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India v England 3rd Test Rajkot
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JackL
Midfield
Bairstow tbf has had a few seeds get him out this series. Others seem to want to give their wickets away
Voice of fair play
Striker
It was when other regimes were dropping players right left and centre English test fortunes were shit and players were frightened to play their natural game because of it and the pressure they were under.
mackembhoy
Striker
Lords all over again 
Nevermind at least I won't need to wake up at 6am the next two days.
Got to look at the positives
Nevermind at least I won't need to wake up at 6am the next two days.
Got to look at the positives
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scotch
Striker
Also felt he batted very well in the last 3 Ashes tests.
The big problem for Bairstow and Root is that their current form is carrying on from poor world cups for both, so it feels like they've underperformed for months when its only been 5 innings in Test cricket.
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JackL
Midfield
Yeah was crazy he was dropped at the start of the ashes. Him and root were the most in form bats leading up to it
Given the modern concept of the tour, where even the first choice eleven in this case hasn’t even stayed in the country for the whole of it, I don’t think the old concept of “keeping them with the squad” has any real meaning anymore. it’s not as if if we wanted one of the lions to play in the fifth test we’d need to get him off the boat at Durban and turn him round.
Mackem Attack
Central Defender
No you are right we should just keep happy clapping and do the same thing game after game and then question why nothing ever changes. Isn’t the first team we’ve folded like this under this situation either - can get over it the first time it happens as shit happens, but second time? No thought whatsoever goes into our play at times
rentaghost
Striker
It’s dead easy to say game awareness everytime we collapse (which we did plenty playing conventional cricket) Now this definitely applies to Root but Duckett for years has played cricket always putting bat to ball and got 153. Does it apply to Pope and Bairstow being out LBW or Crawley out yesterday. That’s your top 5. It’s been a terrible day with the bat but it’s we have loads of these before playing a different way.
Voice of fair play
Striker
When we play shit like we have had this morning and granted it’s been really really bad there is a lot more posts and criticism on these threads.
Than massive praise when we playing absolutely brilliantly and destroying teams with brilliant attacking cricket
It genuinely confuses me, is it a English thing or a cricket fan thing?
Than massive praise when we playing absolutely brilliantly and destroying teams with brilliant attacking cricket
It genuinely confuses me, is it a English thing or a cricket fan thing?
hudson88
Striker
So at 1-1 in a series away in India (where our win was 1 of our greatest ever wins), your suggestion to a shit hours play is to drop a load of players, including probably our best ever batsman?
scotch
Striker
Its supporting a sport Team on a messageboard
Wait till 5pm on the football board
Mackem Attack
Central Defender
Root, stokes are the two key culprits. Crawley yesterday too, albeit without the circumstances hanging over him at the time. Absolutely brain dead
Voice of fair play
Striker
It’s a balance mate, and accepting your point which is a good one.
And fining tuning it!
As for game after game!
I am not sure you realize it, but before this regime and this new approach we had won one in 17 tests and since this new approach have been on one of the most successful runs English test cricket has ever seen!!!
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Mackem Attack
Central Defender
It’s a discussion forum. There’s not a lot to discuss when we win and play well. That’s ultimately why there’s less posts when we win. What do you want, 1000 posts kissing up to the same players and agreeing with each other? There’s obviously more to discuss when things go wrong, same in football (hence the match thread differences)
Mackem Attack
Central Defender
So we should just accept losing 4-1 here because we lost 5-0 last time?
Think the third alternative to consider is that it’s a football fan thing. PF is typically an even more extreme version of the same thing.
Also, a social media thing of course. These days, everything either has to be totally brilliant or totally shit. Of course, unlike the more nuanced issues of the day that this extreme mindset still gets applied to, the thing about Bazball is that it does genuinely have a tendency to be either totally brilliant or totally shit.
