Bert

Hopefully the first two defeats will provide a bit of a catalyst to go for it a bit more in the power play. 
 

Also very glad that Samit Patel won’t be able to come and flatten us with his usual 2 decent T20 performances each summer this year. 

Wait until he turns up for the “all stars” next Saturday. 

A really bizarre batting performance. 
 

Played at 50 over pace for most of it. Ran singles when it could’ve been 2s. 
 

Strabge decision to bowl also. 

10 hours ago, Danno said:

Fair play you weren’t wrong @Bert

Hahaha very good 👏🏼 

38 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Who's the LB then? Thought Shaw had it nailed on? 

 

Thought Foden would get in. 

It’ll be O’Reilly. Nowhere near as effective for Tuchel as he is Guardiola. 

Would he have had VISA issues?

19 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Think I’d have taken him 

Same here. 

5 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Perhaps this means colwill is going.  Presumably tuchel knows him well. 

Suicide if so. I’d lean more towards it being Burn and it’ll be purely because he’s an option at left back. 

No Foden, Shaw or Tomori 

Maguire’s been told he’s not going. 

1 hour ago, Voll Blau said:

In fairness to Bashir, he's been holding up an end since moving to Derbyshire. Hope it translates for England as they clearly still fancy him.

Yeah I hope so too because like you say they seriously like him. My only concern would be that’s it’s division 2. 

The thing with spinners is they’re generally supposed to hold an end up, Bashir gets absolutely spanked around the ground and only seems to take wickets when the batters are going absolutely gung ho. Ahmed has the ability to change things up in an over with his variations as well as being able to bat. 

On 13/05/2026 at 16:32, UniFox21 said:

Happy and surprised with a few changes. Was hoping to Sibley given another shot but not surprised he's been ignored  

Sibley cannot play cricket the way McCullum and Stokes want it to be played. 

Mike Galloway has passed away. 

Unsurprisingly, Southampton have lost their appeal. 

Starman loves a goal in a final. 

2 hours ago, CoventryFox said:

First match - Foxes batting first 167-7 off 20

Tatts 52 no 

180+ is the par score for t20s these days I feel. Throughout the blast we’ll see plenty of teams smash through 200. 
 

Fast starts needed and someone in the middle to go big what the rest can bat around. 

Come on Villa. 

2 hours ago, eblair said:

Nope I live around there, it’s dystopian. I hate arsenal fans more than anything, grew up around them. This has been the worst footballing year of my life, and this was the cherry on top.

 

Got bus back from work last night and was like a horror film.

 

There fans are majority plastics with no love for the same game of football I fell in love with. They’ve not been to Bolton away, their version of football is sanitised premier league crap. I hate them.

I’m sure many people in your situation/people that don’t like football, when we won the league, with everywhere being crowded and all sorts of celebrations happening felt the same too. Obviously it’s a bit more personal to you. 
 

I’m not overly keen on Arsenal, even more so their fans but some of the clips did bring a little smile to my face. 

To be fair, the scenes around the emirates and the celebrations of the Arsenal players have looked class, that’s what it’s all about. 

7 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Still nothing on Southampton website, still advertising they have game on saturday!?

 

Makes the manager look a fraud, could find himself blacklisted from management for a while.

I would imagine they are waiting on the verdict of the appeal. 
 

No chance they’ll be reinstated but can possibly see their points deduction become a suspended one. 

Just now, Greg2607 said:

For the integrity of the competition, they should have just promoted Hull.   it doesn't feel right that Middlesbrough get a stab at the final.  They will have had a disproportionate amount of time to prepare against a known opposition. Something Hull won't have had the benefit of.   

You know Hull and Middlesbrough have played each other twice this season?

Just now, FoxesTez said:

Club should refund them all. 

Totally agree!