Strauss has lost it

I posed the question just a few days ago that Andrew "brown nose" Strauss had completely lost the plot. Sure, the comment about KP scoring "millions of runs" in the West Indies wasn't meant to be taken seriously. It was a stupid thing to say. But now all doubt has officially been washed away. Just read this:

"We want to get back to doing what do we best, playing cricket and winning Test matches," said Strauss. "My belief is we want to see players think on their feet out in the middle, take responsibility for the situation and not leave it to someone else.

"The only way we can do that is to give them more responsibility off the field as well. I'm challenging my players to start thinking a bit more about what they need to do in terms of preparation and I'm giving them a lot more flexibility to do that."

So lets break this down shall we?

• "We want to get back to doing what we do best, playing cricket and winning Test matches"

Thanks Captain obvious. As professional cricket players i'm not surprised that what you do best is playing cricket. What next: the best thing a pilot does if fly a plane? A vicar spreading the word of god? Thanks for clarifying that Andrew - I was concerned that as professional cricketers what you did best was perhaps daubing a picture on a blank canvas. Also - what England do BEST is losing test matches, not winning them. There's a great track record of this. Can I suggest they need to get away from what they do best and start doing what they are not good at: winning!!

• "My belief is we want to see players think on their feet out in the middle, take responsibility for the situation and not leave it to someone else.

What, so the players have been walking around like dolts until now? Also...i love it how this is his belief!!?? No Andrew, that's common sense mate. When a player puts bat on ball from now on, is he going to think: "shit...Straussy didn't tell me what to do if i get a bouncer from Sharma"?

• "I'm challenging my players to start thinking a bit more about what they need to do in terms of preparation and I'm giving them a lot more flexibility to do that."

In simple terms this means: don't go out after a game and get smashed....that's not great preparation for cricket. Or - should i really get into a pedalo after too many brews before a match, or turn up to training drunk?

Put all of this together and you've pretty much got the picture of Andrew Strauss. This is a guy who is going to sit back, let players do what they want - and if they bugger up it's their fault - and coddle up to England management. He clearly doesn't have a high regard for his players either.

But I could be wrong.

Wickman Junior