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    Albert got a reaction from kevinhectoring in Ashes 2021-22   
    Honestly, there were some positives out of that in the end. 
    Burns, while scratchy, does look like he could still make a decent opener. He always looked like he was up to a challenge, despite some poor innings. 
    Crawley had a poor start, but also grew into the series. 
    Root had a terrible series as captain, and his batting hardly set the World alight, but he certainly didn't just vanish. 
    Stokes looked like he was never prepared to really be there, which is understandable.
    Bairstow, for all the hate, actually looked up to the challenge, and looked a better player than last time I saw him in Australia. 
    Wood and Robinson played well. 
    Anderson and Broad, while at the ends of their careers, looked like they were still capable. 
    Leach's series was ruined by poor selection and captaincy, but still looked capable later in the series. Playing him at the Gabba, but not in Adelaide, has to go down as one of the worst bits of selection I've ever seen. That said, Australia picked Lyon for Hobart, and he didn't bowl a single ball, so there's that. 
    Add Archer and Stone to England, and there's not a lot wrong with the bowling department. Playing one of Anderson or Broad for experience, then backing them up with Robinson, Archer or Stone works fine. Leach is also a handy player, and while not a World beater, neither is someone like Nathan Lyon. England don't have a Shane Warne or an Ashwin, and that's fine. Add Stokes to the bowling group, and in that department, England are fine. Woakes should never be seen on tour again though, he is one of the least effective bowlers I've ever seen in Australia. 
    Really, the issue to sort is around the batting. Burns and Crawley might work as an opening combination. Hameed is clearly not up to the task though, and honestly looked the most clueless opener England have sent in over a decade, and that's saying a lot. 
    Personally, I think Root needs to bat 3, so England can build a middle order after someone solid. England lack a proper number 3, and it shows. A lot of the issues would disappear if someone could stop the bleeding after the first wicket falls, rather than the second. Australia did this with Smith in the time before they had Labuschagne filling that role. 
    With the rest of the order, Stokes at 5 is fine, but having him as an attacking number 6 would also work fine. Bairstow, for all the criticms of him, would work fine in that middle order too. Then there's players like Lawrence and Pope who could fill in those key positions as well. Maybe even going for Pope at 4, Bairstow at 5 and Stokes at 6, or some combination of that. I get England believe Pope is the next big thing, so maybe he is actually work the gamble of just leaving in the side until he comes good. He wouldn't be the first who did eventually become World class. He does need to get used to leaving though. 
    That just leaves the issue of the keeper, and honestly, even Australians were confused why Foakes didn't play this series. 
    So yeah, I'm not convinced England don't have the quality, the issue is the selections for this series were a mess, and England were missing two key bowlers. Things like Leach at the Gabba, but not Adelaide, not Jimmy or Broad at the Gabba, etc, really hurt. The Gabba was confidence sapping, and England wilted a lot easier afterwards. 
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    Albert got a reaction from ariotofmyown in Season 21 - 22 survival bid statistics   
    Our position is actually starting to look reasonable. 
    We're off the bottom, and are on 14 points from 26. Spreading the points deduction per game, we're really on ~23 points right now, and each result includes -0.46 points. That would see us out of the drop zone, though other clubs have games in hand. 
    The reality is though, if the damage to the squad in the last few days doesn't harm us too much, we're in an unbelievable position given what's happened. FiveThirtyEight now rate us as 37% to stay up. Unbelievable stuff from the side.
    No wonder the EFL's campaign against us has stepped up. 
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    Albert got a reaction from JoetheRam in Ashes 2021-22   
    Yeah, that was disappointing in the end. 
    England looked a threat with that opening partnership, but just rolled over and died once Green broke it. 
    Also, my word is Green a good player. Looks a match for Starc and Hazlewood in terms of his bowling, and batted well in the series overall. If he can translate his Shield form (averages 50+) to Test cricket, the kid could be something truly special.
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    Albert reacted to Zag zig in Wayne Rooney   
    If Wayne Rooney is standing on the touch line tomorrow (no reason to believe he won’t be), I hope he gets massive encouragement from the fans backing and sends us with a rallying call post match.
