clarke the one that Christian Roberts skinned just before scoring the winner?

Not been paying much attention to the other end of the table, but Lancs are nowhere near safe. Even worse for them, Hants play Durham in the last game. Lancs can't afford to lose against Middlesex.

2 minutes ago, Tomarse said:

But Somerset will need a 23 point win assuming that it if its a draw at Lords Middlesex could get 13 points in a draw.  They'd then need to produce a wicket that's decent enough for 350 first time around but will allow our bowlers take 20 wickets.. the result pitches of late have given us more like 19-21 points.

Lancs pulling off a incredible result would be rather nice.. come on Jos, put them to the sword tomorrow.

Mmmm. For the first time in my life, and through gritted teeth: "Come on Lancashire".

(Feel dirty now...)

Not sure Middlesex can do too much to produce a result wicket. Bearing in mind that Yorkshire can still win the Championship and they'll have the choice of what to do first.

For a man like me with dual nationaility (Yorkshire and Somerset) it's what you Bristolians would call a dilemmal.

10 minutes ago, Tomarse said:

Somerset have a knack of getting teams 7-8 down and then letting them pile on a decent partnership. I apprecaite there are very few rabbits in county cricket anymore.  Think my frustation comes from getting in the car at Knutsford and listening to the game all the way to where I am now.. in Sunderland. I was in good spirits when those first two fell after lunch.. then it seemed like a million miles till Leach took the next just after tea. I think that interval was damn needed.

Interesting at OT.  Lancs couldn't.. could they?

I wouldn't have thought Lancs will win, but Middlesex are only 115 on so you can't see a declaration much before lunch tomorrow, leaving only 2 sessions to get Lancs out. Surely even Lancs could survive that....

4 minutes ago, Tomarse said:

Every ****ing game.  Can they ever finish a side off easily.

We'll probably let them get 150 lead and lose. 

Relax for goodness sake, it'll be fine. Although given that you support City and Somerset I can understand you must be a bag of neuroses and disappointments.

Having been born in Yorkshire and being a lifelong supporter I still want them to do well. But, if Somerset do manage it this year would be great - it's ridiculous they've never won the Championship and they've deserved it on a fair few occassions.

Shame, but a very good attempt by the tail. Was hoping for a Yorkshire v Somerset final - birth county v adopted county. That worked out well....

4 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Dope on a rope , nothing to worry about . Let them wear themselves out , then we will strike with laser like précision to show them who da Daddy .

Oh ffs: Soap on a rope, or rope-a-dope.

5 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said:

Maybe it's just a training scheme for young Wael.  

His family, despairing of him not having a proper job and just hanging around the house all day, asked him what he wanted to do and he said "I want to run Chelsea football team mummy".

Well his family had a meeting at 7pm after he'd gone to bed with his milk and biscuits and decided that there was no way that they were going to risk a huge chunk of the family money by buying Chelsea and letting little Wael run it so they decided that they would instead buy him a pretend Chelsea for a few quid for him to play with and which would let him wear a suit to football dos and meet his Chelsea heroes.

Young Wael was given the news the next day and was so excited he packed all of his Chelsea FC underpants into a suitcase and rushed off to Bristol.

No, that's not it. What the young lad asked for was a cowboy outfit. The rest, as they say, is history....

8 minutes ago, Super said:

From Bristol to Lyon

Portugal v Wales (20:00 BST)

Steve Crossman

BBC World Service Sport

Posted at 12:55

You know what it's like... one day you're playing in front of 8,000 people at Bristol Rovers, the next you're representing your country at the Euro 2016 semi-finals.

That's the story of Portuguese defender Jose Fonte, who has been at Southampton since 2010 and helped them go from League One to the Premier League.

"I’ve been down in League One and to be playing a semi-final means the world to me," he said. "It’s hard to understand everything that’s happening. It’s unbelievable."

So, playing Bristol Rovers at the Mem appears to be the low point of his footballing life. Not wrong is he?

Would highly recommend a visit to Taunton. Was there for the Tuesday v Yorkshire and must say the new stand looks brilliant.

