Quote Originally Posted by redgunamo View Post
Good point. They're certainly too expensive, some say. Not me.

Talking of Richardsons, Richie once said, a professional player must always play within himself. Meaning, we already know you've got all the shots; that's why you're here. We do not need to see them all whenever you're out in the middle. No, what we want from you now is an innings, lots of runs.

Discipline is a skill too, I guess. Anyway, results, trophies, are harder to come by without it. Just because you select a chap who can shoot from the halfway line, it doesn't mean you want him doing it every five minutes.
Exactly. But there are limits.

If you want disciplined cricketers who do what they are told, dont pick Kevin Pieterson. Or Brian Lara, for that matter. They are too good. And they know it. Nothing you ask of them will be more effective than who they are. And discipline isnt a big part of their skill set.

Dennis left Inter because they wanted him to play with his back to goal. He tried to explain that he wasnt Alan Smith. So he moved to a club who wanted him to be Dennis.

You dont tell Dennis how to play football any more than you tell Joe Root how to play spin. Perfection is too rare in life to be tampered with.

All of this is a long-winded way of saying we should have stuck with Eddie Nketiah.....