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George Dobell gets it pretty much right here - http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22000001/tea-sympathy-suffice-england-face-another-drubbing

I think this is just flat wrong. Root was let down badly by his bowlers but even so he was inventive in the field, he was always lively and motivational. He was calm, positive and level headed with the press. Once the series was lost they didn't give up like Vaughan's lot in 06/07 or Cook's in...

Crane looked fairly promising. Smith's been absolutely phenomenal. He's done to us what Cook did to them in 10-11.

Blimey. There's a horrible thought.

If the penny has dropped finally that Ali isn't a front-line Test Match spinner then I think they'll be a serious temptation to fit him in at 6 in the hope that he can earn his crust as a batman and auxiliary spinner. But you're right, I don't see Stokes or Malan batting at 3, especially in...

And we have a bowling attack that can't take 20 wickets in the subcontinent or on good tracks without swing. We have to begin the process of addressing this now and that means playing a proper spinner and a proper quick, even if results suffer short term at home. Or accept that we're going to...

I just think that a scenario where the guy carrying the can for Test performance knows **** all about country cricket isn't right. But my original point is assessing Bayliss' performance as coach is tricky because it really depends on where your (and more importantly the ECB's) priorities are...

I'd argue he wasn't really brought in to improve this side. He was brought in to get our one day cricket up to standard, which he has. I think the time may have come for separate coaches for the one day and test teams. The disciplines are so different now.