Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

My brother in law will be pleased !

 

A little reminder of what we have to put up with again next season: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22687701

So determined that he's right, despite being completely off the mark, and comparing ownership of a worker to ownership of a car.

 

Just read Matty's recommendations for Saints next season, in the Echo online: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/10445052._/

Realistic perhaps, possibly pessimistic even, but Matt needs to keep his eyes and ears on Saints ambition, and then he'll begin to realise why things happen at St Mary's at the rate and the way they do.

 

I didn't have an issue with batting NZ out of the game, (although setting a target of more runs than they have scored in the entire series was probably going a bit far) I had an issue with setting negative fields trying to save runs. We should have been attacking from the off, putting pressure on the batsman.

Strill think thaty if we can get another hours play in we will win though.

 

I really can't stand him!

 

On the Echo site:

"What absolute rubbish, that's what they thought last season. Saints scored as many goals as Everton but shipped too many at the back, they have a good striker in Mayuka if they ever played him.They need 3 new players at the back only one I would keep is Clyne and get someone in midfield, Cork and Davis out.

 

As I said in another post , I used to like him and find him funny , now I have come to realise that IMHO he just prostitues himself to the fawning media .

Shame , as he obviously IS a good manager !

 

NO !



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Chris Harvey: A draw here won't be because of the non-follow on, it will be Trott's refusal to either get out or score a run for two hours...

 

3 pm Start HOPEFULLY !

 

Covers coming off at Headingley.

 

Can someone please explain to me how England had the option of how enforcing the follow on? (As it has been mentioned in numerous places that we should have)

I thought you had to be 200 ahead to be able to do that.

 

Something to do with missing a days play I believe.

 

Hopefully they'll only need an hour or so, should be OK. One more wicket and Swann has a 10-for in the match. He already has the best figures for a spin bowler in a Headingley test for 28 years. Great decision to play him rather than another seamer. Interestingly part of his success must be down to the ball turning out of the footmarks made by the NZ left-arm bowlers, which is a bit ironic.

 

As a whole day was washed out, the follow on target is reduced to 150 ahead.

 

I did wonder if it would be down to that, I think they do that in the county competition.

 

With the county championship, the matches are only 4 days anyway so the follow on is 150 runs normally.

 

Just found this on wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follow-on.

So apparently(in the CC) if they lose 2 days to rain they can enforce a follow on with a a deficit of 100 runs, or 75 in a one day game.

 

Er.....how can you enforce a follow on in a one day game?

Edit: oh if the championship game goes to one day.

 

We won the test .....

 

One more to come?