No I don’t think there is a conspiracy. They get mesmerised by his home form every year and then pick him to travel when it’s plainly obvious he is terrible away from home, check his stats, I think he averages nearly 60 at home and 30ish away. He should be banned from getting on international flights.
Except ODI’s he averages just over and just under 45 for home and away, so pretty consistent.
Johnsons problem is Dave and George texted him and didn’t ring him with their replies to his digs. It’s not like they were breaking up with him and he deserved a phone call??? Johnson’s having a sook but he was always a bit soft.
And sandpaper gate is over who cares anymore, and tampering with the ball has been part of cricket for a century. Well up until the change the laws, you can’t even use a bit of spit but you can sweat?