|
|
Post by imranswife1 on Nov 4, 2018 6:32:13 GMT
Still no news on any ins or outs ?
|
|
|
|
Post by Short Leg (formerly yikemardy) on Nov 4, 2018 8:13:05 GMT
Worcester have just signed Riki wessels from Notts, I think that could of been the perfect signing for us - absolutely bemused we haven’t made an effort to sign him Furthermore looking at the counties’ released lists Karl brown from lancs and Gary Wilson would both be decent signings I believe What a load of pants they all are. No better than what we have, but going in the opposite direction on the ability scale. What aggressive Aussie opener? It's not 1998, they don't have any. Our batting lineup will be Salt, Haines, Wells, VZ, Finch, Brown. Wright might sneak in if he hasn't left. What you all seem to be blissfully unaware of is that we'll need an overseas quick with Archer and Jordan at IPL. Unless we can shock the world and trust Garton and Whittingham to bowl. We can then switch the OS bowler for the OS batter after IPL if necessary, with much better options too. |
|
|
|
Post by Short Leg (formerly yikemardy) on Nov 4, 2018 8:15:37 GMT
Surely we will get an overseas for the whole season, even if it’s a bowler to start then switch to bat when Jordan and archer are back
If we go with what we have I doubt we will challenge for promotion next season.
|
|
|
|
Post by joe on Dec 7, 2018 16:51:51 GMT
So far we’ve had news of one player leaving, one likely to be with England most of the year and one who appears to be changing career to become an umpire. This leaves us with a squad of 17 of whom Mills, Evans, Rawlins and Beer are white ball players so that’s 13 to choose from for the CC.
Wells
Salt
Haines
Finch
Wright
Burgess
Brown
Wiese
Briggs
Robinson
Sakande
Garton
Jordan ( when he’s not at IPL or England )
That’s a skeleton squad at best, suicide squad at worst.
We MUST recruit!
|
|
|
|
Post by jonboy on Dec 7, 2018 17:58:37 GMT
So far we’ve had news of one player leaving, one likely to be with England most of the year and one who appears to be changing career to become an umpire. This leaves us with a squad of 17 of whom Mills, Evans, Rawlins and Beer are white ball players so that’s 13 to choose from for the CC. Wells Salt Haines Finch Wright Burgess Brown Wiese Briggs Robinson Sakande Garton Jordan ( when he’s not at IPL or England ) That’s a skeleton squad at best, suicide squad at worst. We MUST recruit! and all this following on from last winter, when we lost 4 and only promoted young Tom Haines We can’t keep going on like this. Sure Dizzy will tell us we have quality, and I don’t dispute that, we also have some promising youngsters, but the squad has been cut to the bone |
|
|
|
Post by joe on Dec 7, 2018 18:31:34 GMT
And how much longer will Luke Wright be playing 4 day cricket?
|
|
|
|
Post by flashblade on Dec 7, 2018 21:02:09 GMT
You guys are asking all the right questions, but we won't get the answers until the club announces new signings. They're not going to make any announcements until there's something to announce, so lets just sit back and wait.
|
|
|
|
Post by ashingtonmartlet on Dec 7, 2018 22:56:21 GMT
So far we’ve had news of one player leaving, one likely to be with England most of the year and one who appears to be changing career to become an umpire. This leaves us with a squad of 17 of whom Mills, Evans, Rawlins and Beer are white ball players so that’s 13 to choose from for the CC. Wells Salt Haines Finch Wright Burgess Brown Wiese Briggs Robinson Sakande Garton Jordan ( when he’s not at IPL or England ) That’s a skeleton squad at best, suicide squad at worst. We MUST recruit! and all this following on from last winter, when we lost 4 and only promoted young Tom Haines We can’t keep going on like this. Sure Dizzy will tell us we have quality, and I don’t dispute that, we also have some promising youngsters, but the squad has been cut to the bone Absolutely, when listed like that, it suddenly looks frighteningly thin 😳 Forgive my ignorance - who is changing career to become an umpire? Presumably Van Zyhl? Where has that come from? We certainly need strengthening in quality and depth, that’s not unreasonable to ask. But I’m sure there’ll still be some who can’t see it and will see recruitment as a dirty word. |
|
magik
2nd XI player
Posts: 157
County club member: Sussex
|
Post by magik on Dec 9, 2018 0:51:24 GMT
and all this following on from last winter, when we lost 4 and only promoted young Tom Haines We can’t keep going on like this. Sure Dizzy will tell us we have quality, and I don’t dispute that, we also have some promising youngsters, but the squad has been cut to the bone Absolutely, when listed like that, it suddenly looks frighteningly thin 😳 Forgive my ignorance - who is changing career to become an umpire? Presumably Van Zyhl? Where has that come from? We certainly need strengthening in quality and depth, that’s not unreasonable to ask. But I’m sure there’ll still be some who can’t see it and will see recruitment as a dirty word. Van Zyl knee injury is much worse than originally anticipated and he is now umpiring back in SA at a fairly high standard. It is unlikely he'll play for Sussex this season but I hope I am proved incorrect! |
