It's very weird all these quotes coming out. Anyway I'm surprised they're calling up Tredwell as Australia took him apart in the ODIs, but glad to see Borthwick is getting involved.
How do you tell inexperienced players such as Carberry and Root that you have to sell your wicket dearly and work through difficult periods in a match, but then Pietersen plays like he does? He has given his wicket away four times out of six. Each time they set a trap for him and he falls for it. He is a mug and the Aussies are laughing at him. They think he is a sucker. Senior players should always give a lead to the juniors, but with Pietersen it is all about self. He is going to do whatever he wants, play the way he feels irrespective of the state of the match or what is best for England. I do not agree that you have to let him play the way he wants. When the best player in the team makes stupid mistakes just think what that does to the morale of the rest of the players. KP is in his own world. It is almost a personal challenge. He is going to show everyone that if you put a fielder in a position, he can hit it over him or past him because he thinks he is better than the plan they have set for him. He is England’s best player by far and it has a huge impact when he gets out. But getting out is not a crime. It is the way you get out. It is also a failure of management as much as KP’s fault. Andy Flower has allowed him to play any way he wants because he can win matches. Every mother knows that no matter how much she loves her child she has to set boundaries. The child has to know if you cross the boundary some privileges will be taken away until you grasp right and wrong. Andy should have told him long ago it is not on. But obviously he has let him do what he wants, so he keeps making the same silly mistakes. I actually think KP is too long in the tooth to change now. They say old dogs cannot or will change. If I was Andy Flower I would be saying either he goes or I go.
KP's interview will irritate some as he says he'll continue to take risks, but at least he's shown he's commited to playing for England. If he can be a little more sensible with his shots he's a fine player.
Irritated me when he said he's playing as well as he's ever played - bollocks!
So far so good.44-0.
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