Well, thanks to India for making us look so good!
Nobody can pretend that all is right in the England camp and India's batting was almost look-away embarrassing, but with Broad in A&E and Anderson battling a sickness bug, for England to bowl out the tourists for 161 will give them great encouragement.
I'm so pleased for Moeen; as Agnew said, a combination of a lack of confidence from Cook and scorn from the Indian batsmen almost finished his bowling and maybe test career before it got going. Even if some of his wickets in the last 2 games have been down to complacency or incompetence by the batsmen (I refuse to use the hideous "batter" that seems to have invaded the game, though I suppose batswoman is a bit clumsy for the women's game) Moeen has either caused or enforced both collapses and worked damn hard to adjust his game to the test arena. Everyone knows he is no Swann, but he might make a pretty decent replacement.
As all the pundits have said, our first change seam attack is the big problem; there is a strong chance that Broad will miss the Oval (actually not such a bad thing in some ways) and Anderson is obviously not at 100%, so we need someone else to lead the line. I tend to agree that neither Jordan nor Woakes has made a compelling case and Plunkett needs to be used more effectively. He has the pace, but if he can't bowl line and length, he's like left-right-sh*te era Mitchell Johnson.
I would definitely, absolutely bring Finn in for the Oval. He's potentially a superb strike bowler, but never if we don't give him a chance.
In the batting department, I'm a bit worried about Robson - all the Indian bowlers seem to have worked him out, which means every test bowler will be queuing up to have a go. He really needs a good knock to raise his confidence, or he'll be out. After the Indians leave, England have no more tests for 8 months I believe, so no more opportunities to try others, as Boycott said yesterday.
On the positive side, Ballance looks like he'll make it in the long form, even if he's oddly anonymous. If Butler can improve his keeping (which always seems to be the case with keeper-batsmen) then England will heave a sigh of relief at filling Matt Prior's shoes. Good partnership between him and Root yesterday.
The senior players finally seem to be finding a bit of form, too, so maybe England really have begun to turn the corner and see the light at the end of the tunnel, etc, etc.
Looking forward to the Oval!

Opening partnership is a tough one. We have won the last two tests because the top order started batting at last. However if Cook fails again at the Oval and Robson does too then it can soon all fall apart.

The Aussie tour debarcle came about by a lack of batting resilience along with a divided team. Cook was failing as was Carberry, and Trott was in trouble and other than Stokes everyone else followed suit. This blow to Cooks form then seemed to prevent him being authoritative in the captain role. It is telling that he is a different person on the back of a win or two.

I would try Compton again for an opener?

Taking a look at the (almost) unchanged top six order now it's beginning to show signs of settling it's not a bad one at all!

Agreed, bar Robson. He might yet make it, but he's not there yet in my view!

...Root has the potential to do almost anything... His brother plays a bit too; maybe a future opening partnership!