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England pitched the ball up more and Broad in particular was more concerned with line and length than trying to bounce or intimidate batsman...our blokes tried to drive good deliveries and paid the price. Bayliss has obviously decided that trying to fight fire with fire wont work and that he will make it hard to score runs and build up pressure by instructing his bowlers to bowl line and length. There were no cute fielding positions but Cook didnt get carried away with attacking either and had some of his field back as cover for well hit shots.
Their long batting lineup also provided problems and the days of the long English tail look over with even bowler Wood able to handle the willow.....

Playing Siddle is a risk IMO..he is very military medium pace these days and while he is a warrior who will toil all day he is also very easy to hit around and I would prefer
the pace of Cummins to replace Starc if he doesnt come up...
Siddle may be the same pace as Broad but the Englishman is about a foot taller and gets the bounce you need at that pace...
M. Marsh in for Watson is a no brainer IMO....

Watching Watto, Rogers and Voges in the outfield also made me thing we need some younger quicker fielders..Watto in particular is like treacle chasing in the outfield...

Siddle bowls too much leg side crap for a bloke that bowls 134 and is only 6' tall.
Cummins has not played 4 day cricket for 2 years, thanks to CA but now must get thrust into an Ashes series. Good work Pat Howard - Flog.
Why have we not got a younger bat on tour, what a wasted opportunity. Joe Burns? How has Shaun Marsh never played in England until this tour?
Haddin should go but won't. These selectors love their old blokes because they are tough, good blokes, good leaders. Unfortunately they may not be the best available.

How did we pick a squad with so many 33+ yo players? Acceptable if they are champions, but how many are? Harris and Clarke.
Is Peter Siddle on a retirement fund with CA? FMD

Siddle is only 30???

And he's the best lock down bowler in Australia.

I think you've listened to too much Thommo, I love the guy but lately his opinions have been a bit erratic. Reports are Thommo spent the evening at a pre-ashes dinner sitting next to Rogers and asked someone at the end of the night who Rogers was!

Shaun Marsh has never played before because he has a crap record on the swinging / turning decks you get in county cricket.

What you need to ask yourself is why the selectors are not smarter, they knew what sort of wickets the UK would dish up yet they picked a squad to play cricket at the WACA!

England are playing psychological games based on the fact the Australian batsmen are rattled since the death of Hughes, so they are delivering them up and down pitches that make our blokes uncomfortable. Add to that they have asked us to play nice, knowing blokes like Haddin, Warner and Johnson thrive when they are provoked.

Finally, Australian cricket is doomed until the country wrestles control of cricket back off NSW, FFS it's our national game not NRL!

Warner..... What an idiotic dismissal.  Had them at his mercy and holes out to a chopper.....  Unbelievably stupid.

Still a decent start for us.

Rogers finally got his century.  Very well deserved after an incredibly consistent series of good innings.

Smith just pipped him to the ton.

Well done to both of them 

interesting that Rogers then outscored Smith by some margin (after reaching the ton second).....

I think the team is far better without Watson and Haddin (but respect to the latter in the circumstances naturally).

Watto - lots of potential but given way too many 'second chances'......