Re: England's performance squad 2008

by Brass Monkey Mon 21 Apr 2008, 18:24

I reckon that some of these boys, ones like Onions, Mackmud, Jonah, Plunks, Trott are being just left to get some cricket under their belts. Peeps like Nixon and FFS are poss too old to need to be in the squad, Dalrymple's gash, not sure why Joyce isn't about, Sales is obviously fat. As Dello said, I'm up for Key/Rashid/Carberry being about. I'd like to see any of them in an England shirt.

by LeFromage Mon 21 Apr 2008, 18:26

Also, last year's squad was a 25-man affair.

So, having dumped 10 players (is that 40% - maths is not my forte), is that an admission that they picked the wrong players - and confirmation of their selectorial incompetence?

by LeFromage Mon 21 Apr 2008, 18:28

Brass Monkey wrote:I reckon that some of these boys, ones like Onions, Mackmud, Jonah, Plunks, Trott are being just left to get some cricket under their belts.

Everyone who isn't centrally contracted is free to get as much cricket under their belts as their clubs insist. Makes no difference whether they're in the development squad or not.

by JKLever Mon 21 Apr 2008, 18:35

Those dropped from the original 2005 list

Butcher
Thorpe (ret)
Solanki
Batty
Ali
Wharf
Gough

And from the 2006 list

GJones
Giles (ret)
Read
Blackwell
Loudon (ret)
Clarke

by Lara Lara Laughs Mon 21 Apr 2008, 18:41

Strauss
Carberry
Vaughan
Pietersen
Bell
Colly
Flintoff
Ambrose
Tremlett/Harmison/Broad
Sidebottom
Panesar

by Brass Monkey Mon 21 Apr 2008, 18:41

Dello wrote:
Everyone who isn't centrally contracted is free to get as much cricket under their belts as their clubs insist. Makes no difference whether they're in the development squad or not.

Yeah, but I meant 'left alone'. As in, we don't want to f*ck with you - like letting go of your kid's bike to let him try balancing himself.

by LeFromage Mon 21 Apr 2008, 18:43

Brass Monkey wrote:
Dello wrote:
Everyone who isn't centrally contracted is free to get as much cricket under their belts as their clubs insist. Makes no difference whether they're in the development squad or not.

Yeah, but I meant 'left alone'. As in, we don't want to f*ck with you - like letting go of your kid's bike to let him try balancing himself.

What kind of f*cking are they planning on doing to Keysie and co?

by Brass Monkey Mon 21 Apr 2008, 19:00

Dello wrote:
What kind of f*cking are they planning on doing to Keysie and co?

Yeah good point. Maybs they just want a closer look at him.

by PearlJ Mon 21 Apr 2008, 19:22

Where's Super Steve Kirby?

by Chivalry Augustus Mon 21 Apr 2008, 20:00

No Samit Patel either...

by JKLever Mon 21 Apr 2008, 20:06

Augustus wrote:No Samit Patel either...

But Samit sweats like a pig when coming back for a 2nd run. Never have I seen a guy so out of shape haivng only scored 70 or so!

by Chivalry Augustus Mon 21 Apr 2008, 20:14

I saw Samit in Nottingham the other week and he was fine - by no means as fat as Key or Sales.

by DJ_Smerk Mon 21 Apr 2008, 20:17

Ok OK maybe I was to brisk to survey the last side....

Allistair Cook
Andrew Strauss
Michael Vaughan
Kevin Peitersen
Ian Bell
Owais Shah
Tim Ambrose
Andrew Flintoff
Adil Rashid
Stuart Broad
Ryan Sidebottom

by Brass Monkey Mon 21 Apr 2008, 20:34

Augustus wrote:I saw Samit in Nottingham the other week and he was fine - by no means as fat as Key or Sales.

Bullshit. He's at least as fat.

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