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    "Retaining the Trophy"

    Absolute horse**** concept, should be dumped into the deep ocean. A draw is a draw and a win is a win.
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    Commentary Complaints Thread

    Cannot believe ITV hired John Hartson. Sometimes when a player becomes a pundit it's disappointing to discover what terrible company they are, but he's been a notoriously thick head-melter for 30 years.
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    Sportswashing

    Might be good to have a general thread about this. How do people feel about it? Having belatedly woken up to its existence, I feel like the concept is now very over-applied in Western media. Any non-democratic country hosting a sports event is now assumed to be doing so strategically to improve...
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    The Refereeing Thread

    Anyone else noticed international refs are now calling less fouls than Premiership ones? Always expecting players to get the free kick when they decide to fall over under pressure, but usually they don’t. It’s much better.
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    Your Least Favourite World Cup Player

    Pepe and Ramos bound to be popular choices but I have a really strong irrational hatred of Jordan Henderson.
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    World Cup Nostalgia Thread

    Anyone else spent the past couple of weeks reminiscing about past tournaments? I was boring Ms. UC over lunch the other day recalling where I was and what I was doing for every one I've been alive for. Also loved...
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    Where to bowl to Steve Smith?

    See poll.
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    Rank the teams from most to least likeable

    1. Mark Wood- good bowler, always seems to enjoy himself, quality footballer. Hasn't been around long enough to show any dickish side. Extra points for looking exactly like a really nice guy I know. 2. Mitchell Johnson- purely for being incredibly entertaining as a cricketer, whether bowling...
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    Warm-Up Friendlies

    Sky reckon England are starting Welbeck instead of Sterling vs. Peru tonight. I'd be worried if the rest of the team seems first-choice. When someone picks Welbeck instead of a Liverpool player and I think it's a bad move, you know it's a bad move.
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    World Cup Betting

    Current odds on skybet: Brazil 3/1 Argentina 9/2 Spain 11/2 Germany 11/2 Belgium 18/1 France 22/1 England 25/1 Portugal 25/1 Holland 25/1 Colombia 25/1 Italy 25/1 Uruguay 33/1 Chile 40/1 Russia 100/1 Ivory Coast 125/1 You can get better odds almost everywhere else but that gives you the idea...
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    Entertaining cricket vs Good cricket

    The line between the two is very blurry in a lot of cricket-watchers' minds. The consensus among fans, pundits and commentators is that almost all modern field settings are too defensive, all declarations occur at least an hour later than necessary, and every batsman isn't playing enough shots...
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    Is running out the non-striker when he's backing up "against the spirit of the game"?

    Is running out the non-striker when he's backing up "against the spirit of the game"? BBC Sport - Somerset v Surrey: Murali Kartik causes run-out controversy Murali Kartik getting in some hot water over this one. I reckon it's absolutely fine. He's not just wandering out of his crease for a...
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    ***Official*** The Olympics is **** Thread

    I wouldn't want people stinking up every thread in the Euros forum ranting about how dire it is so I'm making myself a containment thread. Why do people watch this ****? I don't see the appeal at all. Almost any sport with a semblance of technical complexity or depth is either not part of the...
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    ***Official*** Commentary Thread

    Hopefully they'll have at least ditched Mick McCarthy.
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    Most Obnoxious Footy Fans in the UK?

    Rangers, imo. Typically more bigoted than the garden-variety football thugs.
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    Food for thought for those who think Jono was never among the top 4 CW ****s

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    The Strategy Behind the Batting Order

    A thread to pass the time. In ODIs, I've long thought batting lineups aren't fluid enough. MS Dhoni is way ahead of the rest of the pack in that respect. He comes in for some criticism for it, but it would be stupid to come in at 5 regardless of the situation when he's so vulnerable to...
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    Not Enough Pace for this Level

    There's a repeated assumption when it comes to bowlers of around 80mph or less that, even if they've taken bucketloads of wickets in first-class cricket, they're not good enough for tests. It's applied pretty heavily by selectors, even when- as in the case of Stuart Clark- the player in question...
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    Was O'Brien's century the greatest innings of all time?

    Choose carefully.
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    ***Official*** Road to Euro 2012

    We don't have one of these yet, do we? Bricking it watching Ireland in Armenia here. Just taken the lead with fifteen minutes left.

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