Pat White

Controversial opinion. The much maligned GABBA is better than the oft celebrated Adelaide Oval … AO: Bugger all shade or water fountains, heavily congested concourses. Long lines for absolutely everything. Not enough bars. Beautiful ground. Lovely surrounds. But. #ashes25

EARTHQUAKE IN TOWNSVILLE

Switch on @abcnews any day of the week and you’ll get embedded reporters doing traffic updates from Sydney and Melbourne. A catastrophic weather event unfolds across 500km of north Queensland’s coastline and you can’t get a shred of information from the “national broadcaster”.

Shambolic ODI series. Could have had a third Test. Then sent everyone to play 2 rounds of day-night Shield cricket to prepare for the Test tour to NZ. #AUSvsWI

That’s the equal best World Cup I have ever seen. Absolutely brilliant tournament. Every single game sold out to the rafters. Huge television ratings. Supreme quality. Great characters and storylines. Had absolutely everything. #FIFAWWC

That is NEVER a penalty. Absolutely ridiculous decision. Australia robbed there. If that player does not fall, her momentum takes her off the field of play. She’s redundant. She had already passed it too. #Matildas

Congratulations @TheMatildas You have changed football in Australia. World class performance. #Matildas #FIFAWWC

Forget the public holiday. What we want, as life long football players, coaches, & fans is: 1) investment in our game that befits the huge participation and interest 2) permanent respect from the Australian media—who have often derided football. #Matildas  #FIFAWWC #QandA

Forget the public holiday. What we want, as life long football players, coaches, & fans is: 1) investment in our game that befits the huge participation and interest 2) permanent respect from the Australian media—who lets face it, have often derided football. #Matildas #FIFAWWC

Knocking Denmark out of the football World Cup for the second time in 12 months is bonza! 🟩🟨 #Matildas

Massive stacks on in my lounge room! What a bloody great goal by the #Matildas 🇦🇺 🟩🟨

Magnificent victory by the Matildas! Fantastic stuff. #Matildas

The replacement balls are a disgrace. That ball is at least 25 overs younger than than the one England were using yesterday. Completely shatters the integrity of the game. #Ashes

Warner walking off for the last time ever in an Ashes Test match and you dogs cut to an ad break. Absolute monsters. Idiotic coverage yet again @wwos mugs. #Ashes

Aussie batsmen come up short again! Couldn’t finish the job at Edgbaston—the tail won that. Threw away the game and a 3-0 win at Headingley. Capitulated in perfect conditions on day 1 at Old Trafford. Blew the chance for a match winning lead at The Oval. #Ashes

Another frustrating lower order partnership from England. Australia should be 1 down by now. Warner back in the shed doing sudoku planning his farewell office morning tea at the SCG next January. #Ashes23

Australia’s tactics and field settings are garbage. What are we doing? Win the toss and elect to bowl is attack attack attack—why are we setting the field back and defending FFS?!?! Madness. #Ashes

Some English reactions are absurd. Many assume victory was assured. They had 71 overs at Australia & managed just 5 wickets. Marsh & Green may have built a lead & England may have chased. Nevertheless, 4 toss wins, best of the conditions: 2 losses & a draw. At home. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #Ashes

Retaining is not enough. Australia MUST win the series next week at the Oval. #Ashes

Australia’s tactics were terrible. Short stuff to Anderson was ridiculous. First time we bowl at Anderson’s stumps in 45 mins and we pin him LBW. Last wicket partnership only cost 66 runs 🤦🏻‍♂️ #Ashes