Gloucester Saint

People who were sunbathing in the RV Country Park complained about the shadow caused by his erm ‘lighthouse’.

23 average was Chris Woakes in the England test team as a decent #8 or #9 plus top class swing bowling with new ball. Prest, Organ, Gubbins et all, out of contract, move on from them all. I’d have said Ben Brown too had Giles White not been a dickhead and given him a new contract. The likes of Mayes is worth a gamble in D2 in a side with more experience and quality by batting lower, learn his trade at #7 or #8. Sussex must be looking around even with their troubles and thinking ‘how are some of this lot on the same pitch as us? They’re woeful’.

Prest?! FC average of 25.03 since 2024. Wow, aiming high Hampshire. Drops further to 23 this season. Lower-middle order at best and he’ll be a tail ender in a couple of years. Not much difference to if they kept Felix Organ who isn’t FC standard either but at least used to be able to bowl a few more overs of filth. Hants don’t need more glorified tail enders who can bowl a few overs. Knock yourself out v New Milton etc in the Southern League. Need several genuine top and middle order players please and we should have the scope and budget to do so with all of the retirements and out of contract. One of them overseas, plus Rishi Patel so at least another couple of proper domestic top order players, ideally three.

Latter certainly true as my grandfather was involved in El Alamein.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rr48pxg54qo

First Middlesbrough, roughest of all, then Gateshead https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crwyzkw2lzk1o Rough as a badger’s arse around there. Driving a hearse onto the pitch in the middle of a football game going on.

Mind you, most of them go the way of Ramello Mitchell.

To nobody’s surprise, Harry is apparently in talks to write a book/film for Diana 30th anniversary next year. It’s become an industry and media segment all of its own. Tragic event but might need to fly overseas next September where there’s no chance of seeing the wall to wall TV and other press coverage. The Express and Channel 5 will be unbearable!

Only way it’ll improve is the American electorate pulling their finger out in November and the GOP losing one or both Houses. That’ll curtail Kushner and the Mad Bens because Trump will be too busy fighting impeachment/asset stripping domestically.

His agent might disagree with that though.

I agreed with much of his interview until he backed Ben Brown. Another loser I want to see go, but if there isn’t a better wicketkeeper option then I suppose we’re stuck with him. Not as captain though, ever. If Lehmann doesn’t want to do it, then let one of the better kids grow into the role, or Scott Currie has a good cricket brain, but always concerned at all-rounders being skipper from a workload perspective https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cmd68p7lpzdvo Weatherley and Albert are good for white ball but not red ball. Prest needs to find a new career and direction outside of cricket. Gubbins century at Leics fools nobody and I think he might be out of contract. Ali Orr - not cut it and rumoured to be going to Middx. Felix Organ out of contract, surely he’s going? Fuller ditto, good player for us but past it. Brad Wheal has a year left and if fit, not a bad D2 option. So him, Abbott, Lehmann, Patel, Hudson-Prentice, Brown, Baker (mostly England now), Mayes, Currie and plenty of new signings. Lost so many top category players with Dawse white ball only, Turner retirement and the OOCs, we should be able to sign a lot of new players and chance for the owners to show their mettle. And FFS, get two genuinely good overseas players. Not second string Saffer crap or middle aged Kiwis who weren’t any good in the first place and not charged with serious offences.

A few seats empty at the Riverside https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckjrxpz03w8no

Talking of voltage, I’m not usually pro-death penalty nor do I think like this often but I would pull the switch on this cunt and think nothing of it https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6d79pzny7gjo I don’t know if he’s the most evil bloke in the prison/loony bin system today but he’d have to be in the top dozen at least. Waste of oxygen.

Good on them, well done. Far more backbone than the English tabloids and broadcasters showed when Farage banned a string of journalists from Reform’s shitshow in Birmingham. Although it might explain why the Times has been going after Farage’s Portsmouth FC-esque finances if Murdoch thinks Trump/Farage’s behaviour is unconstitutional and unethical. Trump is totally fucked though. Look at his economic ratings and GOP are some of his worst critics on the latest tariffs https://thehill.com/business/6100985-trump-economic-policies-poll/ Higher gas prices and inflation were supposedly the excuse people made for voting him back in https://thehill.com/business/6100985-trump-economic-policies-poll/

It’ll make a change from them drilling varieties of stingrays I suppose.