Noooooooooooo

Too many demons from when he was batting at 3.

6 has suited him fine. Pushing him up to 5 is a good move, any higher and he may revert.

Trott had an average approaching 60 before he got out at number 3. He's fine there. And Pietersen won't bat 3, but I am sure he won't like being pushed down to 5.

Strauss,
Cook,
Trott,
KP,
Bell,
Morgan/ Collingwood as specialist fielder who can bat a bit.

Don't tinker too much for the sake of it. Otherwise you undermine players who up until this match have done well in their positions (Trott, KP- ok, for ONE test, but he did get a double) and risk putting too much pressure on Bell when he's JUST started to look the batsman worthy of his technique.

Posted By: Bezley on December 18th 2010 at 12:31:40

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the ashes ffs!!!!!! all gone roy keane. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 18, 10:12:29
- Bell in before Collingwood and Pietersen (Other Sports) - Higher Wrather, Dec 18, 12:11:41
  - Should bat 3, quality player although I understand the Collingwood thing. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 18, 12:13:25
    - Noooooooooooo (Other Sports) - Bezley, Dec 18, 12:31:40
      - I hope he's conquered those demons. Colly is dodgy at the moment, and KP's always flaky (Other Sports) - Higher Wrather, Dec 18, 12:41:04
      - point taken Beezly but I Bell has been in the England mix... (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 18, 12:38:29
        
        I think he would too (Other Sports) - Bezley, Dec 18, 13:01:47
        
        True. Suppose I would never make a good captain (and have no wish to) of my team... (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 18, 13:06:56
        
        Exactly! :D (Other Sports) - Bezley, Dec 18, 13:16:39
        
        Yep, although I would have loved England to get the job done as quick as possible.... (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 18, 13:21:33
        
        Exactly! (Other Sports) - Bezley, Dec 18, 13:22:48
        
        I can see a 2-2!!!! (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 18, 13:46:02
- Balls. Very worriying indeed. The tide has turned. :O( (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 18, 11:08:11
  - I still think we will win another test. (n/m) (Other Sports) - lovely old job, Dec 18, 11:13:06
- It's easy to say in hindsight but our preparation and lead up to this test was wrong, (Other Sports) - lovely old job, Dec 18, 11:07:44
  - Yep but we have the talent to beat them, just about making sure we're right... (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 18, 11:13:09
- one nil and we fooked it up (Other Sports) - Tombs, Dec 18, 10:42:08
  - FFS are you Selwyn in disguise? (Other Sports) - Iwan Husarmi, Dec 18, 10:46:13
    - i meant the match, not the series (Other Sports) - Tombs, Dec 18, 10:55:45
    - Precisely (Other Sports) - Bezley, Dec 18, 10:54:14
      - And then The Judge did a massive wrathjinx (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Dec 18, 11:17:10
        
        I saw (Other Sports) - Bezley, Dec 18, 11:57:42
        
        Stoning's too good for him (Other Sports) - Iwan Husarmi, Dec 18, 11:21:11

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