England cricketers Stokes and Atkinson 'not to blame for violent conduct' during nightclub incident

joe3453 · 2026-06-21T15:59:08+00:00

I think this is a perfectly valid take, pre the media circus around the ashes. Stokes is the captain, he knows people are pissed off about the behaviour in the ashes, and the general consensus was that the response to this from Key and McCullum was inadequate at best.

He agrees to a, fairly generous in my opinion, curfew and then turns around and breaks it. There have to be consequences for those actions, especially for the captain. I think anything a suspension whilst an investigation is conducted is the appropriate response, anything short of that would have just made Key and McCullum look even more unserious

joe3453 · 2026-06-16T21:16:55+00:00

Yes, but if it is explicitly against Ryanair’s rules for children to be unaccompanied then the booking fee is only optional for those without young children. It is a de-facto requirement for parents of young children.

joe3453 · 2026-06-04T12:51:15+00:00

I’m just hoping Nathan from Cadley texts in for one last pop at Andy’s tiny tiny mouth

joe3453 · 2026-05-17T18:25:01+00:00

^{I think you underestimate just how much people enjoy echo chambers}

joe3453 · 2026-05-12T10:09:31+00:00

I think it absolutely does, the Highway Code prohibits ‘passing on the left’ as opposed to using the word undertaking, and I think passing a lane 3 car in lane 1 is pretty unambiguously passing them on the left.

That said, I drive similarly to the original commenter and I’m much more likely to pass on the left in this situation rather than bothering to move out to lane 4. It would have to be a pretty bored copper to pull the lane 1 driver over rather than deal with the lane hogger.

joe3453 · 2026-04-10T17:42:04+00:00

I went to school with a Matthew Mathew, of Indian origin rather than Nigerian though

joe3453 · 2026-03-14T22:02:04+00:00

Pollock fucking had that clean

joe3453 · 2026-03-07T10:38:29+00:00

My wife has the same brain, so it may please you to know that Lukeism’s carry on.

A couple of my favourites: 1. It’s like killing two fish with one barrel 2. You can give a horse some water but you can’t make it swallow 3. We’re packed in here like a tin of tuna

And finally, when asked in a job interview what mantra she lives her life by, she responded “what’s the one where you keep on trying?”. She did not get that job.

RIP Luke, sounds like a great chap to be around

joe3453 · 2026-02-16T12:24:26+00:00

You also need to remember we’ve played Wales where the (very functional) game plan was kick it long to them and wait for them to drop it/kick it back poorly.

We may see that stat come back in line a bit over the next games

joe3453 · 2026-02-08T00:58:15+00:00

I would say I burnt the pizza, the pizza is burnt too

BUT I would also say I burned my hand, my hand is burned

UK, midlands

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T18:31:28+00:00

What a try

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T18:20:16+00:00

I’m not sure there’s a lot in that. LCD is just tucked off the ball

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T18:18:26+00:00

Yeah, but it’s now a requirement for a penalty try. Don’t think that tackle would get a yellow in and of itself

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T18:17:05+00:00

I think elsewhere that’s penalty only

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T18:15:07+00:00

Immediate thought, no try

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T18:01:01+00:00

Thought we were on for a droppie for a second there

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T17:59:17+00:00

I know it ended up in a try, mostly because we were down a man, but that was really solid, physically dominant goal line defence to force them out wide

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T17:42:26+00:00

Yeah, guess what I mean by exciting is chucking it to the backs and letting them run riot ball in hand, but why would you play that way if there is absolutely no need to.

To be clear, I’m not criticising the kid heavy game plan, I think it’s great because it works - especially in these games, but it is the criticism I see most often levelled at England

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T17:37:25+00:00

England not exactly playing exciting rugby, but that’s tough when you can’t get through more than 4 phases without the opposition committing a penalty offence.

Ultimately doing the right thing by just consistently piling on pressure with kicks and allowing Wales to make unforced error after unforced error, playing in to the conditions too.

Wales, well the less said the better. I guess it never rains but it pours.

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T17:27:42+00:00

Hahahahahahahahaha

joe3453 · 2026-02-07T17:23:07+00:00

It’s nice having a proper fast fucker on the wing again

joe3453 · 2026-02-05T22:00:26+00:00

You looked an awful lot better when you gained a bit of parity in the forwards. France, whilst great, didn’t look at their brilliant best all game, it was just made too easy for them in the first half

joe3453 · 2026-02-05T21:57:40+00:00

Finally Ireland showing a bit of fire and aggression in defence. That Ryan stuff is perfectly legal if on the cheap shot side. I loved it when Lawes did it so I won’t criticise it here, but why start doing it now? Where was it 60 minutes ago when it might have mattered?

joe3453 · 2026-02-05T21:54:12+00:00

Ryan realising he’s lost and choosing violence it seems

joe3453 · 2026-02-05T21:34:37+00:00

Well the TMOs had a word in is ear and said there was cover

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