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F*** me! This would be the all time greatest management decision in any sport ever, if it came off. I as one of KP's staunchest defenders would say the fact that you are considering only demonstrates the paucity of options we have available to us. He was hardly a roaring success in his first...

I'm with you - it's no time to be chucking people in for the sake of it. Give these guys the time to sort it out. I'm not sure we'll lose 5-0 either, Melbourne and especially Sydney are normally kind to us.

Don't underestimate the potential impact of the players knowing/suspecting that. I know it shouldn't make a difference but they aren't robots.

He didn't really so all that much wrong didn't he. Put it this way, I don't see Carberry as a significant upgrade.

Rule no.1 of modern cricket. The captain MUST be worth his place in the team on merit regardless of his cricket brain. I think it's the coach who's going to be the fall guy here. Giles is being groomed. Flower's had a great run and we have plenty to be grateful to him for but I think it's the...

Sensible posting. The Aussie's have bowled well to Cook all summer and so far this winter. They've forced him to face his weakness, which is as you say knowing what to leave in the "corridor of uncertainty." With the bat he'll work it out I'm sure. Beyond any shadow of a doubt, he's the best...

Who are you replacing him as captain with?

Fair point, think I got the wrong end of the stick - my suspicion is they really don't like the short stuff and they think that their way out of it is to dominate. I think that's counter productive as it gives the bowler hope. As you say, leave them alone, it takes a lot of effort to bowl...

I'm an England optimist and I wouldn't even think about picking us for Perth even if we are in good form. It's probably worse than the Gabba for us. The last 2 tests are at much better venues for us, you'll also have the advantage that if we get thumped again the odds on an England test victory...

This isn't kids cricket, you don't really bowl at the stumps that much in Test Cricket because if you do, you get picked off on the leg side.

On a slowish flat track, in a lost cause against attacking fields. Rest assured Johnson will have him hopping around again in Perth.

Look at Johnson prior to those 3 years though. He was the number 1 ranked bowler in the world, he broke Graham Smith's hand, he's just rediscovered his mojo.

He's not scored one in an untarnished test match though has he?

I'll ask you the question as well. There's no use knee jerking - who are you replacing Cook, as captain with? It was only a year ago, he was leading these players to our first series victory in India in generations AFTER we gifted the first test to them. Are you seriously advocating dropping...

Who should be then? Carberry - No Root - Too early Pietersen - Been there Bell - Little experience, don't really see him as a leader of men. Prior - Place in doubt Broad - Maybe. Too hotheaded for Test captaincy I would say Swann - I think he's retiring after this series Anderson - Maybe

Sooooooooo, another failed attempt to play an extra bowler. Can those of you repeatedly asking for it to happen stop now please? Because outside of the sub continent we've been woeful every time we've tried it since Flintoff retired (and a fair amount of the time before he retired.) Team for...

Poor Bell, he'll get a 20 minute break and be back out there at 10-3.

Unless Australia fancy inflicting a bit of leather chasing first. I can't see they would except to give Johnson some time to put his feet up.

Yes, England haven't been up to much but you don't see genuine pace bowling like this very often these days. He's beat proper batsmen for pace repeatedly. Hats off.