Camberwell1
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Well predicted Raging Bull - I wish Bairstow had a free flight home (which we could have voted on !)Yes there is no way we can win this, I reckon India will have a lead of around 150 and we will lose six or seven wickets before we're even close to that. don't get me wrong I think the red ball team are going in the right direction, we have some very good young talented players coming through like Crawley, Pope and Lawrence and these players will just get better and better, however I don't think this rotation nonsense has done us any favours whatsoever, you have a situation where players are getting used to the very difficult conditions and next minute they're on a plane out of there with a fresh faced newbie expected to instantly be match ready to play India and Indian conditions, sorry that's just not happening fella's, it takes time to acclimatise and there are not lots of easy county games like a touring side has here to be able go out and put some runs on the board and build up your confidence, it's hard enough to win on the sub continent without that clueless strategy hindering us.
on pitches - the 2nd and 3rd test pitches were clear ‘homer’s’ though we had opportunities
Overall, I’m judging this on the whole series, we’re watching an Indian squad which will dominate world cricket for 10 years and England are the most average test team - lacks steel, leadership, savvy selection and apart from some willing and very hard working bowlers (Anderson way above any others and the only player that might get into their team)
Umpiring - generally poor even with the reviews. I don’t think it’s affected the final test
when the England players see their pay packets - I hope they swallow hard as they really aren’t half as good as those zeroes say they are !
just my views folks - it all feels a bit like Boris Johnson’s management of Covid - NO IDEA