@DutchBKate Unpopular opinion, Duckett & Gray should open, Jamie Smith at 3, James Rew as keeper/batsman at 7. Bethell has been prioritising IPL over County Championship, it’s clear where his priorities lie.
Why is Jacob Bethell a shoe in or "established" in the Test squad? Is it just because he scored a fabulous 154 in the last innings of Test cricket that England played & everyone has short memories? He averages less than 10 in the 1st innings in his Test career.
@henrywinter@AndrewClement6 Much rather Josh Acheampong than Tosin. Acheampong has been completely mismanaged this season, should’ve been loaned last summer and won’t be surprised if he gets shown the door in the summer
Chelsea players rightly taken a lot of stick recently. Letting down head coaches, letting down fans, derided as “cry babies” in the media. Their character questioned. So how will they react post-Rosenior? Tosin picked ahead of Fofana feels significant. #CFC#CHELEE#FACup
I watched this movie last night. Incredibly powerful and inspiring.
Might have been wise for all those gobbing off about the BAFTA
N-word saga to have watched it too before making so many shockingly ill-informed comments. I'm looking at the likes of you, Jamie Foxx!
🚨 PACHECO NOT A FREE AGENT
👀 Eddie Hearn has denied reports that Diego Pacheco is a free agent: "Diego Pacheco is under contract with [Matchroom] until August/September. He's got at least one fight left. We're in talks to re-sign him. Most importantly focused on the fight with Hamzah Sheeraz." [TheStompingGround]
@tier_1st It’s all making sense now, would explain why the likes of Tosin and Badiashile got more game time than an academy graduate in Josh Acheampong
🚨 Sources say that when Axel Disasi returned to training, the Chelsea Football Club board wanted him reintegrated into the squad to rebuild his market value similar to the approach previously taken with Trevoh Chalobah.
However, Enzo Maresca is understood to have disagreed with the plan, prioritising sporting merit and balance over asset management considerations.
@ReggieCJS@7Cricket@bowlologist Simple answer, don’t have an ODI series against New Zealand…in October. We could’ve easily got 2 warm up matches in if we didn’t bother with the ODI series.
@7Cricket@bowlologist All looks great but reality is when could they have done the work? Not the players fault…most had just played a test and then left for ODI series in NZ. ECB on the other hand are to blame
🗣️ “How can those bowlers go into a game knowing,
a) I can own my stock ball, and
b) I’m going to be able to do it spell after spell, day after day”
- @bowlologist on England’s preparation #TheSpin
🚨 MATIAS-SMITH LIVE ON PPV
✅ The January 10 Subriel Matias-Dalton Smith WBC super lightweight title fight will be a Fresh Productions-promoted PPV event available to watch live on @ppv_com and major cable providers from the Barclays Center in New York.
@Stu__thfc@RugbyInsideLine Yep, with his attacking flair would be much more appreciated over there. As a Quins fan, sad to say I would take 2/3 years in France and come back to England if he wants. He’s still young enough, similar to what Harry Arundell has done
🌹 Sounds like there is a good chance that M Smith will be in the 15 shirt at the weekend.
Constantly being forced out of position when he's had such a good start to the season at 10 (winning 2 of 3 MOTM awards) just seems silly.
Curious how he feels...
"This is what the managers at the top level can do" 🔝
Enzo Maresca's coaching is in the same bracket as Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta, says @Carra23 🎙️
@RedLetterDaysUK trying to access your website but getting this error message. Is this unusual? Been like this for half hour and need to extend my voucher.
@willgkelleher@TimesSport We have lost a whole load of youth these past few years, but given CCS injury record, I don’t think it’s as big of a scoop as people think. How often can he stay fit? Regardless, will be a big loss for us
You’d have to see it as a real blow for Harlequins if they lose CCS to Sale.
Sounds like it’s proving difficult for Quins to keep him beyond this season.
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