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Downton gone!
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ollie c
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It's a start.
Both for England and this thread!
Yes that would be nice.
Quite how they ended up with the top jobs I have no idea anyway.
Two of them from a bygone era and it showed.
hefty em
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Vaughan just said he's willing to talk over the new DOC role there.
Would be a positive appointment.
Vaughan, Strauss or hussain work for me.
Need players who are still in touch with the modern game.
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mudskipper
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Angus Fraser would make a good replacement for that knob Downton
GordonMuchallNo1Fan
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Good riddance
It isn't nice to see people losing jobs but at end of day they just aren't the answer.
The whole KP affair was handled disgracefully and with better options not existing to jettison him was stupidity.
Rip Van Fish
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Then Moores
Vaughany will probably want it and he will be Colin Graves's man.
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Looks as if a Yorkies take over is on. Gillespie and Vaughan in plus half a dozen Yorkies playing in the Test team.
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The Hunt
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I dont.
Whatever you think about how the KP situation, England need to be looking to the future, building a team for the next 5 years and beyond. KP is 34 now, he was great for England for 10 years but isnt the future. I would rather an up and coming player be given a chance in the squad than bring him back.
Time to move on i'm afraid, pinning hopes on a guy not far too off retiring isnt the answer.
No reason why Pitersen can't play for 3-5 more years. He's still England's best batsman and for me, you pick your best XI at any given time. Even more so in an Ashes summer. It's not like our planning without him has gone great over the past 15 months.
The Voice Of Reason
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Disgraceful and illogical appointment to start with
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johnson
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In recent years Bell and Root have outperformed him though, Ballance was fantastic last summer
I think it would be a mistake going back, but I am not as arsed as I was, but people keep saying he scored the most runs in the last Ashes, meaningless really, they were all shite.
In the last Ashes in 2013 Bell won us the series, while Root has consistently scored runs in the middle order now, he is probably our best player.
Personally I would not have KP in ahead of Root or Bell at 4 or 5 currently, and that is purely based on current ability, and not personalities.
I don't see where else he could play.
KGC83
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KP was our top run scorer in the last series he played. Whatever way you want to look at it Pietersen is better than both Bell and Root.
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johnson
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That was the most meaningless stat known to man, how is better than both, in the last 2 years of his career both scored more than him at a better rate, as did Trott and Cook I think
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