Ha, I knew someone would pick me up on that, but everyone knows what I meant.I'm sure that Gooch would love being described as from the same generation as Brearley.
Hussain won't get the job, he upset the men in suits too much.
I dunno - he didn't upset too many people when captain, did he? I just don't know how it would work with his Sky commitments.
And there you go, it's all turning out nice again. Duff coach gone, KP still on board, and Strauss in charge afaics. All we need is a sensible choice as team manager and we're laughing.
It would be a farce if Strauss is allowed to choose a coach. The whole KP-Moores affair could have been then (farcically) solved by giving Moores the bye, and then retaining KP as captain and giving him his coach o choice.
Well that was a damp-squib of a press-conference compared to what we were expecting, but all for good reason AFAICS.
Think it would've been about 1999/2000. Duncan Fletcher changed everything, for the best at the time but I think it might be time to return to a stencil like the older one. Not the exact same though - the manager has to be a full-time role, not just ambassadorial on-tour.
Pakistan cricket is a non-functional farce. No comparison is possible.
Duncan Fletcher was a brilliant innovator in so many ways. Trouble was that he just stopped in 2006/07, on some evidence. With 2 years to brood on that, maybe he might've learnt his lesson. I think he might've done immediately had he been given the chance.
If you can handle the pressure and don't mind lots of touring you should be fine.
Ian Curtis!
Gus Fraser reckons KP will be telling his version of events in this week's News of the World, which may make some fairly fascinating/gruesome reading.
Or we can read it in his Autobiography next year
No coach neccessarily plays any part in a 5-0 whitewash. No coach can neccessarily do one single thing to avoid a 5-0 whitewash.
