Why do England struggle to produce undisputedly great players?

[Burgey]

Yeah I thought baked beans are universally regarded as a breakfast food.

 

[Burgey]

Mind you, this sort of disunity between England supporters is another reason why they struggle to produce great players.

 

[Daemon]

Burgey's so good when he's not talking about Allan Border.

 

[GIMH]

Mind you, this sort of disunity between England supporters is another reason why they struggle to produce great players.

Scots do everything weird tbf

 

[harsh.ag]

Beans are still fine. What's with the ****ing tomato, Britain??

 

[Burgey]

Scots do everything weird tbf

The schism growers wider with every post. Soon there'll be an ICCExit vote and the English will go off and do what they do best.

Play with themselves.

 

[Furball]

Yeah I thought baked beans are universally regarded as a breakfast food.

If you're some sort of deviant, sure.

 

[Jono]

When else are you eating it? Its breakfast food fo sho

 

[cnerd123]

They just belong......

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That looks terrible.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Mods please rename this to Bad Food Thread.

 

[fredfertang]

That looks terrible.

It is a worry, but I'm sure the bottle of Worcester Sauce is just out of shot

 

[Burgey]

That looks terrible.

Shakib Al Hasan has it for breakfast every morning

 

[Shri]

Shakib Al Hasan has it for breakfast every morning

And here I thought Burgey would feel icky about cannibalism when he sees a sausage on a plate.

 

[weldone]

****ing ridiculous discussion and a nonsense phrase to say Jimmy "was never even close to being the best in the world"

Not one person here would say that over their careers Steyn hasn't been a considerably better bowler, he's an ATG FFS and for the umpteenth time us "Englishmen" are not ranking Jimmy in that league. But he has been consistently the second best quick in the world for the last 5 to 6 years, so that by definition means he is "close" to being the best.

You can say he was never the best.......I'd buy that. But to say "never even close to being the best in the world" is just deliberately dismissive and misleading. If you are No 2 out of the hundreds of quick bowlers around the world who play the game then I'm pretty sure that makes you close to being No 1.

So, Tendulkar was close to being the best batsman the world has ever produced?

 

[Adders]

Beans are still fine. What's with the ****ing tomato, Britain??

GTFO Harsh.......fried tomato is da bomb!! (+ it's the only half healthy thing on that heart attack on a plate)

 

[Adders]

So, Tendulkar was close to being the best batsman the world has ever produced?

No......way too many batsmen between him and The Don for him to be considered "close"

Now piss off.......we're talking about food here.

 

[mr_mister]

i love tomato however i must admit i prefer it uncooked, more refreshing that way

 

[weldone]

we're talking about food here.

Who is the cook? Alastair?

 

[weldone]

Jimmy was never close to being the best in the world, btw.

Steyn passed the baton directly to Ashwin and Jimmy was never close.

 

[Adders]

i love tomato however i must admit i prefer it uncooked, more refreshing that way

Fair point, but it can't get in on a fry-up unless it's fried.