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 #195 22 Jul 2015 at 10.39am | |   |
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lythe just don't look like he fits to me, like carberry . I thought Compton weren't given enough time and he was a player with the attitude of seeing off the new ball, we don't need attacking openers with bell,root,stokes, butler and moeen in the team! even if the openers can get us past 50 form the first 20 overs, that a be a start. I hope im wrong about lythe and a smacks a double ton next bat but I cant see it
You have just made the perfect case for the recall of...
Geoff Boycott! 
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#194 21 Jul 2015 at 8.12pm | | |
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lythe just don't look like he fits to me, like carberry . I thought Compton weren't given enough time and he was a player with the attitude of seeing off the new ball, we don't need attacking openers with bell,root,stokes, butler and moeen in the team! even if the openers can get us past 50 form the first 20 overs, that a be a start. I hope im wrong about lythe and a smacks a double ton next bat but I cant see it
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#193 21 Jul 2015 at 6.51pm | | |
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I dunno what to say to that...
I wanted bell at three when trott had a spaz and bell was our best batsman, but that was 20 innings and not many runs ago...
Ballance will come back in the future, probably at 4 or 5.
Lythe has shown enough for me to give him more time, he's had some bad luck and very good deliverys among his dismissals, he needs to make runs in this series though or he'll be another Compton carberry key.....
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#192 21 Jul 2015 at 6.19pm | | |
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What, so madame Lythe gets another go  he just don't look like he will ever be a test cricketer. Compton done better than him and he's now on the scrapheap and will probably get overlooked. Bring back trescothick 
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#191 21 Jul 2015 at 12.14pm | | |
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Ooooooooooooo! Nasty! 
It has been confirmed that Jonny Bairstow will bat at five, with Joe Root moving up to four and Ian Bell at three.
Gary Ballance has been dropped after scoring 23 and 14 in his two innings in the second Test at Lords.
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#190 21 Jul 2015 at 11.44am | | |
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I saw that, looked painful 
I thought cook would have shown bigger ******** at lords they must still be swollen from the first test 
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#189 21 Jul 2015 at 11.17am | | |
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I think Bell's time is up. He's had too many 2nd chances as it is. Bairstow? Possibly, but IMO just more canon fodder for the Mitches who will want to get the upper hand over the newcomer a.s.a.p. Take lots of padding, Jonny!
Edgebaston may prove a bit more challenging to the Aussies and if we can just win the toss...
BTW did anybody see that dramatic crash in the Tour yesterday? I thought Thomas was a gonner for sure. Tough cookie and no mistake. Maybe he should switch to cricket. We need tough attitudes like that to stand up to the quicks.
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#188 20 Jul 2015 at 9.02pm | | |
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yeah sort of agree with you mate and I would a taken 1-1 aswell, im just shouting me mouth off about what I think will happen if we don't freshen up a bit, before the ashes started, I cant remember a test match we dominated in recent times, all the ones we won we could of lost. it all went wrong the day swann retired and trott lost his bottle, not because of the players they were, but the mental strength they had within the team, its like cogs have been falling away since and some results have flattered us
anyhow that's my rant overwith, I hope they have a little change and compete at Edgbaston, I be happy with competing
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#187 20 Jul 2015 at 7.29pm | | |
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None of them coped with the situation where they had to defend.
for me the middle order are too quickly exposed every match, I'd like to see a youngish IN FORM opener/no 3 come in at 3, ballance drop to 4 and bell get kick up the backside in the county game.
I can't see finn coming in, he's another who seems mentally fragile, although it does seem strange to have just three bowlers and the two batting alrounders (three if you count root)
Just to add some perspective the way England have played this last 18 months I'm not upset at being 1-1 after two tests, in fact if you had offered me that after the west indies and world cup debacles I'd have bitten your hand off 
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#186 20 Jul 2015 at 5.58pm | | |
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Bairstow looks next in line for batting position outside the top three, another positive player to go with the new attacking ethos
yes - agreed
Unfortunately when you stack a team in any sport to go hard in attack it occasionally backfires when your unable to defend.
Not agreed, we didn't even get bowled out playing attacking cricket, we didn't get the chance(apart from stokes but he knows no other way), we looked scared, that's whats worrying, maybe its right not bringing back KP but they need to decide what they want from this ashes-
Win at all costs- then bring KP back, get finn in aswell and give them some bounce, or
plan for the future- chuck a couple of no fear youngsters in and get them used to test cricket early, if nothing changes the next test is lost, the media will be having it off and the ashes will be gone
agree about the matey matey situation and we need selectors like -
Darren gough, , dominic cork, beefy and vaughny, people that recognise desire to win.
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#185 20 Jul 2015 at 1.24pm | | |
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I think that's the first time "kp" and "sensible" have been used in the same sentence. Kudos for that
But replacing one old boy trading on past reputation for another doesn't seem too sensible to me.
Bairstow looks next in line for batting position outside the top three, another positive player to go with the new attacking ethos
Unfortunately when you stack a team in any sport to go hard in attack it occasionally backfires when your unable to defend.
Apart from possibly replacing bell or ballance I don't want to see any knee jerk reactions to one bad defeat
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#184 20 Jul 2015 at 12.21pm | | |
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Though I forecast an Aussie win by an innings, to be frank I think the defeat by over 400 runs is worse than an innings defeat. I am still in shock and totally agree with previous comments about the touchy-feely relationship between Strauss and Cook.
Anyone think KP will be recalled? (No, of course not! That would be far to sensible.)
So, same ****, different day...situation normal F.U.B.A.R.
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#183 20 Jul 2015 at 9.13am | | |
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Well said, sums it up perfectly really. Did love the people on social media saying the wicket was to blame. LMAO! Do they think Australia batted on a different wicket that was changed during the breaks?
England cricket wont get anywhere until there are wholesale changes in the way selection works. "I'm in the team cause i'm BFFs with the captain", needs to go and be replaced with earning a place.
Last moan: How on EARTH can you have a successful organisation where the man in charge is BFFs with the captain? Essentially negating the coach completely? Disgraceful, the England Old boys network needs to go, EARN YOUR PLACE. Might start being consistent then imo.
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#182 19 Jul 2015 at 9.23pm | | |
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Playing at balls not hitting stumps when your trying to save a test. Disgraceful.
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#181 19 Jul 2015 at 4.17pm | | |
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joke
embarrassment
lythe and butler couldn't defend one stump, bell and balance all over the place and we aint got a bowler with raw pace, the aussises must a been at half pace in Cardiff
we are doomed, this test reminded me of watching English cricket in the 80s, I feel sorry for root and stokes
KP recall
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