Royal London 50 over comp 2022

Lancs bowling attack is useless. If your mob don’t
win this then Kirtley and Salisbury should be put in
stocks on the outfield and you lot throw stuff
at them.

I am not going to deny I still hold reservations about the suitability of Salisbury and Kirtley as Head Coaches, but they deserve full credit for the part they have played in getting this group of players through to the semi-final of this competition.

Having had the opposition at 67-5 and having been 118-1 after 20 overs in reply, if we don't get over the line then I would suggest any focus should be on the players rather than the Coaches.

Having said that, it has still been a tremendous overall effort and we have achieved far more than I suspect any of us had expected before the tournament commenced.

Everyone involved should be proud of their contributions over the last month.

If you let a team go from 67-5 to 319-8 you probably don't deserve to win.

10 off 31 balls isn't quick enough.

Stream is rubbish (keeps dropping out).

Issue today is not the coaches but the players lacking the killer instinct.

Good comp bad day. Season over thanks to those two muppets at the top. We could have been pushing for promotion over these last few weeks had we brought in an OS bowler when one was needed - or even took a punt on Karvelas earlier while he was running in for the 2s. Both horrific decisions from Greenfield & Andrew. Thanks a lot ya bums. Really hope we can get rid of them this October. They've had 6 years & took us from mediocre to frankly embarrassing at times.

Well done to the players & coaches for this little run though. Fantastic batting performances from a settled side, today excluded. If we don't put this extra bit of cash into a OS player this year we should put it into our live stream. It is pants compared to all the others I've seen.

I told myself at the start of the day that even if the result didn't go our way, I wasn't going to be disappointed.

This has been a great campaign, where we have had some excellent results and seen some outstanding individual performances.

I don't believe many of us, if indeed anyone genuinely believed we would win six matches, top our qualifying group and end up with a home semi-final.

Having said that, I am struggling to stay true to my word given we had them 67-5 and opportunities like that don't present themselves that often. Without doubt a place in the final was within our grasp.

Interestingly, our three defeats have all come chasing par totals that should have in no way been imposing. When we batted first and set totals, we set targets comfortably above what we could defend.

Of greater concern is as CP pointed out our inability to apply the 'killer instinct'. I have lost count of how many good positions we have got ourselves into over the last couple of seasons to then fail to press home a clear advantage. This has been a recurring theme in all competitions and is clearly something that needs looking at and addressing.

Having said all of the above, full credit to the Team and Coaches. A fantastic effort over the past month, which has given the supporters some long overdue optimism.

Hopefully, this will now translate to the red ball format and will result in much improved performances in the remainder of this season and continue into next.

A Disappointing end to a great campaign in which I think we fell into a winning habit by accident and to having Pujara in the middle.disguises the work by our coaching duo laraul and hardy.

No fairytale ending but lots of evidence in this competition to encourage optimism about next season. Particularly pleased at the improvement in the bowling.

Tough on Tom Haines to have watched the team play out of their skins while he was injured only to lose when he returns but good to see him get a score today.

Important now to maintain progress in the remaining championship games to keep positive vibes over the winter.