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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2015 10:19:49 GMT
Kent hope to announce the signing of a reserve keeper to Sam Billings "before Christmas" and are reported to be in talks with Jackson.
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Post by hhsussex on Dec 8, 2015 10:32:28 GMT
Kent hope to announce the signing of a reserve keeper to Sam Billings "before Christmas" and are reported to be in talks with Jackson. I hope it is, for the sake of both Kent and Jackson. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Dec 8, 2015 11:34:11 GMT
Am I missing something here?
What happens if Ben Brown gets a long-term injury next season. Will Craig Cachopa take the gloves for all formats or is there someone
else in the wings I don't know about? As Bm points out Cachopa's batting form has nose-dived this year.
Or did Jackson leave because of interest from Kent? His departure did seem sudden and unexpected.
Whatever the outcome, let us hope Brown doesn't get injured next season.
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Post by hhsussex on Dec 8, 2015 11:37:40 GMT
Am I missing something here? What happens if Ben Brown gets a long-term injury next season. Will Craig Cachopa take the gloves for all formats or is there someone else in the wings I don't know about? As Bm points out Cachopa's batting form has nose-dived this year. Or did Jackson leave because of interest from Kent? His departure did seem sudden and unexpected.Whatever the outcome, let us hope Brown doesn't get injured next season. And has not been acknowledged by a press release or even a Tweet, unless I have missed something. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2015 11:58:57 GMT
How good a keeper is Cachopa - is it just something he does as a sideline or is he the genuine article?
My instinct says the former, but I could be wrong.
There is a growing tendency in white ball cricket, and in T20 in particular, to revert to a kind of playground approach in which you pick a team and then say 'who wants to be wicky?' Tresco keeping for Somerset, Cachopa for Sussex - and didn't Worcs actually do away with a keeper altogether in a T20 game last season and put the extra man in the outfield? I seem to recall reading that Rhodes had worked out that in Worcs' previous T20, the opposition batsmen had only left or missed something like two balls out of 120 deliveries, so there was no point in having anyone behind the stumps...
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Post by hhsussex on Dec 8, 2015 12:01:15 GMT
How good a keeper is Cachopa - is it just something he does as a sideline or is he the genuine article? My instinct says the former, but I could be wrong. There is a growing tendency in white ball cicket, and in T20 in particular, to revert to a kind of playground approach in which you pick a team and then say 'who wants to be wicky?' Tresco keeping for Somerset, Cachopa for Sussex - and didn't Worcs actually do away with a keeper altogether in a T20 game last season and put the extra man in the outfield? I seem to recall reading that Rhodes had worked out that in Worcs' previous T20, the opposition batsmen had only left or missed something like two balls out of 120 deliveries, so there was no point in having a keeper! More evidence that T20 is evolving quickly as a sport closely related to, but with different playing requirements from "traditional" cricket. |
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Post by joe on Dec 8, 2015 12:57:50 GMT
And no word on whether Cammish has been kept on. He didn't have a great season with the bat but he was ' wicky in waiting ' behind Jackson and good enough for the 2nd XI.
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Post by jonboy on Dec 8, 2015 16:04:53 GMT
I don't understand Callum's situation. He was offered a contract, but then released because of budgetary concerns Very odd
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Post by freddy838 on Dec 8, 2015 20:15:14 GMT
It could be that Jackson had more than one offer and was negotiating, and Sussex decided they needed to free up wages to bring in another player, hoping that Brown stays fit. Good luck to him anyway, maybe he could do a Hodd and come back in a couple of years.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Dec 8, 2015 20:32:02 GMT
A smaller squad is the way forward for Sussex. They can free up some money and pay those under contract more pennies so
they don't go hopping and skipping to a Division 1 side capable of winning the Championship.
Relegation must ring alarm bells and although the general consensus is Sussex will bounce straight back, that may not be
the reality.
The one problem with a smaller squad is the injury curse must stop, otherwise the team are scuppered. But, who knows, a
new Head Coach may even put that hex to bed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 8:49:33 GMT
I don't understand Callum's situation. He was offered a contract, but then released because of budgetary concerns Very odd It is difficult to see why there is sudenly an unanticipated need to cut the playing budget. Sussex has trumpeted bumper attendances for last season and claimed a substantial increase in commmercial revenues. The retail units have reportedly all been let. A saving well in excess of 200k has been made from the departure of Yardy and Mark Robinson. And it seems to be an open secret that the ECB have promised the counties £2 million apiece in 2017 from the TV rights sale. Why saving £25k next season on Jackson's salary is suddenly such a necessity is not easy to see, even though it is said that a major overseas signing is about to be announced (which must presumably mean that Magoffin has finally passed his UK citizenship test?) Perhaps Davis genuinely sees something in Cachopa's keeping to believe he is good enough to be number two. In which case, why not simply say 'we don't need three keepers'? |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Dec 9, 2015 11:24:58 GMT
Bm,
To play devil's advocate.
: The Spen Cama cupboard is bare - money which the club have heavily relied on over the last 13+ years.
: Luke Wright must be earning a pretty penny now, so as to keep him at the club, and not be seduced by a
major Division 1 side.
: That may also apply to Chris Nash and other senior players alongside those emerging through the ranks like Ben Brown
and Matt Machan. Under the stewardship of Jim May and before, high wages for the top players has been a consistent Sussex
policy.
: Revenue streams from the offices will take at least a year to have a significant effect on the club budget.
: One suspects Sussex overspent last year to attract the likes of Mills and Shahzad - a sign to Joyce and Robinson from
the hierarchy that the club meant business when it came to vying for the Championship Trophy. How things can go so pear-shaped
so quickly!
: The growing off-field milieu of new staff must be putting pressure on the wage bill - community work is a wonderful thing but
where are the economic benefits - and the burgeoning marketing department - their wages must eat up a lot of the progress
made with the club's off-field commercial enterprises.
: Jim May is a former banker from the old school where prudence is viewed more important than overspending. Perhaps, it's
time for Sussex to have a financial breather and take stock of their Division 2 presence?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 12:08:43 GMT
Sure.
But does any of that shout ' the cash flow is so desperate that it is imperative to save a fairly insignificant £20 - 25k by not having a reserve wicketkeeper'?
Which is why I think Davis must rate Cachopa as a genuine keeper and more than just a convenient part-time stand-in when needs must...
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Post by philh on Dec 9, 2015 16:13:32 GMT
Or, one of the new marketing guys is quite useful with the gloves.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 20:16:10 GMT
Sure. But does any of that shout ' the cash flow is so desperate that it is imperative to save a fairly insignificant £20 - 25k by not having a reserve wicketkeeper'? Which is why I think Davis must rate Cachopa as a genuine keeper and more than just a convenient part-time stand-in when needs must... But since neither Cachopa nor Brown can buy a run in T20, what's the grand plan? |
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