|
|
|
Post by liquidskin on Dec 10, 2018 22:31:04 GMT
and all this following on from last winter, when we lost 4 and only promoted young Tom Haines We can’t keep going on like this. Sure Dizzy will tell us we have quality, and I don’t dispute that, we also have some promising youngsters, but the squad has been cut to the bone Absolutely, when listed like that, it suddenly looks frighteningly thin 😳 Forgive my ignorance - who is changing career to become an umpire? Presumably Van Zyhl? Where has that come from? We certainly need strengthening in quality and depth, that’s not unreasonable to ask. But I’m sure there’ll still be some who can’t see it and will see recruitment as a dirty word. It's occurring again. Do you work in management? Only a fool will see recruitment as a dirty word. Recruitment was the key before we started releasing homies. It was bad enough when we weren't replacing top players, now we're not replacing any players. Who can we sign? Business is done early every year, that's when the players worth capturing are available. If you ain't done nothing by now you're scratching around at the bottom or you're planning on bringing in about six 35 year old former internationals operating under the guise of the dreaded...Kolpak. I'd like to wipe that word from *** existence. We must have a hell of an OS lined up, one who can do the job of about eight men. |
|
|
|
Post by ashingtonmartlet on Dec 11, 2018 22:57:45 GMT
Re. your second paragraph - try partway through the previous season! 😳 Very true though, other counties have indeed done their business a while ago. Surely we have to bring in an overseas at the very least to cover the IPL seamers (as last season), and arguably beyond as six seems too few.
The batting therefore, will presumably be the same, with all the younger players a year older and wiser, as I don’t believe we’ll sugn another Kolpak. However, if Van Zyhl is ruled out completely, I’m not sure where go from there, though it could be argued that we managed without him last season and went very close to promotion.
|
|
|
|
Post by ashingtonmartlet on Dec 11, 2018 22:58:28 GMT
Absolutely, when listed like that, it suddenly looks frighteningly thin 😳 Forgive my ignorance - who is changing career to become an umpire? Presumably Van Zyhl? Where has that come from? We certainly need strengthening in quality and depth, that’s not unreasonable to ask. But I’m sure there’ll still be some who can’t see it and will see recruitment as a dirty word. Van Zyl knee injury is much worse than originally anticipated and he is now umpiring back in SA at a fairly high standard. It is unlikely he'll play for Sussex this season but I hope I am proved incorrect! Yikes! 😳😳😳 |
|
|
|
Post by jonboy on Dec 11, 2018 23:09:50 GMT
Re. your second paragraph - try partway through the previous season! 😳 Very true though, other counties have indeed done their business a while ago. Surely we have to bring in an overseas at the very least to cover the IPL seamers (as last season), and arguably beyond as six seems too few. The batting therefore, will presumably be the same, with all the younger players a year older and wiser, as I don’t believe we’ll sugn another Kolpak. However, if Van Zyhl is ruled out completely, I’m not sure where go from there, though it could be argued that we managed without him last season and went very close to promotion. The younger players will, of course, be a year older, and hopefully they’ll continue to improve Their improvement though, has been overtaken by the rapid decline of our senior players Looking at the current squad, and thinking about absentees for, either the IPL, or England commitments, we are ill equipped to compete on three fronts. We certainly couldn’t withstand the sort of injury crisis that has visited us in recent seasons. I’m thinking we are about four short, a senior bowler, and a senior batsman, especially if Van Zyl is forced to quit, plus promote a couple of academy lads, maybe Ward and Sheffield |
|
|
|
Post by horsham48 on Dec 12, 2018 12:11:02 GMT
Where on earth has this 'fake'news regarding Van Zyl come from. I think you will find this to be utter tosh. Only last week Rob Andrew spoke at the monthly lunch. He was asked as to the position on Van Zyl. He told us he was fit and ready to go for the season. Even the most cynical will surely believe this to ge untrue
|
|
|
|
Post by jonboy on Dec 12, 2018 13:18:00 GMT
Where on earth has this 'fake'news regarding Van Zyl come from. I think you will find this to be utter tosh. Only last week Rob Andrew spoke at the monthly lunch. He was asked as to the position on Van Zyl. He told us he was fit and ready to go for the season. Even the most cynical will surely believe this to ge untrue Let’s hope this is true, I guess we will see soon enough |
|
