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Post by The Drunken Communist on Dec 4, 2019 15:59:10 GMT
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Post by sheikhmomo on Dec 4, 2019 16:01:26 GMT
Fucking hell. Loved, Bob and his reassuring moroseness. RIP big fella.
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Post by salopstick on Dec 4, 2019 16:04:42 GMT
Great commentary and a great bowler
Sad day for cricket
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 16:07:07 GMT
Shit, he will be sorely missed.
Loved his slightly grumpy analysis, his cricketing knowledge was second to none though. Always slightly underrated as a bowler as well when people talk of the England great fast bowlers.
RIP Bob x
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 4, 2019 16:16:46 GMT
Used to get knackered just watching him bowl.
RIP Bob.
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Post by Gods on Dec 4, 2019 16:23:40 GMT
RGD Willis
Robert George Dylan
Named after Bob himself.
Crazy run up.
RIP Bob
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Dec 4, 2019 17:03:05 GMT
RIP. Mr. Willis, one of Englands greats, told it how it was.
Loved him on the verdict.
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 4, 2019 17:03:26 GMT
That is a shocker.
RIP to a cricket legend.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Dec 4, 2019 17:06:11 GMT
In total shock here 😢The 81 test match when he took 8-43 will be something I will always remember.RIP Bob you were a top bloke,pundit and cricketer.
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Post by werrington on Dec 4, 2019 17:08:51 GMT
😔....I’ve thought he’s not looked well this last year on cricket debate, he’s looked gaunt
RIP
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Dec 4, 2019 17:12:26 GMT
😔....I’ve thought he’s not looked well this last year on cricket debate, he’s looked gaunt RIP Said he’d battled prostate cancer for a long time mate
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Post by sheikhmomo on Dec 4, 2019 17:14:04 GMT
His cricketing prowess and achievements are beyond question, his anlaysis without peer but he was also a fascinating bloke.
Just one example.
Of course he taught Le Tissier how to play Bridge in a rain soaked Spanish Clubhouse! He was Bob Willis!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 17:21:27 GMT
Great bowler and some brilliant performances for England. I always enjoyed his analysis on the Verdict - he definitely told it as he saw it, warts 'n all.
He had looked gaunt when he was last on in the summer. His family have apparently asked for donations to prostate cancer research so it looks as though he lost the battle against this horrible disease.
R.I.P. Bob - cricket has lost a good 'un today.
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Post by ilfracoombestokie3 on Dec 4, 2019 18:08:08 GMT
WE were actually having an inter house cricket match in that 1981 game against the Aussies, but 1 lad who loved his cricket brought in a radio ( let's face it , we had no chance ), put it on the boundary full blast, as every wicket England took, the people playing started to get more interested in the radio, than the game themselves, as it got closer & closer, people started to get out on purpose just to come & listen to the radio.
Eventually, even the teachers didn't give a toss, abandoned the matches & we all listened together, when that final Aussie wicket fell, everyone including the teachers just went mental, a day in my life I will never forget& that was 38 years ago.
R.I.P. Bob
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Post by wuzza on Dec 4, 2019 18:14:10 GMT
Stunned by this news. Had no ideas he was ill. The bloke was real old school - no frills played it hard and told it like it was - but still had a great sense of humour about the game. RIP.
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Post by claytonscrubs on Dec 4, 2019 18:59:26 GMT
So very sad. I loved listening to him on Sky Sports. The Verdict / Debate won’t be the same without him. He was never afraid to speak the truth and, quite simply, an excellent pundit!!
Also, who could forget his long run ups and that fantastic Ashes Series of 1981...
RIP Bob
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Dec 4, 2019 19:17:23 GMT
Wellllll Charles... 😢
What a shock this was to see, too youg to see him play but loved the verdict after a bad day in the field.
Gone far to soon.
RIP Bob.
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Post by AlliG on Dec 4, 2019 20:25:25 GMT
It was a real shock when I saw this.
I began to get interested in cricket in the late 60s and Bob was one of the players who arrived on the scene just after I discovered the joys of TMS.
I remember when the unknown Bob was called up as a late replacement for the 1970/71 Ashes series in Australia where he played the last 4 Tests as 2nd or 3rd change behind John Snow and Peter Lever and then after 3 or 4 injury ravaged seasons it was actually a bit of a surprise when he battled back to become a Test regular from the 1976/77 tour of India for the next 7 or 8 years.
I liked and will miss "Miserable Bob" the pundit.
RIP
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Post by sheikhmomo on Dec 4, 2019 22:22:08 GMT
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Post by followyoudown on Dec 4, 2019 23:05:31 GMT
325 wickets in 90 tests over half of the tests were against Australia and West Indies no freebies there, the rest against India, Pakistan and New Zealand in new money that would be 500+
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Post by cooper67 on Dec 4, 2019 23:06:51 GMT
RIP.
One of the greats gone.
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Post by Okie Stokie. on Dec 4, 2019 23:58:12 GMT
R.I.P.
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Dec 5, 2019 9:52:26 GMT
I can confirm Bob was a top bloke and this is sad news indeed. Whilst serving in Cyprus (Around 1989/90) we got a signal from a Mediterranean Cricket Cruise, yeh I know, wondering if they could play a game against us. Amongst their players were Bob Willis and Bob Taylor! Of course we jumped at the chance. 20 over game where everyone bowls and bats two overs. Even at that age, during his two overs, the batsmen were edging towards the square leg umpire as he came in to bowl! Luckily I came in to bat just as he finished! So on to our clubhouse afterwards. Both Bob's were really excellent company talking to us with no edge on them at all. As the beers flowed one of our lot mooned Bob, God knows why, and straight out he said. "Hope you piles get better soon, son!" He may have had this miserable persona but he was an educated, kind and very funny man! R.I.P. Bob
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Post by redstriper on Dec 5, 2019 10:24:41 GMT
RIP
Watching that middle stump career out of the ground at the end of the 1981 test is one of my favourite sporting moments.
Maybe everyone at his wake could walk in with one arm down by their side in tribute. Reckon he'd love that.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2019 21:24:45 GMT
RIP, but I thought he died years ago, i always remember "Give me a P Bob"
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Post by mrcoke on Dec 5, 2019 21:43:46 GMT
RIP big man.
Condolences to all his loved ones.
Never forget getting home from work during that Leeds test and thinking the match would be finished, but Botham was slashing away and gradually building a 4th innings target for the Aussies.
The target set was very achievable till Willis got to work and single handedly destroyed the Australian batting with one of the greatest bowling displays of all time.
People often refer to it as "Botham's victory" . He made it possible but Willis's bowling won the match.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2019 15:54:47 GMT
Not a big fan of cricket, but Bob was a joy to watch. Dead pan, especially in that marvellous win over the Aussies. R.I.P. Had a few favourites over the years, Colin Milburn being another, but as I say Bob Willis was a pleasure to watch!
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Dec 6, 2019 16:57:35 GMT
No Stan Mortenson, no Matthews final. No Bob Willis, no Bothams ashes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 1:59:00 GMT
Very sad news. He was a very good fast bowler - I always thought that he had a bit of a funny run up. He never exactly broke into a gallop, but took quite short strides, with that mop of hair flopping around.
Anyway, whenever my hair is due for a cut, you can guarantee that my wife will say something like "It's getting to be a bit of a Bob".
RIP mate.
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Post by franklin66 on Dec 7, 2019 12:24:56 GMT
One of my childhood heroes I'll never forget that ashes series.
RIP Bob.
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