There is such a long list of what's wrong I wouldn't know what to address first.
Selection of players like Curran infuriates the hell out of me. He is nowhere near a good enough bowler at test level, but we pick him because he might chip in with 20 odd, because our batsman aren't good enough. A ridiculous philosophy. It should be the best wicketkeeper, your best 4 bowlers and your best 6 batters. If you are lucky enough to have Stokes/Woakes, clearly that frees you up to be more speculative. We don't pick Leach because we want a spinner who bats, flawed thinking for me.
Root doesn't think like a captain, he doesn't seem to know when to attack or defend in the field, which in English conditions and having Broad and Anderson for the majority of his tenure in a sad reflection on his limitations.
The past few weeks has made me quite fearful of a 5-0 this winter.