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Originally Posted by Wolfnipplechips (Post 16155381)

Imagine if we hadn’t let them bat for 5 sessions.

I know. Just typical

Woakes has guaranteed his selection for Boxing Day with that well-executed plan to dismiss Richardson.

Hope we planned for when it all falls apart

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Originally Posted by 0.bj (Post 16155370)

Probably not appreciated Down Under but we have to endure oodles of utter bollocks from the mouth of Root about plans, horses-for-courses, specialisms and all sorts of other crap he learned in business studies… and then watch as a bloke whom historically struggles to bowl on Aussie pitches is picked twice in succession, and above 1100 wickets in the bank.

This specific post is aimed at Woakes but it’s merely highlighting the gaslighting of the English cricketing public by the ECB, the idiot Silverwood and our worst captain since the summer of 800 captains.

(And we have managed to drop another catch in the time it has taken to type this :D )

There are plenty of posts on the Cricket thread about your (admittedly) hilarious manager speak. Art Malice has made replicating it an art form.

Now the fun begins ...

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Originally Posted by 0.bj (Post 16155370)

It's all well and good slagging off Root but who would you have as captain? Stokes is probably the only other player who is guaranteed a place. Captaincy depends a lot of the players at your disposal. In terms of batting we are shambolic and the fact that he performs so well under so much pressure is a credit to just how good a player he is - can't imagine how many runs he'd score if he was in a team with 3 or 4 other players of equal calibre. In terms of bowling he's lost Archer and Stone and Wood can barely string 2 matches together. Perhaps a more pertinent question is why we have only produced 2 world class spinners (Underwood and Swann) in about 50 years?

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Originally Posted by art malice (Post 16155379)

Will we have to face the pink new ball under the lights? That’ll be so TYPICAL of our luck, and yet more data for our Misfortune Moving Backward Unit

What luck?

We've not taken our chances. Australia have earned the right.

I don't think we've bowled badly until the last hour or so, but we've not taken our chances and keep getting selection wrong.

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Originally Posted by Sydenham Eagle (Post 16155395)

So he’s above criticism because we have no obvious replacement?

He chose to bowl Archer into an early grave, ffs.

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Originally Posted by Tomo (Post 16155397)

I was joking

Just checked. The two year plan for the Ashes included Archer bowling 82 overs over 11 days in New Zealand in November 2019.

Sensational captaincy.

Please just f-off Burns. Utterly useless

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Originally Posted by 0.bj (Post 16155399)

So he’s above criticism because we have no obvious replacement?

He chose to bowl Archer into an early grave, ffs.

I didn't say that but there are plenty of players who weren't great captains who have an excellent records due to the players at their disposal. If you are in a bit of trouble and can chuck the ball to McGrath and Warne or Ambrose and Walsh it makes life a bit less complicated.

Drops mic.

(Wasn’t Buttler this time).

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Originally Posted by Aki Aki Aki (Post 16155410)

Please just f-off Burns. Utterly useless

No send-off from Starc says it all. No contest there.

Hope Woakes is padded up.

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Originally Posted by 0.bj (Post 16155413)

No send-off from Starc says it all. No contest there.

No need, Starc is almost embarrassed to take Burn's wicket. It's all too easy and predictable.

Wonder what Graham Thorpe does?

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Originally Posted by art malice (Post 16155419)

Wonder what Graham Thorpe does?

Continuing the same top quality job that Ramps did for years