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  1. Scaly piscine

    Alastair Cook steps down as England captain

    Root doesn't fill me with confidence after the bits and bobs I've heard of his captaincy. But ultimately if he is made captain it will still obviously be Stokes who does all the leadership stuff, as he pretty much has done over the past 6-12 months. The main question is what happens when Stokes...
  2. Scaly piscine

    Alastair Cook steps down as England captain

    So the blatantly obvious decision has finally been made. How long before they announce the new captain? 4 months maybe?
  3. Scaly piscine

    *Official* English Football Season 2016-17

    Cue a thousand Monty Python jokes. Cue a thousand eyebrow raise smileys. etc.
  4. Scaly piscine

    Official Rugby Thread

    Oh and whoever is responsible for tables which have Wins, Losses and Draws in that order should be strung up by their short and curlies - and yes I'm aware yank sports often do it that way, which is another side benefit.
  5. Scaly piscine

    Official Rugby Thread

    Brilliant stuff. Penalty kicked, doesn't find touch. England ahead, catch the ball with 15 seconds to go and hoof the ball straight back to them.
  6. Scaly piscine

    Official Rugby Thread

    Don't need dubious penalties going against England as well as the usual avalanche of dumb ones.
  7. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Jennings' first really eye catching T20 innings was on Finals Day last year. I wouldn't try him in T20Is. In the past England would definitely have groomed him for Tests by playing him ODIs (which is a bit nonsensical but there you go). Having him open as a stop-gap whilst someone out injured...
  8. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Corrected
  9. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    There's no doubt Root is a very good player, he's been churning out consistent scores but very few match-defining innings. The likes of Kohli, AB, Warner and so on win matches. Root has been scored lots of tidy runs in the ODIs without really hurting the opposition. In Tests he's got something...
  10. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Whilst foreign players like AB, Kohli, Warner etc. go on to reach new levels, England syndrome means we have players like Cook and Root threatening to be great and then their game goes nowhere. I don't know what it is. But it has happened for as long as I can remember. England players reach a...
  11. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Congratulations Root on costing England the series.
  12. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Droppable stuff from Root.
  13. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Can understand a new bat struggling initially, but once you're set there's no excuse for stalling the innings like Root has.
  14. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Yep I'm now officially in the 'hit out or get out Root' camp.
  15. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Pretty sure that's the first time in cricket history England have actually smashed a part-time bowler.
  16. Scaly piscine

    *Official* English Football Season 2016-17

    As opposed to someone who waits for me to post a legitimate dig at something, so they can have a moan at me having a dig at something. Obviously there is a big gulf between sin binning as proposed coming into top level football. Then another gulf between it then being applied correctly when...
  17. Scaly piscine

    *Official* English Football Season 2016-17

    Sin-bin plan to be looked at by football's lawmaking body Ifab - BBC Sport About bloody time. Of course it will be bad if you're getting yellow as you do at the moment for a mistimed tackle or actually going for a 50-50 ball where two people commit to it. It should totally be for all the cheap...
  18. Scaly piscine

    *Official* English Football Season 2016-17

    Darren Bent's own goal definitely worth a watch...
  19. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Yea makes a big difference as well, extra run, extra ball allowing an extra run with Jadhav getting back on strike.
  20. Scaly piscine

    ***OFFICIAL*** BBL | 06 Thread

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