Sympathy

The Age suggests that there will be little sympathy for an Australian side that loses.
Leaders in any field always have those waiting for their fall, ready to pounce with unabashed glee and bask in the sunshine they have sorely missed, being in the shadows of the best.

Sure, it won’t be any different for this team.But what has been exciting about this last (“disgraceful”) week is that we can expect some good cricket.

We've been spoilt for a long time now. At any given time over the past dozen years there have been five or six all-time greats in the team.

I am not so sure. The number of (nearly) all time greats has not fallen drastically- whether they can perform at their best is the question (if, indeed, it is being asked yet)