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[procricket]

Are we a better side than 05 or are we a better team but without maybe less individuals..

[Ryan]

I think were working better as a team. Everyones contributing weather with the bat, ball or fielding in collys case lol.

We just seem to have more depth and options available then we've ever had.

[procricket]

agree Flower is a real man motivator and produces great team cohesion.

My main worry is although bar and wide it been a one way series it still is not put to bed and i know the famous you can only beat what is in front of you but the series is far from over

Iam looking forward to the sydney test

[mwood]

if England lose at Sydney it will put a real downer on the whole series though.

[espocrespo]

we wont loose it

[mwood]

Hope so, sounds like they're going to be absolutely leathered for the next few days anyway...

[FattusCattus]

If you were a grumpy selector looking at the 2 teams how do they stack up?

Cook
Strauss
Trott
Pieterson
Collingwood
Bell
Prior
Bresnan
Swann
Tremlett
Anderson

Guys in red to consider dropping - to come in - Broad, Finn, Morgan


Watson
Hughes
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Smith
Haddin
Johnson
McClaren
Siddle
Hilfenhaus

Guys in red to consider dropping - to come in -  ermmm? Hauritz, White, errrmmm?

[espocrespo]

mcclaren?

[Canners]

i really wanna see Morgan get a chance in the last test

[FattusCattus]

Me too - harsh in Colly, but he's struggling big time with the bat, and for all the 'he's a great team man' and that he's a superb fielder and bowls a few overs of trundle, at the end of the day his job is to score runs.

Slap Morgs in there, give the bowling duties to Bell, Trott or KP and see what happens.

It's my belief that Bopara is his long term replacement. He too is a good fielder, and I believe a better bowler.

[Johng]

Bopara is a bit like Australia's flat track batsmen like Hughes and Clarke.

He great in the shorter form of the game but have seen play across the line a few times early on in his innings would pick Morgan before Bopara any day of the week.

Would not drop Collingwood in a million years he is England's version of Steve Waugh, I am a huge fan and adds another dimension that is tough and unrelenting and it is funny that Collingwood's hero is Steve Waugh.

[Alvaro]

steve waugh averaged 50

[espocrespo]

mcclaren?

FC who did you mean by mcclaren?

[Jeet]

Australia, seeing as their pretty desperate to have a left handed opener, could give Shaun Marsh a go. His technically very good. Good cutter and puller. Fantastic driver as well.

Marsh
Haddin (in fine form and could do a similar job to watch Sehwag/Dilshan do)
Khawaja
Hussey
Watson (He's in good nick, but loses focus and never gets the big 100. Also adds steel to the middle order.)
White (c)
Paine (w/k)
Hauritz/O'Keefe
Copeland (they need a good seamer, who can bowl a tight line and length)
Siddle
Cameron (Pretty rapid, fair replacemt for Harris)

Punter, Clarke, Hughes are all woefully out of nick. Johnson is to hit and miss

[espocrespo]

Jeet I would go with a very similar side to you, I would like to seem Steve Smith in the ODI, he isn't a Test player,
I thinks it's about Australia gave the young players a decent go, and like Jeet that side seems good IMO

But I think the following 3 quicks should be eased in as they are good enough, they just need experience
James Pattinson
Mitchell Starc
Josh Hazlewood

I also rate Andrew McDonald and think he should be given an other go as he is good enough with both bat and ball