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England win The Ashes
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Such an awesome event requires its own thread. Well done England - you deserved it.
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Aaaaanyway.
In all honesty, I'm delighted for England. I think they played really well and deserved to win. They got lucky but after sixteen years of being thrashed I suppose they deserve a bit of luck.
What will be ignored is that England won the ashes by ten runs and two wickets. In the match the Aussies won England were thrashed out of sight. England should enjoy the win, but not get too carried away. They were the better side, but not by much.
I worry more for Australia now. Warne and McGrath are at the end, and the replacement bowlers aren't good enough. Lee is mediocre at best, and Kasprowicz and Gillespie are not world-class first attackers.
Absolutely fantastic series, one of the best sporting events i've had the pleasure of viewing.
Luck??? Sheeeeesh! They simply outplayed Australia ... ... and have the potential to get much better!
I wouldn't worry. I cannot see Australia being out of contention for the Ashes as long as England were .... it's a great cricket playing country and every great team has to flop sometimes ....
I must say I actually got emotional about Shane Warne finishing his test career against England .... I've grown up watching him and he is awesome!
As much as I think he's a total bastard bowler I think he should have got man of the Ashes.
Well done England, now to the bookies to collect my winnings.
I'm just saying that it's not the whitewash the English media are trying to claim it is:)
I'm not sure why I'm arguing anyway. I was just being the token Aussie before;)
Didn't think we went until November/December but there you go
So not too long to wait until the next test series (on Sky sadly)
Fucking Murdock scum fuck git wank.
The fault in my opinin lies with the ECB, fair enough they want the money to spend on promoting the game around the country but they will find it mroe difficult to get kids interested etc and to raise attendnaces if 2/3 of people can't see the England games.
Also it seems Channel 4 were a bit hesitant but as long as they put in a reasonable bid I think the ECB should've accepted it.......
I've watched some of this series down the pub but it isn't really something you can do for 5 days straight without putting yourself in hospital..........
I thought they were protected under legislation passed by the Tories. Maybe Labour got Murdoch's blessing by removing it, I don't know.
Sky do the cricket much better. At least they don't interrupt it for the "3.45 give-a-dog-a-boner two-year filly chase hurdle stakes" at Uttoxeter.
Yes it is Murdocks fault, most things are the evil shite.
Kermit, cricket has never enjoyed protection like the FA cup which has to be shown on ordinary TV because of its length.
John Major has been (rightly) complaining about cricket moving to satellite television.
Shame then that he didn't think of this earlier, in particular back in 1996 when the sport got delisted- and he happened to be the Prime Minister at the time.
Well he seems to be at most of the games anyway I imagine he can probably afford Sky so I doubt he will be losing out too much......
Who makes that decision anyhow?
I don't like Sky at all, but it is where sport should be. And they do show it properly.
The BBC should not be wasting a single penny of taxpayers' money on Premiershit football, rugby union or any other major sport.
3 out of 4 people in this country still can't afford (or otherwise don't have) Sky in their homes. They should have the right to watch certain sports without paying a fortune or having to go to a pub (even though that is quite a nice thing to do for many of us).
With regard to the relative good Sky has done to sport broadcasting and sport in general, well I have to disagree there as well. I don't care much for commercial breaks (especially 10-minute long ones at half time during football), silly flying logos with special effects on the screen, or player cameras and "fan zones" for that matter. Terrestrial television is perfectly capable of offering great broadcasting- Channel 4's showing of The Ashes has pissed over anything Sky has ever done with cricket.
The only argument for selling rights to the likes of Sky is the injection of extra money "the sport" gets. And then, for all the millions and millions of extra money Premiership football has got since it sold its soul to Sky, most fans would probably be of the opinion that things have gone worse not better as a result of it.
There football shows are awful...........
Soccer Am is classic.
Their coverage of the actual game too is a massive improvement on what the BBC and ITV trot out...
At ECB's request, natch.
And even if Sky's coverage is much better (which it isnt) many of us have deep ethical reasons for not going anywhere near Sky.
The Ashes should be listed again. I understand that the other Tests should probably go to Sky but I'm unhappy about it.