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Kel Varnsen

Froome destroying the rest of the field. As bad as the Armstrong years. Just a matter of when he's caught for using ped.

Jens

Armstrong never destroyed his GC contenders this hard, this early.

Qwiss

y va marquer wrote:
I never enjoyed watching Samosas play at Wimbledon.
Used to bore me to tears.

He was all serve. So boring.

y va marquer

😆
Just noticed the Samosas - my phone's doing my head in after the latest software upgrade.

Yeah, Sampras' boom of a serve, thousands of aces or the serve return into the net, he barely had to volley.
Wrecked Wimbledon for me for a while.

Tam

Jens wrote:
Armstrong never destroyed his GC contenders this hard, this early.

It's still early days, a long way to go and plenty of time for the rest of the main contenders to pull it back. But if he keeps this up it won't even have been a contest by the time they roll into Paris.

invisibleman18

LBWatson dropped for the second test, presumably for Mitchell Marsh. Probably should have been dropped long ago, could be the end for him now. Haddin also out for "family reasons" but if his replacement does well it could be the end for him too.

Bold Tone

Jens wrote:
Armstrong never destroyed his GC contenders this hard, this early.

Yup. Even Pantani, a climber drugged to the eyeballs, never managed this when going go the GC crown.
Unfortunately, for him, suspicions remain in cycling and even Armstrong tweeted something along Kel's lines.
https://twitter.com/lancearmstronG

invisibleman18

20 minutes or so till things get underway at Lord's. Aussies win the toss and bat first. Let's do this!

invisibleman18

Warner throws his wicket away. Needed that.

Burnwinter

Qwiss! wrote:
He was all serve. So boring.

His serve was obscenely good but every other aspect of his game was absolutely top tier. Amazing long drop shot, crosscourt forehand winner, net game. He was a great player compared to the opposition at the time, that's why he bored people.

Rex

Yeah, he dominated pretty well for a while everywhere but at Paris. Think the clay at Paris is faster now though, which no doubt would have benefited Sampras.

Jens

Hope Contador or Quintana have the legs to make it interesting today.

MuswellHillGooner

I think the GIRO burnt out Contador so its down to Quintana.
Unfortunately this makes it easy for SKY to mark.
Credit to Froome for the big early lead but it makes for a boring spectacle.

Bold Tone

Burnwinter

Invis has gone a bit quiet about the cricket I've noticed.

invisibleman18

Haha it's been pretty miserable viewing. Shows the importance of the toss I guess, though you haven't actually won yet. You still need 16 wickets. We're in dire trouble but good stuff from Cook and Stokes getting through that last hour. This needs to be a massive partnership. We do only need a draw and if we can manage bat into tomorrow that should be enough.

Problems with the top order continue which is really worrying. Seem to be 30-3 in every innings and it can't always be left to Root or Stokes. The top 4 need to get some runs.

arsedocmd

5Test series right?

Burnwinter

Great partnership from Cook and Stokes. Crucial time now for Australia … couple more wickets and we got this.

y va marquer

Gary Player being interviewed on BBC due to suspended play at the Open.
The man is 80 and he'd pass for 60, unreal, super attitude.
He bench pressed 1300 in his last sitting 😆

Ricky1985

I just saw that. 1300 squats, the last 200 with 100lbs strapped to his chest!

I've always respected the man whenever I've seen him speak, but that was something else. I just wanted him to keep talking. What a man.

Makes me sad when I hear him talking about Tiger though. I was big into golf when I was a young boy and Tiger was my hero. I loved the man and Player doesn't exaggerate when he says no one playing now is fit to lace his boots and had Tiger not gone down the wrong road, it's likely no one that has played before would have been either. The man did things under pressure that to this day I can't explain. He was a genius with other wordly levels of resolve and concentration. So gutted he threw it all away.

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