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Post by surreysteve on Nov 23, 2017 10:28:01 GMT
Who do you Sussex fans want as your overseas player for the CC in 2018. Nathan Lyon would be a good signing.
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Post by kevininnessupersub on Nov 23, 2017 12:45:22 GMT
Would mean Beer and Briggs wasting even more time in the 2nd's. Require a top order batsman, who would captain the side and sign a 3 year contract. This is our most urgent requirement, whether overseas, who knows. Do we really need an overseas player  ? |
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Post by jonboy on Nov 23, 2017 15:26:23 GMT
Would mean Beer and Briggs wasting even more time in the 2nd's. Require a top order batsman, who would captain the side and sign a 3 year contract. This is our most urgent requirement, whether overseas, who knows. Do we really need an overseas player ? I guess an overseas gives us the best chance of attracting someone of quality Losing Nash was a big blow, in more ways than one Yes we have lost one of our better batsmen, but it now means we have less scope with the overseas signing Unless we are planning to make more than one signing, our new overseas will now have to be an opening bat In the circumstances, we probably should have kept Angus Robson Maybe we would have done, had we have known we were to lose Nash |
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Post by joe on Nov 23, 2017 18:26:15 GMT
Would mean Beer and Briggs wasting even more time in the 2nd's. Require a top order batsman, who would captain the side and sign a 3 year contract. This is our most urgent requirement, whether overseas, who knows. Do we really need an overseas player ? I guess an overseas gives us the best chance of attracting someone of quality Losing Nash was a big blow, in more ways than one Yes we have lost one of our better batsmen, but it now means we have less scope with the overseas signing Unless we are planning to make more than one signing, our new overseas will now have to be an opening bat In the circumstances, we probably should have kept Angus Robson Maybe we would have done, had we have known we were to lose Nash I don’t agree, we gave Robson a fair crack of the whip and he wasn’t good enough, no point holding on to players like that when we’ve got young batters in the squad who should be brought on. We’ve still got Wells, van Zyl, Wright and Brown as senior batters, we just need an opener. Whether that’s an O/S or a domestic signing I don’t know but I do know that I have faith in Rob Andrew ( and now Dizzy ) to get the right caliber of player who would also possibly be captain. |
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Post by joe on Nov 23, 2017 18:30:25 GMT
Would mean Beer and Briggs wasting even more time in the 2nd's. Require a top order batsman, who would captain the side and sign a 3 year contract. This is our most urgent requirement, whether overseas, who knows. Do we really need an overseas player ? I don’t think either Beer or Briggs will have their contracts renewed at the end of next season. |
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Post by jonboy on Nov 24, 2017 0:18:05 GMT
I guess an overseas gives us the best chance of attracting someone of quality Losing Nash was a big blow, in more ways than one Yes we have lost one of our better batsmen, but it now means we have less scope with the overseas signing Unless we are planning to make more than one signing, our new overseas will now have to be an opening bat In the circumstances, we probably should have kept Angus Robson Maybe we would have done, had we have known we were to lose Nash I don’t agree, we gave Robson a fair crack of the whip and he wasn’t good enough, no point holding on to players like that when we’ve got young batters in the squad who should be brought on. We’ve still got Wells, van Zyl, Wright and Brown as senior batters, we just need an opener. Whether that’s an O/S or a domestic signing I don’t know but I do know that I have faith in Rob Andrew ( and now Dizzy ) to get the right caliber of player who would also possibly be captain. Hopefully, yes we will To be fair, Robson did OK, on the whole, but perhaps didn’t do enough to nail down a first team slot Slightly worrying that he was head and shoulders above the likes of Evans, Salt, Rawlins and was no worse than Finch Only two batsmen, Wells and Van Zyl, showed they have what it takes, even at this level |
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Post by ashingtonmartlet on Nov 24, 2017 8:51:29 GMT
Yes I thought Robson did well enough, a number of decent scores, surprised we didn’t offer him a deal, and with Nash gone we are now wo fully short of opening batsmen, and indeed batsmen in general.
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Post by liquidskin on Nov 24, 2017 19:57:44 GMT
We need an OS opening bat, no question, and my pick would be Renshaw or Burns of Australia.
Ashington, with an OS bat in place we have good numbers in the backup batting department but they're all young and from the academy, which I suspect is your issue. It's the way it should be, have a little faith. We have excellent young batters in reserve who need to be trusted - Jenner, Haines, Rawlins, Ward and Oxley. Not to mention Burgess. We're actually a seamer or two light for backup to the first picks. Certainly not batsmen, once we get the OS dude in.
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Post by jonboy on Nov 25, 2017 9:28:55 GMT
We need an OS opening bat, no question, and my pick would be Renshaw or Burns of Australia. Ashington, with an OS bat in place we have good numbers in the backup batting department but they're all young and from the academy, which I suspect is your issue. It's the way it should be, have a little faith. We have excellent young batters in reserve who need to be trusted - Jenner, Haines, Rawlins, Ward and Oxley. Not to mention Burgess. We're actually a seamer or two light for backup to the first picks. Certainly not batsmen, once we get the OS dude in. Been following the Aussie state games, as my favoured OS would be an Aussie opener So far, Renshaw is having a mare, and currently can’t buy a run. Of the others, Burns has probably been the pick of the bunch Down the order, Maxwell has just scored 270 batting at three |
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Post by jonboy on Dec 4, 2017 9:15:50 GMT
Renshaw’s mare continues If we are looking for an Aussie opener, there is only one real candidate showing any sort of form, and that is Burns. Yorkshire are also, apparently, looking for an Aussie opener
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Post by jonboy on Dec 5, 2017 8:02:10 GMT
As if to underline the point, Burns racks up 202 not out in the current match The danger now, I suppose, is that he will be called back into the Australia set up
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Post by simonr448 on Dec 5, 2017 14:58:26 GMT
I guess we have to sign an opening bat as others have suggested, will it certainly be an Aussie though? Just wondering if the calendars of other test playing nations will fit in with the English season?
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Post by coverpoint on Dec 7, 2017 19:16:31 GMT
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Post by jonboy on Dec 7, 2017 21:00:43 GMT
Yes shame, I’d have loved him at Hove Definitely the calibre of player we need to be looking at |
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Post by ashingtonmartlet on Dec 9, 2017 0:51:06 GMT
We need an OS opening bat, no question, and my pick would be Renshaw or Burns of Australia. Ashington, with an OS bat in place we have good numbers in the backup batting department but they're all young and from the academy, which I suspect is your issue. It's the way it should be, have a little faith. We have excellent young batters in reserve who need to be trusted - Jenner, Haines, Rawlins, Ward and Oxley. Not to mention Burgess. We're actually a seamer or two light for backup to the first picks. Certainly not batsmen, once we get the OS dude in. Agree we are now a bit light on seamers, having dropped from 10 at the start of last season to 7. You are right, that is my problem. Of course I want to have faith in the Academy players, but if they’re in the Academy rather than on the staff, they’re not really back-up are they. Some of them probably won’t make it and some may not even choose cricket as a career. Ok, an overseas batter replaces Nash but surely that just gets us back to where we were and the batting has been very fragile for the last 3 seasons (and strongly criticised on here), there’s been 3 retirements plus Nash’s departure in that time, so I’m sorry but if you want things to improve, then defaulting to what’s left of the batting plus Academy players as back-up is not the answer. |
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