It's official - well sort of - Vaughnie won't be playing in the Ashes according to Fletcher and apparently (R5) the reason Monty was not playing was Freddie and some of the other players lobbied the selection guys against having in the team because it would spoil the balance of said team....Balance my bahookie ...stop playing stupid shots Freddie and the so called senior players, and pick a team to win not one that has your chums in it so you feel happy.

E is very tired at the moment - it turns out what had originally been described as a bad fluey type infection - here's some turbo strength anti-biotics - turns out to be pleurisy and that takes a while longer than flu to get over - hopefully by Christmas.....