Ted Maul

West Ham have got themselves a bargain- he'll be one of the best keepers in the country for the next decade. Yet another result of our board-level inadequacies. I'm not as certain as some that Jakub is good enough for where we want to be just yet- particularly in terms of his distribution. Wouldn't be comfortable having Begovic as number 1 for an extended period if he gets injured either.

Southampton look absolute guff.

3 promotions in a row... very difficult to build that fast, even with heavy investment (relative to the lower levels- not so much compared to the clubs they're competing with this season).

A few years of mediocrity might do the fanbase some good- clear out the day trippers, get us up for it again. Would be a disaster for the club though.

Honestly thought Ricardo would end up at Barcelona. Had no weaknesses, good defensively, excellent going forward. It's great to still have him here and he's still our best player when fit, but sad to see what injuries have done to him. As for Wilf- he's been superb for us, one of our best ever midfielders, but the time is right. He needs a new challenge, we need to start again and rebuild. All the best to him, I'll be keeping an eye on Besiktas this season now.

Looked like he walked off without treatment- probably a minor strain.

Pressure. We're still very mentally soft- the Aussies will wipe the floor with us unfortunately.

The 6 dropped catches did it really- should have been chasing 200, tops. I'm not going to complain about the wickets lost in the chase. Attacking/the scoring rate is what got us in a position where we were favourites, sometimes we'll die by the sword.

Think we'll be pretty happy to get off the field, we were going absolutely nowhere.

They've steadied the ship and a bit of rain forecast tomorrow- they'll know the win is probably beyond them so hopefully won't take any needless risks. So I'm staying optimistic

I wouldn't rule the draw out at Old Trafford- given the pitches' tendency to flatten out there and promotion at stake, I'd image Glamorgan will play it safe and set Lancs 450+.

I'm looking forward to the days out and, I think, with Cifuentes and the academy lads coming through, there's enough to get excited about on the pitch. Through that though, it's difficult to escape the resentment towards how the club is being run in the background and that negativity is something that the players and managers will have to work around.

Just got to keep chipping away here. Plenty of runs on the board. Glamorgan's form is beginning to look ominous.

Not far off. Scriven will be eyeing up a ton soon.

'Website closed for maintenance'. At 8 in the morning. When tickets have just gone on sale to a lot of fans. Absolute omnishambles.

I'd still say we're on top here- Kent's form with the bat has been poor recently. Might even work in our favour slightly given that we'll probably only have 3 days.

Scriven in at 10 is an absolute cheat code.

Plenty of rain forecast later in the week. We're only winning this if we bat once.

Another very comfortable win. You'd think that will be that, as far as promotion is concerned. Glamorgan will have to do very well to catch us now too. They've still got to play Lancashire, who seem to have their act together now, home and away.

Pitch was doing all sorts on days 2 and 3- I certainly wasn't expecting it to flatten out like this

This is starting to get a bit irritating.

They were talking about 14 wickets taken by a 'Dick Power' back in the 1800s on comms...

I think it was turning more on day 2 to be honest! Still doing enough, this'll be done by tea.

Even by our own standards.

Plenty of time left, not much batting to come, the pitch will be doing more and more as the day goes on- backing them to get this over the line.