Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:13 - Aug 15 with 1845 views | GeoffSentence | For a moment I thought you had gone back to 2011 and were clamouring for our managers head. | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:13 - Aug 15 with 1844 views | Freddies_Ears | To a ball that was screaming out to be left. | | | |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:14 - Aug 15 with 1836 views | StokieBlue | Lollerskates. SB | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:15 - Aug 15 with 1827 views | Ryorry |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:13 - Aug 15 by GeoffSentence | For a moment I thought you had gone back to 2011 and were clamouring for our managers head. |
TWDNTD! (Those Were Definitely Not The Days) | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:17 - Aug 15 with 1810 views | N2_Blue |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:13 - Aug 15 by Freddies_Ears | To a ball that was screaming out to be left. |
this is going to be 5-0 at this rate. Our test batting is consistently woeful, the Ireland game was not an anomaly. Unfortauntely only Root and Stokes are good enough....and may be Burns has the application but still not convinced on ability. Roy is not a test player, certainly not an opener in test cricket. Bairstow is a flat track bully and not good enough. Denly well out of his depth. Buttler is ok but gets exposed in such a fragile batting line up. | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:18 - Aug 15 with 1805 views | Ryorry |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:17 - Aug 15 by N2_Blue | this is going to be 5-0 at this rate. Our test batting is consistently woeful, the Ireland game was not an anomaly. Unfortauntely only Root and Stokes are good enough....and may be Burns has the application but still not convinced on ability. Roy is not a test player, certainly not an opener in test cricket. Bairstow is a flat track bully and not good enough. Denly well out of his depth. Buttler is ok but gets exposed in such a fragile batting line up. |
Well that's cheered me up - not! ;) | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:23 - Aug 15 with 1789 views | N2_Blue |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:18 - Aug 15 by Ryorry | Well that's cheered me up - not! ;) |
Sorry R :( it is a bit depressing following the test side at the moment in comparison to our 1 day team Unfortunately batting in the test side has been a problem for a long long time. There is some ability but the application is pathetic. They don;t have the mental ability and just think they are playing in one day mode. Someone needs to grab hold of Roy, Bairstow and tell them its called 'test' cricket for a reason. Makes me really annoyed! Hope Bairstow proves me wrong but 1 century aside in sri lanka his 18 month average is utterly abysmal but is still seen as undroppable because we are so weak currently. | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:41 - Aug 15 with 1751 views | Ryorry |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:23 - Aug 15 by N2_Blue | Sorry R :( it is a bit depressing following the test side at the moment in comparison to our 1 day team Unfortunately batting in the test side has been a problem for a long long time. There is some ability but the application is pathetic. They don;t have the mental ability and just think they are playing in one day mode. Someone needs to grab hold of Roy, Bairstow and tell them its called 'test' cricket for a reason. Makes me really annoyed! Hope Bairstow proves me wrong but 1 century aside in sri lanka his 18 month average is utterly abysmal but is still seen as undroppable because we are so weak currently. |
I'm sure Boycs would be happy to do that job in-between his stints in the TMS comm box! | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:45 - Aug 15 with 1737 views | Ryorry | ffs Root gone now, Eng 26/2 If I were a pessimist I'd say this game's already over for England ... | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:45 - Aug 15 with 1736 views | StokieBlue | Oh dear. Another result incoming in only 4 days. SB | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:47 - Aug 15 with 1729 views | N2_Blue |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:41 - Aug 15 by Ryorry | I'm sure Boycs would be happy to do that job in-between his stints in the TMS comm box! |
Indeedy! Could do with a bit of Geoffrey grind at the moment. Must be painful for him watching this batting line up currently And there we go...All to predictable! All out before tea today? | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:49 - Aug 15 with 1716 views | N2_Blue |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:45 - Aug 15 by Ryorry | ffs Root gone now, Eng 26/2 If I were a pessimist I'd say this game's already over for England ... |
Yep. Mcgrath said don't rule out 5-0. Only the weather threatens that i'd say but aussies only need 3-4 days to take 20 wickets | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:49 - Aug 15 with 1711 views | Reuser_is_God |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:45 - Aug 15 by StokieBlue | Oh dear. Another result incoming in only 4 days. SB |
