Author Topic: A random thread for sport things that don't really warrant a thread of their own  (Read 126463 times)

Turns out they can't run that fast, either!

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I see that Exeter beat Wasps to win a rugby final and that Tomos Francis was a key player in Exeter's victory. He a relative of yours, isn't he, pcolbeck?
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Reading is the only football team that I negatively support.  I never want them to get into the higher divisions because my aged mum lives there and would prefer less crowds on a Saturday.
Although, to be fair, as she is now 93, she doesn't do the hanging about in town on a Saturday so much these days.  So it probably doesn't matter so much now.
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There you go.   :thumbsup:
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I notice Thomas Pieters is moving up the leaderboard quite nicely at The Open. I rather hope he continues, as if he wins I will win a grand from the small bet I put on him about 9 months ago. Come on Tom!  :)
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I'm dot watching the Clipper Round The World race, on account of my cousin being on board on of the boats. Unfortunately they seem to be in the nautical equivalent of the Lanterne Rouge position.
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I don't watch football very often these days but I went to the pub with my son this afternoon to watch Liverpool vs Arsenal, and what I want to know is this...

When did Arsenal become so awful? That was a truly abject display.

Liverpool were on top form, and thrilling to watch, but Arsenal essentially just rolled over and let Liverpool tear into them. To be honest, the 4-0 scoreline was flattering to Arsenal. It should have been 10-0.
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I don't watch football very often these days but I went to the pub with my son this afternoon to watch Liverpool vs Arsenal, and what I want to know is this...

When did Arsenal become so awful?

1980, when Liam Brady went to Juventus :demon:
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When did Arsenal become so awful?

When they let Patrick Viera go and never replaced him.

Viera was immense in midfield, a proper captain.  They've been on a fairly steady decline ever since.

The club's finances are in great shape, and that seems to be a worthwhile objective, but saving millions on players whilst missing out on the millions from the Champions League isn't such great economics.

Wenger was visibly shaking yesterday.  I think it's taking its toll on him and he should have left on the FA Cup high last year. 
He faces the possibility of his amazing legacy being overshadowed by jeers and taunts from the fans.
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Controversy in Pembrokeshire Division One Cricket League.

It just so happened that the teams in first and second place in the league table played each other on the last day of the season.
It's important to know that in this division there are 20 points for the win, a bowling point for every two wickets taken and a batting point for every 40 runs (to a max of 5)

Carew began the day 21 points ahead of local rivals Cresselly.

Carew went into bat first but then declared on 18 for 1 after 15 balls, thus throwing the match but denying Cresselly any chance of bonus points.

Carew win the league by one point.  Cresselly not happy. Much discussion in my local.

What do you think?  A sensible and logical tactic?  Or JUST NOT CRICKET?
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hee-hee! I love stuff like this.

I'd say it's a badly thought-out rule. Cricket isn't about "bonus points", so it can't be "NOT CRICKET" to deny your opponents the chance of them. Shirley??
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Wowbagger

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Controversy in Pembrokeshire Division One Cricket League.

It just so happened that the teams in first and second place in the league table played each other on the last day of the season.
It's important to know that in this division there are 20 points for the win, a bowling point for every two wickets taken and a batting point for every 40 runs (to a max of 5)

Carew began the day 21 points ahead of local rivals Cresselly.

Carew went into bat first but then declared on 18 for 1 after 15 balls, thus throwing the match but denying Cresselly any chance of bonus points.

Carew win the league by one point.  Cresselly not happy. Much discussion in my local.

What do you think?  A sensible and logical tactic?  Or JUST NOT CRICKET?

It's not cricket. They didn't play any!

Avid readers may recall that Ian Botham did something similar in a Bensons & Hedges 1-day match once. It was in the qualifying group, and from memory he declared the Somerset innings closed. I can't remember who the opponents were, but it meant that the only way they could beat Somerset in the group's final table was by getting a faster overall run rate than theirs, and just scoring 4 runs (or whatever) to win was not going to do this.

I don't remember whether he was reprimanded by the TCCB, but he bloody well should have been. Lots of people had travelled a long way and paid a lot of money to watch that match.

Edit: I've half-remembered again. Brian Rose was the captain in that match, and Somerset were expelled from the competition. It was 1979 and Essex won the B & H cup that year. Wiki doesn't reveal who Somerset's opponents were in the match in question.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Rose_(cricketer)

Ah! Worcestershire! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup
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I have less sympathy for Cresselly now as I've since learned that they won the toss.  Surely they must have been aware of the mathematics before the match. 
If they had chosen to bat, they would have had a chance to win and win the league by picking up two more bonus points than their opponents.
Poor decision.

Of course,  they may have lost the match.  But so what?
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citoyen

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You could argue that Carew had earned the right to game the system by virtue of being 21 points ahead going into the match. Presumably both sides knew the rules at the start of the season and their relative positions were a reflection of their performance throughout the season.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Some of the rules of cricket are ridiculous and the rules of that competition are crazy. They make away goals rules and penalty shootouts look entirely simple.
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citoyen

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Some of the rules of cricket are ridiculous

Outrageous statement!  :o
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You could argue that Carew had earned the right to game the system by virtue of being 21 points ahead going into the match. Presumably both sides knew the rules at the start of the season and their relative positions were a reflection of their performance throughout the season.

I have stopped bing amazed at sports professionals not knowing the rules of the game they play for a living.
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I passed a Cook Underwood Road this afternoon.  I wonder whether by any chance it was named after a pair of English cricketers?

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You could argue that Carew had earned the right to game the system by virtue of being 21 points ahead going into the match. Presumably both sides knew the rules at the start of the season and their relative positions were a reflection of their performance throughout the season.

I thin it happens fairly often that a team in the football play-offs finishes sixth, a cricket score of points behind the team in third, then goes on to win the play-offs and gain promotion.  It could be argued one way that they have been much worse over the season and so shouldn't be promoted and the other that they are the form team at the time and should be promoted.  I don't like the system but it's really about maximising income, I think.

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