The rock crunchers are back here in 2015. It would not be surprising if there were reprisals considering the way they have played in this series. The "spirit" of cricket died long ago. Thanks to the home team it's well and truly in the gutter now.

As an Englishman yourself I assume the "we" refers to England. However at this stage I think the chances of us winning is rather fanciful and would probably be undeserved considering how we have been playing for the past 12 months.

Another missed opportunity by England. At 140-5 we were in the game but it's another backs-to-the wall effort now.

All the same to me matey.

Gower actually said in a Radio Times interview magazine: "How can you have a clash of cultures when you're playing against a country with no culture?" Unfair really because the real Australians (those nice indigenous chaps in the outback) do have their own culture. I think he was referring to the descendants of convicts but I couldn't possibly comment.

Yes he is. But then he forgot his "heritage" and went over to the dark side. In my book you just don't do that - you know your roots, you remember where you come from and you stay loyal. I know Australians living over here for years who support England at all times except when they are playing Australia - which is fair enough and the way it should be. Ask yourself my little Abbey friend, if you went to live in Burnley (god forbid) would you stop supporting Rovers and support our six-fingered friends ? Of course you wouldn't, and neither would anyone else. Well, in a cricketing context this is what this guy has done, and then comes on here (an English messageboard with 95 per cent England supporters) to boast about it. It's inexcusable -and shows what tolerant folk we are even when we have a traitor in our midst. Back to the cricket I think there must be a case for some England players to be arrested like DJ Campbell. More than 50 per cent of the dismissals in this match were batsmen getting themselves out to poor shots, many of them so bad we would have a bollocking from our skippers when I played in the club game. Were some England players having bets too? I read in the paper that of England's 40 dismissals so far more than 50 per cent have been down the leg side ! How do you explain that - except for downright poor play and muddled thinking by the batsmen ? Flower has to make only one demand of his players for the next Test and that is to leave legside balls alone. It's not rocket science.

Win or lose England supporters are always around. When it's going badly the other side disappear into the undergrowth.

Funny how some people are all over this thread when they're winning but nowhere to be seen when they're losing.

Don't agree with that but I would say they appear to have gone into this series underprepared and lacking a plan. There were rumblings about Flower not renewing his contract a while back and I'm wondering if he's had enough. Change at the top isn't necessarily a bad thing. Cook is one of the biggest disappointments so far but he's had tough times in the past and always come back stronger. He's still only 27-28 and is not yet at his peak. He could break all England batting records before he is finished.

We all hate losing but the Australian media has no class when it comes to winning. I feel sorry for you living there but at least you can access some decent quality British journalism online. Etheridge is good and of course the Sun is owned by Murdoch too. Ownership is a red herring anyway. The difference is in the quality of the journalists and the journalism. In general the one-eyed nature of the reporting in Australia is childish and pathetic.

Yes I must admit Prior's form has been a disappointment but then so has that of many players over the past 18 months. If Cook were not captain he might been dropped by now. I was defending Prior from attack by the anti-England Somerset supporter but like a few others Prior must be on a borrowed time now. Bairstow might come in and although he's a good wicketkeeper his batting technique to be honest is pretty awful. I remember the photos of Close in the papers - his body covered in bruises. That West Indies side dished out far worse than Larwood was supposed to have done in the so-called "Bodyline" series (and yes they're still whingeing about it 70 years later). The point is the likes of Close and Boycott would never ever give up their wicket easily, which for old-timers makes the dismissals of Root and Pietersen yesterday even harder to take. I'm not surprised Sir Geoffrey went ape on the radio.

Um, I think you forgot Ian Bell, man of the series last summer ?

Pietersen's a walking wicket at the moment - a decent club bowler could get him out. Put three men on the leg side in the mid-wicket area, bowl at middle and leg and wait for him to hoick it in the air. Flower needs to have a stern word with him or is Pietersen above repproach ?

The trouble is Trott has not "excelled" for some time. He was a liability last summer.

Well I'm an England supporter. So watch your step. Agree about Onions though - he must have upset someone in the England hierarchy. He should have been picked last summer too.

.... and at international level ?

From your use of the word "they" instead of "we" I assume you are not an England supporter. So who do you support ?

I'm not expecting an England fightback today. The team hasn't played well for some time and several players are woefully out of form. England won last summer thanks to Bell and Broad in the main and you cannot rely on one of two players to get you out of trouble all the time. You also have to question the preparation for this tour, which seems inadequate and comes down to the management. Flower has done a great job but I sense he's had enough after a fair stint and it could be time for change - and that goes for some of the players too. This tour could well be their last. Fortunately we have some good young players coming through.

Quite right. A cricket team, like a football team is for life. You don't change sides. For an Englishman to support Australia at tiddlywinks never mind cricket is unforgiveable. And the Somerset gnome still hasn't stated why he doesn't support England at cricket. Back to the action, Warner is out to a stupid shot. Couldn't happen to a nicer chap after his comments in the first Test. Good luck to Panesar. He needs something to go right in his life after his problems this year.

Perhaps the question was too subtle for you. Which international cricket team do you support ?

You've been asked several times. What's your agenda ?

Quite right. Disloyalty. I hate it. Might as well support Burnley too.

Cricket is one of those games that's better to play than to watch. Before I got too old I played club cricket for more than 35 years and loved every minute of it. There's nothing better than playing cricket on a warm summer's day. I go occasionally to Test matches but I'm not a great watcher - I'd rather be out there competing. The one-day game holds no real interest to me - there's far too much of it. I don't like the gamesmanship and sometimes downright cheating at the top level though - before I stopped playing the top end of the club game was going the same way too. Cricket's an all-consuming sport if you are a player, very technical, much of it psychological and full of ups and downs, particularly for batsmen. When you are playing well and in good form there is no better feeling but form can disappear quickly and leave you worried and wondering where the next run is coming from. There's a great cricket tradition in the north and alot of England best players come from up here. Lancashire has a fine tradition of producing good fast bowlers - Anderson is the latest in a long line. To sum up, if I had my time over again I wouldn't play football and would devote all my sporting passion to cricket. It's a great game.

Australians started this sledging lark in the 1960s and 70s. As an Englishman yourself I look forward to you celebrating with us at the end of the series. As always we'll do it well and with a bit a style with none of the gloating Australians indulge in. If we lose we'll take it on the chin and try to come back stronger next time. It's the English way - as you as an Englishman know.

Another pearler from the land of wit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25166475