Warks_Mackem

My thanks to @Foxmeisterfor the ticket. Was lovely to meet you mate. Disappointing to lose in that manner with 3 or 4 really poor dismissals (Patel and Holland in particular), but I had a cracking day anyway.

Absolute disgrace. No punishment for the heap of crap Surrey produced against Yorkshire I take it?

I’ll give you some money towards it mate.

I popped in there last month when I attended the group stage 50 over game between Notts and Leics. Picked up the Michael Atherton autobiography I’m currently reading for £1 in there. Trent Bridge is probably my favourite ground tbf.

Anyone heading to Trent Bridge on Sunday? I’m going to get my ticket on Friday providing the forecast looks okay. I was there 3 years ago so hoping for a repeat.

I think I’m done with this game. I want to like it but I can’t be bothered with it anymore. You’re on a 5 game winning streak, turn it off then fire it back up again and all of a sudden you can’t buy a win. You’re absolutely battering a team but lose 1-0 to a goalkeeping error. I’ve just had enough of it. It makes absolutely no sense.

Flogged Winks to Wolves for £12m and a young full back whose name escapes me to Man Utd for a similar amount. Brought in Piroe from Leeds, Drameh from Hull and a young midfielder called White from Stevenage. Despite the outgoings we are still falling foul of the spending rules, but if I’d brought no one in then there was no chance we would hit the board’s target of reaching the play offs. Eased past Sheff Wed 5-1, before we disappointingly chucked away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at Preston. We got back on track with back to back wins over Charlton (another 5-1) and Birmingham (2-1).

I’ve given up with Sunderland and decided to have a crack with Leicester. Doubt I’ll bother getting FM27 till Xmas so got a few months to get into a save.

I was at Trent Bridge today. If we lose this it has to be the end of Key and McCullum. This team is just incapable of pushing on from a decent position. I’m not sure why they seem to shit themselves so much because the wicket keeper is standing up to the stumps. That first hour this morning was disgusting tbh. Bethell could have been out 4 or 5 times wafting at balls outside off stump that he could have left and eventually one found his edge. Smith is rubbish behind the stumps and looks like a walking wicket every time he bats. For the love of God pick a ****ing proper keeper. Sick to death of it tbh. English cricket is an absolute joke.

You’re right. 2/75. Funny how your mind plays tricks. I just remember his bowling at the death.

I attended the ODC final In 2023 and thought Hull was head and shoulders above every other bowler that day. I wasn’t at all surprised to see him get an England Test call up a year later. I can’t believe how much he’s regressed.

Obviously it was too much in favour of the bowlers but the contrast between England’s woeful short and wide bowling in the Ashes to the 1st Test here was very heartening. Robinson is part of that but Atkinson now seems to have completely mastered wobble seam. Tongue also now looks like a proper Test match bowler.

Great catch.

Big fan of the job Parling has done. Hopefully they have found someone who will stick around for a long time.

If a northern ground produced a Test match wicket like that they’d be getting their hosting rights stripped. Lord’s for all its history and grandeur has produced some shocking wickets in recent years.

Atkinson you tit.

Duckett did his usual - giving his wicket away with a nothing shot after getting himself in. Bethell was unlucky, whilst Gay and Root got good balls. Not sure what the **** Brook and Stokes were doing. Every run is precious in these conditions.

Still hasn’t sunk in yet to be honest. I’ve had 30 years of “have you ever seen a Mackem in Milan?” from those morons up the road. Well next season there’s a good chance you actually will see a Mackem in Milan. I’d have snapped your hands off for Conference League yesterday morning so to get Europa League was just something else. I was slightly emotional at full time. I have faith that the ownership and recruitment team will be ambitious again this summer. I feel it’s a bit of a myth that playing in Europe = season of struggle tbh. Only one team in the last 26 years has been relegated the season after qualifying for Europe: Ipswich in 2002. It’s going to be tough but it’ll be one hell of a ride.

I’m torn tbh as we’ve not played in Europe since the 70s but the thought of flying to Poland for example on a Thursday then travelling to Brighton on a Sunday feels like a step too far at the moment. Been an amazing season though. Beyond my wildest dreams in truth to have 51 points heading into the final game.

The team I play for on a Saturday were bowled out for 24 yesterday. Yours truly getting a second ball duck.

Leicestershire have been incredibly unlucky with injuries and tbh once Handscomb decided to stay in Australia I think the squad looks worse than last season. It was always going to be tough to stay up. The coaches have done so well the last few years that they deserve persevering with. Grace Road is my favourite ground and I’ll be getting down there for a few One Day Cup games in the summer. I managed to get to the final day against Notts a couple of weeks ago.

Absolute shambles that.

I’m always on the lookout for nice walks, especially around historical sites. I live not too far away from Bosworth Battlefield so I’ve been round there a fair few times. If anyone has any other recommendations for Leicestershire or North Warwickshire I’d be really grateful.

Forgot about that loser.

My sympathies as I’ve literally been there. I watched your game against Swansea and I recognised so many of the bad characteristics in the Leicester players from our 2017/18 team that got relegated to League 1 - players just jogging about looking half arsed. They don’t care as they will be off in the summer. Big clear out needed and the rebuild begins. It’ll turn around for you. I watched us lose 1-0 at Shrewsbury in the pissing rain just over 6 years ago and look at us now.