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[Lawrences v Oisin.]

Lawrences v Oisin.

I have to say that the Lancashire county board is turning into something of a joke, 30 plus men waiting to play an important championship game down Turnmoss yesterday and all the preparation ruined by no referee turning up. How are they supposed to promote the games over here if no games actually go ahead. The game will be changed to either the 8th or 13th of August apparently.

Brendans v Mitchels

Far too soon for Brendans to come into the senior championship. It looks as if they need to get their shop in order before they can even think about entering next year. Why they would cancel the last championship game against Mitchels is beyond me. Fair enough they had no chance really of making the finals but all teams should fulfil all fixtures. I think it's a case of St. Pats replacing Brendans in the senior next year.

Peters v Annes

Caught the last ten minutes of this game and bar one or two weak performances in defence for peters they looked a lot stronger and sharp than Annes. Annes are another team that are wasted in the Senior ranks. This is from talking to some of the key members of the club and not something I am saying to just cause some controversy. 5 at training must be very hard for a club trying to push for a championship semi final spot.

So that leaves two possible semi final scenarios dependant on the Oisins v Lawrences game, If Oisins beat Lawrences by 11 points or more then it will be an Oisins v Peters semi and any other result after that and it will be Mitchels v Oisins. Either way should be two good semi final matches.  

We got beat by Lawrences yesterday, still bemused how we failed to win. We were 4 points clear at half time, dominated the first half and should have been 7 or 8 points clear.

Unfortunately for us than the rain started and the referee decided to give Lawrences free after free, he was not helped by the diving of Lawrences star forward. Never had any problems with the ref before, always been very fair but yesterday's performance was shocking.

In fairness to the refs at all the games yesterday, the conditions made it very difficult for them. It looks like the top 4 now will be 4 semi-finalists unless theres a few surprise results. No-one will want to end up fourth either as they'll end up meeting John Mitchels.

Conditions were tough but not much the refs could have done, we had a couple of shouts for penalties but the ref went with the defending team which seems to be a bit of a habit as of late, Bedians does get bad when it rains but at least the showers are warm after.

ah well thats laois for ya, at least we won leinster 6 years ago that should do us for another 50 years or so.

Thats Ponting gone for 150

[Oisins v Lawrences.]

Anybody got any predictions for the matches tonight,

Oisins v Lawrences.

Will be tight one here. We haven't won in a while so need the win. We are missing a few of our regulars so it could go either way. I'll go for Oisins by 5. (you couldn't predict against yourself could ya??)

Brendans v Mitchels.

Only a fool would go for anything less than a JM win. But the score all depends on what travels across from Liverpool for the game. I'll go for JM by 10.

Annes V Peters.

If Annes even field I will be surprised. Lets say there is a game I will go for Peters by 6. Could be more but i'll stick with 6.

I could be a million miles off on the predictions but I doubt it. Tightest game of the night will be ourselves v Lawences.

Just downloaded all of the series so I'm sure I will have a few of my favourites up here in the coming weeks. My favourite at the moment has to be Del falling through the bar sipping his cocktail, classic.

Cheering for the Aussies. Fair dinkum.

What sort of a crowd do you think it will attract, I'm talking ages here. Will it be full of old men who suffer from LSD flashbacks or will there be much of a younger 'new' crowd at it. The O2 holds something like 12,000 doesn't it?? Did that many men in their teens/20's make it out of the 70's in good health?

Hughes gone off the inside edge and caught by pryor.

and thats lunch Aus 39/0

Any thoughts on where the most exciting cricket will be played this series, The Brit Oval, Edgbaston, Headingley or Lord's. Bit upset there will be no Old Trafford test this time especially after the drawn third test in 05.

I know this is off point from the original posters question, but has anybody got one of the new D-SLR's that can take live HD video. Would be interested to know whether it would be worth an investment. What is quality like etc.

The Beatles did a version of this on one of their early albums, Beatles for Sale i think. They didn't write it though.  Another obscure band in the late seventies/early eighties did a very odd version. If you check out Beatles for sale, it should show the original writers.

Michael Jackson probably owned the rights to this one also, send an email to Janet or LaToya and they might know.

Is satellite the same thing as those little dongle usb things you can get??

Na the USB things are mobile broadband and will work anywhere you have get the relevant reception. Satellite broadband involved installing a satellite dish on your house.

Ok now I am going to look really stupid here, why not use one of the usb broadband things then, installing a satellite seems like a lot of effort for such a small bit of bandwidth.

Hope England win just cos the Aussies and their press are even worse if that's possible!!!

Not sure the Aussie press is as bad as the British press to be honest,

Good to see how quick the runs come now that Hughes and Katich are in. Just listening the commentary on BBC. They should sell this stuff as a relaxant it is very calming listening to the two lads chatting. I like the way they have an English and Aussie commentary partnership it offers a nice variety.