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I've taken Christensen as a long term option. Think Kante moving back changes their CS potential drastically.

double utd defence brave. Not so much the defence but the midfield was so poor end of last yearoffered no protection

Brave side with no Liverpool. Too much money in keepers. Walker should be a worry with cancelo signing. Personally would save keeper money, downgrade Neves and upgrade kdb to sterling.

good chunk of cash reinvested

Day for the Test purists. Batsmen having to fight against a top quality attack. (does suggest England could struggle bowling next with only 4 frontline bowlers).

Atmosphere ridiculous.

Proper Test 1st innings batting. Blunt the ball and the attack and then the likes of Buttler and Bairstow can kick it on from a foundation. Burns showing some of what he showed over winter - hopefully this time he converts it into a score.

Just something special about the 1st day of an Ashes series

We basically need a win to be pretty safe. Key concern is if Sibley puts himself into Ashes contention. Hain needs to hold recent form. 38.pts is a big gap with 4 to play. Avoid defeat against Notts in Sept and we should be okay.

Done it for about 8/9 years. Top 100 2 years ago. 30kish last year. It's becoming way too commercial and so much info about people just spoon-fed teams rather than being individual. People actually paying cash for advice on how to play a free game. Will start season but not sure I'll finish it.

And " delightful" newspaper reviewer - pretty sure that was in the book

Those 2 and Banks got potential. Stay up and Banks and Yates will have some useful experience behind them.

The fact they've stuck with same batsmen shows the problems. Any more big scores from Hain or Sibley could see them come into consideration. Got to wonder whether Clarke s suffering a bit from the Hepburn revelations. I like Yates. Works really hard for his wicket. Hopefully stays in the side...

Vince just isn't going to cut it. Foakes got little form. One of the pundits was pointing out that all these contenders have technical flaws that they aren't putting right.

woakes against real pace and a new ball don't fancy. Or for that matter Bairstow at 3 - was some ridiculous stat about his recent Test record against balls on the stumps. His footwork non-existent. Not just the Ireland game but the W Indies series shows how fragile the top order are against...

clinical finish, Bowling papering over the cracks

loves Lords. had a spell against Pakistan there when he was completely unplayable.

Root is top quality. Will agree about Burns and Denley. Lack of top 5 batting options a general condemnation of failure of ECB and County structure.

batting remains a mess. W Indies tour mk 2. Some woeful dismissals showing a complete lack of mental strength necessary for Test cricket. Plus when your line up has Ali at 6 (about 2 50s in last 2 years) you're in trouble. Looking around County cricket and the cupboard is absolutely bare of...

Opening batsman issue sorted:) Congratulations leach.