UPDATE: Unlike most sides, I suspect mine's improved. Warner and Root are the two obvious ones. When you get someone Phlegm thinks should be the #1 pick if we did the draft today in the middle of the second round, you've done fairly well IMO, and Root killing India and Sri Lanka also boosts his profile. In addition, Sarfraz has averaged about 70 this year at Test level and for a Round 17 pick....that's very good IMO (obviously ???? remain over his keeping....but he'll probably only play as a specialist batsman for me barring injury). Bowling however is iffy. Narine hasn't played since picking him due to T20 commitments and chucking allegations....Taylor stunk it up against South Africa, ditto Yadav in the last two Tests against Australia (though the fact they're playing Tests is a positive). Also Pattinson and Hendricks have struggled with injury. Still potential, but I can see our bowling being a tad inconsistent.
Jerome Taylor and Umesh will both be decent bowlers tbh. Damn the delay. My team has gotten so much shitter, even Morgies is better now.
I suspect Warner's value will be diluted a bit in this by the FC quality of the attacks imo. If they were all test attacks then he's gravy but the lesser test openers should be fine against teams almost full of FC standard bowlers. It helps you out though with Taylor and Umesh because they've got test wickets which boosts them above the FC cunts.
Jaques had a pretty good county season no? Plus his retirement won't really kick in until the end of this winter.