Telegraph reporting Andy Flower's resigned.

Please not Giles. Please not Giles. Please not Giles. Please not Giles. Please not Giles. Please not Giles. Please not Giles.

Or rather, he's been retired. Paul Downton's conducted his Ashes review and told him to hand over the keys.

Please not Giles, etc.

So Paul Downton makes a nice quiet start to his reign, then....

Boot up Arse more like it!

Well well!

We're. Gonna get Giles!   

And yet Kevin Shine continues to get paid!

Please not Giles. I would even take back Peter Moores, just for the sake of it not being Ashley Giles.

In good news Juan Carlos I has been appointed as England Coach after a typo on the contract

Who are the alternatives to Giles? I wouldn't mind Tom Moody.

Henry wrote:Who are the alternatives to Giles? I wouldn't mind Tom Moody.

Anyone. Literally anyone. Rolf Harris. Anyone.

It's Giles.

You know it is.

Alternatives?

Ren out of Ren & Stimpy.
Stimpy out of Ren & Stimpy.
MC Ren out of NWA.
The Queen.
Queen.
The dead member of Queen.
Queen Latifah.
A biro.
A water bottle.
Alf Garnett.
Dr Bruce Banner.
Luigi Mario.
Harbhajan Singh.
Samurai Champloo
A beetle.
A Beatle.
Rita Fairclough.
Black helicopter.
A llama.

The list is freaking endless.

On the serious side, it had to happen.

(I'm trusting the thrusting reportage of the Torygraph, which by dint of borderline-illegal journalistic penetrations usually picks out true stories.)

So farewell and thanks to Andy Flower. He achieved more than any England coach before in Ashes terms, despite some horrible blips along the way. But he clearly lost either his touch, or the respect of his squad, in the last 12 months. I go with the latter explanation. And for that reason, would not fall on Flower like a ton of bricks.

But it had to happen. 0-5, with a skills-wise not inferior squad = prima facie red card.

Goochie next?

Flower Gooch Shine. Has to. Saker is good tactically, but one wonders about his ability to technically coach. I'd keep him - he did wonders for all bowlers concerned in terms of gameplans, but there seems to be a bit of a drop in techniques.

Martyn Moxon - or indeed Peter Moores - assisted by Paul Collingwood. Colly to take over in max. 2 years.


I don't mean Moores entirely as a joke. But that would mean the end of Kev. And a new look at serious collaborative effort.

Okay, Moores mainly as a joke at this stage. But better than Giles.

Is Moody free?!?!?

So KP notches up another one. He's catching up to Smith.

He's South Africa's secret weapon. The double agent revealed.

The doos texts were the clue.

Will Smith be able to follow Kev's triumphant texts?

Or will he have to follow him in English, on twitter?

[Skully]Please let England select a new head coach every week. It may rescue FB from extinction yet.[/Skully]

If England want to continue their love affair with traditional stern Southern African leaders of men, Graham Ford must be free from SL at this stage?

Or that clever legal fellow Jan Smuts?


But please not Micki Arthur. Not Mickey Mouse Arthur. Not Micky Arfur. Please not Mackey Arthropod. Not Mick Arthritis. Please no.

Speaking of mickeys (Irish for cocks btw), I guess Vaughan is making all available media to the ECB hot with his demands to be next coach.

He might even offer a buddy deal with his old mucker Gilo as his running mate.

Deano has just suggested Michael Vaughan to replace him.  

PeterCS wrote:If England want to continue their love affair with traditional stern Southern African leaders of men, Graham Ford must be free from SL at this stage?

Or that clever legal fellow Jan Smuts?


But please not Micki Arthur. Not Mickey Mouse Arthur. Not Micky Arfur. Please not Mackey Arthropod. Not Mick Arthritis. Please no.

Graham Ford has left SL to take over at Surrey on a three year deal.

Might've been a good shout, but he's probably not going to shaft the Brown Caps before he's even taken his first training session.

PeterCS wrote:If England want to continue their love affair with traditional stern Southern African leaders of men, Graham Ford must be free from SL at this stage?

Or that clever legal fellow Jan Smuts?


But please not Micki Arthur. Not Mickey Mouse Arthur. Not Micky Arfur. Please not Mackey Arthropod. Not Mick Arthritis. Please no.

Gary Kirsten?

Red wrote:Deano has just suggested Michael Vaughan to replace him.  

I'll take it.

Anyone but Giles.

Even his bewigged best mate.

It takes one (blabbering dickhead) to know one.