THE ASHES: In The Guardian Duncan Fletcher thinks the series has come alive but this is no time for panic. Andrew Strauss must stick to his guns. Vic Marks urges England to remember that Australia batsman Mike Hussey is good but he’s no Don Bradman. In The Daily Telegraph Shane Warne believes the next Test is make-or-break for both sides. Momentum tilts it to Australia. Jonathan Trott thinks his side has to make a lot of runs in the first innings. But he is refreshed and ready to retain The Ashes. The Daily Mail’s Nasser Hussain insists that the Aussies aren’t back – the Perth win just papered over the cracks. The Independent’s James Lawton argues that in a composite team only two of the Australia side would have made the cut before the last Test but things have changed. In The Times Christopher Martin-Jenkins is concerned that when professionals start ascribing success to sledging, which in its rawest form is unfair play and clearly against the spirit of the preamble to the Laws, the amateurs who admire them, especially the young ones, will get the wrong idea.
FOOTBALL: In The Times Simon Barnes says football is news, football is business, football is politics, football is fashion, football is gossip. Football is practically everything, except football. In modern football, the clothes have no emperor. In The Daily Mirror Robbie Savage nominates Blackpool boss Ian Holloway as his man of the year and offers himself up as an assistant. In The Sun Karren Brady, vice-chairman of West Ham, thinks Tottenham are trying to muscle in where they are not wanted by attempting to have the Olympic Stadium as their new home. Harry Redknapp would like to see the return of professional players coaching in schools. In The Independent Neil Warnock says he has finally met a referee who gives as good as he gets – Scott Mathieson. The Daily Telegraph’s Jason Burt believes Carlos Tevez’s surprise decision to withdraw his transfer request at Man City marks an uneasy truce but nothing more than that.
QUOTE: ‘We’ve put Perth to bed, talked about that and we’re very much focused on what could be a massive week.’ – Andrew Strauss
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