My dear, eloquent fadagong. Sadly, it's apparent­ that your command of the English language is somemwhat­ wanting, but I hope against hope you're a bit­ better with figures...... If you'd care to check­ the statistics, over the 7 matches in India, Pietersen­ was only 2nd in the batting averages in both test and­ one-day matches - Strauss and Shah were best in those­ respective statistics so, factually, your statement is­ incorrect.
Want to try again, cretin?

Does it blo..y matter wher he's from? He's the­ captain and that is it, period. The ECB cant, or­ wouldn't, turn the clock back to suit you pathetic­ lot who have nothing to argue about except irrelevant­ and unchangeable things.
I guess its like this for you:­ when KP scores a ton, regains the ashes he's­ English, when he has a poor knock or loses a match­ he's SAfrican?
What a petty lot you are.

It doesn't matter what nationality the captain is­ or who we have as a coach we haven't got a chance­ in the ashes cos without the likes of wicket takers­ like Simon Jones or Matthew Hoggard we ain't gonna­ bowl the aussies out!!

Fadagong you seem to be missing the point Pieterson is­ NOT English is that concept too hard for a dimwit like­ you to understand.

monkeyspanner, robbo and vsenna55 are @#$% nitwits,­ @#$% u 3, kp is the best bat in team england!

Monkeyspanner is right. I have always thought that­ National Managers/Head Coaches in every sport should­ have to have exactly the same qualifications as the­ players have to have.

vsenna55 - A bit strong, mate, but I entirely agree­ with your sentiments.
Peitersen is a foreigner - and­ let's be clear about this, that is NOT a racist­ statement, it is fact that Pietersen is NOT English, he­ is South African - and therefore, were it not by dint­ of a bizarre rule, he wouldn't even be playing for­ the country, let alone be its captain. However, more­ importantly let's look at his recent track record -­ Played 8 won 0 drawn 1......! Go on then, someone­ convince me that his stewardship of the English cricket­ side has been successful. His own personal performances­ have been questionable, too, so he can hardly have­ claimed to have been 'leading from the front'!­
The selectors should display the same (belated)­ courage as they did last week by not selecting 'Mr­ Cliché' himself (Vaughan), and they should drop­ Pietersen completely! If he then wants to go home­ crying, that's his prerogative - but somehow, given­ the Bocks' impending N°1 status, I rather doubt­ they will want him either!

I agree with wearmouthsimon as regards the ashes we do­ want them back on English soil but we only want players­ in the team who were born on English soil so that South­ African should go and play for South Africa to give us­ a better chance of beating them when we play them­ because he is never in this world a test player or­ Captain.Lets get back to the old ways and only play­ true englishmen i.e. born here.

If Peterson Can't work with Moores then he should­ resign. As good as we keep getting told he is, and not­ lets forget he has'nt been anything special of­ late. Then he should go. But we all know he wont­ because of the money involved in international cricket.­ My suggestion to Peterson would be :- resign and get­ back in too county cricket were you will perform­ better.

Not with hindsight, more 'I told you so'. KP­ should never have been appointed Captain. He is a good­ 'pretend Cricket' (1 day) batsman but has­ always been over-rated as a 'proper Cricket'­ (Test) player. He has one fundamental flaw - he is­ self centred and never plays for the team. Not even­ being Captain can correct that.
He is obviously a poor­ tactician - that's why he wanted Michael Vaughan on­ the tour to pick his brains.
The Captain, whoever he­ is, should not be able to dictate who the manager­ is.
As for a Manager - we need someone who is­ experienced in Test Cricket not a nobody. There are­ plenty to chose from ; Graham Gooch, Jack Russell (who­ worked wonders for Gloucestershire, Mike Gatting, David­ Gower amongst others.

moores out kp in that the best thing to do i what them­ ashes back on english soil

The Skipper-Coach bickering is not unique to Team­ England. I often crops up when the Coach tends to be in­ the forefront and seeks to be in lime light of media.­ It has happened in many other countries. Whoever­ command the support and backing of senior players­ should stay and the other, well, the obvious.

KP should stay moores unless backed by his captain and­ therefore team, would unfortunately have to go, this­ england team is rebuilding and therefore a fresh­ captain who may not be english by birth but is english­ in his JOB, should be allowed to push forward with his­ project of regaining the ashes and taking england to­ the top of the table, it's a team game and to be a­ team you must work together, pull the same way and­ unite, And for the comments about KP going home, sorry­ but he has 3 lions on his body which means he is home­ he has BRANDED himself an English Cricketer, If my­ views are not to the liking of the mindless few so be­ it, What would you rather be, watching a failing­ English/wales team or a winning one???

With all the bickering does anyone really think the­ poms will be up for the test series, the Aussies will­ be rubbing their hands together, as we say, no worries­ , Ned Kelly

I agree with you 100% melaniepoynton. Moores's­ record as coach is mediocre to say the least and well­ below par for an England coach wanting to regain the­ Ashes, to be frank.

I also agree that tani1959 knows­ nothing about playing cricket. The captain has a more­ important role to play in cricket than the captain on a­ football pitch and the coach a lesser role than a­ manager in football. Obviously Moores's game plans­ and attitude to playing cricket doesn't match­ KP's ambition and vision of where he sees England­ progressing to. I would go go with KP's vision­ (even though I am NOT a KP fan, as a Proteas supporter­ and native South African & well known-among my­ friends and fellow cricket player I can't stand­ KP-the-ex-South-African) because his brand of cricket­ has helped England win back the Ashes and was­ impressive in handing my beloved Proteas a near­ white-wash in the one day series last year, i.e. when­ we in a position to be number 1 in the ICC ODI­ rankings.

As for vsenna55 your vitriol is best placed­ in a pub after have 10 or more pints have been downed. ­ I find your xenophobic attitude not only repulsive but­ downright offensive. KP is not the 1st S. African to­ captain England at cricket and have had prolific­ batsmen in the English team over the decades of SA­ isolation. KP's birth-place is not the issue here,­ the issue is that the current England cricket captain­ and the coach does not see eye to eye. End of.

I agree with you melaniepoynton. Obviously tani1959­ doesn't know about cricket, let alone playing it.

i,m sick of listening to it all best jobs in the world­ still not happy sack the pair of them

mr moores and mr pietersen,s must be able to work­ together and i feel the batsman and captain is more­ important to england than the coach so if anyone has to­ go it will be on reflection the coach