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blueandy1mac
Post subject: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 11:21 on 29th Aug 2012

Joined: 11:30 on 14th Jul 2008
Posts: 1800
Location: Preston UK
 Could have said retired, but he has'nt, he's quit.

Time to consider before any premature moves. Enough has gone under the bridge lately and its time to reflect before we make any rash moves.
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ThePondFence
Post subject: Re: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 12:36 on 29th Aug 2012

Joined: 20:03 on 29th Jan 2011
Posts: 56
 Gutted.

A true gent and genuine leader of men.

I hope the runs don't dry up for Cook now.
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Showbizguru
Post subject: Re: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 13:09 on 29th Aug 2012

Joined: 09:53 on 11th Feb 2009
Posts: 234
 A class act.
Even down to knowing when to go.
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ash1
Post subject: Re: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 13:10 on 29th Aug 2012

Joined: 11:20 on 14th May 2010
Posts: 23
Location: Bristol
 what a shame...great player, and great captain..acheived loads for England and just a shame his retirement comes in the middle of all of the KP stuff going on. All the best for the future Straussy and thanks for everything!
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TrentBridgeLion
Post subject: Re: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 14:51 on 29th Aug 2012

Joined: 14:46 on 29th Aug 2012
Posts: 1
 It's not the most appealing in-tray for the new management team. In many ways I don't envy Cook professionalmanager.co.uk/news/5026/grim-tasks-await-for-england-management-as-strauss-quits/
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Campervan Beethoven
Post subject: Re: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 16:32 on 29th Aug 2012

Joined: 15:54 on 23rd Aug 2012
Posts: 4
 I had hoped that Strauss would have stayed on as a batsman but can understand why he wants a clean break. Lord knows that it means for our batting line up. I imagine that Trott will move up to open, Bell at 3, the Bairstow, Taylor and Bopara. Eeek! That's a pretty green top six!
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Stu07
Post subject: Re: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 17:37 on 29th Aug 2012

Joined: 17:30 on 29th Aug 2012
Posts: 10
Campervan Beethoven Wrote:
I had hoped that Strauss would have stayed on as a batsman but can understand why he wants a clean break. Lord knows that it means for our batting line up. I imagine that Trott will move up to open, Bell at 3, the Bairstow, Taylor and Bopara. Eeek! That's a pretty green top six!



I think they will go with Joe Root, they appear to really like him. I personally like Alex Hales at Nottingham but I think they feel he isn't the finished article. They may go with Compton at Somerset.

Regardless of who comes in we are going to be weaker, as i said on facebook - i've seen his career from the first test at Lords against New Zealand, throughout his career and his final test. He's been fantastic player and leader. He was superb at 1st slip and worried that we are making a lot of changes with not much time before the next ashes. I think it's inevitable that KP will come back into the team because of the lack of experience.
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Stu07
Post subject: Re: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 19:10 on 29th Aug 2012

Joined: 17:30 on 29th Aug 2012
Posts: 10
 I'll always remember that one handed catch he made at Trent Bridge catching Gilchrist off the bowling of A.Flintoff. Unbelievable.
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Lofthouse
Post subject: Re: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 07:45 on 2nd Sep 2012

Joined: 17:08 on 2nd Sep 2012
Posts: 8
Stu07 Wrote:
I'll always remember that one handed catch he made at Trent Bridge catching Gilchrist off the bowling of A.Flintoff. Unbelievable.


Was that the one that touched the grass before he got his hands to it??
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fernando
Post subject: Re: Strauss Quits
PostPosted: 17:13 on 2nd Sep 2012

Joined: 12:48 on 25th Apr 2008
Posts: 1685
Lofthouse Wrote:
Stu07 Wrote:
I'll always remember that one handed catch he made at Trent Bridge catching Gilchrist off the bowling of A.Flintoff. Unbelievable.


Was that the one that touched the grass before he got his hands to it??


No,it wasn't pal. Broathyed.
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