The whole world smiles

Also just to say a massive well done to the players and coaching staff from being rock bottom of the blast and cut adrift in the championship in mid July to potentially staying up (on results at least) and a 1 day cup final is simply brilliant.

Between me and you - I think mathematically staying up before the ECB got involved to relegate us could be a better result than actually staying up. Feeds into the unfashionable, worlds against us, little underdog narrative that makes following Leicestershire so fun. And Its not like the championship vs the premier League there is minimal difference in terms of financial rewards and players you can attract between division 1 and 2 and in division 2 you would hope we would win a lot more games. Some of the hammerings we have gotten this season have been no fun to watch.

2 things can be true at the same time the punishment can be unbelievably harsh/unjust and the club can also have made a right pigs ear of this.

Bare in mind Yorkshire got a 48 point deduction for decades of rascim makes 27 seem especially harsh for 1 bowling friendly pitch.

You don't think news of this filtered through to the team today and would explain the lackluster bowling performance?

27 points! Corrupt toff willy pullers.

You idiot Ben green

3 of us have booked a taxi from wigston - 18 quid each plus the club are doing coaches. Plenty of options if your struggling for travel! Should be a phenomenal day!

I thought it was today according to the commentary on the last game.

Adam witty is an absolutely atrocious cricket commentator. I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt at first because he's new and cricket commentary can be a fine art but he doesn't seem to be improving or learning from the older more superior old boys he's working with at all. He makes it almost unwatchable for me he need to learn and learn fast that good cricket commentary isn't filling every silence with inane nonsense you've got to let the action breath also when you do interject or have a natter to your co commentator it should bring value and improve the experience for the listenter. After 3/4 days of listening to him I feel like driving my car into the central reservation.

I expect the travelling contingent will be fairly receptive to that!

Fair enough I was wrong about that but this isnt a loan situation we currently own his contract. Also if Hampshire don't beat Notts they are basically relegated anyway.

I think you are thinking a bit too deeply into it. 1. This happens quite often in cricket I seem to remember Joey evison playing against Nottinghamshire for us whilst on loan for them. Also Sam wood was available to play against us earlier on this season but wasn't being picked. 2. Hampshire are more a less done and dusted they are 32 points from safety with 3 games left - with the way cricket works and September weather it would be a minor miracle if they stayed up from here weather they beat us or not. Especially as they have Nottinghamshire at Trent bridge next.

I think you are thinking a bit too deeply into it. 1. This happens quite often in cricket I seem to remember Joey evison playing against Nottinghamshire for us whilst on loan for them. Also Sam wood was available to play against us earlier on this season but wasn't being picked. 2. Hampshire are more a less done and dusted they are 32 points from safety with 3 games left - with the way cricket works and September weather it would be a minor miracle if they stayed up from here weather they beat us or not. Especially as they have Nottinghamshire at Trent bridge next.

Yes it was the club confirmed on facebook pretty poor that it got so far behind in the first place if the game was on the line we wouldn't have been able to bowl spin for 40 overs

Bugger all really. but I'm not blaming other fans that's kind of my point.

Attending two marches in 6 years that were marching towards somewhere you were going to anyway then blaming others for not being as angry as you, is hardly Martin Luther King levels of activism.

What are you doing about it other than moan on an internet forum?

Always makes me laugh that everything that goes badly rudkin gets the blame and everything that goes right is always attributed to someone else! It's partly his fault because he has never given interviews and that has let fans make their own narrative up. but the mental gymnastics required to think he is zero percent responsible for everything that went right in the last 12 years and 100 percent responsible for everything that's gone wrong is absolutely wild!

promotion and a lower wage bill will mean we are in a much more robust position to negotiate.

that's awesome👍

Yes seemed like a there was some younger new faces in there which is great to see. A couple of them were really going for it! Hopefully home tickets will become a lot easier and cheaper to get from now on and groups of lads (and girls) can get get tickets with their mates and get involved in the atmosphere.

Jordan Ayew and BDR have completely prejudiced foxes talk on signing players over 30. You do on occasion need to sign some experience. Rob Huth was a badly injury prone 30 year old when we gave him a 3 year deal. Johnny Evans was the same when we gave him a 3 year deal and extend it.

I can see the thinking myself. The average age of the side tonight was 22.8 Which will be a lot younger than pretty much all the sides we will come up against. A lot of these young academy players are talented enough to tear it up but are they rough and nasty enough for 48 relentless games against fully grown experienced blokes looking to get in their faces. John Lundstrum is! And hopefully this center back from Hibs will be too and between those two and souttar it's looking like a good blend of youth and experience/horibleness. As for getting a 2 year contract? That's really no biggie for me I doubt he would be coming for 1. Let's not forget the out of contract player has a bit of leverage in these situations.

If there was any hint of a 10 million pound plus, life changing move he wouldn't be starting loan back or otherwise he would want to be with his agent.