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I listening, not watching today, but across the series so agree. As with football refs they risk making themselves redundant in large parts of the game - I could hold a bowler's cap, count up to six then say 'over' (but loud enough for players to hear it).

One of the compensations of close season. pottering around on this board (with the trolls blocked), whilst listening to TmS in the background. Other than the crickety stuff, the highlight so far for me was the Barmies’ trumpeter getting straight in with the MotD theme while a bowler, I think Woakes, did some keepy-ups after the ball came back to him.

Some guy has just burped for a solid 10 seconds and the sound radiated around the stadium. Grim. Totally irrelevent but I went to school with a lad whose farts were so long he could hit the opening notes of Gone With The Wind.

Think Jamal has been unlucky at Newcastle, can’t recall the detail (bit of memory fade) but my impression is that he often got the rap for poor decisions and reading of the play by some of those around him in his early days and never recovered from the resulting perceptions. Feels like Jacob too had a rough ride earlyish and delighted for him that he has ridden it out and with St Max looking on the way to the desert for FFP reasons, his time at the Toon looks to have come – who would’ve predicted any of that two years ago? Proper Sliding Doors stuff – what might’ve happened if Jacob clicked early doors and Rafa came back for Josh ‘Where is he Now’ Murphy? But there’s no path to redemption for Jamal at Newcastle where the squad strength has overtaken him. Did they overpay for him? Probably – Mr Webber would make a great poker player! But if he was what they were looking for at that point, well that was what his value was. Can only wish him well wherever he lands.

Genuinely pleased to hear that as I am what some might call a happy clapper and this area is one of the few negatives I find about the club. If the experience is better tonight I hope we learn about it on here. Myself I'll continue to keep up with things on the Pink Un for the time being.

Be funny if The Sun was the victim of a sting and those piling in on the Beeb are making an equally expensive mistake. Couldn't care less myself but do wonder if in the meantime, behind this F1 deflection, anyone is running the country?

I don’t want a refund because, based on previous track record, I didn’t want to smash a keyboard and so didn’t pay, even though once again I was tempted. Thing is I would like to be able to watch my team and would happily pay to be able to do so. I want to support the club in this limited way (and I doubt they make much out of it), but the only way to make this possible is for no-one to pay until a viable, reliable, service is provided. It's only a small sum, but without you guys pressing for a refund I would not expect anything to change, although they might decide it's not worth the hassle and scrap club streaming - but is that really risking much? OTBC

Looked a decent prospect:) Maybes we should put a cheeky bid in, up his pay and resolve any uncertainty about our left back position !! Only half joking 🙂

Quite happy for them all to eat each other and disappear down some rabbit hole together. Strange world social media and does strange things to otherwise well-adjusted people - one of my weirdest experiences was being asked by someone I had worked with since the days of typewriters to 'friend' her on Diddlespot or whatever, like she hadn't noticed our association or it somehow didn't count without this new 'friendship'. I know we all use social media in one form or another and in places like this but to me friendship is going for a beer together after work, not gazing at a smartphone screen while waiting for the next bus.

If true and I have no reason to either believe or disbelieve it, I'm a bit uncomfortable with this in the same way that Elastic Man is. But any people who push back against the new boss’s ideas in any workplace are riding for a fall as they then have to deliver every time to justify that resistance, so if this is the case here we can expect nothing less than full commitment on the pitch all the time. Think that might be a windbag way of agreeing with Mellow 🙂

Sorry Dutch, that was a bit harsh (bad hair day), if you read it again I think you'll get the drift of what I was driving at, if not maybes I could've worded it better. Have a nice night.

Reinforcing the point that such things can go unnoticed and it's normal not to have childish prejudices? We had an angle called comprehension when I went to school.

The only remarkable thing about this appointment is that it should be remarkable 23 years into the 21st century. I run on neutral in all things gender argument, as indeed do many of my friends, some of whom just happen to be gay.

Yes and especially with Bairstow being one of their own, Headingley will be seething before the toss and red-faced furious after it, whoever wins the toss. If the Aussies thought Lord's was an angry place, they've seen nothing yet. Pretty sure it's a wind-up but there's supposedly a secret plan to smuggle the gift of a packet of sandpaper into the away dressing room on Thursday morning - would be wonderful if it's true and it succeeds.

The only brain fade Bairstow had was to not carry off the Stop Cricket Protester behind the stumps the same he did the Stop Oil Protester. Any other Aussies on here I can block?

Yep they tried to laugh it off but now they're back on top the smirky arrogance remerges to smother their embarrassment - don't care if it makes them winners, they're still copper-bottomed sh*ts.

And one of the cry babies drops Stokes 🙂

Good for them though - the shock of it riled the sh*ts

They're still sh*ts

And that streak of pi** yesterday - a catch? that? It was closer to being using the pitch as sandpaper than being a catch. Would've been told off in school cricket for claiming that.

Let's just say it as it is - they're sh*ts.

It's probably not allowed but bit by bit I'm starting to feel optimistic about next season. I know it's not like stags rutting but this always happens at this time of year and I just can’t help surrendering to this primaeval urge. I would seek help, but I can’t get an appointment before the January window and fear that may be too late. Any suggestions chaps?

Couldn't have been seats through the South Stand for long then - pretty sure stood in the area shown to watch Southampton in autumn '74.

Would want to make room in the squad for Hughie Curran up front too.

Just think Wessi and you'll be close to understanding him. Hard to pick between them across the years though of course.