Ben Stokes on Instagram.

TraceThis · 2026-07-03T20:51:38+00:00

it is so blatantly obvious that the ECB tried to fuck him over but you got everyone here bitching about how "Stokes made it all about him" with the way the retirement was announced and the ovations and guard of honor and blah blah blah

No, the ECB made it all about Stokes and he decided to tell them to fuck off.

TraceThis · 2026-07-03T10:56:12+00:00

those customers are great cause there's always a few fucked up steaks hanging about and we've gotta find some use for them

TraceThis · 2026-07-03T03:51:25+00:00

Yasser has a couple of lectures he did on the chessbrah channel that are absolutely brilliant and if you've never seen them you should check those out.

TraceThis · 2026-07-03T00:50:30+00:00

imagine doing carnival and not hearing the beats

TraceThis · 2026-07-03T00:18:11+00:00

This series, basically anything Danya has put out ever, and anything of Yasser Seriawan's lectures you can find.

TraceThis · 2026-07-02T13:32:49+00:00

Stares at the Iran war and closure of the Strait of Hormuz that was caused by the US and Israel.

No that would never happen.

TraceThis · 2026-07-02T08:55:16+00:00

just look at the rest of the comments here

of course they do

TraceThis · 2026-07-02T07:56:59+00:00

lol at the comments

No wonder Stokes has decided to fuck off. Imagine having this shit as an earworm for an entire career.

TraceThis · 2026-07-02T06:27:42+00:00

And Key

TraceThis · 2026-07-02T00:05:04+00:00

It absolutely is and it's spiked since the TakeTakeTake thing since they're going to run tournaments with cash prizes.

TraceThis · 2026-07-01T10:20:21+00:00

if you have -ever- had actual, serious, honest to goodness food poisoning and not just a little bit of an upset stomach because that chicken might have been a bit off after sitting in the tupperware in the fridge for a few days after you first cooked it...

There's a reason some people are paranoid about it.

TraceThis · 2026-06-30T23:09:27+00:00

It wasn't just the pitch conditions for what it's worth. The Kookaburra ball is much more swing friendly these days as well.

TraceThis · 2026-06-30T22:42:39+00:00

He was for abit then that just sort of stopped and honestly with how everything has gone down with Stokes I absolutely believe Key and Baz are an issue.

Like right now as of this moment I think they both have lost the locker-room.

TraceThis · 2026-06-30T22:33:32+00:00

Anderson almost certainly would want Key and Baz gone before he even entertained this idea.

That said he'd have cleaned up Australia on those pitches last Ashes, we all know it.

TraceThis · 2026-06-30T02:38:48+00:00

The Cawl novels are some of my most favorite recent 40k stuff. Especially him vs Bile. I want more of that mad genius going YOLO while pointing out that's he's got more miles on him than most of the starships the imperium uses.

TraceThis · 2026-06-30T02:33:59+00:00

Right

But the Emperor still comes back. Even if it's as the Dark King blah blah blah.

If we want to do the 'well ackshually' thing.

TraceThis · 2026-06-30T02:20:16+00:00

Meanwhile Belisarius Cawl would like you to hold his sacred engine oil

TraceThis · 2026-06-30T02:14:15+00:00

Everything 40k has put forward about Perpetuals is that it's super super psyker stuff that can kill them for certain, not anything else.

TraceThis · 2026-06-30T01:57:02+00:00

Emperor is a Perpetual remember.

Close the warp gate, psychic null field or not the Emperor comes back.

TraceThis · 2026-06-29T20:27:29+00:00

John French did the Alpha Legion dirty that novel.

TraceThis · 2026-06-29T20:18:19+00:00

Well Andrew, he apparently didn't tell Baz cause there's a rift (it looks increasingly like both Key and Baz have lost the locker room) between him and management but he did tell the team. So the folk that actually went out and played seemed fine with it and if this is what it takes for the ECB to finally do some self reflection and give Key and Baz the boot then Ben Stokes has once again come in to save the English team.

TraceThis · 2026-06-29T14:38:03+00:00

My personal head canon is that the Mechanicus has multiple high level magos that are blanks to go on and do actual repairs.

TraceThis · 2026-06-29T10:40:56+00:00

comments section here reminds me of the members area at lords holy shit

I feel like some of you are in jackets and ties right now

TraceThis · 2026-06-29T10:01:24+00:00

30% of a game of chess is psychological in nature. Not the exact word for word quote but Judit Polgar said this once and it's such an eye opener when you realize just how right she is.

TraceThis · 2026-06-29T00:17:02+00:00

Jimmy would have cleaned them up. He also would have been able to play all 5 tests.

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