I would tend to agree with you, but for different reasons. Miller should have gone with Graveney (who was well overdue to go) and Fletcher. I see no logic at all in keeping one of the selectors from that era. The Ashes debacle was just as much Millers responsiblity as it was Graveneys and Fletchers, they were ALL selectors for that tour.

With regards to Read, I think his ship has well and truly sailed, I honestly cannot ever see him playing for England again, particularly after what I read about him in Fletchers autobiography 'Behind the Shades'. A book I'm sure you'd thoroughly enjoy despite your dislike of him. And not because of his terrible batting technique either, if that wasn't reason enough.

According to Fletcher, Read plays within a 'narrow fielding span'. Something that Jack Russell picked up on and offered his services to remedy. He couldn't understand why, after Read came back into the side, Trescothick, who previously had a pretty good pair of hands at first slip suddenly started dropping catches. On analysis, it transpired that Read simply wasn't going for balls that went inbetween himself and Trescothick, with Trescothick going for them when really Read should have been.

Read himself confirmed this one day, when he was overheard muttering under his breath at seeing a replay of one of 'those' drops on the laptop saying '**** that was mine'. No wonder he had such an excellent 'chance to drop' ratio if he only went for the balls he knew he could take comfortably. Add in his 'apparent' unwillingness to even try new coaching methods to help improve his game and his relative 'quietness' behind the stumps, and it's really not that hard to see why he wasn't a good choice as England keeper. Even Brian Lara apparently didn't think much of him as a keeper either.

So there you go.

Foster? Please. Haven't we moved on from him yet? Anyway, his batting's gone to hell in a hand basket in recent times, so I think you can forget about him as well.

Mustard I think perhaps should have been given more opportunity than he has, because I don't see Ambrose as being the solution to Englands keeper problems.

I think you better get used to Priors selection because I think he will ultimately be the England long term keeper selection, although I certainly agreed his glovework needed improving.

I certainly agree that Millers talking out of his backside there. But I don't agree that Jones' glovework was as bad as you and many others make out. His glovework improved measurably and towards the end was actually pretty good - it was his batting that let him down in the end ironically not his glovework.