Drop Prior Now

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:

holcs wrote:

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:
Round and round the arguments go. Meanwhile England keep on losing . . . and losing . . . and losing . . . and losing . . . and losing again.

Correct and correct, but to put the fact we are carp at one mans door is a little over the top really. Its hardly like this is mens singles tennis is it?

Prior is our best bet at present, until you show me someone who is convincingly well above him with the bat and gloves.

I'm not putting the fact that we are sheet entirely at his door.

However, he is one of the main contributors to it, and to ignore one crap player's crapness on account of the others being crap as well is completely nonsensical...and crap.

His poor performances with the gloves are also symbolic of the mediocrity that England are prepared to tolerate in all of their side.

This obsession with multi-faceted cricketers is leading us up a blind alley fast where they accept shortcomings in a player's primary function on account of the fact that they occasionally bring something else to the side.

It's all bollox.

Pick your best players in their primary functions, and that includes Fred being fit enough to be part of a 4 man attack...and if he isn't, then he isn't fit to play.

We've been saying that for a few years now. Unfortunately there is fark all else to come in, so a change would really in all effect be a backwards step.

Although it does seem to me that your are actually laying the lack of wins with Prior i the team at his feet solely.

In a keeping sense we went for a better gloveman who could bat in Ambrose and he certainly added no more to the piece than Prior has. Even the better gloveman dropped catches as well.

I mean we would in effect be looking at changing 4-5 players from the current side, and that would just spiral. Not that I would be too upset with seeing a few new faces in the side.

Problem we have is the selectors pick a replacement, out of a hat I think. I mean Amjad Khan? FFS?!