    This man (lucky to get the job or not), has been a shining light in a crap storm being thrown from ALL angles.
    God I hope he sticks with us, because we bloody need him to keep positive and give everyone belief. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Andicis in Season 21 - 22 survival bid statistics   
    Our position is actually starting to look reasonable. 
    We're off the bottom, and are on 14 points from 26. Spreading the points deduction per game, we're really on ~23 points right now, and each result includes -0.46 points. That would see us out of the drop zone, though other clubs have games in hand. 
    The reality is though, if the damage to the squad in the last few days doesn't harm us too much, we're in an unbelievable position given what's happened. FiveThirtyEight now rate us as 37% to stay up. Unbelievable stuff from the side.
    No wonder the EFL's campaign against us has stepped up. 
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    Albert reacted to Ramarena in The Administration Thread   
    The EFL have destroyed the integrity of the division. Whether it’s:
    - The EFL force us into relegation by restricting our squad.
    - we liquidate the club
    They have set a chain of events in motion.
    This season all results against our team can be bought into question by any club, as EFL are forcing our club to put out an increasingly depleted team.
    They have also opened the door to legal challenges when clubs don’t like final standings.
    The division is dead in the water!
     
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    Albert reacted to Tombo in The Administration Thread   
    By the way, Charlton also said they would mount a legal challenge against Sheffield Wednesday because their point deduction was done 2 years after their offence. If Wycombe want to play that game, we will just say "well if that deduction had happened in the 19-20 season, Charlton would have stayed up instead of Wednesday and in fact without the deduction, both us AND Wycombe would have gone down".
    It's ludicrous whichever way you look at it. If they believe the deduction should have been last season, presumably they feel Wednesday's deduction should have been the season before and therefore whatever the legal stance on this, they were always relegated.
    And they were relegated for being crap. They should sue their own players for not winning enough games.
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    Albert reacted to Boycie in David Marshall - joined QPR   
    Well I thought he was good more times than not.
    Good luck David and thanks.
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    Albert got a reaction from JoetheRam in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Ramarena in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from ariotofmyown in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Ramslad1992 in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Chester40 in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from i-Ram in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from HuddersRam in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Ram-Alf in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from SouthernRam in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from r_wilcockson in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from TuffLuff in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from 1967Ram in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Crewton in The Administration Thread   
    Isn't the whole point of being in administration that it's a neutral third party making the decision making to get the best deal for creditors? There is no 'Derby' to have a row with at the moment, just Quantuma, who clearly have decided that the best way to get a deal which serves the creditors best is to not have a fire sale, and complete the purchase of the club. 
    This is like someone having a cry about the kind of scrubs their surgeon is wearing. Mate, they're the experts, not you. 
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    Albert reacted to Jubbs in Incomings/outgoings and re-signings   
    Reliable source mentioning we're interested in Amad Diallo at Man Utd and that they are willing to help us out in the loan market. That would be an absolutely incredible signing. 
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    Albert reacted to Stagtime in The coronabrexit thread. I mean, coronavirus thread   
    It’s poo like this that puts a smile on my face first thing in the morning haha. The Morrison govt can’t even organise covid shots or Rapid Antigen Tests let alone internment camps. You do realise that they are as right wing Conservative govt. Words sometimes fail me?.
     
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    Albert reacted to Wolfie in The coronabrexit thread. I mean, coronavirus thread   
    Lol indeed.
    This bit: Contact me if you need a detox protocol to remove the biological poisons we are being bombarded with because there are solutions to protect your health
    I wonder if the detox protocol is avilable for a "small fee"?
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    Albert reacted to Stive Pesley in The coronabrexit thread. I mean, coronavirus thread   
    LOL
    Love the conclusion
    Do you not think he might be taken more seriously if he didn't use such ridiculously emotive language? If he's not a conspiracist nutcase, then why is he doing his best to sound like one?
    See also the bit where he claims (presumably with a straight-face) that viruses are only a theory and there is no proof that viruses actually exist. 
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