That said, really do think they could do with producing wickets that give a decent chance of a result rather than the usual batsmans' paradise. Yorkshire are historically a much stronger county anyway but Headingley has always produced results and Taunton hasn't. Would love Somerset win the County Championship but can't see it as long as the current Taunton wickets persist.

3 hours ago, Tomarse said:

Well done Surrey, that dark horses title is going well. You useless shites.

Bad luck for Surrey to run into Yorkshire with their Test players available. Will be a different team that take the field at Taunton next week. Looking forward to a good day or two at the County Ground and a win for God's County. They do a cracking lunch in Taunton and there's a cider bar as well! Much to be recommended....

7 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

No I was taking the other couple of sags that get on here into consideration 

Fair enough - I thought you were extracting the urine for a moment...

6 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

Just the other 95%

Hang on. Are you saying that one sensible Gashead represents 5% of their support?

10 minutes ago, Robert the bruce said:

My dad always said "judge a man by 'ees shoes"......................

Indeed. According to a very old Irish lady I used to know you should always have a good pair of shoes and a good bed - if you're not in one you're in the other.

All is apparently not well with the long standing show biz marriage of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

So bad have things got that Mickey has, according to reports, visited a top LA divorce attorney.

After Mickey had told his side of the story the lawyer give his opinion:

"I'm sorry Mr Mouse, you simply cannot divorce your wife Minnie simply because you say she has buck teeth".

An angry Mickey replied: "I didn't say she had buck teeth, I said she's f'ing Goofy."

1 minute ago, cityloyal473 said:

Some City have been guilty of that in the past....

Really? You really have to wonder what goes on in some peoples' 'brains'. Complete lack of thought or humanity.

I heard I nice thing about our gaseous friends yesterday. Was playing golf against someone who is a long standing Rovers supporter but now only goes very occassionally. He remembers going to Eastville for a game v Newport County but was (understandably) disgusted to hear Rovers' supporters singing about Aberfan. Possibly the lowest thing I've heard of at football...

6 minutes ago, st andrews gas said:

Unfortunately, I see City staying up too (banter lads!)- we could well go up as well.

Whatever, I am pretty sure none of the gas would stoop so low as to paint the gates of Ashton Gate as I'm told some City idiots did (red obviously) recently at the mem...

Indeed, it's impossible to punch a horse if you're stooping. Anyway, I'm sure that if you'd been successful in stealing the ground in the 80s you'd have painted it...

1 hour ago, Woodsy said:

Thoughts on the banning of the toss?

Good idea on balance, I think. It will stop counties taking a chance and fiddling wickets to their own advantage. The downside might be that we get more flat tracks designed not to do too much for 4 days and a lot of draws as a result. Worth a go for a year maybe....

Well done Somerset - very pleased! Some good young players but signings needed now. With Surrey and Lancs up next year promises to be tough.  

Tykes uber alles.

Indeed. Yorkshire seem to have given up since they won the championship. Cant see them losing tomorrow, but Hampshire are getting maximum bonus points and at least 4 for a draw.

After the start we had I thought we were heading for 300-320, so much credit goes to Glos for pulling that back. The headlines will go to Klinger, but the Glos bowlers deserve much credit. Never thought that Yorkshire take the one day game, and in particular 20-20 all that seriously.  

Having sat through the Ashes series am sure the rise of the 20 over game is destroying 'proper' cricket.  I lost count of the number of times that a team needed a batsman to occupy the crease and accumulate runs. It didn't really happen and I think I'm correct in saying that no match got to a fifth day. Maybe that's what spectators want these days....

This is like watching Barcelona getting turned over by Forest Green Rovers. Grrr!

A good performance by Glos though and Klinger in particular. .

Well done and good luck in the final (through gritted teeth, obviously).

The current Yorkshire team are going to be dominant for a few years yet I'm happy to say. They're starting to put me I'm mind of the 60s team that I used to watch as a kid - Trueman, Close Illingworth, Boycott, John Hampshire, Phil Sharpe, Jimmy Binks etc..

Still hoping Somerset survive though - a good gang down there and Taunton is a great place to go to watch cricket imo. I think they will (just).