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We sort of conspired to lose this series ourselves. Poor selections or positioning in the team order. Aussies have been better but Smith has been the difference between the two. Said at the start it would be Smith v Root - whoever batted best would be on the winning side. Smith was free of the...

If we could get some names we could scout them for the ACM position. - could prove useful.

I'm not sure JCH would've fitted in to this squad. Ability wise he'd add something different and improve on what we have, but he seems to be a player that needs to feel the love and have the game played to suit his style - if it isn't he quickly loses heart and is a shadow of the player he can...

Hope he has another one before we play them next - might give him some tummy troubles.

Of course not. It's dependent on an individual and their experiences and knowledge. I will know more about some things than them, they'll know more about other things. Similarly there will be people younger than me that know more about some stuff and less about others. What those things are will...

This is a bit different in that they got a big score rather than skittling us out cheaply. They'd been bowling for some time. But personally even if I was a bit tired as a bowler I'd be wanting to keep on at them - no respite.

Got to be happy with the fighting spirit and never say die attitude the team have shown thus far, and we've not once played our best XI. Really liked Godden's goal - looked to be chasing a lost cause with two defenders and his instinct got him a half chance that he buried. Altered the outlook of...

It's really good we've got a keeper like this, but if Burge had let that first one he'd be getting no end of grief from some on here.

I thought we might have paid over the odds for him when he signed-it look like I was wrong. To get him for less than we sold Chaplin (if estimates on fees are to be believed) seems like a fantastic bit of wheeler-dealing. And to think he wasn't apparently first choice.

One really good thing is the belief that even when we're behind we've got the confidence at the moment to come back into it. So many times in previous seasons games like today and Portsmouth would've been all over and we'd have almost gone into damage limitation mode and just tried not to...

I get that point, but there are a couple of times where teams have done this and then failed to win because the other team has managed to bat out the game. I think Aus actually lost one doing this a few years ago. I understand the point on bowlers being tired and wanting to rest them, but I'm...

Probably not, as it's not in fashion these days. But it was nice to at least not even let them have the option.

If they've seen it all and have a good idea what went wrong why would they vote for the same things that have historically shown to precede financial downturns and recessions? Fact is most vote for those that offer the most in terms of pensions increases and protecting their own finances. As...

At least we managed to avoid the follow on and force them into batting again. Guess most of them will try and get reasonably quick runs to give them time to get us out again while just letting Smith do his thang. Hopefully might lead to a few loose shots and quick wickets, esp if Broad can have...

Come on - if anyone is likely to vote with a more long term thinking it's students. Going to be around a long time and still have some of that ideology before the real world beats it out of them. Elderly vote for short-term gain because they know they won't be around forever. Working age people...

Did he say Cal or Kel?

Kelly big miss - literally. Not sure where the midfield steel is coming from today. Walsh is tiny, Westbrooke likes to pass the ball in rather than get stuck in and Shipley has the energy but isn't likely to get that stuck in. Think McFadz has come in for the experience and leadership. Bakayoko...

Do you not feel it's ridiculous that what a small handful of people 'feel' might happen has more of an effect on economic outlook than than what's actually happening in reality? Recessions, falling house-prices, wage deflation, falling share prices etc are all far more to do with knock-on...

But what if a player creates loads of chances but the fault is with the striker not scoring them? His assists would look crap, but it wouldn't be his fault. I'm not a big fan of xG or xC or whatever, but they can be useful in seeing where your deficincies lie. For example, last season so many...

Not working for me would be either not scoring/creating or allowing their full backs too much space to get forward without being tracked back putting pressure on the defence. Or to simplify it, I guess it could be put down as 'not winning'!