Cricket

'If England can't win this Root should give up'

Geoffrey Boycott

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I've just seen it o_0

same. ffs.

It's all about how difficult it is to even try to get to it.

Wow. Nearly a very lucky escape.

Archer has more sense than Woakes. Just duck rather than waving aimlessly.

Pa-thetic.

well at least England have passed Australia at Trent Bridge 2015 now

that was my worry

well, not by too much

Wonderful bowling

Lolz. When I think of this series I keep thinking of Robespierre's "Louis* must die so France may live", with Brexit happening and Boris Johnson as PM, England must lose so life is at least somewhat bearable.

(*not Jagger this time)

I'll take one for l'equipe

I need to stop letting these feckless cunts make me sad tbh

its exactly what we knew would happen. its been happening for years.

I hope the new coach sacks Root and appoints a new captain so Root can find his form. He's a terrible captain.

he's not terrible, but his record v AUS is certainly not looking too clever

He's not a good captain, his form and test average have dropped since becoming captain, his teams collapse too often. The new coach has to make the decision and give the captaincy to somebody else.

batting collapses aren't the fault of the captain

what you say about him getting sacked might still happen, or Root himself might decide he's had enough, but I just don't think it's true he's a bad captain. He's not Vaughan but then very few have been.

anyone think England can see the day out?

Nope, been drunken calling it all day, they won't make 200

they likely wont make 70

for the past few years with these regular collapses we keep hearing bullshit "we wont make kneejerk decisions" and it keeps happening because nothing is done.
Root has to be sacked. He along with the head coach is responsible. His batting has suffered as captain, he has not been leading from the front scoring centuries.
New coach needs a clean slate to change the mentality.

The ECB needs restructured too as its only interested in money from 20/20/the hundred etc

They'll lose comfortably but Root will score a hundred and they won't have the balls to sack him as a result.

well if he starts scoring centuries then fair enough. At least he'd be leading from the front. I want to see some fight. Noone throwing their wicket away with stupid attacking shots, grind the runs out.

Root has lost more than half of his ashes tests won zero.

I think he should go after this test though unless he saves it, but he wont no matter if its 4-0 or not.

there's nothing id like more than root to score 200 and win the test but what's the chances of that?

I don't blame Root, none of these cunts can bat, he'll likely get replaced but what can you do

well they can show the fight Root & Denly are doing. No stupid shots and throwing away wickets. Build partnerships, bat a long time. And it needs to be more than 1 partnership. When one of these get out then start over and build another one. We dont want 2 quick wickets that so often lead to another 5 for only 20 runs. Make the Aussies get you out with beauties dont give wickets away.

and if Butler & Bairstow chuck their wickets away drop them like they surely will drop Roy.

Foakes deserves a chance

thank fuck for DRS.

Is this the point where they build up our hopes then well you know

Well Played Root & Denly though. That's the fight every batsmen should be showing.

I'll go fucking nuts if they collapse tomorrow

My prediction looking pretty good so far, if I was a betting man I'd have put money on it.

This is an incredible innings from Stokes.

Astonishing.

He has gone full Carlos Brathwaite.

Jesus fuck

Leach has to survive two from cummings

Lyon is the only one who looks like he can take a wicket.

Six, two to win!!

omg

jesus fucking wept, whatever performance enhancing drugs they are on...

hahahahahahahahaha

Oh my lord wtf

Unbelievable

scenes

Leach has got to face this over

And lol that was lbw