Cook gone

[Pokster]

Time for Root imo

[PSRB]

Time for Root imo

Fair enough, needs a change. Hopefully it won't affect Root's batting

[redgunamo]

Time for Root imo

He's still available to play though?

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

He's still available to play though?
Cook? Yep.

[Burney]

Time for Root imo

Good. A damned ordinary skipper if we're honest. Lucky he had a half-decent side most of his tenure. In earlier, darker times he'd have been disastrous.

[Ash]

Hopefully it won't affect Root's batting

I expect it will. The captaincy usually knacks their batting.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

I expect it will. The captaincy usually knacks their batting.
:nod: Is Mike Brearley still available/alive?

[redgunamo]

Cook? Yep.

Good. That's the important thing right now.

[Just Trent]

Time for Root imo

Stepping aside with a bit of dignity, knowing he can't take things forward any longer. Good for you Arsene :-O

[redgunamo]

Good. A damned ordinary skipper if we're honest. Lucky he had a half-decent side most of his tenure. In earlier, darker times he'd have been disastrous.

I blame Andrew Strauss. I just *do*.

[PSRB]

Good. That's the important thing right now.

Still is, by a distance, the best opener we have

[Tony C]

yep...still the best.

hopefully being free of the captaincy will get him back to his best...those india tests broke him.

Wouldn't complain if he wanted sit out a few tests and just enjoy country cricket for a while before returning. maybe even a small T20 series somewhere just to get the love back.

[redgunamo]

Still is, by a distance, the best opener we have

Yep, see above. Strauss' fault.

[Burney]

I blame Andrew Strauss. I just *do*.

He was equally over-cautious, it's true, but I think that tendency is a legacy of years of being a bit shït. This meant that even when we were good, we didn't believe in our players enough to take risks. That lack of confidence shown by the captain becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy, since it takes the belief and responsibility away from the individual players.