SurfaceAgentX2Zero
3:18 Wed Feb 8
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Athers was very happy to have Gooch in his team and I'm sure Clarke was OK about Ponting.
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Sven Roeder
3:08 Wed Feb 8
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Have there been many successful bowler captains?
Imran Khan maybe
It's Root and given he has been deputy and has Cook there who has resigned rather than been pushed I am sure he will get plenty of advice.
Only a problem if an old captain or an experienced player thinks HE should have the job .... see most Pakistan teams and Geoff Boycott
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
2:42 Wed Feb 8
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Broad would be a horrible captain.
Firsstly, as someone pointed out below' he would use up our reviews in his first over. Secondly, he is very easily wound-up by the opposition - witness literally hundreds of spell of 'bouncer barrages' on flat tracks against well-set batsmen that are well -used to ducking and very good off the back foot. Thirdly, he is totally irresponsible and easily bored, having been caught up numerous times in childish pranks against team-mates. He can get away with a low boredom threshold in the more formulaic one day events, but not, I suspect, in the sustained pressure of a five day test.
He is a more than decent bowler on his day and, I think, tactically quite astute, but test match captaincy material he is not.
Better for him to be there for another captain to consult. Though not about reviews.
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Northern Sold
2:03 Wed Feb 8
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Since I started watching the best captain still by a country mile was Brearley... he was literally in the team just as skipper cause he could not hit the ball off the square... oh suppose he was a good slipper.... clever clever man and tactically spot on who could always get that extra 10% out of his players...
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Grumpster
1:30 Wed Feb 8
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I can't see much ruffling Root at all.
Bloke seems to thrive on the disastrous situations.
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Sven Roeder
1:25 Wed Feb 8
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I think Root will take over the captaincy like a natural as Smith and Kohli have.
And probably has a mindset more in TUNE with the coach.
Which is why I would have preferred Cook to stay on as an Australian fan.
I'd actually prefer Mike Denness but I think he is dead
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southbankbornnbred
1:13 Wed Feb 8
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But it need not happen, West. That's the point I'm making.
If you appoint the right person, with the right (frankly, abrasive) attitude to those test series then England have a chance.
Cook and Root batting without the pressures of captaincy give England big scoring potential. Broad thrives on the sort of conflict and aggression we're going to encounter down under, for example, and has shown that he can deal with the intensity of the crowd etc. You could make Broad skipper and I don't think you'd lose anything from his game - but I don't think that about Root: I think there's a chance he gets overwhelmed.
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Westside
1:09 Wed Feb 8
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If Root gets the job, I predict a series home loss to SA and a poor tour down under.
i think that will happen who ever is Captain. I was hoping Cook would carry on, get the above series out of the way, then give Root an easier start.
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southbankbornnbred
1:06 Wed Feb 8
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Ha ha! He would. But he'd be fired up afterwards.
Still think that, on balance, he's the better option for two upcoming test series against South Africa and away in Australia.
Much as I think he's a superb batsmen, there's just something about Root that makes me think the Australia trip in particular will end in a whimpering loss to the baggies. People will say it's all good experience for him etc etc. But the fact is you have to be competitive right away in the modern test arena - Broad gives you that.
If Root gets the job, I predict a series home loss to SA and a poor tour down under. Then the pressure will be heaped on him, and he could be dead as a captain by the age of 28.
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Grumpster
1:03 Wed Feb 8
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He'll still have Cook beside him and plenty of experienced players to help him out Southbank, so he'll be ok.
Not the captaincy that worries me, it's some of the selections that keep going on.
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Joey Woodwork
12:59 Wed Feb 8
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Broad would use our reviews up in his first over.
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southbankbornnbred
12:11 Wed Feb 8
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I'll give you an example - he's about to be thrown straight into a maiden test series against one of the strongest test teams in the world (South Africa) and a set of players who will target him, chip away at his confidence and in a very aggressive manner. Broad is better equipped to deal with the shit that flies around in those tests. Root could become overwhelmed by the intensity, the fact that captaincy is new to him and the fact that all eyes will be on him. He's a fighter at the crease - but I'm not yet convinced he's got a fighter's mentality as a skipper.
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southbankbornnbred
12:03 Wed Feb 8
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Sorry, should have explained further - make him (continue) VC to Broad and give him some captaincy in the one-day arena. He's never really captained at professional level. I wouldn't heap that sort of pressure on a young batsmen who, lets face it, only three years ago was getting picked on in a nightclub by Warner.
I just have a bad feeling about Root as skipper. I hope I'm wrong, but I can see him being a bit of a shrinking violet - and a bit weighed down by the responsibility.
He's a magnificent batsmen - let him bat and appoint a captain who thrives on the additional pressure. Not a great set of options, but I'd go with Broad in those circumstances.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
10:36 Wed Feb 8
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Root's been vc to Cook for years. If he hasn't learnt the ropes now he never will.
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southbankbornnbred
10:10 Wed Feb 8
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Not a great group to choose from, captaincy-wise.
I'd probably opt for Broad on the basis of his experience, the fact that he is a first-teamer. He also has the ability to rile just about everybody under the sun.
I also think he would thrive on the pressure that comes with captaining a side.
Root still strikes me as somebody who might hide or panic a little bit when the pressure is really on. He's a superb batsman, but I'd just be asking him to lead the batting line-up and score a shed-load of runs. Make him VC to Broad and let him learn the ropes.
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Eerie Descent
6:48 Tue Feb 7
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Stokes doesn't have the intelligence.
BUTTLER is the man.
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East Auckland Hammer
5:59 Tue Feb 7
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I think we'd all have that same problem stewie.
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stewie griffin
3:51 Tue Feb 7
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I think he'd handle that
Whether he'd make it off without smashing Smiths face in is a different matter
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Sven Roeder
3:41 Tue Feb 7
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Do you think STOKES could handle the concepts of HEADS and TAILS at the toss. stewie?
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Eerie Descent
3:34 Tue Feb 7
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Like England's best ever captain, Mike Brearley?
That's the problem with most of you lot, you don't think.
I'm a thinking man, and Jos Buttler should be skipper. I'm never wrong.
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