Sunbury Fox

This is all done now. Very disappointing to lose 3 wickets so quickly.

Who is off to the Hundred? Rishi, Hull, Currie and Rehan? Anyone else? That would still leave us with a decent XI: Budinger Holland Kimber Hill Handscomb Mulder Cox Mike Scriven (hopefully fit) Goldsworthy (unless Somerset recall him) Wright

Is Kimber injured or have they chosen to move him down the order? Seems odd to have Holland and Goldsworthy batting in the top 4 but then we don't have a lot of depth in the batting department.

Not sure he will get a move to Barca but I think he wants to leave if he can (based on his recent interview ahead of the Euros) and I think the club would be open to letting him go because, despite everything, he is one of the few current players we could get a decent fee for (he is first choice for a top international team after all). If we can flog him and get Theate on loan with an option to buy that would make a lot of sense financially.

Wonder if we are planning to keep the same formation played by Enzo? This guy would certainly fit the hybrid left CB/ left back role perfectly in that formation.

As a personality, he seems like the kind of bloke who you want to get behind. He's certainly not a self-serving narcissist like Rodgers or someone clearly using us as a stepping zone like Maresca.

Very good post. I was initially overwhelmingly negative about the appointment but I'm starting to get used to the idea - and what you've said above has helped that process. I'm particularly struck by the bit in bold. Reminds me of what Eddie Howe did when he was sacked at Bournemouth and he's come back much stronger. I can't imagine Newcastle fans being bowled over when Howe was appointed, but now they love him.

Yes, we probably will start spending again, as we seem oblivious to the consequences of breaking PSR rules or whatever they replace them with. The simple fact is that we will get year after year of points deductions and transfer embargoes unless we bring our outgoings down to a sensible level.

The worry is that Hull, Patel and Ahmed will be at Notts next season but I'm going to enjoy them all whilst they are still with us. As for today, not sure what to feel about that result. Should really have won it after Rishi's knock but it feels like we got out of jail by getting a draw with 4 off the last ball. Really need the overseas boys to step it up, though. Can't help feeling that we would be better off with a big hitting specialist batsman and a gun bowler as our overseas players in this format.

Seems to be tradition now to get battered here by these. Mulder has been very poor so far this season. Need more from our overseas players.

Surely they should have gone straight to knockout fixtures after the initial group stage? I guess they're dragging the tournament out as much as they can to maximise income but the crowds at the venues in the West Indies have generally been very poor. Feels like people there have either fallen out of love with cricket or are being priced out.

This number 26 looks electric. Gerrimin!

But other than that, all very promising!

Spain are a joy to watch generally. Technical excellence combined with intensity and flair.

The zip, energy and pressing from Spain is day and night compared to the plodding, listless, passivity we saw earlier from England.

Nothing like Enzo ball. Pickford pumping the ball 60 yards down the pitch repeatedly would have made Enzo's head explode.

Surprised by the negativity about Vesty. Looked solid and slid in some trademark passes through the lines.

I guess he could help Mads learn how to boot the ball into touch more? Sorry, Kasper!

I hope not, as personally I'm totally horrified!!

Cooper was prepared to put up with all sorts of madness at F*rest, so there is no way he is going to challenge the status quo here like Enzo did, especially as he is in a weak position anyway, given that he's such an unpopular appointment with the fans. Rudkin has shored up his own position even more with this appointment.

He might have changed his mind after today's news!

Nothing shows how low we've sunk as a club than this. Horrific appointment.

Bruce and Wilder have similar win percentages in the PL.

Yes, he's in the Bruce and Wilder camp.

Nothing about this makes me feel remotely positive. It just reeks of a lack of imagination and desperation.