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Post by joe on Jan 16, 2024 11:22:15 GMT
Yep, not much evidence of the cohesive thinking I was expecting from Farbrace.
Time will tell but at the moment, as others have said, it’s a hot mess.
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Post by therealab1 on Jan 16, 2024 11:30:14 GMT
Yep, not much evidence of the cohesive thinking I was expecting from Farbrace. Time will tell but at the moment, as others have said, it’s a hot mess. I think a hot mess is a little over the top. 4 months out from the season we know who the captain is going to be in the 2 formats leading up to the end of June. The rest is assumption and hearsay that weve missed out on targets and others have refused it. Id have rathered a conclusive long term captain but it is what it is and we go with a strong team led by a very experienced Captain. |
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Post by Short Leg (formerly yikemardy) on Jan 16, 2024 16:20:59 GMT
Last September Farbrace raised expectations about the quality, and number, of new recruits.
Generously you could say he was being ambitious and his heart was in the right place.
Less generously, it was naive.
In hindsight, of course available players chose other counties over Sussex.
It reinforces where we now are in the pecking order.
Surely this is the bottom and the only way is up.
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Post by therealab1 on Jan 17, 2024 7:40:45 GMT
I think we reached the bottom when Mark Robinson thought Peter Burgoyne was the answer!
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Post by therealab1 on Jan 18, 2024 8:36:49 GMT
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Post by therealab1 on Jan 18, 2024 9:34:04 GMT
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Post by squarepoint on Jan 18, 2024 10:54:32 GMT
55 off just 35 balls. Maybe he could bat higher in the T20 side. |
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Post by therealab1 on Jan 18, 2024 11:11:03 GMT
55 off just 35 balls. Maybe he could bat higher in the T20 side. Yep and looks a good player for us at 8 in the CC Haines, Clark, Alsop, Pujara, Coles, Simpson, FHP, Carson, Karvelas, Seales, Hunt. Decent core that with 2 more recruits (hopeful dreams more than realistic hopes) we would have to be among the favs for promotion. |
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Post by sponge on Jan 18, 2024 12:34:28 GMT
Can someone tell me, have Simpson or Mills been a Captain before?
If so, when and for how long.
What Carson needs to become a better player is some healthy competition for his place in the Sussex XI. At the moment if he turns up in the red ball he plays.
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Post by therealab1 on Jan 18, 2024 13:31:26 GMT
Can someone tell me, have Simpson or Mills been a Captain before? If so, when and for how long. What Carson needs to become a better player is some healthy competition for his place in the Sussex XI. At the moment if he turns up in the red ball he plays. Yeah i think Farby aluded to your last point in his recent interview and he probbly has that competition from within too with Bertie Foreman. I dont think Simpson has been captain for Middlesex maybe just the odd T20 game but he won a call up to the England ODI squad in 2021 against Pakistan but was part of the squad where covid destroyed the bubble and they all had to withdraw including George Garton. I doubt Mills has but a good one when you google is name theres a thread on Reddit with Is Tymal Mills the most overpaid cricketer of all time  |
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Post by sixandout on Jan 22, 2024 17:24:53 GMT
I’m beginning to think that there will be no more new arrivals for the 2024 season. Does anyone have any news to the contrary?
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Post by joe on Jan 22, 2024 18:11:26 GMT
I’m beginning to think that there will be no more new arrivals for the 2024 season. Does anyone have any news to the contrary? Nope, I’ve heard nothing. Disappointing if true. |
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Post by therealab1 on Jan 23, 2024 7:29:32 GMT
I’m beginning to think that there will be no more new arrivals for the 2024 season. Does anyone have any news to the contrary? Any potential signings wont get through many of the leaks known, they mainly do the bad news, Farby keeps things like that very close to his chest. Therefore its just guesswork either way whether we are signing anyone or not. It makes no sense to sign a player for signings sake, they have to improve the squad. Seperate note i think the comms coming out of the club have vastly improved this winter, weve heard from the chairman in depth and Farby and i like the little touches theyve added like the Bertir Foreman interview yesterday its nice to get a decent insight to what these players get up to in the winter down under and to here what the standard is like. Ibrahim is having a very encouraging season and that can only be good for the lads confidence. |
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Post by therealab1 on Jan 28, 2024 10:57:08 GMT
Listening to that Simpson interview it sounded like he was offered it fairly early on but wanted to get a feel for the place first.
Hearing him speak about ambition and professionalism i think weve bought in guys that are hungry but more importantly have a history of winning things and or going very deep in tournaments and competitions.
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Post by sponge on Jan 28, 2024 11:25:40 GMT
Listening to that Simpson interview it sounded like he was offered it fairly early on but wanted to get a feel for the place first. Hearing him speak about ambition and professionalism i think weve bought in guys that are hungry but more importantly have a history of winning things and or going very deep in tournaments and competitions. The key point is that Simpson has no experience of captaincy in County Championship red ball. Will be interesting to see how he manages our bowling attack. These interviews are meaningless. A new arrival will always say what we would expect to hear. He served Middlesex well. Got his benefit year, got bought out of his contract a year early and now has a three year contract at Sussex. Nice financial stability for him. He didn't mention this. Good luck to Simpson. His Captaincy will be judged by what he does in his first 7 games. |
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