Miraz Bhai, Bangali der moddhe "You are with us or against us" mentality ta ektu beshi strong. You criticize their favorite player, even if that player is not performing, and they take that criticism personally. You criticize their favorite coach, even if that coach is incompetent, and they take that criticism personally.
If the members here are able to step out of their biased stance for a minute and can take a look at the big picture objectively, they should clearly see that:
a) Siddons is an incompetent coach.
b) the Board has failed us so far.
c) the core of the team comprises of Shakib, Tamim, Rajjak, Rasel, Mashrafe (when he is not temperamental or superstitious) and possibly Raqibul. Outside of these six, everyone is dispensable.
d) the cricketing facilities in Bangladesh are inadequate.
e) the domestic structure needs to be improved.
To fix the problems:
a) Bring a new coach.
b) We need a new board.
c) Build around the core. Drop all the non-performers, and make the pay of the players performance-based.
d) Improve the facilities. Build some sporting wickets. Allow national/A-team/U-19 cricketers to use national facilities all-year round so national players don't have to pay to build their own pitches or pay people to bowl to them (ala Javed Omar).
e) More four and five day matches, and more domestic competition.
I know a) and b) are not gonna happen, because the board doesn't have the balls to sack Siddons, and because the military government is too busy letting all the corrupt politicians off the hook to care about cricket.
c) probably will not happen since everyone loves Ashraful/Aftab/Alok/Mushfiq/Shahadat/name a random non-performing cricketer here.
d) will not happen because the Board will say they don't have the money.
e) will not happen because four and five day games are not profitable for the board.
The end-result will be dabba. This is why we are where we were in 2001. Nothing has changed. We are still at the bottom and we will be at the bottom until the ICC finally pulls the plug and takes away our test status.
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