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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 2785050, member: 8423"] I don't disagree with you but I just don't see how you can take a mediocre career of a guy who is starting to get on over a youngish guy who has looked more than solid so far and certainly no worse than the guy they've picked. And I would love to have guys averaging 50+ and scoring 1000 runs each year but that time has passed unfortunately and I do agree we should give some young guys a go. I'd like to see a list of next in liners: Openers: 1. Burns, 2. Bancroft, 3. Renshaw, 4. Maddinson - Outside of Burns, this is a problem area as Renshaw looks good but is too raw. Middle-order: 1. Fergusen, 2. Lehmann, 3. Patterson, 4. Lynn (if he can ever stay on the field), 5. Heazlett - Some other good potentials but fit Lehmann and Patterson around Smith, Khawaja and Warner and we look ok for the next few years, not great though. All-Rounders: 1. Head, 2. Henriques, 3. Faulkner, 4. Maxwell, 5. Cartwright, 6. Valente - We have some very promising young guys there but none are ready yet. Cartwright looks amazing to me but still needs time, Valente can't crack his state side yet. Faulkner seems to have gone backwards but I'd be keen to see him get another crack soon if Marsh gets a reprieve next test and fails again. Keepers: 1. Wade, 2. Handscomb, 3. Whiteman - This is a problem area in that Wade has proven he can bat but has feet for hands, Handscomb is the best of the bunch all-round but doesn't keep for Victoria at the moment. Pace Bowlers: 1. Mennie, 2. Bird, 3. Sayers, 4. Pattinson, 5. Cummins, 6. Behrendorff - We have so much talent here if they can all stay fit and that is a HUGE if given NCN, Pattinson and Cummins are all walking injuries. Paris, Steketee can't even crack their state sides. I just don't understand why we have gone with Mennie when both Bird and Sayers are better options, particularly Sayers at present. Spin Bowlers: 1. SOK, 2. Agar, 3. Zampa, 4. Swepson - We look to have a fantastic prospect in Swepson but we've all thought that with Zampa, Muirhead and Boyce in recent times and none of them have gone on to anything FC level wise. Swepson has not started this season well and hopefully he doesn't follow that trend. I believe SOK is better than Lyon and I realise that will be controversial but his record speaks for itself. Most games he has played with Lyon at FC and national level, he has outperformed him. However, he is starting to get on and his time has passed outside the sub-continent. The big positive here is the improvement of Agar. He is becoming a genuine spin-all round option. He is fresh off a 10-fa and seems to be re-discovering his early career mojo with the ball. His batting is a very pleasant bonus and he is still very young. [/QUOTE]

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