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Post by davemorton on Feb 28, 2024 16:22:33 GMT
Things move on and a Michelle now would probably need to rhyme with Obama, nothing springs to mind. Michelle Pfeiffer on the other hand was one of my favourites actresses, extremely attractive but somehow attainable. Not attainable as it turned out, but I could still dream of such things in the 80's. "...as it turned out."
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Post by newby on Feb 28, 2024 17:16:46 GMT
She took out a restraining order!
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Post by hawke on Feb 28, 2024 18:40:02 GMT
A Michelle in cricket???
What is that???
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Post by davemorton on Feb 28, 2024 18:50:35 GMT
A five-for, by a bowler, as in five for 42. Michelle Pfeiffer.
I need the Obama reference explaining to me.
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Post by newby on Feb 28, 2024 19:20:48 GMT
When you said 'like a Michelle in cricket' the first Michelle that came to mind was Obama and not Pfeiffer. I had to dig a bit to get to Michelle Pfeiffer, whereas in the 80's and 90's she was more of a cultural icon and may have come straight to the forefront of what I laughingly refer to as my mind.
I suppose in cricket you could refer to a really good ball as a Bramah, in which case Michelle would do, but you'd be more likely to go with 'he bowled a Barack'.
It very much depends on your cultural references. For instance, if you were well up on great Yorkshiremen and a bowler bowled what you consider to be a Bramah, you might exclaim 'he bowled a Joseph'.
Nurse!
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Post by davemorton on Feb 28, 2024 21:05:04 GMT
Jaffa would be the standard. No antisemitism in cricket. But you've lost me with Joseph, too. The only Bramah I know is Tony Bramah, who bowled thousands of overs for Prestwich CC 2nd XI, and went on to become President (of the club, not the US of A). He was a very funny man, and a good slow bowler. Not a spin bowler, you understand, a slow bowler. Specialist number 11 bat.
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Post by hawke on Feb 28, 2024 21:30:08 GMT
A five-for, by a bowler, as in five for 42. Michelle Pfeiffer. I need the Obama reference explaining to me. Thanks for the explanation. My knowledge just grows.
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Post by newby on Feb 28, 2024 21:53:13 GMT
Just enjoyed watching Leeds United, they were dumped out of the FA Cup by Chelsea. 89th minute winner, I'd love them to have won, but relieved now they can concentrate on the league. Really good game, rested lots of players but held their own for most of the game.
Joseph Bramah founding father of hydraulics, so famous they named a Wetherspoons in Barnsley after him. Inventor of the hydraulic press and the flush toilet amongst other things not to mention the lock that bears his name.
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Post by karma on Feb 28, 2024 22:09:14 GMT
I agree, concentrate on the League. It's worth £millions and means more to United fans
Leicester are still in the FA Cup, which might be a distraction for them as well a potential strain on players, injuries etc
I'm often reminded about something Mrs. karma says, she talks a lot of sense and it fits many situations.
'You can't ride two horses with only one a*s*' 🐎 🐎
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Post by byased on Feb 29, 2024 14:44:37 GMT
Can never understand the view of concentrating on the league. All the best memories are of cup finals, or even semi finals. I understand the financial aspects from the clubs point of view, but that does the fans no good, money all goes to players. Give me relegation and a cup final any day.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Feb 29, 2024 14:47:22 GMT
well a few years ago, my team did precisely that.... a cup final defeat and relegation in the same season i recall.
Cannot recall being happy!
Thanks Middlesbrough....
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Post by byased on Feb 29, 2024 14:52:09 GMT
But at least you remember it. Do you remember seasons when knocked out of cup competitions and finish 10th ? even in the premier league. Baggies had 8 or 9 seasons in the premier league finishing between 8th and 17th. Personally found it boring after a bit.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Feb 29, 2024 15:17:19 GMT
Boro have always been a yo yo team, going up and down ever since I started supporting them when Jack Charlton took us up to the top flight in the early 70s.
My abiding memory is more of our European cup run when we made it to the UEFA final but then lost 4-0 having somehow scored a winning goal in the last minute of the 3 previous rounds when we looked dead and buried. Massimo Maccarone was our hero on each occasion i seem to recall!
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Post by newby on Feb 29, 2024 17:46:28 GMT
Leeds United would have been delighted to have won last night, but having 3 games next week on Saturday, Tuesday and Friday, including a lunch-time kick off on Saturday, means they have to be careful with their resources.
Copping an away fixture at Leicester in the quarter-final rather than Liverpool at home is also likely to curb the temptation to risk everything.
Why they can't wait until all the games are over before making the draw is beyond me.
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Post by byased on Feb 29, 2024 17:59:40 GMT
Yes, cant see any logic of making a draw when they did, unless it is to do with Chinese or Indian TV schedules. Bit like Boro, we had a 10 year spell of hardly being in the same division for two years running, and the last day of the season always had something riding on it. I enjoyed that period.
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