Radical suggestion:

Replace Ponting with Katich as skipper, now, or perhaps after this series.

Ponting has had a very good run as captain, but he looks fatigued, devoid of ideas, and simply lost without his longstanding lieutenants (Warne, McGrath, Gilchrist). We still need his batting, and he really needs to focus on it, and on his fielding. Katich is a good leader (I am told he was involved in a Shield win and another Shield final fairly recently) and he is in sparkling form with the bat.

Spoiler:

And I thought it was going to be Ban India

Radical. A radical suggestion, taipan.

horrie has just spat his teeth into his horlicks.

However, having said that, lardy, I find your theory intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

lardbucket wrote:Radical. A radical suggestion, taipan.

Yep but as you Taswegans are so slow....

I must ask Zat if horrie is a former citizen ... you know, "I'll be back ... on Zog"

If Katich is our Plan B skipper suggest we really are in trouble....

Fred Nerk wrote:If Katich is our Plan B skipper suggest we really are in trouble....

If only Hayden wasn't so old.

Fred Nerk wrote:If Katich is our Plan B skipper suggest we really are in trouble....

If Punter was run over by a bus tomorrow, I'd rather him than Clarke ... and he's had more captaincy experience than Hussey.

Hussey has already told the NSP that they can stick the captaincy up their @rse, after his 3-0 JAMODI loss to the Snoozers in the Shaky Isles a couple of years back.

There you are then. Whitey's not good enough to make the side, they've overlooked Marcus North for so long it'd be almost inexcusable to choose him now, Dan Marsh was deemed too fat about 8 years ago, the South Australian captains keep getting injured in a revolving door, and Chris Simpson is new to the job in Queensland. Who else is up to the job of captaincy, seriously?

The lack of consideration of Hayden for any leadership role over the last few years might be enlightening.

Re Hussey: I'm not surprised. He should have been given marks for at least turning up for that series, not copped the bagging he did for not being able to turn dishwater into Chivers Regal.

In the same theme...

Sack Hayden, Rogers in.
Ponting down to four.
Clarke up to three.
Hussey to five.

Invader Zim wrote:In the same theme...

Sack Hayden, Rogers in.
Ponting down to four.
Clarke up to three.
Hussey to five.

That's radical?

Can't argue with much there. I think Hayden has until the end of this summer, perhaps even only until after Melbourne ... and if there isn't a massive, confident hundred in there, that'll be it.

Lets hope he gets fark all then.

Clarke has upped his 'runs going in at 3-50' stats filter recently, and his technique against the new ball has always stood up. A bit of real responsibility now wouldn't hurt seeing as he's the designate Golden Child.

I like the idea but how about we toss a coin and the loser runs it past Capt Clueless....

Good job we don't give up on our team as quick as this.
Just listen to you lot!

Who's giving up on the team? I'm suggesting a sensible reassignment of captaincy duties and winding horrie up a little.

The batting order probably does need a re-jig, too, as suggested by Zim.

Drunky's ego would never allow him to relinquish the coveted no. 3 spot.

She's taking the piss. 90% of any England v match thread is bemoaning how crap their team is.

skully wrote:Drunky's ego would never allow him to relinquish the coveted no. 3 spot.

Well too farking bad.

Well yes. Drunky is just as likely to spit the dummy and tell the NSP he's farking off to play IPL for the next 4 years - which of course would be a massive pay cut for him, but he'd be too stoopid to work that out.

Yep, if Einstein's ego raises a stink just apply the venerable legal tradition of 'hardus cackus'.

Katich as Akela? If we lose in Melb and the series is shot to hell, WTF not? It would be worth it just for Horrie's reaction....