TEFTONG 60,188 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Oh bollocks Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,057 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 17 minutes ago, TEFTONG said: Oh bollocks Moeen Ali just said how difficult a task Root has as this squad is inferior to the last two trips to Australia.....fuck me was the score not 9-0-1 in the last two tours down under Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,057 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 England are fucking brutal....no fucking discipline.....to lose a wicket with the last over before lunch was bad enough but to follow it up by doing the same at tea is just criminal As per, Hameed out for zero....crawley not much better than Burns before Root puts up a bit of resistance to then fall cheaply as did Stokes.....so fucking predictable 128/6..... they will be lucky to get to 170 at this rate Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,057 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 All out for 185....the 3rd innings in 5 to fail to break 200...absolute dug shite...something needs to change or this will be the easiest 5-0 victory the Aussies could contemplate TEFTONG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 60,188 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Best thing the England coaching staff could do is fake a Covid 19 outbreak and quarantine for the next week or 10 days then fly the fuck home. Embarrassing 😳 Badger 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger 8,745 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 England are a poor team away from home. Root would be as well playing as an opening batsman given he is usually in before the laquer is even marked. hammer93 and TEFTONG 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 60,188 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 This makes very poor reading but it's spot on. https://wisden.com/series-stories/ashes-2021-22/longstanding-systemic-issues-are-becoming-impossible-to-ignore Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthranger 3,887 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 I don’t think Roots captain material and Silverwood shouldn’t be head coach. Does that excuse the shambolic batting of the rest of the side, no. But Roots field placings are a mess at times and Silverwood clearly has no idea how to coach a side to bat time. TEFTONG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 60,188 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 11 hours ago, TEFTONG said: Best thing the England coaching staff could do is fake a Covid 19 outbreak and quarantine for the next week or 10 days then fly the fuck home. Embarrassing 😳 Seems they are possibly going to go down the Covid escape route... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,057 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Jimmy Anderson keeping England in it....his figures today are just ridiculous....what a bowler when on it TEFTONG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 People will, not unfairly, criticise England for the position they’ve found themselves in. But it should be acknowledged, that’s maybe the best ‘tricky hour’ I’ve ever seen. Absolutely superb bowling. No idea how Cummings went wicketless hammer93, plymouthranger and TEFTONG 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,057 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Creampuff said: People will, not unfairly, criticise England for the position they’ve found themselves in. But it should be acknowledged, that’s maybe the best ‘tricky hour’ I’ve ever seen. Absolutely superb bowling. No idea how Cummings went wicketless Not sure how you are supposed to defend against some of those balls....it was absolutely relentless....don't get me wrong the openers looked terrified so no suprise they are gone again TEFTONG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger 8,745 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Despite the English bowlers doing a good job, and limiting the Aussies to what you'd say was a pretty sub par score......... England are still at real risk of losing this match by an innings and only on Day 3. Just shows how bad day 1 was. Burns, Hameed and Crawley are walking wickets against any decent opening attack. TEFTONG, hammer93 and plymouthranger 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 60,188 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 10 hours ago, hammer93 said: Jimmy Anderson keeping England in it....his figures today are just ridiculous....what a bowler when on it the man is unbelievable. Who is in the wings to replace him..? hammer93 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,057 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 31 minutes ago, TEFTONG said: the man is unbelievable. Who is in the wings to replace him..? Tbf I've been more impressed by wood than Robinson, I've lost count of big ollies no balls and Jofra is too injury prone....so in truth nobody is even remotely close....like I said earlier Teffers....Anderson In 3 spells took 2 wickets for just 3 runs with 7 or 8 maidens.....it was a ridiculous spell of bowling Badger, TEFTONG and plymouthranger 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger 8,745 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I don't think anyone gave England much hope beforehand but...... this is worse than I thought it would be. covid is the best thing that could happen on this tour. TEFTONG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,657 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Badger said: I don't think anyone gave England much hope beforehand but...... this is worse than I thought it would be. covid is the best thing that could happen on this tour. They didn’t want to be there and it’s showing. TEFTONG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger 8,745 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 4 hours ago, kplfishtank said: They didn’t want to be there and it’s showing. I agree Den. It's actually quite painful to watch. I don't think the last 2 tests are going to see it improve either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 As a side note, Australia have ludicrous depth in seamers. Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins, Neser, Richardson… Scott Boland only got into the Test side because of his record in Melbourne (and Haze’s injury) and he took 6-7 this morning! Even excluding all of those, I reckon the likes of Steketee probably makes the England team, at least in Australian conditions. Very concerning for England that I can say that when seam bowling is probably England’s strength vs the rest of the team… Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 How good is Anderson btw? He’s an absolutely ridiculous talent. TEFTONG and hammer93 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,057 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 26 minutes ago, Creampuff said: How good is Anderson btw? He’s an absolutely ridiculous talent. Superb but unfortunately at 39 you would imagine there won't be much more desire to continue....and as it's been pointed out there doesn't seem to be a natural successor to Jimmy, with Broad surely heading in the same direction their is a massive gap for reliable test wicket takers in this English squad Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,657 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Creampuff said: As a side note, Australia have ludicrous depth in seamers. Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins, Neser, Richardson… Scott Boland only got into the Test side because of his record in Melbourne (and Haze’s injury) and he took 6-7 this morning! Even excluding all of those, I reckon the likes of Steketee probably makes the England team, at least in Australian conditions. Very concerning for England that I can say that when seam bowling is probably England’s strength vs the rest of the team… Why has Borland never featured at MCG before this. He’s 32 and played for 10 years or so. Strange as he looks very good Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, kplfishtank said: Why has Borland never featured at MCG before this. He’s 32 and played for 10 years or so. Strange as he looks very good Probably a combination of a few things. In previous years he’s had a habit of the occasional bang-average year (averaging around 30 with the ball) which have probably all come at the worst possible time. Combine that with his middling performances in T20/ODI for Australia and their ludicrous stock of test bowlers - remember it was only recently Pattinson packed it in as well - and I can see how it happened. Certainly unfortunate that it has taken so long. If Starc’s feeling leggy I could see an argument for retaining him even if Hazlewood is fit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I don’t think Root is really a captain, but I don’t see where this discussion of taking it off of him really goes. There’s barely anyone else who’s certain to stay in the team outside of Stokes, and he has enough going on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,657 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Clemdog and TEFTONG 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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