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[Seniorplayer]

I should point out that eveyone on here thought Adam Lyth was a better bat than Compton at the start of last summer. And Sam Robson the summer before that...

Not quite bats some of us stated Comptoon was hard done by left out for the wrong reasons

[ppccopener]

Not quite bats some of us stated Comptoon was hard done by left out for the wrong reasons

yep, got discarded a bit quick.Rumours about he's an intense and not the easiest character to deal with. Well if you read Buzz's article about it explains a bit more.

Not all players respond to one style of management, this guy is a proper batsman and does deserve another chance.

I've always thought myself(i'm an opener) youre best technically correct batsmen bat in the top order,and you need a bit of bottle and determination too

I think that applies to our club cricket and test cricket-same principle. The guys who can really put bat to ball go in the middle.

[Seniorplayer]

Seen  a lot of Woakes at Edgebaston and for me he is not good  enough to be  considered as test class.

[Seniorplayer]

yep, got discarded a bit quick.Rumours about he's an intense and not the easiest character to deal with. Well if you read Buzz's article about it explains a bit more.

Not all players respond to one style of management, this guy is a proper batsman and does deserve another chance.

I've always thought myself(i'm an opener) youre best technically correct batsmen bat in the top order,and you need a bit of bottle and determination too

I think that applies to our club cricket and test cricket-same principle. The guys who can really put bat to ball go in the middle.

Also not many players who can put bat to ball like to have to bat without a start from the openers  IE opening bowlers rested little or no shine on the  ball  and softer no longer whising past there nose runs on the board.

[edge]

Don't know where all the noise about Taylor at 3 is coming from, ok he did well against Aus but he never even batted there for Leicestershire, always been at 4 or 5, where he's a natural fit. Let him get settled at 5. Root's too valuable at 4 to move, leading to Compton being selected to bat 3.

[northernboy1987]

Don't know where all the noise about Taylor at 3 is coming from, ok he did well against Aus but he never even batted there for Leicestershire, always been at 4 or 5, where he's a natural fit. Let him get settled at 5. Root's too valuable at 4 to move, leading to Compton being selected to bat 3.

It's purely my noise haha, I don't even have a reason for it, in my head it just seems right, I wouldn't move him yet though, I just meant long term.

[edge]

It's purely my noise haha, I don't even have a reason for it, in my head it just seems right, I wouldn't move him yet though, I just meant long term.

Haha it's not just you though mate, Michael Vaughan among others has been banging on about it for a while! BBC have been throwing out some pretty poor comment over the past year or so to be honest.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Michael Vaughan has, for sure. Mind you, he himself became a decent Test no.3 on the back of a hunch.

[northernboy1987]

Michael Vaughan has gone down a bit in my estimation recently, he's become the sports commentating equivalent of a tabloid newspaper, full of sensationalist, intentionally controversial garbage.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Michael Vaughan has gone down a bit in my estimation recently, he's become the sports commentating equivalent of a tabloid newspaper, full of sensationalist, intentionally controversial garbage.

Only a bit? Only recently?

"So let's hear your BIG opinion, Michael..."

[northernboy1987]

Only a bit? Only recently?

"So let's hear your BIG opinion, Michael..."

Fair comment. Since finishing his playing career then, is that a bit more specific

[Bats_Entertainment]

Fair comment. Since finishing his playing career then, is that a bit more specific

More specific, and more in line with my thinking.

[northernboy1987]

More specific, and more in line with my thinking.

I aim to please.

[ppccopener]

MV is still dining out on 2005. Has very little of interest to say he even said Jimmy should be dropped in UAE as the wickets don't suit him. JA was a leading wicket taker and bowled superbly.

Still when the bails were taken off at the Oval he was the captain that wrenched the urn back after a hundred years of hurt(!!)

[Seniorplayer]

MV brilliant Captain stuck it up the Aussies