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Listed below are comments made by MatthewRy between Thursday, 14th August 2008 and Monday, 8th September 2008.

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Switch-hits, new captains...and fishing rods 10:31pm on 08 Sep 2008 Dear Adam
I have enjoyed listening to TMS this summer and, with one or two exceptions, think you have some excellent commentators and summarisers.

I think special mention should be given to Jonathan Agnew, who gets better as each season goes by. My only recommendation would be that you award him a contract for life, if he hasn't got one already. When Aggers and Victor are on air together, I think TMS's commentary is at its very best.

I would make a plea to bring back both the TMS quiz and 'At the Bookstall'. I particularly miss the latter.

I am also saddened by the decision to remove Mike Selvey, who I feel is a very shrewd observer of the game and had a gift for helping the listener to understand the many twists and turns that come with a day's play.

Looking forward to your winter coverage.
Don't panic! Lots more cricket to come... 6:20pm on 16 Aug 2008 One further thought I would like to add to this interesting debate.

Why not consider taking a similar approach to the English cricket selectors and have test and one day specialists when selecting your TMS team?

You could have Aggers, Blowers, Victor, CMJ, Selvey(any chance of a recall?), Sir Geoffrey, Tufnell and maybe Simon Mann as as the basis of your test match team, plus hopefully an overseas commentator.

Your 20/20 and 50/50 squad could include Messrs. White, Howells, Pougatch, plus Alec Stewart, Graham Thorpe, Angus Fraser (inventor of power play, I believe).

As with some cricketers such as Pietersen and Collingwood who play in both tests and ODIs , Aggers, Simon Mann, Boycott and Tufnell could help to cover both forms of the game.

Best wishes.
Don't panic! Lots more cricket to come... 8:19pm on 14 Aug 2008 Dear Adam
Thanks for your message. As a fairly long time listener to TMS, I have enjoyed your cricket coverage so far this summer. I think you have made some positive changes to the programme since taking charge, but I don't feel you currently have the right balance in your team. I think you have too many current or very recently retired players joining the team and think you miss out a bit by not having a few more thoughtful and experienced broadcasters. Vic Marks and Geoff Boycott, in my view, are a real asset to your team and I would like to see one or two more of his generation, especially now that Mike Selvey has left. I feel sad that Victor has not appeared very much on TMS this year.

Also, why have so many summarisers? I always saw TMS as a family whose members you get to know really well over time. This is much harder when the summarisers change every match.
I think Aggers is first class and I do enjoy his 'view from the boundary' interviews. Apart from this, he always demonstrates a real love of the game.

I enjoy your podcasts very much, please continue with these.

What happened to the tradition of having a commentator from the touring team this year? I was surprised you didn't recruit a commentator from SA.

Best wishes

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