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Nicholls595 Dec 2021 11:18am, 17 Dec 2021 26,605 posts	0 Nicholls595 I reckon Scotland could pull together a squad that would perform as well as England down under England "could" put together a squad that would perform well down under. But they didn't.
Derby Tup Dec 2021 11:24am, 17 Dec 2021 53,209 posts	0 Derby Tup It’s not just the results but the manner of how they come about Application, desire, focus . . .
Oscar the Grouch Dec 2021 11:30am, 17 Dec 2021 3,998 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Liam Livingstone's star rises exponentially in his absence from either tour. X factor player from what I can see.
Nicholls595 Dec 2021 11:32am, 17 Dec 2021 26,606 posts	0 Nicholls595 Another white baller though Groucho?
Fields & fountain, moor & mountain Dec 2021 11:33am, 17 Dec 2021 1,261 posts	0 Fields & fountain, moor & mountain England aren’t playing 5 day cricket at the moment so why not.
Nicholls595 Dec 2021 11:38am, 17 Dec 2021 26,607 posts	0 Nicholls595 True, we aren't, but we need to capable of playing 5 days.
TROSaracen Dec 2021 11:39am, 17 Dec 2021 24,467 posts	0 TROSaracen Surely this tour marks the end of Silverback coach/Root captaincy era. The selectorial and on/off field decision making and the woeful standard of the coachable basics have been fucking atrocious. Perhaps the worst ever? I remember the pedalo Flintoff tour being pretty disastrous, but that was at least against a fired up, vengeful (for 2005) and truly great Australian side.
Nicholls595 Dec 2021 11:43am, 17 Dec 2021 26,608 posts	0 Nicholls595 Broad and Anderson are a class above county trundlers, but both rely a lot on conditions being in their favour. We have got 5 right arm seamers though, however you want to label them. No variety. Our white ball teams seem to insist on having left arm quicks. There simply must be players around who can make the step up to Test level? I'm not a fan of Curran S, but he offers that different angle and he has a bit of something about him (heart, ticker or spunk). risky choice of words on here I know
GregP Dec 2021 11:45am, 17 Dec 2021 131,527 posts	0 GregP 'juice' is the baseball term, yes - that.
Derby Tup Dec 2021 11:49am, 17 Dec 2021 53,211 posts	0 Derby Tup Time to do a Southgate. Start again with young talent and ditch the oldies. Anderson is what? 67 now?