Ashes Countdown Clock

lardbucket wrote:

Ethics? The Gall! wrote:is that to the toss or the first ball?  

and dont ****** well tell me to work it out myself.  its been a bad couple of weeks and im out of caffeine

try alcohol

it clashes with the meds

Furry muff.

Can we have an Ashes cock? I nominated Alastair Cock. I mean 'Cook'.

Out of interest, to our Aussie posters, would you rather KP be playing this summer or not? Or do you not care either way?

I personally don't think it will make much difference but will be interesting to hear an Aussie perspective.

Personally don't care. Think he is a massive liability in the field and in the dressing room but he probably still has the ability to win one match or just maybe two for England off his own bat. I suspect the positives for England are outweighed by the negatives.

I've decided I don't like the countdown. Too depressing.

It's like watching my life drain away. Or watching Alastair Cook batting.

Dello wrote:I've decided I don't like the countdown. Too depressing.

It's like watching my life drain away. Or watching Alastair Cook batting.

Harsh on the clock.

v funny posts

the cricket lover in me wants to see him bat

the fiercely nationalistic nothing-is-better-than-beating-england bit of me wants him just where he is

He'd at least make it very interesting in any manner of ways. I do enjoy seeing him bat at his best which is more than I can say for most others regardless of results.

Crikey, under 7 weeks.

Yippee

Bradman wrote:He'd at least make it very interesting in any manner of ways.  I do enjoy seeing him bat at his best which is more than I can say for most others regardless of results.

I am very disturbed by this post, Bradders!

As per some of the earlier posts - the closer to zero hour it gets the clock becomes less of a thing to raise my excitement levels and begins to serve more and more as a reminder of impending destruction. It's like being in a disaster movie with a countdown clock telling us how long there is until the meteor hits the earth. Only in our movie Bruce Willis's role is played by Ian Bell.

Lindsay no.2 wrote:As per some of the earlier posts - the closer to zero hour it gets the clock becomes less of a thing to raise my excitement levels and begins to serve more and more as a reminder of impending destruction. It's like being in a disaster movie with a countdown clock telling us how long there is until the meteor hits the earth. Only in our movie Bruce Willis's role is played by Ian Bell.

gold

He doesn't have a gun - he's got a sort of Maltaser.

hehehe

By popular demand I'm going to make this the Kallis countdown thread also...

35 x 3 KFC family box celebrations to go?

Lindsay no.2 wrote: Only in our movie Bruce Willis's role is played by Ian Bell.

i can see a new nickname coming

15 days and counting.

My stomach is beginning to tighten.

I'm scouring the sports pages for any and every word - looking for supposed chinks in the armour, any cockiness or arrogance or selection pointers.

When we get to T minus 10 does the clock and background change into more urgent colours - maybe alternating between yellow and red. Kind of similar approach to vilks's Kallis tribute.

And perhaps on T minus 1 a klaxon, the kind of which you'd hear from a German U-boat in a WWII movie, can blare out when you land on the page just to properly heighten the tension.

Lindsay no.2 wrote:15 days and counting.

My stomach is beginning to tighten.

I'm scouring the sports pages for any and every word - looking for supposed chinks in the armour, any cockiness or arrogance or selection pointers.

When we get to T minus 10 does the clock and background change into more urgent colours - maybe alternating between yellow and red. Kind of similar approach to vilks's Kallis tribute.

And perhaps on T minus 1 a klaxon, the kind of which you'd hear from a German U-boat in a WWII movie, can blare out when you land on the page just to properly heighten the tension.

Only if you let Fromage crawl into your computer and change a light bulb ...

Lindsay no.2 wrote:15 days and counting.

My stomach is beginning to tighten.

I'm scouring the sports pages for any and every word - looking for supposed chinks in the armour, any cockiness or arrogance or selection pointers.

When we get to T minus 10 does the clock and background change into more urgent colours - maybe alternating between yellow and red. Kind of similar approach to vilks's Kallis tribute.

And perhaps on T minus 1 a klaxon, the kind of which you'd hear from a German U-boat in a WWII movie, can blare out when you land on the page just to properly heighten the tension.

I had that feeling three weeks ago - food poisoning is such a bastard.

My palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on my sweater already, mom's spaghetti

Brass Monkey wrote:My palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on my sweater already, mom's spaghetti

I think Sky are planning for Bumble to do that as the countdown rap for the next two weeks.