honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
About bloody ****ing time.
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England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread
- Thread starter wpdavid
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About bloody ****ing time.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
It seems Saqib is injured and Overton is also injured. Apparently Buttler is back for next test. Sunny G and the moronic Manju on Indian TV speculating that they will get Buttler to replace Ali (drop the current vice captain to get in the earlier vice captain - sound logic) and Wood will replace Overton but those would be the only changes. Seems likely?
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
You would hope that they would play one spinner. If Ali doesn't play, then Leach should come in. Shame about Saqib.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
I would say I couldn't see us going to OT without a specialist spinner, but I suspect the wish is the father of the thought, because I totally could.
TheJediBrah
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And they chokes
ImpatientLime
International Regular
and i thought the west indies had batting issues.....
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
The biggest indictment of the ECB's running of the game is that nobody has been suggesting any viable alternatives to this top 6. I was going to suggest that the cupboard couldn't be any barer, but just wait until Root decide's he's had enough of trying to carry the oxymoron that is English batting.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
no one expects england to win. no one even expects them to compete.
but equally no one should have expected england to dig their own grave by leaving out their two best bowlers by a country mile in conditions suited to bowling, only so they can save them for the flattest of flatties at the MCG.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
This came to mind again this morning.
www.theguardian.com
As someone else once said, do you ever feel like you've been cheated?
Senior ECB executives to share £2.1m bonus despite Covid job cuts
Senior ECB executives are to share a £2.1m bonus despite making 62 job cuts in response to the Covid pandemic
www.theguardian.com
As someone else once said, do you ever feel like you've been cheated?
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59739472
I've always had one foot on the "Silverwood Out" bandwagon since the Indian tour, but he's moved into wilfully obtuse territory, so am fully onboard now.
Despite the mother, father, brother, sister and pet dog of paddlings in the first two tests he'd pick the same teams again.
Really, Christopher, really? You're not a ****ing politician, sunshine, sometimes it's ok to hold your hands up and say you effed up.
I've always had one foot on the "Silverwood Out" bandwagon since the Indian tour, but he's moved into wilfully obtuse territory, so am fully onboard now.
Despite the mother, father, brother, sister and pet dog of paddlings in the first two tests he'd pick the same teams again.
Really, Christopher, really? You're not a ****ing politician, sunshine, sometimes it's ok to hold your hands up and say you effed up.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Bloody hell. I mean I've always thought the guy is incompetent, but he's taking the piss surely?
He was quoted as stating "I was happy with the skillset we had in the pink-ball Test, so I would pick the same team again". Jesus Christ. This is fiction surely?
He was quoted as stating "I was happy with the skillset we had in the pink-ball Test, so I would pick the same team again". Jesus Christ. This is fiction surely?
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
He'll probably be back at Yorkshire by April. There appear to be some vacancies there, and it probably can't harm having his old team-mate Gough in charge. That's the easy bit. Finding a convincing replacement is somewhat tougher. What's Jason Gillespie up to nowadays?
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ImpatientLime
International Regular
he can only work within the confines of what the country churns out right which is at a pretty low ebb right now. but has he got anything he is personally in control of right lately?
selection - this has been beaten to death and it wouldn't have changed the outcomes but it doesn't give him free reign to **** it up. woeful choices.
player improvement - how many players have improved under his reign? root has hit heights, but heights we'd seen previously. outside of that? barely anything worth a mention.
tactics - this diet of back of a length stuff that root admitted he couldn't alter his bowlers from serving up. again woeful stuff.
seemed like the easy option at the time. didn't they turn down gary kirsten for this bloke?
selection - this has been beaten to death and it wouldn't have changed the outcomes but it doesn't give him free reign to **** it up. woeful choices.
player improvement - how many players have improved under his reign? root has hit heights, but heights we'd seen previously. outside of that? barely anything worth a mention.
tactics - this diet of back of a length stuff that root admitted he couldn't alter his bowlers from serving up. again woeful stuff.
seemed like the easy option at the time. didn't they turn down gary kirsten for this bloke?