The Aussies make us work for every run, the field placings are spot on - we seem to chase the ball around plugging gaps after the fact - they just seem to want it more as evidenced by that midget scrote Warner who is in our faces all the time.
Woke up expecting a decent lead and this happens. Normal service resumed with England looking shell shocked and I'll be amazed if the Aussies don't wrap this up quickly tomorrow. Cook and KP only ones coming out with any respectability in this match and Lyon getting 5? Some of the weakest batting I have seen for a long time from this lot. Game over.
The Aussies have excelled themselves in this series whereas England have been, to use your term, rubbish.
Maybe I am wrong in my terminology. As a team they have been excellent but don't have the outstanding individual players that have made up some of the best Australian teams I have seen.
I keep thinking it can't get any worse and then we get this nonsense. Fully expecting now that the tour will get worse and a further collapse at Sydney in final test followed by a one day series thumping.
Heads must roll, including Cook as a skipper. This tour has been an utter disgrace.
Total and utter shit again. As far as I'm concerned the English team can do one. The support they've had from us over here has been exceptional and they repay us with nothing. KP, in my eyes just threw his wicket away once stokes was out. It's like they can't be bothered.
Ian Bell trying that shot first ball summed up the batting generally.
If somebody like him is throwing his wicket away so easily is there much hope?
And I seem to remember him saying in an interview on the second day that he was doing well with the bat.......erm, yeah up until this series pal! We don't deserve anything out this series so far and you would not bet against a 5-0 now.
Alistair Cook has lost the plot completely, drops a dolly and then brings Root on in front of Panesar.....
There were two left-handers at the crease, that's why. Warner out and so he's off now.
I concur, sensible decision
For what my two cents is worth ive been upset with how appalling we have been this series but not totally shocked especially after how poor we were with the bat last summer. Isn't stokes a kiwi though? Apart from him I see no bright light in this dingy tunnel at the moment.
Yeah Stokes was born in NZ and the next cab on the rank, Garry Ballance was born in Zimbabwe but that's the way it's been for a long time. I don't like it either.
Monty on now. Root obviously on just to change ends.
It doesn't really matter anyway, we are going to get battered regardless.
When we lose 5-0 I just can't see that Cook's position as captain is tenable, the whole thing has been a complete shambles and someone will have to pay the price.
Quite clearly a new broom is needed to replace Flower - he was leaving anyway - and the whole team needs a change of direction.
100 for Rogers. He's the equivalent of our Nick Compton. Can someone tell me why we have not seen Compton playing for England for so long? Don't worry, I'll tell you, the Team England's obsession with Joe Root.
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If we'd shown any sort of arsehole this game could've effectively been won yesterday. Shocking stuff.
Maybe I am wrong in my terminology. As a team they have been excellent but don't have the outstanding individual players that have made up some of the best Australian teams I have seen.
Heads must roll, including Cook as a skipper. This tour has been an utter disgrace.
If somebody like him is throwing his wicket away so easily is there much hope?
It's like they can't be bothered.
64-1.
For what my two cents is worth ive been upset with how appalling we have been this series but not totally shocked especially after how poor we were with the bat last summer. Isn't stokes a kiwi though? Apart from him I see no bright light in this dingy tunnel at the moment.
Regardless, his drop of Rogers was awful and has cost us dearly.
What on earth is he playing at?
When we lose 5-0 I just can't see that Cook's position as captain is tenable, the whole thing has been a complete shambles and someone will have to pay the price.
Quite clearly a new broom is needed to replace Flower - he was leaving anyway - and the whole team needs a change of direction.
Don't worry, I'll tell you, the Team England's obsession with
Joe Root.
THE COMEBACK IS ON!!!
...Australia need 31 to win.