Ken 119 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 England are shit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34306 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Finally, this void series is at an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken 119 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Finally, this void series is at an end. Yes your agony has been taken away. Now go continue your disagreement with Gloomy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9192 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 A lot of heads need to roll after this, but won't. Silverwood's position is untenable and probably Giles as well. No coincidence that the only time they showed any bottle was when Silverwood was sidelined with COVID along with most of his coaches. Very little good came out of this, but I though Wood was outstanding. Given that he was not expected to last more than 5 overs at a time and probably only a couple of tests, his heart was outstanding. I am sorry about Woakes, though. He may be brilliant in England, but if he is not going to be any use overseas, is it worth persisting with him at home and stopping another player coming through? Robinson needs to sort out his fitness. That was completely unacceptable in a professional sportsman. He also need to find another 10kph from somewhere. However, the bowlers were really the success (for want of a better word). In most cases, they did what was asked of them, but got no rest because the batters could not score. Root's captaincy was poor, I am afraid, and I think it probably impacted his batting. His tactics, which were probably shared with Silverwood, were nonsensical at times, and the use of Stokes as an "enforcer" just resulted in being a bowler down for most of the last 3 tests. Not sure who should take over though. No one outstanding (or even sure of their place). Having said that, Australia's bowlers were head and shoulders above ours. When you consider that one of the major wicket takers was Bowland who was, essentially, their 6th choice fast bowler, then England is fucked. And will be for a long time until they start using the same ball as everyone else, make flatter pitches, and clear out the coaching staff. They need the same approach to red ball cricket that they took for white ball. And they need to do it now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19770 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I’d give it to Dizzie Gillespie. He knows the English game, is a quality coach and regaining the ashes next summer guided by an Aussie would be sweet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30330 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 16 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: I’d give it to Dizzie Gillespie. He knows the English game, is a quality coach and regaining the ashes next summer guided by an Aussie would be sweet. I don’t want going to anyone with a Yorkshire bias any time soon. I’d love to see Strauss back in at the top but with the red ball focus RobinRobin mentioned. Kirsten wanted the coach’s job last time and is interested again. Apparently his PowerPoint presentation wasn’t as good as Silverwood’s last time. Giles is a fucking joke too so he’ll probably retain his place and Silverwood will take the rap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34306 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, Alex said: I don’t want going to anyone with a Yorkshire bias any time soon. I’d love to see Strauss back in at the top but with the red ball focus RobinRobin mentioned. Kirsten wanted the coach’s job last time and is interested again. Apparently his PowerPoint presentation wasn’t as good as Silverwood’s last time. Giles is a fucking joke too so he’ll probably retain his place and Silverwood will take the rap How the fuck is Alex posting without the forced line spacing?! @Antwhat is going on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 46 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: I’d give it to Dizzie Gillespie. At least get a tune out of the team! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30330 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 21 minutes ago, Gemmill said: How the fuck is Alex posting without the forced line spacing?! @Antwhat is going on here? What am I doing (looks normal to me on my phone)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34306 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 If I press enter once, I automatically get a line space and then my new para starts. And I'm not sure it's working that way for everyone. Seems like you would have to press enter twice to get the same result? I'll have to get Sue Gray onto this if Ant doesn't get his shit together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1116 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 If only the England Test team could be fixed so easily! Utter shite series. Very glad it's over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34306 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Yorkshire shooting for the "we can't be racist, our head coach is black!" approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30330 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Don’t know if anyone saw that England made it to the U19 World Cup final the other day, for the first time in ages. Highlights on the beeb: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60224262 Ahmed the young leg spinner looks like a real prospect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Langer resigns from the Aussie job. I wonder if Strauss has been on the phone? 😳 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3594 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Thinks to self, doesn't the cricket start today. ...........oh dear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13830 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Aye hopeless today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 6796 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 We are the mackems of world cricket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6300 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 23 minutes ago, Toonpack said: We are the mackems of world cricket "Wheeze keyz are theez?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30330 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I find it reassuring in these truly bizarre times that you can still rely on an England batting collapse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30330 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 19 minutes ago, Craig said: "Wheeze keyz are theez?" Tonny Grig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19770 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I’m choosing to forget that cricket exists outside England. Only matches on home soil count. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13830 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Some turnaround mind! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 6796 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Was keeping an eye on it via cricinfo during the day/evening and it was all going pretty well, so I thought as we'd finished what we were watching, I'll watch the last over, sorry Mr Lawrence, my fault !!! Root is in some run of form mind !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9192 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Nice to see Stokes doing okay, as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14560 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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