[Third test] England v Australia - Perth

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

What an absolute embarrassment that team is. Bring them home. A few must retire, others need to be binned.

 

[Billy Rocket]

What an absolute embarrassment that team is. Bring them home

All of them?

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

All of them?

Aye.

 

[sonson]

What an absolute embarrassment that team is. Bring them home. A few must retire, others need to be binned.

No make them stay and take their punishment

 

[smoker]

218 all out on a good batting wicket, spineless set of c£nts.

 

[Deleted member 26]

He's been fairly reasonable throughout tbh. Must be on some old people happy pills.

Mind he said Stokes wouldn't have made any difference. Completely disagree with that. He'd have made a difference in batting, bowling and competing. Apart from that, not much.

Agree, I dont think we would be 3-0 down with Stokes in the team.

 

[hudson88]

Bayliss reveals that losing the ashes after only 3 tests 'wasn't part of the plan'

We had a plan???

 

[Deleted member 41188]

Pathetic.

Too many players didn’t want to be out there. Say what you like about Stokes but he’s got some bollocks.

People like Ali and dare I say Broad don’t want to be out there when the going gets tough.

Got to be some big changes.

 

[Billy Rocket]

Aye.

Bit drastic? I think Cook, Ali and Broad should be "rested".

Malan, Bairstow (at 6), Vince, Bairstow, Rocky and Overton have done enough to persist with. Jimmy you keep, in case there's swing around. Woakes I'd keep, least for a bit, because he's our fastest bowler and is supposed to be able to bat. But he's on borrowed time.

 

[hudson88]

Who is the back up opening batsman in the squad?

 

[Billy Rocket]

Who is the back up opening batsman in the squad?

Erm..hang on..erm...had on...we must have one...I'm sure I saw one...err where is it...ah there it is, next to the WMDs..

(Ballance?)

 

[Bri]

Who is the back up opening batsman in the squad?

The Lions are out there. So Jennings - which doesn't fill me with hope.

edit Gubbins is out there too - opens for Middlesex

 

[Brexit]

The hype around the Starc delivery is a bit annoying. It was a legside, easy two runs that hit a crater and took off. Unplayable but there's talk of ball of the century etc. Nah, it was fortunate more than anything else.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

f***ing hell man. He's one of the minority who did well in this test.


It's a fair analogy. You think civilians should be able to punish people for "crimes" that the CPS hasn't even accused them of.

I just put the same principle into a different context.

Employers

 

[Struts]

This is what happens when you pick players based on their county.

 

[Scotty 1978]

Harmison on talksport saying that England dropped a bollock in the summer playing a half fit Wood, should of been kept for this series

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

I'm not making light of anything. I'm defending habeas corpus. You can't get heavier than that. The person who's trivialising is @chunkylover53 .

I’m really f***ing not

 

[elder]

feel sorry for those who've booked up to travel over for the 4th and 5th tests... i've got tix for day 3 of the 5th test and the only reason i'm still going is that i'm catching up with a mate i haven't seen all year.

 

[Mainze]

Great effort lads well done

 

[Dinsdale]

What a shambles. Bairstow and Malan and Overton aside its been pathetic. No doubt we'll get whitewashed.