Don’t get me wrong I have loved England winning he ashes, but it wasn’t a classic series. I don’t mean that it wasn’t as good as 2005, that was a once in a generation series. But it was a bit like when we beat them when they hadn’t got the Packer players, they are rebuilding and I think we need to as well.
Massive pluses Stuart Broad and Trott, but by the time we are next defending them in Oz we need new faces and they need some play soon. Rashid needs to be moved in front of Monty for South Africa and we have to deal with the Bell situation. My suggestion is let him go like we did with Ramps and Hick when they couldn’t prove their test credentials. I’m also not convinced about the long term value of Collingwood, but he has got the knoack of proving doubters wrong.
Any suggestions?
Couldnt agree more Stew. Bell and Colly got to go. Bell was lucky to score as many runs as he did and surely Colly has run out of lives. His fielding has declined too. Wouldnt see any of the Boro corden shelling the hussey chance yesterday.
2009 Ashes lacked legends like 2005 had. I thought both teams were quite poor, England just played poorer less than the Aussies. This series didnt have the nation gripped like the last series. Was that anything to do with the fact it wasnt on terestrial tv?