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Let’s his backing singers take care of that little issue.

Running through scenarios with weather. Likely to start around 1.30pm. We will get an extra hour added for lost overs (today and Sunday). Alistair Cook reckons Aussies will need around 4.5 hours to score 170 runs. So there WILL be a result today.

How do Grealish, Foden and Bellingham break into this first XI?

Boring boring England.

Can we still do it? Rain will effect the morning session. Hopefully it may also bite into the afternoon session. We’ve got to hope that Australia still want to go for the win in the overs that are left, which could create opportunities. I think removing Boland this evening would have been a huge boost for us - but on the flip-side its worked well in their favour - they’ve won that little battle. Moeen gets nearly 2 weeks to rest after this to get his finger sorted. There’s far more experienced folk than me on here - could we go to Lords with 4 seamers (+ Stokes) and just Root as our spinner?

IOW Festival. Saw bits. Courteeners sounded dreadful. Blondie sounded dreadful. Good to see Glen Matlock on bass. Peter Hook - like the concept, but can’t sing. NDubz - please stick pins in my eyes. FLO - see NDubz. But put some cheese in your ears. The Enemy - belting. Gang of Youths - decent, but lead singer David looked a bit like Captain Cavemen and needs to get back on the salads. Robbie Williams - outstanding. True entertainer. Can’t knock him. Banter, theatre, showman, etc.

Gerrard and Lampard are the new versions of Mark Hughes and Graeme Souness

Was reading that Parkinson can’t even catch the Lancashire team at the minute. Shame. Moeen does offer more than Leach with the bat, so could come in handy. Like to think there is less pressure on him as well as he’s been asked to return and has nothing to prove. What’s folks predictions for the Ashes then? Can Bazball whitewash the Aussies?

10 days/9 nights in Devon & Cornwall just done. Superb. Beaches around St. Ives and beyond were incredible. Parking was a faff, but believe the public transport is absolutely spot on. A lot of the locals no longer live in St. Ives due to it becoming so expensive which is a shame. Actually its a scandal. Got Cockernee wide boys and the Eton brigade buying up all the properties. Stinks. Anyway, great alternative to a holiday abroad.

is the Cheesecake Factory still there? Won’t do your waistline any good - but superb!!

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Do they still have bisons roaming the streets of Blackpool?

RIP Young Man. No age that. Very sad.

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I think the club has missed the opportunity - unless it can be launched secondary - of having a cup ticket scheme. As many clubs do. So season ticket holders can have an “add-on” where they HAVE to pay for every home cup tie - whether its league cup, FA cup or Papa Johns. Maybe with the option to refuse just one game. This would add a further tier to the current season ticket priority. Plus it would potentially bolster attendances for cup matches. Mate who is a City fan isn’t getting to as many away games any more, but he does pay for the cup scheme - he has to purchase tickets for every single home cup game and with them doing well in the League Cup, FA, and Europe, it’s costing as much if not more than his actual season ticket.

Maybe the clubs/pubs should go into a ballot each away game. So, for instance, if they have combined “members” of around 500. The club allocates 100 tickets to these groups to be balloted. Keeps them in the priority list - but doesn’t smash the entire allocation for every away. Loyalty is impossible to measure. As folk say, there’s lads who’ve had season tickets for 40-50 years consecutively. They only do 6-7 away games each season. Are they less loyal than someone who goes to every away game for the past 2-3 seasons? I think the club WILL introduce a scheme that includes purchases at the club shop, in the ground, match day programmes. Maybe a club credit card will come into play. Those who purchase bonds may jump up the ladder also. As for other “back doors” - can we really deny our sponsors and advertisers tickets? Someone who pays £18K for a box and a hell of a lot more on LED advertising - should they have to queue up with the rest or get priority? For me they have to be at the front of the queue.

Ummming and aaaahhhing about Ian Brown at the Big Top in Warrington. New single out today.

Race Across the World - Series 3: Canada. Great viewing. What a country.

I’m not even first in the queue for ticket rejects. Me please.

How did you get on pal?

Great to see those kids! Isn’t Breightmet doing all the games as well this season? Plus England games?

They mentioned the route to the Southern Indian Ocean on his simulator. But they had the information from virtually day 1 but then took forever to release it. But when you watch the documentary they aren’t actually clear that he had simulated that route. They started drawing over the screen and its seemingly got dismissed. Why no suicide note? Why not just nose dive it into the sea as soon as it cleared Malaysia? Can the pilot really turn off the oxygen for the rest of the plane? Can the pilot access the technology to switch off all the radars? I’m not sure the answer to those last 2 is ‘yes’. So that doesn’t add up. IF, he could do those 2. Why wait 7 hours before the plan ran out of fuel? What benefit is that to anyone? What statement is he making? There was no evidence to suggest he did this or was in the mindset to do this.

Don’t reckon its in Kazhakstan, that’s for sure. Leaving 2 other theories. Pilot or 3rd party taking it off course seems most likely. And of those 2, probably a 3rd party. But who and why? And why not just down it at the first given opportunity? Debris that the woman from Florida found on the satellite images - that seemed to be skirted over a little too easily. Seems more to that. One of the pieces definitely looked to have the tail fin logo on it. Indiana Jones searching beaches on Africa’s east coast and finding bits and bobs seemed incredible.

Both girls had great tits.

Drawing pubes on the lingerie pages of your mums Littlewoods & Kay’s catalogues.