That's a given due to the weather yesterday. | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:51 - Aug 15 with 1702 views | Ryorry |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:47 - Aug 15 by N2_Blue | Indeedy! Could do with a bit of Geoffrey grind at the moment. Must be painful for him watching this batting line up currently And there we go...All to predictable! All out before tea today? |
The selectors would've been better bringing him back as an opener than one of our new boys! | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:57 - Aug 15 with 1685 views | BtreeBlueBlood |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:49 - Aug 15 by N2_Blue | Yep. Mcgrath said don't rule out 5-0. Only the weather threatens that i'd say but aussies only need 3-4 days to take 20 wickets |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:08 - Aug 15 with 1616 views | N2_Blue |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:47 - Aug 15 by N2_Blue | Indeedy! Could do with a bit of Geoffrey grind at the moment. Must be painful for him watching this batting line up currently And there we go...All to predictable! All out before tea today? |
Well unfortunately looks like I may be right. What a shambles of a test team we are at present | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:10 - Aug 15 with 1611 views | StokieBlue |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 11:49 - Aug 15 by Reuser_is_God | That's a given due to the weather yesterday. |
You know what I meant - didn't look like being a draw - still doesn't. SB | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:10 - Aug 15 with 1613 views | Reuser_is_God | We are fcuking sh1t. 92/2 to 138/6 on a flat track. Fcuk off Bayliss & fcuk off Root, poor mans Ian Bell. | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:16 - Aug 15 with 1585 views | solemio | Bring back the Bedfordshire farmer, Sir Alastair. Mind you I doubt he wants to come back. | | | |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:16 - Aug 15 with 1583 views | Reuser_is_God |
I doubt the Aussies will need anymore than that to put themselves into an even more commanding position. | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:33 - Aug 15 with 1556 views | Steve_M |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:10 - Aug 15 by Reuser_is_God | We are fcuking sh1t. 92/2 to 138/6 on a flat track. Fcuk off Bayliss & fcuk off Root, poor mans Ian Bell. |
Bayliss was appointed to improve the one day team and win a World Cup and has done that bit excellently. The consequences for the Test side have been poor, it is far weaker than four years ago and still has some of the same problems, indeed Strauss hasn't been replaced since 2012. The ECB need to have a good replacement lined up. | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:50 - Aug 15 with 1540 views | The_Romford_Blue | Two things: 1) I have a funny feeling Woakes and Bairstow are going to enjoy this pitch and put on a decent partnership here. 2) If I was anyone associated with England tonight I’d be on the phone sharpish to Alistair Cook and beg him to come back for the last three tests. As unlikely as it is (when you consider the way he ended with a ton in his last innings), what have we got to lose? Even a retired Cook is going to be able to cope better than Roy at new red ball cricket. Roy just isn’t a test opener. Let Roy vat down the order and bat aggressively but let Denly drop out. He’s not good enough. | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:53 - Aug 15 with 1529 views | Steve_M |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:50 - Aug 15 by The_Romford_Blue | Two things: 1) I have a funny feeling Woakes and Bairstow are going to enjoy this pitch and put on a decent partnership here. 2) If I was anyone associated with England tonight I’d be on the phone sharpish to Alistair Cook and beg him to come back for the last three tests. As unlikely as it is (when you consider the way he ended with a ton in his last innings), what have we got to lose? Even a retired Cook is going to be able to cope better than Roy at new red ball cricket. Roy just isn’t a test opener. Let Roy vat down the order and bat aggressively but let Denly drop out. He’s not good enough. |
On Roy, we risk doing to his game what we did to Morgan's (and to a lesser extent Cook's in reverse) but trying to fit him into a position that won't work. | |
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Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 16:01 - Aug 15 with 1499 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Oh Jeezus H - Roy out :( on 15:53 - Aug 15 by Steve_M | On Roy, we risk doing to his game what we did to Morgan's (and to a lesser extent Cook's in reverse) but trying to fit him into a position that won't work. |
I do genuinely think Roy will come good long term in this discipline. But at the moment I think we need to be looking short term as these are the biggest test matches we’re going to get - it’s the Ashes! Any way to win, any solution to the problem is fine! | |
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