Bloody hell Kamy, Iwouldnt look forward to Perth too much. God knows how England's trembling batters will cope with Johnson on the WACA's bouncy track.

Dropping Haddin aside I think Carberry deserves some credit. He at least demonstrates some grit and determination to go with his ability.

I had tickets for the first three days but decided to forgo shelling out $250 for all five. One of my few fiscally sound decisions. I thought England were ok on day one and were one spilled catch away from having a pretty good day. I went to day two expecting more attritional old school test cricket but Clarke was having none of it. It seems the Aussies returned to their nineties ethos of taking the game to the opposition. Sadly, this England side had no answer. It was a hard slog for them with Swann badly out of form and Anderson, great bowler that he is, posing no threat on a lifeless deck but even so they looked a sorry rabble trudging off after Clarke's declaration. You would have thought England's batsmen would have been chomping at the bit to get on that wicket but apparently not. As for day three, well Root needs a kick up his backside for starters. Having seen off Johnson, Siddle and Harris he takes a swipe at the largely benign Lyon - crazy. He is a kid learning the game but he'd better learn quickly. What Pietersen did however, was unforgivable. He's an undeniably great talent but his ego gets in the way and it's time for him to go in my opinion after throwing his wicket away yesterday. What bothers me is the complete lack of fight in this England side. Yes, Johnson is quick but he's no Holding, Marshall, Ambrose et al. To see England's batsmen cowering in front of him on such a dead strip is embarrassing. Those of us who live out here will now have to put up with Australia's insufferable media for the next couple of years. Terrible losers, even worse winners. Lets hope England discover some cricketers with cajones in the meantime.

Speaking of 'irrational dislikes'

...and while we're at it we should get that Messi bloke.

He needs his bumps feeling! Lets see what happens when a Premier League club comes in. Nobody would blame him if he cleared off.

You're quite clever in doing stuff like that. I think you have one or two hobby horses that you like to trot out now and again, one of which is absentee or, in particular, ex pat posters. The crux of that particular bee in your bonnet being that this group cannot have a valid say in on field matters. The clever bit in this case was your implicit jibe rather than a brazen dig and it's something that you are practised in and quite good at, particularly on the ICBNF forum. I could do without it to be frank. I suppose there is always the ignore button but as we all know, that doesn't always work. Besides you are often an incitefull poster who posts noteworthy contributions.

Fair enough. How about a bit more humour and humility and a bit less sarcasm?

Christ almighty, you're like a @#/? broken record. I'm East Lancs born and bred and saw my first Rovers game in '73. I got my first season ticket aged 14, I've seen plenty of Pederson and I am entitled to my opinion. Well entitled. I seriously doubt that you address people in real life in the way you do on here. I would suggest that you put your opinions and points in a more gracious manner that reflects that you understand that other people have opinions that are different from yours and are no less valid for that. As the saying goes however, you cant teach an old dog new tricks.

Well, as I said my opinion is admittedly based on limited opportunity to see him live of late. I don't think I'm singling him out, I've absolutely nothing against him other that I've always thought that he is over rated. I'm not the only one am I? There are plenty of folk on here moaning post match about his corners and free kicks.

I've only seen Rovers in the flesh a couple of times over the last three and a half years but from what I've seen along with live TV games MGP remains regularly careless in possession and sloppy with his set pieces. This gives his detractors plenty of ammunition.

If JAL is slagging off Scott Dann it means he's leaving Jason Lowe alone and not bagging some young lad trying to break into the first team.

And there's you telling other folk to shut up.

Can't be Cotton. He's the 'next Steven Gerrard'.