RizLCFC Posted 20 July 2007 Posted 20 July 2007 I heard on BBC Radio Leicester on the 12:00 News Bulletin that Warwickshire have made an official approach to sign Stuart Broad from us as he is out of contract at the end of the current season, Leicestershire have 28 days to agree a deal with Broad to remain at the club or else he is free to leave. If he goes, Tim Boon can follow him out the bloody door, the guy is a disgrace nothing like James Whitaker, since Boon has taken over we have signed rubbish overseas players and let Darren Maddy and Ottis Gibson, tow influential players leave, and if Broad was another, then I would be soooo pisssssssssssed offfffff. I remember at the end of last season Boon saying he wanted to have talks regarding a new contract with Stuart so why has nothing been done for a whole season!
Alexikokopops Posted 20 July 2007 Posted 20 July 2007 Shouldn't this be in the General Sport section?
Nationwider Posted 20 July 2007 Posted 20 July 2007 Paul Nixon, Ben Smith, Darren Stevens, James Ormond, Alan Mullally, Philip DeFreitas, Chris Lewis, Aftab Habib, Darren Maddy and Ian Sutcliffe all left to further their careers - most of them when they were in or around the England set-up. LCCC will never be a force in 4-day cricket again. It's down to basic economics. When you look at the players above, they joined Kent, Surrey, Hants, Notts, Lancs, Warks (and Worcs, in the case of Smith) - cash rich(er) clubs with larger memberships, some with test match revenues. It's a no-brainer for Broad - he must move to get a more lucrative contract and stay in the selectors' eyes, however unpaletable it may be for Leicestershire supporters. Looking at the wider picture, the county championship is an irrelevance that needs to be killed quickly, and replaced with something a lot leaner and of higher quality, like the Sheffield Shield (I can't recall who sponsors it these days) in Australia; 6 teams, 10x 4-day games per team, each one played like a test match. Broad has nothing to gain or learn in a side full of assorted dodgy Kolpaks, unknown internationals and ancient has-beens.
Joe. Posted 20 July 2007 Posted 20 July 2007 Yeah this is bad news for Leicestershire if he goes. It means we'll have lost two of our pioneering 20/20 players who have been instrumental in our success in the competition in two seasons.
vanfox12 Posted 20 July 2007 Posted 20 July 2007 Paul Nixon, Ben Smith, Darren Stevens, James Ormond, Alan Mullally, Philip DeFreitas, Chris Lewis, Aftab Habib, Darren Maddy and Ian Sutcliffe all left to further their careers - most of them when they were in or around the England set-up.LCCC will never be a force in 4-day cricket again. It's down to basic economics. When you look at the players above, they joined Kent, Surrey, Hants, Notts, Lancs, Warks (and Worcs, in the case of Smith) - cash rich(er) clubs with larger memberships, some with test match revenues. It's a no-brainer for Broad - he must move to get a more lucrative contract and stay in the selectors' eyes, however unpaletable it may be for Leicestershire supporters. Looking at the wider picture, the county championship is an irrelevance that needs to be killed quickly, and replaced with something a lot leaner and of higher quality, like the Sheffield Shield (I can't recall who sponsors it these days) in Australia; 6 teams, 10x 4-day games per team, each one played like a test match. Broad has nothing to gain or learn in a side full of assorted dodgy Kolpaks, unknown internationals and ancient has-beens. Considering were a small county side compared to the the likes of Yorkshire and Notts which have test grounds we have done pretty well over recent years to have had any success at all and it annoys me when people have a pop at the club for not concentrating more on the County Championship when no one watches these games.
Nationwider Posted 20 July 2007 Posted 20 July 2007 I'm not having a pop at LCCC - they haven't done anything wrong. It's not so long ago since we won the Championship. But it doesn't take a genius to see that with a two-tier Championship and an imbalance of financial resources across the county scene greater than ever, a few teams are going to get left behind in the longer form of the game. LCCC appears to be one of these. 1-day cricket is a different matter. We've been tremendously successful in 20/20, and this is where the future of the county game (as a whole) lies - fan-friendly, revenue-generating 1-day cricket. A smaller number of counties only (or regions) should be playing 4-day cricket, at a much higher, more concentrated standard. Even the 1-day scene in England needs a complete overhaul. Players need to be playing 20/20 and 50-over cricket as these are the international standards. Pro-40 is neither one thing nor another. We play a hotch-potch of badly thought-out 1-day competitions in this country every year that are constantly changing format and sponsor. Its no wonder the international side have been crap at 1-dayers for years now.
dandannieldanok Posted 20 July 2007 Posted 20 July 2007 I'm not having a pop at LCCC - they haven't done anything wrong. It's not so long ago since we won the Championship. But it doesn't take a genius to see that with a two-tier Championship and an imbalance of financial resources across the county scene greater than ever, a few teams are going to get left behind in the longer form of the game. LCCC appears to be one of these.1-day cricket is a different matter. We've been tremendously successful in 20/20, and this is where the future of the county game (as a whole) lies - fan-friendly, revenue-generating 1-day cricket. A smaller number of counties only (or regions) should be playing 4-day cricket, at a much higher, more concentrated standard. Even the 1-day scene in England needs a complete overhaul. Players need to be playing 20/20 and 50-over cricket as these are the international standards. Pro-40 is neither one thing nor another. We play a hotch-potch of badly thought-out 1-day competitions in this country every year that are constantly changing format and sponsor. Its no wonder the international side have been crap at 1-dayers for years now. Couldn't agree more, the ECC should look at changing some of the things you have suggested and ditch the namby-pamby tournaments that have little relevance to anything, like the pro-40 you mentioned. As for Broad, well the writing was on the wall really, LCCC cannot compete with the other county elite purely because of the financial side of the game which has affected all competitive sports now.
lildave3 Posted 20 July 2007 Posted 20 July 2007 LCCC is slowly slipping downhill. LCCC appears to be shit.
Ajax Treesdown Posted 21 July 2007 Posted 21 July 2007 LCCC are shite!!! Broad will go and good luck to him!! Maddy left because the deal they offered him was awful. (I know, I spoke to his dad)
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