@Wikus_de_mere@7AFL Not sure this is 4D chess. It's obvious to 99.9% of people he has manipulated the situation to put himself a the front of the cue (a cue of 1 now). He would be an amazing sugar hit to the club and could be excellent for culture (possibly). But can he coach? Don't think so.
@cricket_broken Keep Duckett. Vince should have been given another go years ago, worth 1 more try. Burns technique 👎 woundn’t give up on Pope at 26 years old. Smith back to county. Crawley think we’ve seen enough. Unsure about sibley/hameed. Both have technical flaws. But Eng have options.
@Suheeeem Pope would be decent if he batted normally. Jacks isn’t a good enough at test level. I think we’ve seen enough of Crawley. New style, approach to test cricket is what this team needs. Tongue, bethell, brook, tongue, Atkinson, pope all young enough to build a team around.
@lithgowflashman Agreed. Keep Green at 5 for the next 12 months. Carey at 6 is high enough.
Aussie A
C Kellaway
S Konstas
T Ward
N McSweeney
C Connolly
J Inglis
M Neser
F O’Neill
X Bartlett
T Murphy
B Doggett
M Kuhnemann
@tim_michell All for picking next era. But you have to earn it. Hasn’t played in enough first class cricket to get a game yet. He will be a player if we don’t rush him.
Next players to come in should be Renshaw, Kellaway, McSweeney, O’Neill, Murphy, Kuhnemann, Webster, Konstas, Doggett.
@Quartermain10 Way too hard on Usman. Last test batted very well. This test great 1st inn and terrible shot 2nd inn. Green should have made 100 at Gabba, he threw it away. Now down on confidence. Don’t think public pressure is helping. Marnus has been very disappointing. Weatherald shaky.
@tds122 Wouldn’t say ‘scrapheap’ but agree those blokes need to be out of the team for a bit. Wood body rules him out. Cares just about done. Others could bounce back. Pope has age on his side. Plus county numbers are good. Crawley FC ave 32. Probably not up to it.