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Apparently Flower wants rid of Pietersen. Is this the end of KP? If it's him or Flower that has to go, I can't see them binning Flower.

Administrators not bothering to go out on the pitch.

You can have a comment from me about that. Unsporting, cowardly, sullen.

mayne I'm a sore loser dave cos I cannot recall individual examples. but then it's monday morning and I hate my job so perhaps a little difficult to think clearly. with warner he also said a few things about England batsmen looking scared thsat crossed the line

England players indulged in bad brhaviour back home when they @#/? on the pitch. disgusting. whilst I think the aussies were worse, especially warner and haddin, let's not pretend english players are angels

I disagree, broad has done ok and it's not just the management, it's their represetative on the pitch. he's not a leader of men. let's have someone in who's actually got a pair and has a good cricketing brain and it's not just the management, it's their represetative on the pitch. he's not a leader of men. let's have someone in who's actually got a pair and has a good cricketing brain

I'm minded to recall the forty three all out against the wind ies

he did about as well as cook

apparently he left one that was right at middle. tit

here we @#/? well go again. the tour from hell

I'm banging my head against a wall, why didn't Cook stand up to him. It was Cook's call to put Australia in, a somewhat strange decision, he should've backed himself and told Anderson what field he'd be bowling to.

There's life in him yet. Was he setting the field, or was Cook? No-one was slating Jimmy this summer.

Broad is the stand-out for me. Prior too if he can get back into the side. Cook honestly doesn't know what he's doing. He genuinely has no clue.

How can anyone think Carberry is test quality is beyond me. I'm not sure if Panesar is genuinely unfit, but he's been mucked about too. We've really plumbed the depths with this tour. If Flower won't bin Cook as captain, the Flower has to go. Cook cannot carry on as captain, he doesn't know what he's doing.

Drop Root and keep Carberry. We're being run by tits.

If you dish it out, you have to take it back.

Loving the podcasts with Geoffrey, it eases the pain somewhat.

I think previous series wins have masked some serious problems with the side which Australia are now mercilessly exposing. cook's inability to captain properly is now there for all to see. it's a mass slaughter now and entirely reasonable for England fans to want to see changes. that doesn't mean throwing the baby out with the bath water but the selectors would be fools to not mske changes. something has gone badly awry in that dressing room. broad as captain has my backing . or prior if he can get his form back

Well Dave, that was exacting what I was trying to allude to, perhaps I needed to be less subtle. Questioning his captaincy is not the same as asking for him to be dropped. I mean, it's not exactly a subtle dividing line, surely?

Bowling Root ahead of Panesar - pure idiocy

Who says Cook should be dropped? How many people want Flower sacked? Are you sure the rest of the team are trying their best? Calm yourself down man, you're foaming at the mouth, that must be one hell of a chip you on your shoulder. I'm sure if Australia were to capitulate on an English tour and be in danger of getting whitewashed, you'd be a model of equnimity. This team is disintegrating and of course questions will be asked.

I despair

cook must've bumped his head

pain

I've been following English cricket long enough to know who alan igglesdon is. bad old days. just keep haddin off the strike and you'll end the innings. I think the signs are good at the minute.