Lionator

Gun culture is still the/a main issue here. In 99% of countries in the world, if you want to murder someone you disagree with, you have to go properly out of your way both physically and emotionally. Stab wounds for example are survivable in most cases. When you have easy access to weapons that can blow people’s heads off from 500m away, it actually overcomes a lot of psychological barriers that prevent people from murdering in the first place.

They’ll be under scoreboard pressure so very unlikely, like the ODI the other day. But, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pitch do less for the bowlers, it didn’t swing, it hasn’t seamed, it’s not spinning. Might as well bowl with a tennis ball.

We could genuinely get 300 here

this is quite funny tbf

Blast not one day cup! But still very exciting! Makes sense if we’re going to be seeing less of Rehan and I didn’t realise how good his record was in CC cricket before.

Maharaj announcement at 4?

I sometimes find the more benign the story, the more wild the conspiracy theories get. This will be a lone wolf guy with access to a high velocity rifle, if he didn’t have access to the latter, this would never have happened and Charlie Kirk would still be alive.

Yes come to think of it, he didn’t come out of the Carberry situation well.

I agree Nico is a great guy, club legend and clearly great at the man management side of things (mostly) but Thomas has taken us to a higher level. If anything we’d stalled a bit under Nico by the time he left.

Of course I meant Birkenshaw but back then the captain was basically the coach. Have seen Birkenshaw down GR a couple of times this season. I hope he’s buzzing today.

The mental thing about America is that’ll be someone who has strange but not totally insane views who unfortunately has access to high powered rifles.

Alfonso got to go down as our best coach since Whitaker? One trophy and a promotion in three years? Some record for a club like ours!

I appreciate him already for the effort that he's making with us. Supporting a football club, onfield performance is only part of the story. Connecting with the fans and repairing broken bonds is just as important. Enzo gave it a go at the start but seemed to give up after January. Let’s hope Marti means it.

The pigeon hasn’t arrived at head office yet, give them chance.

Is that why the guy wears the Leicestershire jumper?

Mark Butcher in particular talks about us incredibly positively.

Yeah if we draw and Middlesex v Derbyshire ends in a draw. Right now both results look 80% certain.

If we can’t bat out three hours on a pitch where there’s been nearly 1000 runs so far then we don’t deserve it

Just bat it out lads, look at the other scores. No silly shots. Get the draw.

Incredible amounts of negativity on here considering today could be the day we get promoted for the first time since the black and white days lol. Worry about next season, next season, if Maharaj comes then that’ll mitigate a lot of issues.

Maybe Douglas Murray? But I agree, cultures are completely different.

Yeah having sadly just seen it he’d have been dead within seconds.

Told ya but you all called me paranoid. Stock up.

There’s a non zero chance you do better than the USA. I would expect Mexico to go furthest out of the host countries though.

Norway are the next Belgium/Turkey/Austria everyone’s outside bet team.