The Ashes 2010/2011

[Puff Scotty]

oooooh BANTER! Mark my words it will be 3:1 England!

Gettin a bit edgy yet mate? & that's only day one!

[Fat1]

159 - 4

Not great but could be worse. I am feeling a bit nervous though.......

Cook and Bell can definately save the day here, both have the game to take apart the Aussie attack.

Come on lads.

[Monkey Nuts]

Not the best of starts!!

I may regret saying it, but the Aussie bowling attack looks a bit toothless really. There's lots of runs out there if we bat well.......

[Simon-JG-hr]

Well, that wasn't a great start... Still, at least the ERdM Choix de L'epoque is smoking nicely so far.

[Fat1]

I am off work until Tuesday, feckin love The Ashes, nothing like it.

I have got 3 sticks planned tonight / tomorrow morning. A Gurkha PA, LFD Double Ligero and a JL2 (if I make it up that long). All with loads of booze.

I will be attempting my usual 'smoke out of the side door with one eye on the TV' routine but the missus is expecting the house to stink in the morning. Got to be careful on that front so all the windows are now open, scented candles out soon.

[Big_T_UK]

That is true, I do have a sense of doom about this. Glad I do not really giving a flying fig about sport.

[celsis]

Well, England have been tipped to win. You all know what that usually means................

[Puff Scotty]

oooooh BANTER! Mark my words it will be 3:1 England!

Duly Marked... leaves me open to take the p Xx, I mean 'banter', later.

[Juniortubed]

oooooh BANTER! Mark my words it will be 3:1 England!

[Puff Scotty]

Oh boy I just can't wait...I've promised myself a cigar for every Test England wins!

You could buy a quality cigar for every wicket they win by & still not go skint.... LOL.

[Juniortubed]

Oh boy I just can't wait...I've promised myself a cigar for every Test England wins!

[Monkey Nuts]

I have booked time off from work in order to watch the 1st Test, so I'll be heading off to bed soon, to see if I can get some sleep in before it kicks off tonight!!

Can't smoke in the house right now, and as it's forecast to be minus 2 here tonight I'll probably miss out on an Ashes smoke for this one

England have as good a chance of winning in Oz as they have had in years. The Aussies don't have a bad team, but England's is definitely better. Just a case of whether we perform or not.......

I reckon we'll just edge the series, but it should be a good one

[Big_T_UK]

When it comes to lessons I have learnt from Churchill I never joke. As he famously commented to his doctor, Sir Charles Wilson, "Australians come of bad stock."

[Deano]

Please note, use the tongue-in-cheek emoticon when applicable...

[Simon-JG-hr]

Australians are not worth wasting a good cigar on.

I shall be smoking to herald their forthcoming doom... (And England's forthcoming victory!)

Just left myself wide open with that comment... If we can't do it now, we'll probably have to wait a bloody long time to do it again.