Carlton Supporters Club

100 percent correct, its a collective effort.
High level cricket relies upon having the skill sets to execute plans, and that's the problem I have with Starc.  Part of that is sustained pressure, and he releases it too often by bowling junk.  Sure, he gets wickets with Jaffas and that's a legitimate approach to taking wickets, but he seemingly doesn't worry about the other rubbish and that hurts the collective bowling effort.  He is also deadly when conditions suit (eg the night test Adelaide) but so often on flat decks he's old rope.  I thought he was a highlights package bowler in the ashes (images of him getting carted) and was staggered when he received a gong.  In the two most recent home series vs. India he shouldn't have played the last games, he was below par and we lost both.

I suspect the CA wear this because if they don't they will further kill Test Cricket, the only thing that even gave the Pakis a sniff was Starc letting them off the hook with 90% pie chucking.

But that might be the trick for him, because somewhere in the remaining 10% is an unplayable delivery when conditions suit and when he is switched on, you just have to wear the rest. It's that last point that is the most burring, because often the pie chucking seems attitude based not a result of the conditions or pressure, it's like he switches off and body language exposes a Laissez-faire approach, I assert that is what is most grating to cricket die hards.

We grew up watching blokes like Sobers, Lillee, Ambrose, Garner, Willis, Hadlee give batsmen nothing, the idea of a half-ar5ed spell was anathema to them, they were dirty on just releasing one bad delivery. Not only did you have to survive, but getting runs off them was like growing algae on a rock for a daily feed!

Now in context look at the batting records tumble, can you imagine if blokes that did dominate like Richards, Simpson, Walters or Border were batting now getting 2 or 3 lose pills an over or having a Cummins type try to bounce them out on the modern pitches, pitches that look like relative batting paradise compared to the 60s, 70s or 80s?

Certainly a controversial character who made some serious errors of judgment, but a very good career despite that.

What’s the chances of a couple of 8 year old cricket mates going on to open the batting for Australia … and very successfully at that?

Warner said that he was hoping for a Test spot bowling some leg spin and batting at 6 or 7 🙄

I love Warner's and Uzi's stories. Warner was a local "backyard" cricketer when given a go.
Uzi's career seemed and dead and buried, persistence saw it resurrected. Just goes to show if you want something bad enough, you can make a name for yourself in sport and get rewarded handsomely as Warner did in the IPL.
I was listening to Stan The Man Longanides on radio yesterday, his motto or rather what he tells kids is "what are you prepared to sacrifice, what are you prepared to give up to go up". It pretty simple.

The squads are somewhat bizarre, I can't see any rational to how some get bypassed while others get promoted, I suspect it's more about politics than form lines or potential. For example Renshaw gets in but has no form.

Smith isnt an opener and I am yet to see what Green has done to be played at No4 apart from hang out with the right people....saying all that with such garbage opposition in Pakistan and the Windies this summer anyone could bat anywhere and still make runs or take wickets.

When they behave like this it's an old boys club, but it's probably good in that they conspire to make tests go 3 or 4 days, otherwise such is the difference between the best and the rest that we might be seeing more debacles like India vs The Saffies!