What no Ashes thread this year?

[Stan_van_nel]

It is a bit late in the day for it.

Pretend this thread doesn't exist, best forgotten.


(A big well done to Ben Stokes though)

[haunted]

Not really a cricket fan but yes well done Ben stokes ..
Who is ben stokes ?
Sniff sniff ..
Have you farted ?
Stinking Stan strikes again..

[MillHillRover]

Least said the better Stan, To say they have been disgraceful is the understatement of the year >:(

[haunted]

Your good pal Stan XD XD XD..
Well done milly !

[haunted]

My pal Stan XD
Have you met your pal milly?
XD XD XD..
If so you can confirm he exists and is a genuine guy.. XD XD

[Stan_van_nel]

A THICK edge to second slip...

Haunted c Millhill b Stan 0 (Duck)



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[AucklandRover]

The worst thing of all is that the two most obnoxious Aussies, Johnson and Haddin, have been their best players.
If Warne gloats any more, I will ram his hair-transplant down his throat.
As for Ben Stokes, I loved the moment when a journalist asked him if he had enjoyed the "fray" and he replied, "Don't use long words with me, mate!"

[haunted]

Cant be @rsed with this anymore !
I hope the people who have followed the saga can understand, i am old and tired and not in the best of health..
Stan you win i admit defeat you are a great asset to footymad and i am not worthy of posting on the same thread as you. Hope you can forgive the error of my ways..
Ps You have been a fine adversary ,all the best
GHOST.































Now phuck off stinky you smarmy snidey cont.
You orrible tw@t..

[gardsPNE]

It is a bit late in the day for it.

Pretend this thread doesn't exist, best forgotten.


(A big well done to Ben Stokes though)

I agree Stan, Ben Stokes was fab but the rest particularly the top 5 batters have been a disgrace. How can we go from worlds number one in 2012 to the ****e they served up during this series. The less said the better and lets move on to next summer and start rebuilding and first of all get rid of Gouch as batting coach coz he has took pretty much zero responsibility and as a hatful of pi$$ poor excuses.

[backofthenet]

I am the first to admit I know next to nothing about cricket, but after being told by all the so called experts how the Aussies had no chance, this has been terribly disappointing.

[Stan_van_nel]

I found myself agreeing with Michael Vaughan on the first day of the first test.

He said that the Aussies were the better team in the last two/three tests in the last Ashes series in England. We just had one or two players that saved us at crucial times (Bell with the bat and broad/Anderson or Swann with the ball), they just haven't done that this series.

We haven't scored 400 plus in one innings for over a year now and we aren't going to win many matches if Cook, Pietersen and Bell do not get many runs.

We may have finally found a proper decent all rounder in Stokes, which is the only plus in what was the most embarrassing England Ashes performance in living memory.

[gardsPNE]

I found myself agreeing with Michael Vaughan on the first day of the first test.

He said that the Aussies were the better team in the last two/three tests in the last Ashes series in England. We just had one or two players that saved us at crucial times (Bell with the bat and broad/Anderson or Swann with the ball), they just haven't done that this series.

We haven't scored 400 plus in one innings for over a year now and we aren't going to win many matches if Cook, Pietersen and Bell do not get many runs.

We may have finally found a proper decent all rounder in Stokes, which is the only plus in what was the most embarrassing England Ashes performance in living memory.

Yep fair point Stan, the last couple of tests showed signs of the Aussies bucking up and us having mini collapses. I think its time to seriously look at our batting lineup and take the captaincy off Cook and let him concentrate on his batting and get rid of Gouc

[AucklandRover]

I found myself agreeing with Michael Vaughan on the first day of the first test.

He said that the Aussies were the better team in the last two/three tests in the last Ashes series in England. We just had one or two players that saved us at crucial times (Bell with the bat and broad/Anderson or Swann with the ball), they just haven't done that this series.

We haven't scored 400 plus in one innings for over a year now and we aren't going to win many matches if Cook, Pietersen and Bell do not get many runs.

We may have finally found a proper decent all rounder in Stokes, which is the only plus in what was the most embarrassing England Ashes performance in living memory.

Yep fair point Stan, the last couple of tests showed signs of the Aussies bucking up and us having mini collapses. I think its time to seriously look at our batting lineup and take the captaincy off Cook and let him

[gardsPNE]

Carberry i would certainly play in the summer in a couple of test series as he was the nearly man regularly getting into the 30's and to be fair to him no partnership support as wickets were dropping at the other end which must not have helped. Auckland, lets start a bring back Captain Mike B for England campaign ;D

[MillHillRover]

I don't think even Mike Brearley could do owt with this shower probably need to dig Douglas Jardine up to have any chance :)

[AucklandRover]

I know it will never happen, but from the current squad, I would be interested in seeing what Kevin Pietersen might do as captain until a more mainstream candidate emerges.
He seemed confused during this series as to whether he should play his normal game or not, but he is surely worth his place for a couple more years.
He is more likely than AC to be adaptable and a risk-taker. Sometimes, left-field solutions pay off...although it hasn't worked for Rovers!

[Stan_van_nel]

He seemed confused during this series as to whether he should play his normal game or not,

Well he shouldn't have been confused what with the way the Aussies advertised what the were doing with Peter Siddle and the two Aussies at short mid wicket.

Pietersen knew exactly what was going on but his ego thought that it didn't matter and he'd just lob it over them at short mid wicket. He didn't lob it over them and his ego lost.

He's not captain material.

[alfinyalcabo]

No smoke without fire.. Pietersen and Flowers - view external link (http://www.sportinglife.com/cricket/news/article/615/9106154/flower-no-kp-ultimatum)

[MillHillRover]

No smoke without fire.. Pietersen and Flowers

Yeh like ya say Alf the blokes got form IE Peter Moores and there's no one gonna tell me that Swann's retiring comments wasn't sideswipe aimed fairly and squarely at Pietersen