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Funny how Pep sees things. I've been a Savinho supporter for a while but his incredibly lightweight performances in the last two games have left me thinking he's not a City player next year.

OK he'd get into this Australia side who have one of their poorest batting lineups for years, and he's not a bad player I grant you. But if their current batting line up is under par and they are missing 3 quality bowlers why are England struggling.

Whilst this is a very average Australian side you have say we have quite a few players who would never get a game for Australia. It is easier to mention those that would and I make it 4. Root, Brook, Stokes and Archer.

In defence of Brook he has played 60 FC matches since 2017, excluding Tests. On the other hand he has played shedloads of both one dayers and T20s. The likes of Thorpe and Atherton played way more 3 day games and played Test innings built on that foundation. Brook is playing the way he knows how...

I take your point and I wasn't saying that Hammond was better than Root. He did however score those runs against O'Reilly and Grimmett, 2 of the greatest spinners ever, which is a feather in his cap. The ICC ratings take quite a lot into account and Root comes out as 17th best of all time...

You do realize Hammond only played 82 tests compared with Root's 159. When you take into account exactly half of Hammond's tests were against Australia, then as now the best team in the world, and that he averages 8 more than Root then your dismissal of him shows rather a lot of recency bias.

On the BBC lots of folks saying Root is the greatest ever English batsman. While he is certainly one of them, a quick look at Wally Hammond's stats suggest it's not a gimme. Here are his 6 centuries down under. 14/12/28 Australia Sydney 251 29/12/28 Australia Melbourne 200...

Surely we should declare and have a few overs at them.

It is often mentioned that the current team is no match for the treble winning side. True. But I'd argue that not many would get in the 2012 title winning side. Team vs QPR Hart Zabaleta Kompany Lescott Clichy Toure Barry Silva. Tévez. Nasri...

Tony Greig batting average 40 bowling average 32. Not too shabby.

Like Botham, Stokes is a player of great innings that linger in the memory. However neither are that consistent. Surprised you didn't put Warne in that list. However a great all-rounder should get in a team with bat as well as ball. Of the list above only Kallis, Sobers, Jadeja and Imran...

Sorry I think I was replying to someone else. Probably BlueMonkey79

Entitled to you opinion but that is a bizarre take. Arguably without his goals we wouldn't be playing champions league. He filled in very nicely for a month when Haaland was out. I would much rather see him than Doku, Savinho and Bobb. He is one of the best goalscorers in Europe and he should be...

Thought we were on the wrong end of two decisions. The Foden penalty and the offside goal. Haaland should have scored at least one. Foden too. If you waste opportunities then shit happens. Thought Doku's passing veered between excellent and awful. Donnarumma made some saves Ederson wouldn't...

No and have absolutely no idea what you're area of expertise is, but it's certainly not the middle east.

Whatever the BBC have or haven't done, isn't it extraordinary that the President of the US is talking suing them. Can you imagine this in the past? If someone printed something negative about Blair, Clinton, Kennedy, Mitterrand etc in a foreign country I think they would just have ignored it.

I'd like to thank Trump for one thing. Unlike his warmongering, corrupt predecessors he is totally upfront about it all. It's all about money. And he has removed the veil as to what modern capitalism is all about. Greed, short termism, political self interest on a huge scale.

Progressive causes? Thank god for them otherwise you and I would, like my grandmother before the war, have no access to healthcare, a 12 hour working day etc. The reason we have fairly manageable lives is because progressive ideas overcame conservative ones. Now I'm not saying it's a perfect...

You stole their land. They have every right to fight you.

My true colours are that I think Palestinians deserve a country of their own something that the the current Israeli government are determined will never happen. I also think Israel has acted with spite, hatred and way over the top force in dismantling Gaza. The fact that I believe these things...