FootballingCyclist

TREK looks hot but it's going to be uncomfortable sitting on that cup and saucer.

Death bowler yes, New ball bowler NO... You don't play a fast bowler and bowl him 4th change after the batsman have already got used to the wicket. Pretorius' "pace" is hardly even going to pin tailenders back in their crease early on. You bowl the fast bowler to leave the batsman guessing and then the spinner to force him to try score off the latter and see off the former, But seeing Pretorius with the new nut, Pakistani's must've been licking their lips. Bowling a spinner plus Pretorius is basically giving the batsman the chance to get himself in and get used to the surface and pace of the wicket. We can just count ourselves lucky that Babar was out early doors..

So you play Dala as a seamer, but then Proceed to open the bowling with Pretorius who is lucky if he bowls him 125km/h with a gail force wind at his back and even get Snyman bowling an over before you choose to bowl Dala as 4th change, What a shambles, I laughed so hard..

Pakistan cruising currently at 113/4 after 13 overs. This bowling line up would struggle to take wickets in the 1A let alone in Pakistan.. Only Dala can bowl over 140, the rest Medium pacers, even Sipamla is low 130s and our spin attack is not really gonna make any sub-continental team a little bit scared. DEF 1 of the weakest Proteas teams I have ever seen.

Yeah time to get Joe Hart between the sticks and see if he has any of his City form left in him. Knowing Joe, the one thing he is, is VERY hungry for regular 1st team football again.

Thoroughly enjoying My Eagle F1 set at the moment. No complaints, They're soft and roll well and aren't too bad in the wet either, although 2 weekends or so ago when it was raining I didn't exactly bomb down any descents, max speed was low 60km/h so was playing it safe. PS, If Assos Qhubeka are now using them on the WT they cant be that bad.

The above 2 paragraphs are part the main I stopped playing top level club cricket aswell as Academy cricket after a decent stint of about 8 years, but the highlighted portion is the main reason I stopped completely. As a 1A club we used to play a pre-season game every year against 1 of the top boys schools in CT and SA and it was a proper tough game of cricket each time. In my matric year we played against many players who were franchise cricketers already or international the next season, Telo, Levi, Kieswetter, Siboto, Pongolo, Smuts, Alexander to name but a few. We had a "Superschools" series which was on Supersport and also every Sunday in the Caope Argus, our results would be in the Argus every Wednesday and if your name was there for makinmg runs or taking wickets it was a cool feeling, the Superschools series had a ranking top batsman, bowlers, fielders and schools rankings and that was motivation enough. Every week in club games I was playing against contracted cricketers and internationals every now and then and even played a few seasons with a few of the above but like I said, Kleinveldt, Philander, Duminy, Prince, Kemp, Langeveldt, Smith, Dawid Malan, Jonothan Trott and played 2 seasons with Moeen Allie, the list is endless, my point is that todays generation of kids are just not interested that much in sports in general because at 34, I'm still being asked to go back and play Top Amateur club football and cricket because there are just not enough youngsters coming through who can "do the job". It just seems that going out or gaming or TikToking or whatever the case may be is more attractive to them nowadays than all day at a sports club.

Rory Kleinveldt has a fantastic idea which would strengthen our club cricket, Vrsity cricket and in turn Provincial cricket. You don't haver to like the bloke but listen to what he has to say, Over 20 years experience in the game at all levels and what he says is spot on and a great idea. Listen from around the 14:30 min mark.

Really interesting to see how Everton have change their style slightly. They've now scored 7 in 2 games(in 90mins) but at the same time also conceded 7 in 2. We always felt if you score 3 you should be winning the game, Well they did and drew (albeit coming from behind against United) and last night scored 4 and drew again (only ET separated the 2 teams). 2nd round in the league has started, the jostling for top 4/6 positions is on and the fight at the bottom is hot, The teams in danger of going down are going to cause a few upsets in this 2nd round I am sure, Going to be an interesting end to the season with the league alot closer than it was for the last 2 seasons, Yet i still see City running away with it and wrapping it up with maybe 2 or 3 games to go.

I'm just here for the Tottenham okes. PS. That was a lovely game for the neutrals

LOL I'm not even kidding when I say I was waiting for this comment and your name was the 1st which popped into my head when I thought who would post it

as expected, not even 48hrs since the ruling by UCI and Insta is filled with okes super tucking.. Gotta love cyclists

A great coach I once had always used to say before games with lower opposition on terrible fields and bad conditions which were seen as a "leveller" - "There are no pictures on the scoreboard or on the log at the end of the season, I don't care if its ugly, Just get the job done"

Agreed, I sense a bit of "arrogance" on Klopps part by refusing to change his formation and style of play against "lower" opposition. The job he's done to turn the club around has been fantastic I'll give him that but his player and squad management and refusing to buy another top class CB when Van Dijk got injured and play other class players out of position has cost them dearly this season.

Don't forget Tapout Tuesdays. Some of those average speeds are sub 2:40 Argust worthy.

And for the plebs racing through Camps Bae to get to Bootleggers for a cuppa...

Hi Keith. I am trying to call you and there is no answer or was your phone also possibly taken with the bike? Please make contact with me, 078 216 2961 Cheers, Rory

Will call you shortly!

I know some okes who literally go out of their way (no I mean like into areas and roads they have never been before, into the opposite direction of where normal cyclists would go cycle, Just to ride back streets which even google maps hardly knew existed so they can get a Strava trophy or crown) which I guess gives them some sort of ego boost and they feel maybe that they can be accepted into the "cool bunch".

I've been saying to mates for a while that Liverpools high paced style of play combined with the fact that they play a very high defensive line too which means basically defending from the front, Would catch up to them in the long run and it has now caught up to them. Adding to the fact that last season ended so late due to Covid and this season started without much of a break at all for the players and no real proper pre-season coupled with being in "bio bubbles", the fatigue levels must have eventually taken it's toll. Also I don't feel that Pool have much of a succession plan in terms of squad depth, because you have the front 3 in Salah, Mane and Booby and then they had a great new recruit in Jota who looked to be the buy of the season, But nothing more than that really. Yes you gave a guy like Shaquiri on the bench but he's hardly going to single handedly influence a game like the front 3. Then to the back, Yes Fabinho was a great filler in the beginning, but he isn't a full season type CB in the best league in the world and is being found on occassion. SO yeah, if I look back at United and City for example who were able to defend their titles, they had more squad depth, better quality off the bench and were able to rest players and rotate their squad.

What I do find most entertaining though is that on social media platforms, the people getting the most defensive and argumentative and not wiling to accept anothers opinion Are no more than weekend warriors who will not be affected by these new rules at all, other than if they sit on the couch watching the Pro's do it which will affect the "thrill" they get and minus some of the excitement on the descents I guess.

This was funny....

Last year during one of the Grand Tours Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg posted on Twitter that he thought riding in the TT position on the road bike whilst in the peloton was dangerous for a number of reasons and he received many mixed thoughts from alot of the Pro peloton and obviously from all of Twitterlandria. Just very surprised that UCI are banning riders from doing things which have not caused any accidents(as yet) as apposed to taking the responsibility and starting with things which are actually theirs to take care of like safer barriers for a start. Next up they going to ban the drops and we all going to be riding with straight bars.

I found 1 hiding in a VILLA last night at something 2-7