Ashes Squad

Pup (c)
Haddit (vc)
Moo
TCS
Twat
Con FFS
Uzzy
Rogers
Weed
Elmer
Fork
Cot
Rhino
Patto
Tweet
Koo

Quite happy to see Rogers there, as it might mean they can piss Con off. Fork and Rhino are also good inclusions. Now will Clarke and Arthur give UK a fair go? No Midge - grouse.

From our brockley:

11:49am: Ashes squad: Michael Clarke (C), Brad Haddin (VC), Jackson Bird, Ed Cowan, James Faulkner, Ryan Harris, Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Shane Watson

Chloe Saltau: "Ryan Harris might only play a couple of Tests, but when he's fit he's one of the best quicks in the world and well worth having in the squad."

Pretty strong bowling line up that should account well for themselves. Batting looks weak. Fork could play 5 Tests at no. 7.

only one spinner...good that Bird was selected

Hopefully Tweet and Koo are fully fit come July.

aye....and if the roobs on both side of the fence can get their act together we could have a decent leggie on tour

can anyone advise why the schoolgirl has been selected?

horace wrote:can anyone advise why the schoolgirl has been selected?

NSP didn't want to be called misogynists by the PM

Based on the Indian tour Con, Twat and TCS are all lucky to be there.

skully wrote:From our brockley:

11:49am: Ashes squad: Michael Clarke (C), Brad Haddin (VC), Jackson Bird, Ed Cowan, James Faulkner, Ryan Harris, Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Shane Watson

Chloe Saltau: "Ryan Harris might only play a couple of Tests, but when he's fit he's one of the best quicks in the world and well worth having in the squad."

Harris won't even make the squad because he will get injured on the A Tour.

horace wrote:only one spinner...good that Bird was selected

Only Inverarity could pick a squad for a 3 month tour with two keepers but only one spinner.

Nice early squad naming, too, gives 'the unwashed' plenty of time to prepare 5 raging turners. Lyon to play all 5, with spin support from Clarke and Warner?

and ... where's the workhorse?

JGK wrote:

horace wrote:only one spinner...good that Bird was selected

Only Inverarity could pick a squad for a 3 month tour with two keepers but only one spinner.

And only Invers could pick a team with more keepers than middle order batsmen.

No Milf? What was the point in keeping him on contract if they are not going to use him for the Ashes tour?

Big Dog wrote:No Milf? What was the point in keeping him on contract if they are not going to use him for the Ashes tour?

That's a very good point BD.

Milf will take Harris spot when Harris breaks down on the A tour.

JGK wrote:

Big Dog wrote:No Milf? What was the point in keeping him on contract if they are not going to use him for the Ashes tour?

That's a very good point BD.

Milf will take Harris spot when Harris breaks down on the A tour.

Yeah...thats what i was thinking too.

Surely if Harris did break down then this NSP would replace him with Tim Paine

JGK wrote:

JGK wrote:

horace wrote:only one spinner...good that Bird was selected

Only Inverarity could pick a squad for a 3 month tour with two keepers but only one spinner.

And only Invers could pick a team with more keepers than middle order batsmen.

..tho that is where both might end up batting given that as ide from pup, there is no middle order bats with any form other than bad form..tho in the case of Uber K he has no form as he never gets to play a game ...

G.Wood wrote:Surely if Harris did break down then this NSP would replace him with Tim Paine

Gold.

skully wrote:Quite happy to see Rogers there, as it might mean they can piss Con off. Fork and Rhino are also good inclusions. Now will Clarke and Arthur give UK a fair go? No Midge - grouse.

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Jeez the batting looks thin. Two geriatrics, two serial failures, a couple of hit or miss merchants & a couple of unkowns....and Clarke.

aye...so we are relying ...again...on the tail making the runs

predicted averages for our top and middle order (ignoring how many matches they may play)

The GCS - 23
moo - 27
fuse -12
rogers - 24
UK - 30
Clarke - 43
haddin - 20
wade - 26
schoolgirl - 9

Thankfully the tail (apart from Bird) really can bat. If only our 'batsmen' could bowl.