Just put a fiver on Alister Cook as next director of cricket
Far too soon, surely.
Even following the protocols of the ECB/sky "jobs for the boys" fast-track schemes, they normally put someone on comms for a few years to practice their empty platitudes and management speak before putting them in positions of authority that they simply don't have any kind of aptitude or experience for whatsoever.
Alistair Cook seems like a nice enough guy and was obviously a class bat, but he was a terrible captain with below average levels of tactical and strategic insight and a very poor man motivator. Absolutely everything about him screams "I would make a terrible senior administrator". However, he is from "the right kind of family".
So in summary, yes, I think your 5er was well spent.