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Think were nailed on for 19th to be honest. Ipswich are better than us and the rest will obviously overtake us.

The teams scored a combined 600+ in the first innings. There was nothing wrong with the pitch. We just got ourselves out playing stupid cricket in the second innings.

*on flat decks 😭😭 Duckett did get a hundred in the last test so my point still stands but I’ve changed my mind on Brook. Kinda shows how ridiculous this series has been though and how fragile this England team actually is. I think I got carried away.

Nope, the ball was doing nothing remarkable. Brook edged an average ball because he can’t play on anything but flat decks. Stokes left a straight one, Smith charged down the wicket to a straight one and missed it. Root got a beauty, the tail gave their wickets away. Just crap.

He doesn’t run the club. He provides the funds and outsources all football related decisions to Rudkin and business to Whelan.

Only Root got a decent ball this morning. The rest have been pathetic giveaways.

bazballing it by the look of it

It’s been nowhere near as bad as some are making out. First half was a solid 7.5/10 and two stupid mistakes have put us on the back foot and chasing a game. It’s going to happen, sadly Forest are a decent team. Dust ourselves down, prep for Ipswich and take points from them.

Think we can see why Cooper has tried to play a pragmatic tight style so far this season. There are too many mistakes within this team, his job is to limit them.

I think this makes me more angry at 22/23 letting these mugs overtake us.

Definitely sprinted straight to the away end. He’s has so many clubs that he’d never celebrate otherwise.

Yes the best manager they’ve had in their last 30 years of miserable existence. Jokes on them.

This is fairly similar to last season except mistakes get punished in the PL,

Remember kids, if you traffick enough heroin, you’ll eventually build a team good enough to finish 10th in the premier league

Its was a cracking goal, 99/100 it goes wide

They’re organised and defending him very well.

When we play with structure we look magnificent, it’s just the brain farts at the back letting us down.

Assuming Michael Cheika threatened to get the Tigers players to batter Cooper to scare him into playing this team.

The choice for Pakistan seems to be turners or absolute highways. They’re just not going to outscore England and I do think you can make the accusation that some members of this England team are flat track bullies. You just wouldn’t criticise Aussies for producing hard, fast, bowler friendly wickets, wouldn’t criticise the ECB for producing green tops, so why are they criticising Pakistan (perhaps some unconscious racism?)

Stokes in Asia average is only 14 since 2019 as well. One thing that annoys me is the criticism towards Pakistan producing rank turners. Personally I don’t see anything wrong with it. You develop pitches to your strengths and it is one of the beauties of test cricket and why it should be incredibly difficult to win away from home.

The downside of vibes based cricket. Saud has shown the rewards of clever cricket much like Smith yesterday.

Saud Shakeel with an amazing knock. The next hour decides the series imo. If Pakistan get a 50-100 lead, England are cooked.

Especially as we only had a 45 minute run out last week.

Depends. If he’s getting 15+ G/A in the prem, at 19. I think you’re looking at a lot more as he’d be a long term investment for a bigger club.

Are Barcelona ‘good’ good again? Or are Bayern crap?