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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread 16:47 - Nov 22 with 310977 viewsMaySixth

Phil - cheeky, but can you pin?? I know a fair few of us are interested in chatting about this as well as ITFC.

To kick start - series predictions?

I am going Australia 2-3 England.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 03:47 - Dec 6 with 9664 viewsMelford


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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 03:53 - Dec 6 with 9653 viewsTLA

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 03:45 - Dec 6 by Reuser_is_God

Game over

Ashes over


Looks that way.

As a few people have said, it's the hope that destroys you!
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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:10 - Dec 6 with 9642 viewsjimsymBLUE

Don't know why I even bothered setting the alarm for 4am, we all new this would happen. Absolute tossers the lot of them, (apart from Jimmy). It is indeed the merest hint of hope that kills you. Kettle off....back to bed to dream of a Ali/Bairstow 150 partnership.
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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:15 - Dec 6 with 9635 viewsTLA

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:10 - Dec 6 by jimsymBLUE

Don't know why I even bothered setting the alarm for 4am, we all new this would happen. Absolute tossers the lot of them, (apart from Jimmy). It is indeed the merest hint of hope that kills you. Kettle off....back to bed to dream of a Ali/Bairstow 150 partnership.
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That'll be Bairstow needing to get 150 himself then!
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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:15 - Dec 6 with 9634 viewsReuser_is_God

12-3 this morning.

Back to being embarrassing after a day & a half of hope & fight.

Evans out
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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:17 - Dec 6 with 9634 viewsgainsboroughblue

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:15 - Dec 6 by Reuser_is_God

12-3 this morning.

Back to being embarrassing after a day & a half of hope & fight.


How disappointing yet depressingly predictable.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:30 - Dec 6 with 9615 viewsReuser_is_God

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:17 - Dec 6 by gainsboroughblue

How disappointing yet depressingly predictable.


Ali to be dropped?

Bowling poorly & not scoring runs.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:37 - Dec 6 with 9611 viewsgainsboroughblue

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:30 - Dec 6 by Reuser_is_God

Ali to be dropped?

Bowling poorly & not scoring runs.


Difficult to see how this side can be improved. There really isn't anything in reserve unless I'm blinded by anger and dismay. Aside from 2010/11, ashes tours have become known for disaster from start to finish with players carrying injuries and careers being finished, with off field shenanigans destabilising everything.

Aus simply have to put 400 on the board and we are out of the game. They are so ordinary yet quite a distance ahead of us. And other than Stokes, we have our best players out there already. I'm going back to bed.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:42 - Dec 6 with 9601 viewsReuser_is_God

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:37 - Dec 6 by gainsboroughblue

Difficult to see how this side can be improved. There really isn't anything in reserve unless I'm blinded by anger and dismay. Aside from 2010/11, ashes tours have become known for disaster from start to finish with players carrying injuries and careers being finished, with off field shenanigans destabilising everything.

Aus simply have to put 400 on the board and we are out of the game. They are so ordinary yet quite a distance ahead of us. And other than Stokes, we have our best players out there already. I'm going back to bed.


Well that cheered me up!

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 05:10 - Dec 6 with 9582 viewsReuser_is_God

Broads batting really is woeful these days, playing Yorkers off the back foot here.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 05:18 - Dec 6 with 9577 viewsReuser_is_God

169-3 to 233 all out.

Piss fecking poor.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 06:13 - Dec 6 with 9551 viewscaught-in-limbo

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 13:24 - Dec 5 by gordon

It's the hope that kills you though, isn't it? If they'd only just gone and enforced the follow on, we'd have crumbled to 132 all out, and we'd all move on cheerfully to the next test wondering if Gary Ballance might be the answer to shore up the batting and avert a 5-0 stuffing.

You mark my words, Root won't make it past his usual 72, Woakes will nail a few cover drives for a 28, either Moeen or Bairstow will hit a carefree 46 and the other will give his wicket away for a duck in brainless fashion, and we'll lose by 88 runs.


If only.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 06:17 - Dec 6 with 9549 viewsSaleAway

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 09:17 - Dec 5 by SaleAway

In the last decade, England have been set 350+ to win 15 times. Not only have they never won, they've never got within 100 of the target.


