Off Topic The Ashes 2021

[Plum]

England players not sure if they want to go because their families won't be allowed in. Australia seems to be struggling to come up with a coherent covid policy, hard to understand why.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/57976072

 

[City Man]

England players not sure if they want to go because their families won't be allowed in. Australia seems to be struggling to come up with a coherent covid policy, hard to understand why.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/57976072

I won't play unless the fam comes too?

Really?.

 

[Plum]

I won't play unless the fam comes too?

Really?.

Historically families have been invited both in Aus and in UK. Would you want to be away from your family, probably in a bubble, for upto 4 months?

 

[City Man]

Historically families have been invited both in Aus and in UK. Would you want to be away from your family, probably in a bubble, for upto 4 months?

Can't imagine Brian Close, Freddie Trueman , Boiks etc entertaining this idea.

 

[tigerscanada]

Can't imagine Brian Close, Freddie Trueman , Boiks etc entertaining this idea.

Freddie ("Pass the salt...") Trueman perhaps. Not t'others.

 

[Mr Hatem]

Can't imagine Brian Close, Freddie Trueman , Boiks etc entertaining this idea.

Weren't they caught up in the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918-1921?

 

[tigerscanada]

Weren't they caught up in the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918-1921?

Spanish Fly con perhaps? Enough to raise the spirits...

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aus and nz have withdrawn from the rl world cup.

all together now:

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[Ric Glasgow]

Historically families have been invited both in Aus and in UK. Would you want to be away from your family, probably in a bubble, for upto 4 months?

Worth a bash for me...Utopia?

 

[City Man]

Worth a bash for me...Utopia?

So they don't mind bouncers whizzing by their heads, but can't hack a few months away from nearest & dearest?

 

[John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.]

In Botham's day, I'm sure they loved being away for a few months, one long stag do. How times have changed.

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

In Botham's day, I'm sure they loved being away for a few months, one long stag do. How times have changed.

Less fun nowadays

 

[City Man]

If the series are played in front of empty grounds, that surely benefits us as we always hear about 'intimidating' Aussie crowds?

 

[tigerscanada]

If the series are played in front of empty grounds, that surely benefits us as we always hear about 'intimidating' Aussie crowds?

The wannabe wallaby crowds.

 

[pierredelafranchesca]

In Botham's day, I'm sure they loved being away for a few months, one long stag do. How times have changed.

Botham talks about this in his autobiography, and it's actually quite the opposite, he ended up flying his wife and kids out there with his own money when the ECB, or whatever it was called back then, wouldn't and reflects that the situation now is much much better than it ever was with players having families out there.

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Botham talks about this in his autobiography, and it's actually quite the opposite, he ended up flying his wife and kids out there with his own money when the ECB, or whatever it was called back then, wouldn't and reflects that the situation now is much much better than it ever was with players having families out there.

As he got caught shagging about on tour is it more his mrs demanding he flew her out there??

 

[pierredelafranchesca]

As he got caught shagging about on tour is it more his mrs demanding he flew her out there??

The shagging about came a lot later, Liam was grown up with his own kids by then and he was doing commentary for SKY when the waitress story broke

 

[pierredelafranchesca]

If you've not read it and are looking for a good book, Head On Botham's autobiography is a really good read, regardless of how much of a bellend he's now become!

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

The shagging about came a lot later, Liam was grown up with his own kids by then and he was doing commentary for SKY when the waitress story broke

No mate he was doing it in the 80’s too

 

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Spanish Fly con perhaps? Enough to raise the spirits...

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Wow what
Wow what a blast from the past