THE WRITING IS FIRMLY ON THE WALL NOW!!

[AFRO]

It's getting more and more painful watching Sammy feck up the balance of the team, his confidence is so low now that he didn't even want to bowl today, when him and Bravo were at the crease all they needed to do is keep picking up singles and wait for the power play to come but what does he go and do? he plays a stupid shot and gets caught at deep like a foolish skunt!! , the look on Gibbo's face was priceless!! ,

They can't keep ignoring it anymore, he's there to lead but he's obviously not inspiring anyone because we're losing every game, now his bowling is being totally exposed to the point where he only had two overs today, is it a coincidence that with him barely bowling WE HAD OUR BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE OF THE SERIES THUS FAR? i don't think so,

Now the WICB have a chance to put their pride to one side and PROVE they really care about the welfare of this team by dropping that skunt pronto, i'd also urge them to bite the bullet and get Sarwan back involved now, he's been punished enough and he's much more useful than Edwards or Samuels right now i believe, plus he hasn't openly criticized them like Gayle and Shiv have,

In closing Gibbo looks like a worried man to me, i said after the world cup that he's only digging his own grave by defending Sammy, he needs to put an end to this madness and tell the selectors to do whats right, or it will be HIM he loses in the end.

[hdresden]

Kraigg Brathwaite in place of Smith. Nash for Samuels to steady things. Sarwan in place of Edwards ....he aint ready. Bravo Senior capt. .....It is ok to have one ODI captain and another Test captain.

[hdresden]

WIBC approach with players is why we will be ranked lower than everybody. You dont just give away a series to blood players.

[AFRO]

I totally agree man,

Brathwaite
Simmons
darren
sarwan
nash (c)
Bonner/Carlos Brathwaite
Baugh (wk)
Roach
Pascal/Kantasingh
Edwards
Bishoo

Would be a very decent side imo, we'd have two spinners, three pacers and Simmons can bowl medium pace too. i would replace Sammy with either Carlos Brathwaite or Nkruma Bonner as they were very impressive in the last four day competition with both bat and ball.

[hdresden]

Would let Simmons wk. and let him learn the skill, and I still think Bravo senior should be capt. Nash would have trouble leading this side. With Simmons as keeper choices in bowling opens up.

[jala]

we haven't won anything with a "balanced" side, so what's your point?

[AFRO]

we haven't won anything with a "balanced" side, so what's your point?

When was the last time we had a "balanced side" with competent players though?

Against SA we had injuries all over the place and it was the same in Australia, the last time we had a balanced team with our senior players playing well we BEAT England in a Test series.

btw are you advocating the inclusion of Sammy in the side?

[Claro07]

have you guys being following west indies cricket for the past 20 yrs ????? the writing is never on the wall for failure

[cuffman]

Afro, remember what I said about Edwards and Samuels in the middle of the innings? These fellas killing us in the middle man! I cyar take it no more!!! I was calling for dem to be included for this series, but having the both of them in the middle is not going to get us anywhere against quality international opposition IMO.

Smith and Sammy are complete liabilities! Dem fellas yankin some serious stones out there man!!! The other 9 players hadda be compensating for dem men ineptitude ALL the time so??? Even I could probably get Smith if I tried my hand at off breaks!

I don't agree with having Dwayne for captain at all! He has fallen off badly as a regular player and the captaincy is bound to compound his woes. Whether we want to admit it or not, the FACT is that we have a real crisis of leadership as it pertains to the WI team. I certainly wouldn't like to be a selector in WI at this point in time.

Russell clearly still needs to learn a lot as a cricketer. His lack of real skill in both batting and bowling is being brutally exposed now. I think Carlos Brathwaite is more ready for international cricket with his bowling than Russell, and this was demonstrated for all to see in the practice match. I think he still has a lot to learn with the bat, but he should bolster the bowling significantly.

The bottom line is, we are not going anywhere with some of these players right now!!!

[Claro07]

the FACT is that we have a real crisis of leadership as it pertains to the WI team.
The bottom line is, we are not going anywhere with some of these players right now!!!

well said leadership has been our problem from top to bottom for years.