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chateauferret  18 Dec 17 11.44am |
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TalkSh!te pointed out that Smith had rocked up at the crease having been 80 not out overnight and found himself batting to one slip and lots of deep fielders away in the distance. No attempt to get him out at all. Then Root wonders why he gets two hundred and God knows what. FFS.
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 Stirlingsays  18 Dec 17 12.09pm |
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Originally posted by Goal Machine
I don’t think there is a lack of pride or passion, just outplayed by a better team. We struggle in Australia simply because we don’t have the raw pace in our bowling attack. We’re much more effective in English conditions. Hopefully we’ll get Wood in for Broad for the 4th test. A few of the big names have really flopped. Cook, Root, Ali & Broad have let themselves down. I fear it could be end of the road for Cook but I hope not as he’s been a tremendous batsman for us. Broad never got his tail up, I hear he has a terrible attitude to his batting with a ‘it’s not my job to score runs’ mentality. Used to be handy with the bat until he got one in his boat a couple of years ago. Needs to toughen up. I think we’ve competed in each test it’s a shame we couldn’t maintain our dominant spells. Malan looks the real deal, Stoneman could be the opener we’ve been searching for, Vince has shown class at times but needs to stop getting out cheaply. The newcomers have generally done well, there’s reason to be optimistic. Not really.......useless selectors and overpaid cricketers. As for the new lot we sent over there.... Mark Stoneman will be 31 this summer....six matches...average of 31. Vince doesn't have the mental concentration to be a test batsman.....ten matches average of 23. Malan has scored nearly two hundred runs in this test yet still has a test average under 36.....hardly the 'real deal'......He might have a future. We do have pace bowlers in England.....Wood isn't the only one at all....we didn't select them.....it's harder to be dropped than be selected. Footitt, Plunkett and Meaker all have pace and pace is what you need in Australia......they aren't going to give us green tops. Edited by Stirlingsays (18 Dec 2017 12.09pm)
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| Midlands Eagle 18 Dec 17 1.30pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
As for the new lot we sent over there.... Mark Stoneman will be 31 this summer....six matches...average of 31. Vince doesn't have the mental concentration to be a test batsman.....ten matches average of 23. Malan has scored nearly two hundred runs in this test yet still has a test average under 36.....hardly the 'real deal'......He might have a future. We do have pace bowlers in England.....Wood isn't the only one at all....we didn't select them.....it's harder to be dropped than be selected. Footitt, Plunkett and Meaker all have pace and pace is what you need in Australia......they aren't going to give us green tops. I think that Stoneman was a good selection despite his age after all Chris Rogers didn't start playing test cricket until older than Stoneman. I don't know what happened to Footitt last season. He has raw pace but something else must be amiss with his game as Surrey released him. Plunkett is injured. There is a young South African bowler called Matt Pillans who plays for Surrey but has been on loan to Leicestershire who is very fast so perhaps we should fast track him an English passport. Another young fast bowling Saffer is Brydon Carse on Durham's books
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| Stirlingsays 18 Dec 17 1.48pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I think that Stoneman was a good selection despite his age after all Chris Rogers didn't start playing test cricket until older than Stoneman. Most test careers end in their thirties due to reflexes slowing.....for some it happens quicker than others. You get your Rogers and Stewarts but you also get your Vaughan.....the test batsman still in their mid thirties is reasonably rare. So Stoneman is a short term pick and nothing to build a future on....an average of 31 isn't an impressive start...I'm hoping for Hameed. Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I don't know what happened to Footitt last season. He has raw pace but something else must be amiss with his game as Surrey released him. He's just one......pace is what is needed in Australia....and I find it impossible that we didn't go with pace....it's like we accepted defeat just to carry on with established players because....there is some need to keep them happy. Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
Plunkett is injured. Ok Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
There is a young South African bowler called Matt Pillans who plays for Surrey but has been on loan to Leicestershire who is very fast so perhaps we should fast track him an English passport. Another young fast bowling Saffer is Brydon Carse on Durham's books Yep......pace and bounce in Australia. I'm mega p1ssed off......What's happened that we seem to accept that 5-0 is anywhere near acceptable when we pay these guys bucketloads of cash compared to better cricketers of the past. Edited by Stirlingsays (18 Dec 2017 1.49pm)
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| Stuk Top half 18 Dec 17 2.01pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Absolutely right. Broad looked a shadow of himself in the summer in England and he has carried on in that vein.I agree he could be useful with the bat but he looks like a No 11 now.Cook and Root have really let themselves, and England down. He's never been comfortable batting since he took that bouncer from Varun Aaron in the face.
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| chris123 hove actually 18 Dec 17 2.02pm |
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Broad can't bat anymore - since he was hit his confidence is shot. Jimmy can't bat either. So our headline bowlers deliver at 85 mph and neither can add a score, I heard on the radio that Joe Root has his young family out with him. Cook's form has been poor for ages and his slip fielding is now very average. Moeen doesn't want to bowl and there are no leaders - Jonny has cojones, but he's the only one. Malan batted well - but we need big, big hundreds.
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| Stuk Top half 18 Dec 17 2.02pm |
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I bet BT were really happy they threw £80m at that!
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| Stirlingsays 18 Dec 17 2.27pm |
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Last time England came back from being so soft we had Nasser Hussain to come in and be captain. He had less talented cricketers perhaps but the ones he had seemed harder to beat. Do we have any Hussain like figures to put some fight back into the national side? Why do we seem obsessed with always giving the captaincy to batsman.......so often it seems to screw with their form....are bowlers so stupid? Willis was an ok captain.
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| Stuk Top half 18 Dec 17 2.39pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Last time England came back from being so soft we had Nasser Hussain to come in and be captain. He had less talented cricketers perhaps but the ones he had seemed harder to beat. Do we have any Hussain like figures to put some fight back into the national side? Why do we seem obsessed with always giving the captaincy to batsman.......so often it seems to screw with their form....are bowlers so stupid? Willis was an ok captain. A bowler's not in the best position to set the fields, or able to be as objective about bowling changes. Flintoff didn't exactly go well.
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| Stirlingsays 18 Dec 17 3.07pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
A bowler's not in the best position to set the fields, or able to be as objective about bowling changes. Flintoff didn't exactly go well.
Willis did alright.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 18 Dec 17 3.24pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Willis did alright. And he is a Palace supporter !
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| Stirlingsays 18 Dec 17 3.32pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
And he is a Palace supporter !
Good old Bob! Loved that run up!
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