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Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Stroller, Jul 7, 2015.

  1. Wherever

    Wherever Well-Known Member

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    I used to have this game, really liked it, but yeah footy version better. A better board game for cricket was the Gillette cup game
     
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  2. aqualung

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    don't know the Gillette cup one, Subby football is/was best football game around by a mile. great game!
     
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  3. Didley Squat

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    Come on Col, you can't be pessimistic with that lead. Your team are going great and unless our Aussies can put together a record winning score, you guys would have to be specials to win. All said and done, it's up to our boys to make a go of it. Hope it's entertaining!
     
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  4. Sooperhoop

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    A pitch with a bit of uneven bounce should be decisive in England's favour. If Cook has balls (after taking one in them) he should set some attacking fields and really go for it. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Aussies run us close though if their big guns can get a start...
     
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    Did you know that subbuteo was named after a bird of prey?
    Anyone care to solve the riddle?
     
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  6. Wherever

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    I'll won't be happy until the last wicket falls, it's a bit like being 2-0 in the 89th minutes and still praying for that whistle
     
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  7. Wherever

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    image.jpg Hours of fun
     
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    hobby, buzzard etc etc Old pub quiz question, inventor was not allowed to use his chosen name "The Hobby" so went for Latin name of the bird Hobby.
     
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  9. rangercol

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    I knew it would be you!
     
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    ****! Root drops Rogers.
     
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    FFS! So many deliveries going past the outside edge.
    Warner is being so jammy!
     
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  12. Sooperhoop

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    I think Wood will have a go shortly, he has some real pace...
     
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    Gotcha!...eventually...
     
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  14. rangercol

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    Warner still living a charmed life.
    Signs of him starting to find the middle of the bat!
    Australia are going to win this!
     
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    Cloudy conditions forecast later this afternoon, if Anderson starts swinging it we should be able to pull it round. They were rattling along in the first innings but folded...
     
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    Anderson should be further warned from running on the pitch. Totally illegal, otherwise, England bowling well. Aussies hanging on, so far.
     
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    Gobby ****e Warner gone LBW right on lunch!
    Go Moeen!
     
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  18. aqualung

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    Spot on! Falco Subbuteo Subbuteo. The inventor was an ornithologist, born in Brighton in 1916 and was a QPR fan! ;)
     
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    Smith and Clarke both gone and Australia are 106-4. England look to be cruising.

    I'm glad I never listened to that idiot who was on here saying back Australia. 'It's like buying money'' he said :confused:
     
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    Voges has now gone for one. 106-5 This could be over soon.
     
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