Is Jade Dernbach Really That Bad? No, But The Selectors Are

Jade Dernbach - The worst international cricketer ever?

Jade Dernbach - officially the worst International Twenty20 (and ODI) bowler of all time. The fact that Dernbach has the worst economy rate ever is not an easy one to shake off. But is he really the worst ever, or merely a man put in the wrong place by those lacking the imagination to do otherwise?

Dernbach isn’t an easy bloke to sympathise with, having the air of a man who looks like he’s been dragged from the VIP area of a club in some God forsaken satellite town. That’s not to mention those tattoos that make him look like the lovechild of a lizard and a Liverpool defender.

In The Sadenning Frenzy Over The Future Of Adnan Januzaj, Only Jack Wilshere Gets Close To Talking Sense

England's latest star? Don't bank on it.

If you believe what you read in the papers and what's babbled over the phone in-lines then Adnan Januzaj is England's next great hope, Gazza with a few extra vowels and for whom peeing in public is something statues do rather than Jimmy Five-bellies.

The fact that a furore seems to have developed around an 18-year-old boy, not qualified for England, who has played well in one Premier League game says a lot about the parlous state of football and the utter cluelessness of those who are paid very well to sort it out, but as well as showing weakness it shows English football’s propensity for pomposity and disregard for anything other than the next headline, its also pretty offensive.

That's because Januzaj's peculiar history, the very reason that poaching him is still a possibility is a sad one that is far more important than whether we can hype ourselves up about whether it might be our year when Januzaj might under FIFA’s rules be able to actually play for England in 2018.