England are a poor side,they've gone down the pan steadily since 2005,results dont lie sadly.
Today showed our bowling department up for what it is,poor at best the spinners arent that good tbh,Monty could be yet but at the moment he looks lost,Swann is the same sort of journeyman spinner that i've seen countless times over the years,Vic Marks,Mike Watkinson to name but 2 he doesnt really have the guile of someone like John Emburey our last great off spinner.
Harmison? umm not sure about him he just doesnt look interested in bowling unless he can be arsed to do so,thats unacceptable in my eyes,but if (and its a big if) we're at 1-1 by the 4th test (unlikely i know) i would give him some raw meat and send him at them,other than thta i'd leave well enough alone.
Jimmy Anderson plodded on well enough but was poor..
Young Broad looked tired and really he needs a rest,he's a talent but the rate they're playing him they will burn him out,sned him off to a sunny island with a couple of nubile wenches and let him have a bit of fun.
Flintoff looked a bit rusty but was ok,in the very near future though we will have to look to leaving him behind,sad but true he's a liabilty injury wise as i say very sad.
So it doesnt leave much in the cupboard bowling wise,i would have liked to have seen young Rashid play instead of Monty and i'd have gone for Onions instead of Swann as he bowled well enough against a very poor west indies side back in may (though i aint sure if that was any sort of real test playing that team).
This isnt a great aussie team but its a bloody good side nontheless,its going to be a long summer ahead me thinks,now if only the bloody goons at Sky can keep it real and stop talking about this england as if they where world beaters and stop going on about bloody 2005 and how well the boyzzz did back then and took the only sane member of that commentary team (Atherton) more realistic view on things.
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