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Prior is a great man to come in at 370-5 and you want quick runs before a declaration, at 87-5 he's a bunny I've been saying this for ages but people keep telling me what a good player he is and that my assessment is wrong. He has always played too far away from his body and good bowlers will...

We are being led by a man so mentally fragile that his game collapses every 2-3 years and yet he is talked about as one of the England greats. We have players who constantly chuck their wickets away and yet are retained game after game. You are right about Gooch and all the other coaches. WHAT...

Prior is on his last chance and if he fails again then bring in Bairstow. Perth is also the hardest place to be wicket keeper so not really fair on Bairstow to throw him in at this point. Prior only got runs cos the game was already beyond England and as such, didn't carry the pressure of the...

Thus far, the single worst display by an England team down under. Regarded as a better side, man for man, they have been beaten out of sight by an Aussie team that is not exactly outstanding. In fact, in the history of Australian cricket, this lot would rank as very ordinary. We were assured...

The selectors won't have the guts but Cook has to go now. His teammates know that he's gone mentally and is just a liability. How the hell do you carry a captain through five Test matches? This Test has gone, the series has gone and now its just a question of whether we can prevent 5-0 (...

I keep saying til I'm blue in the face that we lost this series in the first Test. The Aussies realised that a number of our players didn't fancy it and they pounced. They are now so psychologically superior that England will not be able to rest the initiative back. Cricket is a game played as...

Half-cock, nervous....and this is the captain!

These England players have been some of the luckiest in our history. They have grown up in an era when the standard of Test Cricket is as poor as its ever been. The last 5-6 years has seen a dearth of decent Test bowlers and batsmen have gorged themselves on moderate bowling. Some bowlers have...

Cook is shot away mentally and will now struggle for the rest of the series. He is like a punch-drunk boxer and we are going to have to get used to being 10-1. The momentum for the whole series swung in the first Test. Under-prepared and complacent, we were caught cold and didn't have the...