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Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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Walshy5

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16 minutes ago, everton carr said:

And the coaches get awarded new contracts

Nothing more annoying than seeing failure being rewarded! Must be a Leicester thing.

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RizLCFC

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It’s not much to do with awarding the coaches new contracts. It’s more over-complicating the batting order and signing a poor overseas replacement for Maharaj, and maybe Wetherald too.


We should’ve targeted an overseas fast bowler, going for an average spinner in the conditions we have for the first half of the season (at least), was a brainless move.

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Wsl

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1 minute ago, Walshy5 said:

Nothing more annoying than seeing failure being rewarded!

Tbf, our strength of squad isn't all that great. We're weak on the bowling side, and inconsistent in the batting - and we didn't make the rights calls again on overseas players. At this level, that's enough to mean you will struggle to get a win. There's only so much a coach can do. It will be interesting to to see how many wickets we take as they bounce to their certain victory.

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everton carr

everton carr

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3 minutes ago, Walshy5 said:

Nothing more annoying than seeing failure being rewarded!

Agreed not denying that they done a good job last season and I'm not saying they should go but we have seen nothing this season  that suggest they deserve new deals.The lack of progress shown by Hull Wood and Mike is a concern.

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Sunbury Fox

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Think it's very harsh to turn on the same coaches who've overseen real improvements and a couple of trophies in the last few seasons. Was always going to be very tough this season. The score this morning is obviously awful but batting has been very tough all across the country with the cloud cover around. Even Surrey have collapsed v Yorkshire. That said, I agree that we have messed up by signing Patel rather than an overseas pace bowler. But Weatherald has been good as the other overseas player and we can't write off Kelly just yet - he's only just arrived in the UK and wasn't even meant to be playing in this match. Let's hope we can make a good fist of the T20 campaign to raise spirits.

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everton carr

everton carr

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6 minutes ago, Lionator said:

How have the coaches failed ffs get a grip. 

Because we are under performing massively.Look at Glamorgan are you telling me they are a better side then us? What progress have the young bowlers esp Hull made they have gone backwards.I didn't say the coaches should go btw I Said at this moment in time they didn't deserve new contracts

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everton carr

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Just now, Sunbury Fox said:

Think it's very harsh to turn on the same coaches who've overseen real improvements and a couple of trophies in the last few seasons. Was always going to be very tough this season. The score this morning is obviously awful but batting has been very tough all across the country with the cloud cover around. Even Surrey have collapsed v Yorkshire. That said, I agree that we have messed up by signing Patel rather than an overseas pace bowler. But Weatherald has been good as the other overseas player and we can't write off Kelly just yet - he's only just arrived in the UK and wasn't even meant to be playing in this match. Let's hope we can make a good fist of the T20 campaign to raise spirits.

Haven't turned on them simply said they don't deserve new contracts atm

katieakita

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Just cannot help thinking our 2 overseas players were recruited based on price, Weatherald has done OK to be fair but Patel and Kelly!!  60 all out

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Lionator

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6 minutes ago, everton carr said:

Because we are under performing massively.Look at Glamorgan are you telling me they are a better side then us? What progress have the young bowlers esp Hull made they have gone backwards.I didn't say the coaches should go btw I Said at this moment in time they didn't deserve new contracts

Yeah this season has been a difficult start, losing Handscomb has been a massive blow, you can tell his leadership is missing aside from his batting. Plus Rehan. Hull hasn’t kicked on and yes that’s disappointing but Green is coming through, Scriven has improved etc. We’ve won two trophies in three seasons under these coaches, they deserve to continue building us into the club that is respected once again and is no longer a laughing stock. 

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MaidstoneFox

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Credit to Essex, most of this has been exceptional bowling in conditions perfectly suited to their 72-78 mph seamers. As with all 4 day cricket, luck plays a part and they just happened to have all their best bowlers fit, in form and bowling when the condition are best for them. These conditions actually would have suited a match-fit (which is not what we've seen so far) Josh Davey, but we can only pick from what we've got.

 

There was a logic in signing a world-class bowler like Maharaj, because he can hold down one end and take wickets in any conditions. Patel is just way off that level and it probably needed a rethink in terms of recruitment, because he doesn't look very threatening.

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MaidstoneFox

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16 minutes ago, everton carr said:

Because we are under performing massively.Look at Glamorgan are you telling me they are a better side then us? What progress have the young bowlers esp Hull made they have gone backwards.I didn't say the coaches should go btw I Said at this moment in time they didn't deserve new contracts

Wouldn't have been a great look if the coaches who had secured us our first promotion (and convincing at that) in 20 odd years had just walked away. The timing of these announcements aren't always perfect, as negotiations can get delayed etc.

Beagle

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17 minutes ago, katieakita said:

Just cannot help thinking our 2 overseas players were recruited based on price, Weatherald has done OK to be fair but Patel and Kelly!!  60 all out

Come off it! Kelly has only been in the country five minutes and you feel that today’s innings qualifies you to cast judgement on him!! 

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Warks_Mackem

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Leicestershire have been incredibly unlucky with injuries and tbh once Handscomb decided to stay in Australia I think the squad looks worse than last season. It was always going to be tough to stay up. The coaches have done so well the last few years that they deserve persevering with.

 

Grace Road is my favourite ground and I’ll be getting down there for a few One Day Cup games in the summer. I managed to get to the final day against Notts a couple of weeks ago.

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Warks_Mackem

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1 hour ago, James and his giant peach said:

I'm sorry to lose your top 6 for 41 on any level of cricket is pathetic. Unbelievable that from a strong position all match we now look like losing yet again. Relegation looks a formality already, we look out of our depth. 

The team I play for on a Saturday were bowled out for 24 yesterday. Yours truly getting a second ball duck. :D

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katieakita

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4 minutes ago, Beagle said:

Come off it! Kelly has only been in the country five minutes and you feel that today’s innings qualifies you to cast judgement on him!! 

Kelly is soon to be 33 not played a test match for New Zealand and i believe not in the squad for their upcoming tour here. Not based on today as only just landed in the country, Hill was their and should have played. did you seriously have him down as an overseas player playing all formats for us? 

Wsl

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@everton carrBen Mike reminds me of something someone once said about Agnew - and he told it against himself, that he went from promising young shaver to wily old hand without being really good in between!

 

I don't think there's much improvement to come from Mike anymore. Hull (and to an extent Green) may be should be kicking on more, but at the moment they're being compared to some very experienced County bowlers and you can't coach experience into a player.  

Beagle

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2 minutes ago, katieakita said:

Batting conditions seemed to improved somewhat

Underlines just how unlucky we have been. This morning we faced the perfect storm of top quality bowlers and perfect bowling conditions. 

Lionator

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14 minutes ago, Beagle said:

Underlines just how unlucky we have been. This morning we faced the perfect storm of top quality bowlers and perfect bowling conditions. 

Bowlers like Cook and Porter have been taking the p*ss out of quality batters for half a decade now. No disgrace. 

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Beagle

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11 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Bowlers like Cook and Porter have been taking the p*ss out of quality batters for half a decade now. No disgrace. 

I just wish we had an attack of comparable quality.

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