Does English cricket have an image problem?

[sledger]

Thread inspired by an Aggers article I read a few minutes ago.

I've been nothing more than a casual fan since...well about 2009 I guess, and so I know comparatively little about most of the players these days. But apart from the players that were around back then (i.e. Cook, Anderson and Broad), and Root, so many of the current squad strike me as a bunch of laddish pillocks.

Very hard to support. Haven't quite reached full-on supporting of Australia, but the best I can feel about this current England team is ambivalence.

 

[Furball]

Laddish pillocks > Tory posh boys

 

[S.Kennedy]

I think England should drink more personally. Worked in Both and Gower's day. Pissed as farts yet beat India and the Aussies away.

 

[sledger]

Laddish pillocks > Tory posh boys

Yeah, well people like you would say that.

Edit: see the above post for the kind of company you are in.

 

[Tom Flint]

What comments were picked up on the stump mic, and who by?

 

[Compton]

Maybe, but it’s not as severe as their **** at cricket problem.

 

[sledger]

Maybe, but it’s not as severe as their **** at cricket problem.

Not sure about that itbt.

 

[Cabinet96]

The only players to debut in the last five years who I really feel much affinity for are Root, Woakes and Moeen. Not sure I'll still really support England when Cook, Broad and Anderson retire.

I always assumed this was just me though, partly the result of losing a little bit of interest in the sport around 2013/14 and the fact that players who emerge when you're an adult just aren't the same as players who emerge when you're a kid.

 

[Gnske]

Tbf the team doesn't inspire that much love at all. The combined personality of a brick.

 

[Spark]

Laddish pillocks > Tory posh boys

The 2013 team was kind of both tbh.

 

[Cow]

They lack the humility of Glenn Maxwell or the charm and sophistication of Warner and Starc.

 

[Daemon]

It's a pity Bresnan no longer features for the side.

 

[Cow]

It's a pity Bresnan no longer features for the side.

Bresnan was marvellous at the MCG in 2010. I remember TripleM favourable comparing him to Melbournite Eric Bana during that test. Both in achievements and *** appeal.

Anderson performance on day one of the 2010 test was the greatest anyone had ever seen at the MCG (AFL included).

 

[Athlai]

English cricket has a ****wit problem.

 

[S.Kennedy]

I do not really support the one-day team because of Morgan and Hales although I couldn't give two ****s about limited overs cricket at the best of times so I do not know how much of that is valid.

 

[Gnske]

They lack the humility of Glenn Maxwell or the charm and sophistication of Warner and Starc.

Starc is tough, Maxwell is too intelligent for cricket and Warner is a published author.

England cricket can never amount to that.

 

[TNT]

I cant see the image problem, seems perfect for the team.

 

[DriveClub]

Jpeg or png? Both shouldn't be a problem but if image is gif we're getting into troubled waters

 

[oblongballs]

England have a drinking problem and a leadership problem.

 

[fredfertang]

Tbf the team doesn't inspire that much love at all. The combined personality of a brick.

Very true - they're all grey men, or worse