Neither Pendles or Sides have never been quick, and their disposal, on face value has always been at the pointy end. You're speculating that their 'best is behind them' purely coz age. They're 30 something not 50 something, their DE (motor skills) isn't going to fall away suddenly as it seems you're alluding to. And there's no actual age for all and sundry that it's your time to drop off.
And I agree with the rest of your post but that does not mean Pendles and Sides are past their best form. This is very hard to argue your position on face value.
How well do you reckon Pendles, Sidey, JDG, Sier and the Brown boys are gonna go with all the two-way running when Grundy repeatedly taps it down the throat of guys like Bontempelli, Martin, Petracca and Yeo? We will get chopped up. We need the seasoned, fit, big bodies of Crisp and Maynard.
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