OK, let's do some serious analysis of those who've played for England in 2007:
Kevin Pietersen
Actually a wholly average year by his standards, managed to haul himself up to vague respectibility in the summer of 2007, having had a decent but fruitless World Cup and missed most of the CBS, but has been poor again in Sri Lanka.
Paul Collingwood
Same old same old - superlative performances against substandard sides and the odd sensational sequence (the 106, 120 and 70, and the 44, 27, 44, 47, 91*, 1, 64*) disguising a whole lot mediocrity in between
Owais Shah
A bit better than his previous ODI incarnations, which would have been almost impossible to worsen, but still distinctly poor, really - a good series against West Indies, a poor one against India (disguised due to a crucial bad decision) and a pretty poor one against Sri Lanka so far. Still categorically not a ODI-standard player and if I were pushed I'd say less likely than more to become one.
Ian Bell
One step forward, two back; poor start to the CB Series, decent finish; inconclusive World Cup; three consecutive excellent innings in the summer, but other than that the familiar story of lots of starts and the odd few low scores. Still with credit in the bank of course, but still with plenty to prove.
Edmund Joyce
Not an opener, picked mostly to open. Nothing in the opening slot (except 1 exceptionally fortunate innings) and also little in the middle. Be a while before we see him again I can't help think.
Alastair Cook
Might become a good ODI player; might become the next Strauss\Vaughan.
Ravinder Bopara
A good cool head and pretty much nothing else to date.
Luke Wright
WTF is he being picked for on the basis of what amounts to nothing more than half a season of decent performance after years of utter rubbishness?
Matthew Prior
So obviously not a ODI batsman, never mind a ODI opener, it baffles me he was picked again. Oh, no, wait, he performed in Tests - no it doesn't!
Philip Mustard
Seems like the next Jones\Prior so far.
Paul Nixon
Did his job pretty damn decently when called-upon, but it was always going to be a short-term job and rightly so.
Stuart Broad
Still far more promise than performance - hugely overrated in the accuracy stakes, and mostly still only able to offer a threat in extremely seam-friendly conditions.
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Despite an excellent start to his ODI career - heck, he's even slogged a few runs - he still can't get in the side.
Liam Plunkett
Somehow or other has taken 19 wickets at 23.57 in his last 9 ODIs against ODI-standard sides. The economy-rate (5.68) tells a truer picture of course, but it still baffles how such a terrible bowler has got so many wickets while perhaps once (second CBS final) bowling with any real penetration. Out of the picture for the moment, though.
Andrew Flintoff
Still a fine bowler... on the rare occasion he's fit these days. Batting seems to be a thing of the past, though, if he's ever really fit again.
Michael Yardy
Let's hope he never plays another ODI.
Mal Loye
Being a late bloomer means you're only likely to get 1 chance, and Loye sadly failed to take his.
Jamie Dalrymple
Picking someone with virtually no big strokes to bat at eight really isn't the brightest idea, especially when he's shown he actually can sometimes do a decent job higher in the order. Typical average fingerspinner, too, and was never going to do much of a job for long.
Andrew Strauss (same comments apply to
Michael Vaughan)
How long is Test form going to fool someone when looking at ODI credentials? Usually, quite a long time. Let's hope that time is now gone.
Chris Tremlett
Terrible ODI bowler - lacks accuracy in the shorter format, hope he never plays again, but that's unlikely.
MS Panesar
Still a nothing ODI bowler, WTF is anyone thinking picking him at the current time? Worse still, why are people
still saying it's worrying that he's not being picked, thereby essentially implying that if England are to have a good side he has to be part of it?
Graeme Swann
Might just be the next Kumara Dharmasena, but that's a big ask. A good start, and let's hope for the best from now on. For once, someone who's done the job reasonably well at the domestic level has got a go. On the other hand, watch as he becomes the next Mascarenhas when MSP rips it up in the Tests and userps him for no good reason.
Sajid Mahmood
Very probably the worst specialist bowler ever to be picked for England in ODIs.
Ryan Sidebottom
Poor first 2 games back, but damn good later on... for all of 3 games so far. Let's wait and see, but I am still more worried than hopeful.
James Anderson
Still generally thought to be the leader of the attack, but still more reliant on a golden-arm than genuine wicket-taking potency to be so. If your attack leader is cut from this cloth, you have many reasons to worry.
Obviously, an eternal optimist could put a different spin on things. But only one of those IMO.