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Joe Rooooooooooooot
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Silly Point
Striker
Shite captain as well. Get rid and see if he can get any batting form back
TravellingMackem
Winger
The captaincy has affected his batting big time and he’s a crap captain. Needs to go back to being our best batsman, we are desperate for him to score some runs and accept captaincy isn’t for him
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Rustie Trombone
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Really poor captain.
TheRey
Striker
Your name sounds like a horrific STI. Just sayin'
mackembhoy
Striker
Already a thread on this man
How to solve a problem like Joe Root?
Joe Root as a captain has been poor. No real other options, I guess he's just going to have to get better. His batting while consistent hasn't been match winning in a fair while, his conversion rate being the bigger problem. As much as he says he's happy to bat 3 he's clearly been better at 4...
www.readytogo.net
The graphic in this is damning in comparison to all of the others. Even if averaging 40 odd
TheRey
Striker
Thread was on his captaincy, not his batting chiefAlready a thread on this man
How to solve a problem like Joe Root?
Joe Root as a captain has been poor. No real other options, I guess he's just going to have to get better. His batting while consistent hasn't been match winning in a fair while, his conversion rate being the bigger problem. As much as he says he's happy to bat 3 he's clearly been better at 4...
The graphic in this is damning in comparison to all of the others. Even if averaging 40 odd
Jack Torrance
Striker
We moved him back to 4 last summer during the India series. He started scoring hundreds again and now hes been moved back to 3 where he's shocking again to accommodate Denly
Julio_Schwarz
Central Defender
Root and his mate Bairstow tend to chuck in the towel a little if they don't get their own way (i.e. Root at 3, Bairstow not keeping wicket). Their attitudes need adjusting. They need to be more adaptable.
Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan
Striker
I get the impression Root is a spoilt brat. Would I go into battle for him as captain? Is he an inspiring character? No to both for me.
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His average has absolutely plummeted, was averaging mid 50’s now it’s probably around 48
SAFC 2012
Striker
Hes a lifting captain like
His average must have dropped about 6 or so in the last couple year?
rentaghost
Striker
Absolutely class batsman. Out of form but wont be for long. Every top class England batsman in y lifetime always had poor runs of form. Gooch, Gower, Cook etc but all eventually come back into form.
SAFC11
Striker
Hes actually not and thats the worrying thing!
Dropped by 4 in 23 tests i think
SAFC 2012
Striker
f***ing hell thats loads
Worrying thing is really when he gets towards the back end of his career youd imagine his average will drop even further as that tends to happen
He needs stripping of the captaincy. Better batsmen than him have failed as captain and it affected their batting too
Cumberland
Goalkeeper
The difference between captains in this test. Smith, hit on arm, hit on neck, keeps coming back scores 92. Root out first ball - Ones a leader (not captain but still a leader) the other isn’t. I remember when there was a debate about the best batsman / captain ie Kane Williamson, Smith, Kohli and Root. Think we may know who comes last in that list!
SAFC 2012
Striker
Tbf though hes absolutely nowhere near as good as any of them since taking the captaincy.
Its about the bigger picture. He isnt a good captain and his batting isnt where it should be for a player of his class
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