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Post by joe on Sept 14, 2019 19:17:10 GMT
There’s a 2nd XI thread ( in which I reported this achievement 2 days ago ) and a Harry Finch thread, naughty fluffy!
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 14, 2019 21:08:38 GMT
Tosh, pish and bosh! I wrote and published an article about Harry Finch back on August 23rd, on this thread, rather scathing of his poor form and suggesting he should drop down to the 2nd XI or play for a Brighton CC away from the media glare. Therefore, it is only right I should then applaud him on this thread for his recent high score. I prefer my chicken noodles with lashings of satay sauce and a sprinkling of nuts.  unofficialsussexccc.freeforums.net/post/32240/thread |
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Post by flashblade on Sept 15, 2019 14:45:14 GMT
I'm not that keen on chicken noodles. Prefer noodles with vegetables, myself.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 15, 2019 21:31:55 GMT
A little disturbing. Jason Gillespie is leading this particular poll.
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Post by joe on Sept 16, 2019 2:45:11 GMT
Dizzy was on The Verdict on Saturday where he was asked if he was in the running for England coach, he said he hadn’t applied for the job. He said he was happy at Sussex and with the Strikers.
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Post by liquidskin on Sept 16, 2019 19:06:25 GMT
Yeah I heard him say that. Devastating isn't it? Please England, take the man. S&F, you think Gillespie is doing a good job?
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Post by jonboy on Sept 16, 2019 20:24:23 GMT
Yeah I heard him say that. Devastating isn't it? Please England, take the man. S&F, you think Gillespie is doing a good job? Nobody could think that, so many wrong decisions made this season |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 16, 2019 21:29:26 GMT
Re: Dizzy, to be fair he is signed by Rob Andrew and told by him that the youngsters and the Academy are the future. Almost two
seasons later, it's become obvious this goal is not doable, so a U-turn is in order and why it has primarily taken this long for Gillespie
to find the right balance. Also, with van Zyl back this has strengthened the middle order, but with Salt almost certainly becoming a
white-ball player only in a few years and with no discernible Academy batsman of real merit on the horizon, I am not sure where
the team goes, but new players from outside the Club.
For if by some miracle Sussex do gain the 3rd spot promotion there needs to be a number of signings over the Winter to make
the side Division 1 competitive, otherwise it's relegation.
It is sad that the best two signings in recent memory are South African Kolpaks alongside the other coming from Yorkshire, but that
is the reality the Club and supporters must face. Sussex are not a Surrey and are unlikely ever to achieve the recent Academy success
of 'The Oval'.
Therefore, still a long way to go, especially with no Archer whom Sussex have missed badly, and I also question whether either Andrew
or Gillespie are in for the long haul on the South Coast.
On that positive note, over to you liquidskin.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 17, 2019 14:30:34 GMT
This should be an interesting Forum/meeting. Get those probing questions ready.
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Post by liquidskin on Sept 17, 2019 17:18:37 GMT
It has taken Gillespie this long to find the right balance because of a U-turn, you say? From the side today Topley was the only player not available to Gillespie from the off. All eleven from the game before were available to Gillespie from his first game in charge. The only alternative to the spec is making signings, and that's where he really dives. There are too many examples of how poor the signings have been, the latest being Claydon, but the one that really sums it up is Behrendorff - totally not needed.
You're logic for finding reasons the man is doing ok clearly don't stack up matey. What you're on about with Salt I have no idea. He just needs to bat down the order in the CC but Gillespie and Brown can't even see that, the dumb arses.
Do you pay attention to the cricket when you watch it S&F?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 17, 2019 21:57:05 GMT
ls,
I note you are in fine fettle with your scattergun critique. At least, you have avoided the words Hudson-Prentice which is a relief
as I was dying of boredom from your constant HP droning.
Gillespie had a mission given to him by Andrew which included the words 'Youngsters' and 'Academy'. During the last two years
only Phil Salt has proven his merit. 'Salty' has stated on various occasions that OD cricket is much favoured over the Championship
and why I suggest he'll become a white-ball specialist in a few years as his name reverberates around the world's T20 Franchise
tournaments.
Under Andrew's wishes, Gillespie had to try the youngsters, yet Finch has had a mare of a season; Wells remains inconsistent and
erratic; Haines... is he good enough? Garton's been lost to injury and still has a way to go; the list continues... Meanwhile, Whittingham
and Burgess depart for greener grass, Sakande appears to be stuck in no-mans land and all the while Sheffield and Thomason appear...
it all becomes a little puzzling... with only Rawlins showing promise. Meanwhile, Sussex live up to their name of attracting broken wings
with Topley and Mills alongside the more recently wounded van Zyl.
Supporters must agree that 2019 has been a disappointing season and hope has been tossed to the wind on several occasions. The Club's
best opportunity was the T20 with a stronger side than 2018, but Worcestershire once again dashed our optimism.
I am confused where the Club go from here, but it ain't going to work if we rely on our Academy for future players. Gillespie and Andrew
must have realised this, eventually, midway through the season.
PS: I do pay attention to the cricket where I don't have the same brown-nosing to home-grown cricketers as you. Wake up and smell the
thorns. We don't have the talent. An Archer comes along every 50 years, if that, and a gem of his calibre is lost to England anyway.
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Post by jonboy on Sept 17, 2019 22:09:04 GMT
Disappointing, it’s been a disaster. Most of us knew the policy of producing our own was flawed, nothing but a pipe dream, but the fact that such an esteemed coach, can barely list one player, who had improved under his guidance, shows that he is a spent force. The warning signs were there with the Adelaide Strikers debacle, he’s lost whatever he had as a coach
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Post by liquidskin on Sept 18, 2019 18:33:57 GMT
You said that Gillespie had found the right balance after these recent wins, and that he made a U-turn to get this balance. This team has been with him from the start and has six home grown players in it, the game before seven. So what U-turn? There has been a U-turn but it's cause and effect are the opposite of what you said they are. Look closely at what you write and you will see what I mean, possibly.
Oh has he? (Salt). I wonder.
Brown nosing isn't the right term is it.
6-90 for H-P in this match. He got Wiese too, delicious.
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Post by joe on Sept 18, 2019 18:45:35 GMT
I’ve never heard Salt say that he favours white ball over red ball and I listen to all the interviews.
And it’s wake up and smell the roses you oaf, how can you smell a thorn?
Golden rule in journalism, don’t mix your metaphors.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 18, 2019 20:45:00 GMT
 Mixed metaphors are my mixaphor elixir you clod, so you're sacked as my sub-editor. Back in the early part of the season after returning from his various winter franchises, Phil Salt stated that T20 was his favourite format, but I can't be faffed to find it. |
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