kevinhectoring
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13 hours ago, Abu Derby said:
Alonso is just the front man for an Indonesian syndicate.
The sheikh was said to be a front for someone else. It means the EFL has approved the wrong person as significant controller doesn’t it ? If Alonso IS a front, does that mean he would not be the approved controller?
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10 hours ago, Rev said:
What about Bryson DeChambreu very nearly driving the green on a par 5?
I feel sorry for his playing partner, having to go the long way around.
Westwood DeChambeau was a fascinating contest. Must say I thought Lee’s matchplay experience might win the day but not to be. I like Bryson though, he’s bonkers
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6 hours ago, Curtains said:
I agree
Not getting up to watch tomorrow. English cricket has seen some miracles recently. But our usual purveyor of miracles is B Stokes and there’s no amount of pickle juice or ice baths that will revive him after what he put himself through in 41* today
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48 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:
Every time Dom Bess comes on to bowl, Sunil Gavaskar (who knows a bit) says 'this is a real opportunity for India'.
So frustrating. Root applying pressure at one end and Bess releasing it at the other
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1 hour ago, Curtains said:
Fight back by England.
India 80-4 at LunchSeries turns on the next session or two Can’t believe its Anderson and Stokes getting the wkts
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5 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said:
Poor again. We seem to have reverted to type. We win the toss and fail spectacularly to capitalise and having dominated the first teat, we now look favourites to lose the last three and with them, the series. Too many batsmen playing T20 cricket in a test match IMO.
Doesn’t look good but don’t give up yet. If we can get them out for 250 or less this could be a belter.
we just need one of Bess or Leach to get into a groove tomorrow. Or Root of course
(On the other hand it might be clear by close of play tomorrow that we’ve lost the series...)
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5 minutes ago, Curtains said:
Make that England 189-9
Bess out for 3
More than ever on these pitches you only know if you’ve scored enough after the oppo have batted !
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On 26/02/2021 at 12:47, Curtains said:
Well-said Vaughan about terrestrial TV implications for test cricket
Indians have tried to produce the same pitch but the pundits are saying it’s already behaving differently. Maybe we’ll miss our quicks !
Massive pressure on Bess - if he bowls pies again the fat lady might be singing about his test career
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24 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:
In theory yes.
But it took 116 years for our FA Cup Final score just to be matched. Still remains unbeaten, now standing at 118 years.
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I'd also add, it must surely be more likely that some team or other could be worse than that over a single one off game. Being worse than us over a full 38 game season, week in, week out, would be more unlikely, perhaps?Most likely it will eventually be beaten because of a points deduction Sadly
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On 03/02/2021 at 17:36, Abu Derby said:
I can’t see the record ever being broken.
But aren’t pretty much all records broken eventually ?
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13 minutes ago, B4ev6is said:
Were found not guilty on all charges and lost appeal 2nd time this be 3rd time unless I misunderstood it.
The only reason gibson kicked off and I say it again if I was mel I ask efl look into boro accounts.
Look at @rynny’s post from Jan 8
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On 24/02/2021 at 17:15, B4ev6is said:
They cant punish us because we done nothing wrong and efl and gibson just spitting dummy out again.
B4 I think you’re ignoring the facts.
we were found ‘guilty as charged’ of preparing accounts that don’t reflect the accounting profession’s requirements.
the Tribunal did us a massive favour: they did not state that the accounts were contrary to the companies act. Instead, they found ‘only’ that we contravened the accounting standards
the reason that does us a massive favour is this: if your accounts don’t reflect companies act requirements, that is a clear breach of the EFL’s rules. (I would guess it’s also a criminal offence but not sure)
This matters because we know there are people at and around the EFL who think we deserve it in the neck for all this. The EFL can give it to us in the neck if it gets a judgement that says we breached the companies act, because they can then justifiably say:
- you are in breach of our rules and the companies act by not sufficiently disclosing the change in amortisation policy
- we think you did it deliberately, so that we would not notice/challenge the change in policy.
That could in their minds justify a hefty sanction and there may be EFl precedent to support that
@therealhantsramhas told us the scope of the appeal was debated in November. If the EFl were really gunning for us they would want a ruling on appeal that says that our accounts breached the companies act. The problem is they (probably) can’t get this. They can’t get it because the part of the judgement they want to appeal was one on which they succeeded (but in a limited way): if you get a ruling in your favour, you can’t appeal it. (That’s why I think the Tribunal did us a massive favour )
incidentally, you’d expect the Sheikh’s team to have been in the loop on all of this in Nov and beyond. It may have been a factor in the mess that the takeover has become, we will never know (but fans continue to say the Sheikh is a charlatan!).
Ironically, this is all a bit personal between MM and the EFL, so we’d maybe get an easier ride if he sells. But this festering sore does not help him do that
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9 hours ago, B4ev6is said:
When roony agreed to be a Derby manager he knew what he was walking into.
When appointed he was being told by the club that the sheikover was going to happen. They are not saying that now
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On 24/02/2021 at 20:20, Ramslaar said:
Why do people keep saying that about the groundsman its absolute rubbish.the groundsman have worked nearly all year round but due to the short turn around in seasons and some very poor weather they have struggled to get it back to good health
Fair comment but it seems to be much worse than at other clubs
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11 minutes ago, Mr Tibbs said:
Think thats where we disagree then Kev.
India far superior with the spinning ball of course but these batsmen are simply not good enough to play spin in these conditions. Openers have been undone too easily. Bairstow and Pope playing lines that sent them packing within minutes.
We all cried about the pitch last time and then Ashwin put on a 100. We've just not been good enough.
I’m not saying they are all batting well. And there will be outliers of course. But Pope’s not playing the wrong line. He’s assuming a ball with significant revs on it is going to turn. As it did last ball and the one before. The consistency is coming from the Indian spinners. The variation is coming mostly from the pitch. Root plays spin as well as anyone - so does Pope in fact - and half the time he’s having to guess what the pitch will do
the Indian commentators are massively down playing the effect of the pitch and the English are too PC to really say what they think
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2 minutes ago, Mr Tibbs said:
That's the bottom line.
Pitches haven't been great but we're just no where near where we need to be vs India in India. I was happy to get a win on the board in the first match, was expecting 4-0.
This is much more to do with quality of spinner and pitch than it is to do with batting Except in Archer’s case obviously
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Stokes has gone and with it the match surely
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20 minutes ago, Curtains said:
Didn’t look like it hit the bat on slow motion
Root knows it did not hit the bat before pad. That’s why he kept asking Stokes ‘was it outside?’ Big let off
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You’re wisely not offering to do the throwing yourself