Gloucester Saint

One thing I’d definitely do if I was Rod is send Yusuf to Heathrow and on a plane back to SA. Can’t believe he’s played Tests and ODIs recently for the world’s best Test team. Been utter garbage. I didn’t think it was possible to be worse than the dreaded Brett Hampton but Cody’s managed it. Get an international batsman in, especially if Lehman doesn’t return. Tilak had huge impact last year. Someone that gives the dressing room a lift/rocket and lifts standards would be even better.

Or he doesn’t feel the need to take an obvious side.

If they’ve got genuine international ambitions they might, although Emilio Gay disproving that theory slightly with his form for Durham. Got more to do with how pathetic England were in the winter though and the fact several vacancies have opened up in the previously closed shop. Ben Mayes might give Hampshire a season to invest seriously in the first team squad and see if we are going to try and compete again if he’s looking at England all formats, Dawson maybe skipper because Ben Brown is appalling. Lumsden is a serious prospect but will need careful management of workload. Probably a 4 over shock bowler in D2 next year.

70mph and not moving the ball much, but decent lines and straight. Ball has hardly beaten the bat but Glamorgan were disciplined and Hampshire don’t have any ideas or plans. Carlson predicted it would be very difficult to get wickets today but he’s in a promoted side who want to play for their county, our senior players don’t bar Dawse and Kyle. Mayes clearly has talent but being set a terrible example by indiscipline and lack of work ethic of the mid-senior career players. New owners will shake things up majorly at the club over the winter I’d expect.

I yawn at Soggy’s meme posts but I agree with Egg that Mad Ben and Ben Givr are no better than Hamas, Hezbollah or the IRGC. All as bad as each other. Israel is not a friend of the UK’s, nor is Iran, nor is Trump, nor is Putin. Let’s get real.

I’ll post what I like John as long as it is not litigious. 154-8 against that attack on that pitch is beyond pathetic. Cricket doesn’t have transfer windows so the coach is one of the few things you can change. It’s like when Will Still when Saints had him as manager, the players have no plan, no confidence and no leadership. It’s not a vintage Hampshire side but Gubbins is better than he’s showing, Prest is getting no direction to value his wicket, Currie has been in England white ball squads recently. It’s not as bad as this or the Essex no-show. Even in the late 90s when we had no money it was better than this. Deposing Brown as skipper would be an idea as well.

132-5. Domingo is fighting for his job here. Squad is D2 but they’re not playing for the coach at all.

Had a better record than Will but not great for the family brand. Watford is a gig you do if you’re out of work and fancy a 6 month pay off within 3 months of starting.

Level the odds and put Gavin Bazunu the hologram in goal for Hullwall City. Shot on goal = Saints goal.

Horrific hack across the line from Middleton, like Weatherley another batter well below FC level who needs FT employment and enjoy his cricket in the local leagues. Today has to be the day for Tom Prest, 43 no and needs a big ton. The forecast may save Hampshire if they put in a little more effort this afternoon on a road to play straight to very modest bowling. The new coach is already under pressure I suspect. Yusuf has been useless, worse than Hampton. Get an overseas batsman in and draw our way to staying up.

Saints won and have a home second leg, Torquay beat Dorking 4-2 and talk of the final v Hornchurch being at Brisbane Road as Hornchurch’s stadium will be grossly inadequate. Torquay would probably fill that stadium. Will be swapping places with Exeter City within a couple of seasons, Exeter in huge trouble and heading into non league again over the next year or two. Gulls getting 6k plus gates in the sixth tier.

A Utilita shirtfront. Important thing is beat the follow on when we bat and take our time. No T20 crap. On this surface, we should be expecting a couple of hundreds and at least two 50s from the top six, in additions to contributions further down. That needs to be set as a minimum standard in the dressing room as their attack isn’t especially potent. I’d seriously question if any of the top 6 have a future at the club if that can’t be done. Lehmann has had to go home so he can’t prop them up this time. Ben Brown is a shit captain though. Needs another ton to stay in the team and I hope Russell Domingo tells him that.

Add in another ingredient with the newspapers each with non-doms with different and very partisan axes to grind plus the sheer toxicity on social media and we are getting the culture we deserve. I haven’t been pro-Royal until very recently but that speech by Charles in Congress was ace. Reminded me of what being British is really about. Not the populist hate-mongering scum on the far left and far right. I know people want to give Labour and the Tories a kicking this month but giving these wankers more encouragement is poor judgement.

It’s exactly where the Corbynites have gone. There’s the populist left being anti-Semitic - not liberals @whelk - and there’s been plenty of it in local election materials from both Greens and Reform. And then plain old anti-black from Reform at al https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8p70xpyzeo

Quelle surprise, he’s an arsehole.