England Cricket Coach?

[sheepy]

So, who should replace Duncan Fletcher (as it appears that he's jumped/been pushed)?

[Fittster]

Sri Lanka coach, Tom Moody.

Edited by Fittster on Thursday 19th April 14:42

[sheepy]

Fittster said:

Sri Lanka coach, Tom Moody.

Edited by Fittster on Thursday 19th April 14:42

As understand it he's off to coach Western Australia.

[Fittster]

sheepy said:

Fittster said:

Sri Lanka coach, Tom Moody.

Edited by Fittster on Thursday 19th April 14:42

As understand it he's off to coach Western Australia.

Offer him the annual salary of £350,000 that Fletcher currently gets. That might test his resolve to join Western Australia.

[MikeyT]

I wouldn't mind Tom Moody - or Darren Lehmann for that matter.

But please not Fatt Gatt as has been suggested by someone (not on here)

Sheepy: have deleted post on WC thread ...

Can't see the ECB offering it to Beefy somehow?! Snowball in hell's chance.

Edited by MikeyT on Thursday 19th April 16:15

[unrepentant]

As a left field suggestion I mentioned Darren Lehman a while ago. Darren Gough made the same suggestion this morning...

I reckon they need a hard man who can knock some of the "I've got an MBE" mentality out of them.

[sheepy]

MikeyT said:

Sheepy: have deleted post on WC thread ...

I've asked the mods for this thread to be limited to UK passport holders only

[hsvgtscoupe]

sheepy said:

MikeyT said:

Sheepy: have deleted post on WC thread ...

I've asked the mods for this thread to be limited to UK passport holders only

Good idea... we dont want any trouble here.
(I have UK & aussie passports so I gather I'm welcome)
(I'm like cancer - I keep growing & very hard to get rid of)

[MikeyT]

Good idea - how long before you know who joins the discussion?

Edit: talk of the devil!

Edited by MikeyT on Thursday 19th April 16:36

[sheepy]

hsvgtscoupe said:

sheepy said:

MikeyT said:

Sheepy: have deleted post on WC thread ...

I've asked the mods for this thread to be limited to UK passport holders only

Good idea... we dont want any trouble here.
(I have UK & aussie passports so I gather I'm welcome)
(I'm like cancer - I keep growing & very hard to get rid of)

[hsvgtscoupe]

looks like a passport rule developing on two fronts.. you need a UK one to post here & an Aussie passport to apply for Eng coaching posi

[MikeyT]

hsvgtscoupe said:

looks like a passport rule developing on two fronts.. you need a UK one to post here & an Aussie passport to apply for Eng coaching posi

lol. Learn from the best I say. Woolmer would have been a candidate too.

[sheepy]

MikeyT said:

hsvgtscoupe said:

looks like a passport rule developing on two fronts.. you need a UK one to post here & an Aussie passport to apply for Eng coaching posi

lol. Learn from the best I say. Woolmer would have been a candidate too.

Even now he might be better than the current coach

[unrepentant]

MikeyT said:

hsvgtscoupe said:

looks like a passport rule developing on two fronts.. you need a UK one to post here & an Aussie passport to apply for Eng coaching posi

lol. Learn from the best I say. Woolmer would have been a candidate too.

No way. He was too old.

[mikeyt]

Maybe Unrep, but he would have been a candidate none the less.

Someone with the respect of the players but slightly older but not Fletcher old if you know what I mean ...

[unrepentant]

mikeyt said:

Maybe Unrep, but he would have been a candidate none the less.

Someone with the respect of the players but slightly older but not Fletcher old if you know what I mean ...

He was the same age as Fletch.

Lehmann is a damn good shout Mikey but the ECB dont have the balls.

[anonymous-user]

Darren Lehman, the former South Australia, Australia Yorkshire tubby batsman?

Is he a coach now?

[unrepentant]

stovey said:

Darren Lehman, the former South Australia, Australia Yorkshire tubby batsman?

Is he a coach now?

Thats him.

Nope, not yet but I don't think that mnatters.

I think that what the England team need most is motivation, inspiration and someone with a solid "game head" who can help them to be tactically astute and win matches. Lehmann or Michael Slater would do all of those things. (So would Tom Moody or Dav Whatmore).

International test cricketers should not need "coaching" as far as the basics are concerned. They are supposedly the best players we have. That is why it is so pathetic to see that our "best" bowlers cannot bowl one side of the wicket or to a plan. It's very basic stuff that they should learn before they get anywhere near the England team. From time to time players have technical issues but England have bowling and batting coaches etc.. for that. What they need is a leader to inspire and challenge and put them under pressure, as Buchanan has done with Australia.

[MikeyT]

mikeyt said:

Someone with the respect of the players but slightly older but not Fletcher old if you know what I mean ...

No, Unrep I meant this is who we need, it wasn't a description of woolmer!

[MikeyT]

unrepentant said:

What they need is a leader to inspire and challenge and put them under pressure, as Buchanan has done with Australia.

I would go along with Warne and say a coach isn't THAT important if you have a decent set of players with both the tactical nous and talent to win matches. Australia have that.

I actually see Ponting as being just as, or more influential than Buchanan.

He leads by example, as we would all like to see Vaughan do (if he stays in the one day side wihch I think he shouldn't). Let's give the one-day captaincy to someone a bit more dynamic - no not Collywood - someone younger - a Grum Smid type - in your face if you like.

But that's not the English way. It's either that or tempt Mike Brearley out of retirement.