Quote from: Villan For Life on August 20, 2018, 02:02:51 PMQuote from: tomd2103 on August 20, 2018, 01:56:22 PMQuote from: Drummond on August 20, 2018, 01:22:52 PMIf we start losing, the mentality seems to be to give in and focus on the next match; as if it is all throw-away and doesn't matter.Yep and has been for sometime. Once India had put a decent first innings score on the board and we lost a couple of early wickets, it was if they decided that it was game over and as you say time to move on to the next one. That must come from the captain and coach these the tone on and off the field.Agree and the test team has undoubtedly regressed under Bayliss. You do have to wonder about the influence of the three most senior players as well (Cook, Broad and Anderson), especially as the ODI side has looked a really cohesive unit without any of those three in it.
Quote from: tomd2103 on August 20, 2018, 01:56:22 PMQuote from: Drummond on August 20, 2018, 01:22:52 PMIf we start losing, the mentality seems to be to give in and focus on the next match; as if it is all throw-away and doesn't matter.Yep and has been for sometime. Once India had put a decent first innings score on the board and we lost a couple of early wickets, it was if they decided that it was game over and as you say time to move on to the next one. That must come from the captain and coach these the tone on and off the field.
Quote from: Drummond on August 20, 2018, 01:22:52 PMIf we start losing, the mentality seems to be to give in and focus on the next match; as if it is all throw-away and doesn't matter.Yep and has been for sometime. Once India had put a decent first innings score on the board and we lost a couple of early wickets, it was if they decided that it was game over and as you say time to move on to the next one.
If we start losing, the mentality seems to be to give in and focus on the next match; as if it is all throw-away and doesn't matter.
Quote from: tomd2103 on August 20, 2018, 02:17:20 PMQuote from: Villan For Life on August 20, 2018, 02:02:51 PMQuote from: tomd2103 on August 20, 2018, 01:56:22 PMQuote from: Drummond on August 20, 2018, 01:22:52 PMIf we start losing, the mentality seems to be to give in and focus on the next match; as if it is all throw-away and doesn't matter.Yep and has been for sometime. Once India had put a decent first innings score on the board and we lost a couple of early wickets, it was if they decided that it was game over and as you say time to move on to the next one. That must come from the captain and coach these the tone on and off the field.Agree and the test team has undoubtedly regressed under Bayliss. You do have to wonder about the influence of the three most senior players as well (Cook, Broad and Anderson), especially as the ODI side has looked a really cohesive unit without any of those three in it. You can't blame Broad and Anderson for the batting being shit though.
Quote from: Drummond on August 20, 2018, 05:35:52 PMQuote from: tomd2103 on August 20, 2018, 02:17:20 PMQuote from: Villan For Life on August 20, 2018, 02:02:51 PMQuote from: tomd2103 on August 20, 2018, 01:56:22 PMQuote from: Drummond on August 20, 2018, 01:22:52 PMIf we start losing, the mentality seems to be to give in and focus on the next match; as if it is all throw-away and doesn't matter.Yep and has been for sometime. Once India had put a decent first innings score on the board and we lost a couple of early wickets, it was if they decided that it was game over and as you say time to move on to the next one. That must come from the captain and coach these the tone on and off the field.Agree and the test team has undoubtedly regressed under Bayliss. You do have to wonder about the influence of the three most senior players as well (Cook, Broad and Anderson), especially as the ODI side has looked a really cohesive unit without any of those three in it. You can't blame Broad and Anderson for the batting being shit though.You can't, but you do have to wonder what the atmosphere around that team is like, especially for younger players coming in. Something hasn't been right in that environment for some time now.
Blimey I’m amazed they survived.
He never looks settled at international level. I know sometimes you get a player like Bell who improves after a slow start to their international career but nothing that Jennings does has convinced me he will be good enough.Get him dropped.