Russell Warner

@SportingFC National shirt, jeans, sport jacket combo day 😉 In all seriousness, great day of updates. A huge step in the right direction.

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@Victoria00025 I'd rather grate my nutsack, slide into a vat of lemon juice then guide my own Dad into my Nan than do that, so no.

Would you vote for Nigel Farage and Reform UK if there was a general election right now. Yes or No? 👇

@ABsay_ek 81mph on a flat deck is still better than Oliver fecking Robinson, so yes, he should at least be ahead of that social media leaching kumquat.

Sam Cook has spent his career being told he is almost there. 346 first class wickets at 20.6 average. He had been the first English bowler in 50 years to reach 300 first class wickets while keeping his average below 20. Leading wicket taker in this season’s County Championship before most bowlers have even found their rhythm. And still, the England cap has come only once, briefly, against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge. Question is not whether he can bowl. Question is whether English cricket is ready to admit that what he does might be exactly what they need next. James Anderson & Chris Woakes has retired. Old guard of English seam bowling is thinning out & team that Brendon McCullum & Ben Stokes built was constructed around extreme pace & vibes. That worked for a while. But Test cricket in England still moves to a different beat. The ball will keep swinging in May & June. Pitches will keep offering seam movement under cloud cover. And Cook, at 28, is entering the window where fast bowlers traditionally hit their prime. He is not express pace. He will not frighten anyone with speed gun readings. What he offers is control so precise it becomes suffocation. He hits the same spot until the batter makes a mistake, then hits it again to confirm it was not luck. Cook has been doing the same thing at Chelmsford for years. This season he has added some extra motivation naturally, through maturity rather than mechanical overhaul. Wickets have kept coming. 18 wickets so far in this season & leading wicket taker. At 28, with nearly 350 first class scalps & strike rate of 46, he is not a project anymore. He is a solution. They call him Little Chef at Essex, a nod to his namesake Alastair Cook, who has been his inspiration & grounding force. Sam is the local boy who played football at Chelmer Park on Monday nights, who understands that hitting the same spot again & again is not boring if it wins matches. His Test debut against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge brought 1 wicket & harsh reality that 81 mph on a flat deck leaves slim margins. But he is not asking for sympathy. He is asking for another chance & he is making it impossible to ignore him.

@EllardKing 1.1% back in October 21, eek.

If you're coming off a five-year fixed mortgage taken out at post-pandemic lows, the numbers are brutal. Someone who fixed at 1.23% in 2021 is now looking at a typical rate of around 4.5% to 5.5% for an equivalent deal. On a £250,000 mortgage over 25 years that's somewhere between £350 and £450 more every single month. Around 1.8 million fixed-rate deals expire in 2026 alone. If yours is one of them, check your end date and start planning now. The switch to a standard variable rate while you delay is worse. Don't wait for it to land in your bank statement.

@BethellBlaster Was about to take this seriously until you used the phrase at the end. No need.

Gay, Duckett, Bethell, Root, Brook, Stokes, Smith, Jacks/Dawson, Robinson, Jofra, Tongue. If anyone disagrees with this XI, they’re proper retards.

@sciencegirl Heat

For anyone who used a computer between 1990 & 2005… what’s the one game you still think about?

@Captain_Tiggles @dannyyoung35 @WG_RumblePants @BoothCricket Is he though? Good enough for a 7 over spell but good enough for 30 overs plus in a Test?

@dannyyoung35 @Frooper11 @WG_RumblePants @BoothCricket 👆 absolutely this. He's taken consistent wickets at a good average since he returned to county cricket as well...

Is there a route back into the Test team for Ollie Robinson? He's saying the right things - but there's still work to do to win England over dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/…

@The_Grumbler Bearing in mind a pint is £7.20, well it was last season...

One of the best things in life is bunking off early on a sunny Friday in summer, watching the last session cradling a pint... .... and letting NO ONE know you are there

@WG_RumblePants @BoothCricket Forgive me, but have I missed the bit where he's gone back to county cricket for a sustained period torn up trees and given England no real option but to select him? This noise for selection has seems to come from the man himself. He's not good enough, skill and temperament wise

I’m with Harmie when it comes to Robinson. I feel he’s had enough chances and has burned his bridges. Yes, his bowling figures are very good, but he’s still not shown that he’s robust enough to bowl long third or fourth innings spells at a good pace. He’s still too much of a gamble at the moment for my money.

@ClubberFootball @SouthernLeague1 @SportingFC @halesowentownfc Now seems to be working but seemingly @halesowentownfc are two to the good, can I still request a refund? 😉

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@Joe_Nuttall9 Please god no. Poor attitude, questionable fitness, not quick enough, need any other reasons?

Ollie Robinson has bowled so well today, he should certainly be in contention to lead the attack this summer for England

@gowellender I'm really not sure Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt are the answer.

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@DurhamCricket @Middlesex_CCC skipper did something similar 😉

First ball of pre-season... 😮‍💨 #ForTheNorth

@BenGrahamUK Struggling to work out whether you're a parody account or just a complete numpty.

Britain has been a Christian nation for over 1,400 years. Through wars, plagues, and countless kings, Easter has always been celebrated. Yet now, Cadbury won’t even use the word ‘Easter’ on their eggs. When did celebrating British traditions become controversial?

@NeilLfc_5 God knows.

Whats happened to him at Bournemouth does he play?

@FootballFactly 'Ull City

This is much harder than it looks…

@Britishgas We’re now 35 days without heating thanks to smart meter install on the 18 December. Your customer service continues to give false promises. Engineer failed to materialise today after latest assurance. Now spent £250 on heaters etc. one for @Moneybox

@charliersmith1 Inspirational! Well done!

I did it! 5 marathons over 5 consecutive days is COMPLETE 😀