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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 07:34 - Dec 6 with 9512 viewsgordon

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 04:30 - Dec 6 by Reuser_is_God

Ali to be dropped?

Bowling poorly & not scoring runs.


To be replaced by Mason Crane?
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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 07:37 - Dec 6 with 9509 viewsgordon

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 06:13 - Dec 6 by caught-in-limbo

If only.


Well, Woakesy left me a few runs short, and Jonny dashed off a 36 instead of a 46, but unless you can point me in the direction of a more accurate prediction I'll be feeling relatively smug this morning.
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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 07:45 - Dec 6 with 9506 viewsSteve_M

The win was always unlikely but this morning was about as disappointing as it could have got after yesterday.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 07:52 - Dec 6 with 9495 viewsReuser_is_God

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 07:34 - Dec 6 by gordon

To be replaced by Mason Crane?


Hopefully Ben Stokes

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 08:26 - Dec 6 with 9471 viewschristiand

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 07:45 - Dec 6 by Steve_M

The win was always unlikely but this morning was about as disappointing as it could have got after yesterday.


For the last day and half England have fought their way back in to the contest and then this morning gone down with a whimper.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 08:29 - Dec 6 with 9463 viewschristiand

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 07:34 - Dec 6 by gordon

To be replaced by Mason Crane?


That makes our tail even longer. I think once the series is over, which could be the end of the next test, put Crane in lets see what he can do at this level.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 08:33 - Dec 6 with 9459 viewsReuser_is_God

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 08:26 - Dec 6 by christiand

For the last day and half England have fought their way back in to the contest and then this morning gone down with a whimper.


Woakes got out before I’d even walked down stairs & put the tele on FFS

Evans out
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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 09:26 - Dec 6 with 9416 viewsThe_Romford_Blue

Wow!

Glad I slept through my alarm. Absolutely shocking collapse... again! Actually it's not even shocking.

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Same problem as the last time we lost 5-0 on 09:37 - Dec 6 with 9409 viewsBobbychase

Cannot keep their bowlers in the field long enough to see if their reputed injury problems surface.

Mitchell Johnson's action and pace took a lot out of him but that season he blew us away Australia were able to use him in short bursts because we never posted testing enough totals to make them spend long days in the field.

Same is happening here. There were lots of doubts about their big three oacemen being able to last a whole series but we may never find out if those were unfounded or not because they can chase down our small scores while rotating the three quicks while Lyon takes on a large part of the bowling burden.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 10:50 - Dec 6 with 9362 viewsBtreeBlueBlood

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 05:18 - Dec 6 by Reuser_is_God

169-3 to 233 all out.

Piss fecking poor.


AND BATTING WAS SUPPOSEDLY ONLY DIFFICULT THE UNDER LIGHTS
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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 11:07 - Dec 6 with 9354 viewscatch74

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 08:29 - Dec 6 by christiand

That makes our tail even longer. I think once the series is over, which could be the end of the next test, put Crane in lets see what he can do at this level.


I was surprised Rashid wasn’t taken as cover for Ali, more experienced and can bat a bit. The only changes we can make with the players available would be to drop Vince and bat Bairstow at five, Malan four and get the other keeper (Foakes?) in. Mark Wood should play in the next warm up game and he’s an option - although would be harsh on Overton the ink Perth needs pace in the attack. Plunkett should be out there too.

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The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 11:17 - Dec 6 with 9352 viewsRyorry

The Ashes 2017/2018 Thread on 11:07 - Dec 6 by catch74

I was surprised Rashid wasn’t taken as cover for Ali, more experienced and can bat a bit. The only changes we can make with the players available would be to drop Vince and bat Bairstow at five, Malan four and get the other keeper (Foakes?) in. Mark Wood should play in the next warm up game and he’s an option - although would be harsh on Overton the ink Perth needs pace in the attack. Plunkett should be out there too.


Is there any good reason Bairstow isn't higher up the order? Tired after being in the field all day/night?

Set my alarm for 3.30, went back to sleep when first wicket went, decent night's kip for once.

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