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Pietersen will bring a new style of leadership 2:20pm on 05 Aug 2008 SeLondonWloves...

How about Christopher Cowdrey...?
Pietersen will bring a new style of leadership 11:21am on 05 Aug 2008 should have said 'im NOT suggesting blind sycophancy'...

oops, sorry
Pietersen will bring a new style of leadership 11:12am on 05 Aug 2008 Let's be honest... whoever was appointed England captain would have divided the country between those who said he was the saviour of English cricket and those wanting to execute him (or those who chose him). That is the nature of the beast. You are never going to please everyone.

Only time will tell how successful KP will be, and surely all we can do in the meantime is support the team and judge him (and them) on results.

We are wonderful in this country at setting up 'heroes' and then taking pleasure in shooting them down again. I'm not a particular fan of KP and i'm suggesting 'blind sycophancy', but at least give the chap a chance before condemning him....
Lack of runs costs emotional Vaughan 09:10am on 04 Aug 2008 fingeraloft, I have read some rubbish on these posts, but your contribution just hit the heights if you think that is all a captain's role is...

what about man management?

what about organizational skills?

what about psyching the opposition?

what about the intuitive proactive ability to make things happen?

what about the degree of subtlety required to plot and carry out a plan?

what about dealing with the media?

what about team-building?

what about the myriad other intricacies of the role that the ordinary man-in-the-street never sees?

I'm all for choosing the 'best man' from the eleven...but to say 'one of them can be captain'...for heaven's sake, let's have some sense talked.
Lack of runs costs emotional Vaughan 6:42pm on 03 Aug 2008 100notoutatnumber11..

how many caps have you had for england, that you pass judgment on who is and isn't a test cricketer?

Pots and kettles, I think...
Outstanding Smith deserves his success 4:44pm on 03 Aug 2008 So neonSockMonkey, I presumeTrescothick's much-vaunted 'mental health' problems were just a myth, were they? That's a hell of a cover-story for ANYONE to invent to explain one's inability to tour...

Trescothick is a wonderful batsman, but surely he would not have allowed the world to think he had a problem of that nature if he were 'perfectly fine'...?
Outstanding Smith deserves his success 3:41pm on 03 Aug 2008 It's time all these Anderson-haters took an objective look at the real world, and stopped blaming him for the under-achievement of our batsmen. It's really beginning to get me annoyed now.
Outstanding Smith deserves his success 11:46am on 03 Aug 2008 pollyowls, i don't care how many bowlers you bring in, if the batsmen don't get more than 231 in the first innings, they won't stand a chance!!!

Why is it that time after time the bowlers get ditched while the batsmen seem to have a charmed life?
Pietersen fails to complete rescue operation 11:28am on 02 Aug 2008 Sorry, pollyowls, but yet again, batsmen seem to get preferential treatment...

If you get umpteen opportunities to bat, chances are now and then you are going to get a few runs. Does that mean we should wait ten or fifteen tests to see one decent score?

On the other hand bowlers such as Jimmy Anderson are pilloried for 'lack of consistency' and others like Hoggard are dropped after one bad performance.

Consistency?
Brilliant Flintoff brings Test back to life 7:00pm on 01 Aug 2008 Glad to see him back in the runs... and I hope he makes 200, but he must know he was fortunate still to be in the team...

Maybe he ought to buy a EuroMillions ticket tonight while his luck's in???

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