Ashes Predictions Thread - Page 5

morgieb · 28-06-2009, 06:14 AM

Jeez you're a pessimistic fella aren't ya...

inbox24 · 28-06-2009, 06:27 AM

I prefer the term realistic, but whatever.

jondavluc · 28-06-2009, 06:42 AM

Realistic yeah thats it.

Son Of Coco · 28-06-2009, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morgieb

Jeez you're a pessimistic fella aren't ya...

Mate, it'll be driving you nuts 15 mins into the first test when we've lost it already and the series with it.

andruid · 29-06-2009, 10:14 AM

England's batting before and after Midge's ashes . (Note Alistair Cook being the unlikely survivor Right middleground)

Burgey · 29-06-2009, 04:08 PM

Good stuff mate.

Hope you're right.

Faisal1985 · 29-06-2009, 04:51 PM

Whats so special about this Ashes.

Aussies will take it again.

S Chanderpaul · 29-06-2009, 05:40 PM

Series Result: 3-1 England
Top Eng Runscorer: KP
Top Aus Runscorer: Katich
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle
Player of the Series: KP
Surprise Packet: Onions
Dropped Player(s): Hughes, Panasar
Miscellaneous Event: Hughes to be dropped after scoring less than 30 runs in 4 innings! Cook to smash the ball straight at Siddles chin and removing that annoying piece of hair in the middle! Panasar to get a wicket!

Burgey · 29-06-2009, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Faisal1985

Whats so special about this Ashes.

Aussies will take it again.

Well, it's been going since the 1880s, so it mans a fair bit to England and Australia supporters.

Richard · 30-06-2009, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Faisal1985

Whats so special about this Ashes.

It's the first one for 2-and-a-half years, same way the last one was the first for 1-and-a-half, and so the pattern goes on...

Faisal1985 · 30-06-2009, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgey

Well, it's been going since the 1880s, so it mans a fair bit to England and Australia supporters.

No one questioning the importance of Ashes in the Cricketing world. Only concerned about all these prediction threads. Aussies will own the English ...............Again!

Faisal1985 · 30-06-2009, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard

It's the first one for 2-and-a-half years, same way the last one was the first for 1-and-a-half, and so the pattern goes on...

Amazing........................... Love Ashes but Aussies keep winning. English have to be more competitive.

Richard · 30-06-2009, 02:25 PM

I don't know what it's been like in the brief periods when England have dominated Ashes contests (1977-1986/87; 1953-1956; even 1926-1928/29) but my limited experience tends to suggest Australia's dominance of the contest 1989-2006/07 has actually caused the "Ashes is much more important than everything else" nonsense that perpetuates so much and has done in recent years. As I say, I might be wrong - maybe it was the same even when England were regularly emerging victorious; I have no memory at all of said time.

ripper868 · 30-06-2009, 09:46 PM

I'd near agree with you on that Richard, It became important for the poms to get it back off us crims, while it became our utmost duty to ensure the poms never get their filthy mits on the urn again.

Faisal1985 · 02-07-2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard

I don't know what it's been like in the brief periods when England have dominated Ashes contests (1977-1986/87; 1953-1956; even 1926-1928/29) but my limited experience tends to suggest Australia's dominance of the contest 1989-2006/07 has actually caused the "Ashes is much more important than everything else" nonsense that perpetuates so much and has done in recent years. As I say, I might be wrong - maybe it was the same even when England were regularly emerging victorious; I have no memory at all of said time.

I have to agree for too long Ashes is more like a one sided winning streak. God knows what happened to England after the won the second last Ashes.....Simon Jones gone, Steve Harminson forgot how to bowl. Freddie getting injured regularly...Michael Vaughn went into a hibernate mode forever.....and now they have Bopara......who looked good but against Mitch, Lee, Clarke.........he will be toasted...........Further......

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