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[FattusCattus]

Seriously - Bresnan! What has happened with his bowling? If he's not fully fit, why is he playing.

Those people calling to not make too many changes, surely you can't keep watching this game after game?

[ProCricketer1982]

Seriously - Bresnan! What has happened with his bowling? If he's not fully fit, why is he playing.

Those people calling to not make too many changes, surely you can't keep watching this game after game?

Course they can! It's England.. It's Giles and the ECB after all.. Spineless. I'm still waiting for a 'root and branch' review and report from lord x/y like the FA?. Which is hey completely ignored and the game plods on as it is now

[smilley792]

I only have one thing to say and I'll say it in capitols.

GILES OUT

[Manormanic]

Seriously - Bresnan! What has happened with his bowling? If he's not fully fit, why is he playing.

my thoughts exactly - he keeps getting rushed back from injuries, which is all well and good cos he's a dependable type and all that...


...except that it isn't.  There are very few people good enough to be selected for international cricket half fit, and with all due respect to Bressie, who is a great bloke and has never let England down, he is not one of them!

[ProCricketer1982]

I only have one thing to say and I'll say it in capitols.

GILES OUT

 I'll counter it with

Everyone in the ECB, league committee out too please.

[Giraffe208]

Every game i've watched so far this winter, England are playing like it's 0-0 and are scared to make a mistake. They play with the fear of trying to avoid failure as opposed to trying to achieve success.

[Number4]

Was that Bruce "Fattus" Tredwell bowling tonight? Certainly a great likeness

[Six Sixes Cricket]

I ended up an hr ago switching to Peppa Pig. I didn't want to scar the kids anymore.

[ProCricketer1982]

Looks like bell is back to normal after a great summer in England. Looks all pretty, scores 30 ish and then fails

[Wooly]

He was pretty unlucky today though.  He still looks the one most likely to get a score for England.

[FattusCattus]

Yes well, blood-letting aside, what can England practically do for the rest of this tour?

Who else is in the squad that must be given a go? Briggs, Carbery and is Woakes there? Give them a go, what have you to lose?

Why not rest a couple prior to the T20s - stokes looks like he needs a break, and Cook needs taking out of the firing line. Get the youngsters to take a bit of responsibility and let someone else have the experience of captaincy .

Moving forward, Giles needs to be looked at, as does cooks position. Also some of these lads who are on their game, such as Wright, Lumb et al should perhaps be looked at, and give people such as Root, Cook and possibly Broad tHe chance to concentrate on tests.

[ProCricketer1982]

Yes well, blood-letting aside, what can England practically do for the rest of this tour?

Who else is in the squad that must be given a go? Briggs, Carbery and is Woakes there? Give them a go, what have you to lose?

Why not rest a couple prior to the T20s - stokes looks like he needs a break, and Cook needs taking out of the firing line. Get the youngsters to take a bit of responsibility and let someone else have the experience of captaincy .

Moving forward, Giles needs to be looked at, as does cooks position. Also some of these lads who are on their game, such as Wright, Lumb et al should perhaps be looked at, and give people such as Root, Cook and possibly Broad tHe chance to concentrate on tests.

Just sack the lot off. Pull all the test players out completely, leave the most basic team and just sack it off. This touring group is so beaten it's unbelievable so there is. Nothing to be gained from keeping the test guys out there and it's a bit of a joke as it is tbh. Forum at work normally has about 300 people in it on match days and I counted in the last few games/days less than 40 were in it so interest from the mere mortal followers has dropped off massively over all this.

[smilley792]

Hales lumb and wright are all in aus,

Call them up. Send the test players home, and just let them go have some fun out there. Not like we can win the series.

[Alvaro]

They don't need to bother ever again.
Mediocrity doesn't matter once the ink's dry on the new ICC contract.

[ProCricketer1982]

They could leave Carberry, Triedwell, Woakes, rankin, Bresnan out there and call up a few clubbies who are out there. No point putting lumb/hales in now, that'll just introduce them into a losing team, devoid of confidence with a leadership who.. Well, can't lead

I'd pull Morgans nd butler out too, no point wasting them either.