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An important away game starts......with rain....now there is a surprise.





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Tim's re-injured neck did not last for long then.

What happened with the toss?

Cricinfo claims they won it and inserted us?

Quite surprising, if so, as OT usually takes increasing turn as a match wears on.

Also, if we wanted to bowl then CR would simply have done so, therefore one assumes that CR wanted to bat. If CR wanted to bat and they wanted to bowl, then there would have been zero point holding a toss. I'm sure the laws allow for the toss to be scrapped if both sides want the same thing.

Hello, does anyone know of a radio commentary availible for this match..?
The bbc one seems to be down, although I could of missed it due to the rain

BBC ok when playing. [www.bbc.co.uk]

The problem with the agreement AG is that both sides need to declare their hand and that could then lead to one changing their preference to gain an advantage.
Anyway, we have a decent start.

It's good to see Abell starting to come through that sticky spell. By his own admission when interviewed he has had a poor season, but he has had some key score along the way.

Well done Marcus on 1000 for the season.

Good to see Yorks & Middlesex both under pressure in their games.

Grizzzly

Yes,GM, also, I suppose, this might have been a toss that CR actively wanted to lose i.e. he was entirely undecided as to what to do.

I personally almost always see OT as a bat first track as it usually turns.

Maybe Lancs might have taken a look at Jack's recent figures and thought "oh 'eck," or whatever it is they say on that side of the pennines and left extra grass on as a result?

Regardless, we look in a great position at the moment.

Anthony Gibson has just said that MT and CR have 50,000 first-class runs between them, but they are actually still over 200 runs short of that great achievement.

At the end of today's innings MT had 24683, while CR is on 25091 right now (at his current innings of 23).

Perhaps somebody who knows how to do these things could let mr Gibson know the latest situation.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter

Rogers sounding as though he is on track for another underwhelming score, sounds like they are all over him.

Apparently according to the BBC commentary the three games that Lancashire have won this season have all been at Old Trafford when they bowled first. Given the score at tea I would rather be in Chris Rogers shoes!

But I believe that one James Anderson was present in their attack for all three games, which may have had some bearing on the outcome....

Great stuff Tom. Terrific effort.

Grizzzly

It doesn't actually matter, LoL. It's only a statistic.

I've probably given CR the kiss of death but he has contributed a useful 24 so far, despite them being all over him.

Nice to see another century from young Abell as well.

Good job, Tom, great to see.

Well done to CR for passing his age on his birthday.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter

Good day at the office I reckon - well done chaps !

Rogers caught down the leg-side yet again?

Losing a few wickets towards the end of the day is a bit of a dampener on an otherwise excellent effort.

Hang on in there Tom.

Grizzzly.

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It doesn't actually matter, LoL. It's only a statistic.

... and it doesn't actually matter that after their first innings in this match, they now require just 201 between them to reach their 50,000.

Pack of cards

Well that ruined a promising day.

I blame Gibson for talking about Somerset's tendency to collapse.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter



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Bring on the late order super stars

267-2 to 287-7.

Oh dear. CR will not be a happy Captain.

Grizzzly.

Certainly a not unexpected collapse.

I have looked up Jim Allenby's stats for us in CC cricket.

In nearly 2 seasons playing, he has scored just over 1000 runs averaging 24 with a highest score of 64.

Bowling wise, 41 wickets @ 30.5 and best bowling figures of 4 - 67.

Damn poor to my way of thinking. He must be somebody's blue eyed boy, but then this is Somerset.

Which all rounder would you play in his place Tom ?

Grizzzly

So we lost a bundle of wickets to the new ball - but I'd have taken 339-7 after being put in away from home. Well played to Young Tom, Tres and the skipper at the top, and to Old Man Pete and Very Young Ryan at the end. A good day for us.

Edited to change 'out' to 'put'!



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I don't think Allenby's stats are damn poor at all. Not as good as we'd like, esp the batting, but the bowling stats are fine - esp as I'd say he was signed primarily as a one-day player. Not brilliant, I agree, but far from "damn poor".

Thank God for the collapse and Jim Allenby. What a miserable day some of our posters would have had otherwise.

`But then this is Somerset`.

What a brilliant day by the team especially those mentioned above, the only team to pass 300 today, that can't be bad.

And thanks to Lancs for letting us bat, that was very kind of them.

Yes CM, all very predictable really. Fingers must have been firmly crossed mid afternoon. Nice rally from Pete hope he can go on in the morning along with Ryan.l

What are Jim's figures just this year Tom?

I just checked the batting averages and Chris Rogers at just under 50 will I'm sure disappoint him.

Then check again Botham. Chris Rogers' average is way below that @ 34.52. Where did you concoct that figure from?

A glass half - empty or a glass half - full?
Regardless, both glasses need filling up.

Looking at the BBC online stats, I suspect Botham noted the strike rate of 47.80

Allenby is still Not remotely good enough to bat At five. Rogers continues to hugely under-perform relative to his performance At all other County stops - where he really did average 50.

BUT...I suspect That we are well ahead of The eight ball here And, If The rain stays away, may win this match.

339 for 7 is an excellent first day score, especially as Lancs put us in (even although we apparently dodn't want to bowl) Not everyone will succeed every day but as long as several do then it's fine. Peter T's innings-and his strike rate were of vital importance. if we can manage to find another 61 runs then we shall be well up with the clock and it is in the hands of the bowlers

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Looking at the BBC online stats, I suspect Botham noted the strike rate of 47.80

Thanks SP, I did indeed read the table wrong and I was surprised at such a high average, so I guess 34 is very poor for such a past consistent performer, especially on many batsmen friendly pitches. I wonder if the new policy doesn't suit, as players lose their touch.

Tom, 'concoct' was a bit strong.

I agree that Allenby's runs aren't good enough for a top 6 place. I also disagree that you would need another allrounder to replace a specialist batting position (I'm sure Trego could pick up some slack). If we were going to give an all-rounder a go there I would suggest that Roelof would be vying for another chance.

Over 339-7 is a pretty good score so far at Lancs, so we shouldn't be too dismayed. We don't want a high scoring game, especially with the rain.

"Tom, 'concoct' was a bit strong."

If it was me that you were referring to as being "disappointed", why mention Chris Rogers at all as I clearly did not.

Very well done to Ryan Davies. A Great morning, thus far.

Shame about missing his hundred, but he's had a good week. As for Trego, he'll be quite good with a bit more experience.

Record 8th wicket partnership two weeks in a row, featuring four different batsmen. Botham & Richards: who were they?

Am I right that 3 of our batsmen (Abell,,Trego and Davies) have all passed their highest scores in this innings. Is that a record? I think we were right to pile on the runs. It will be the only way to win this,but we must be patient.

So all three of them will queuing up to get the drinks in tonight. Don't expect great fielding tomorrow!

Well, that was a funny old innings. From great through a familiar collapse to a decent-ish position at the end of day one (I think Somerset would have settled for that at the start of play, though less so at nearly 200 for 1). And I can't imagine three highest scores in one innings is anything other than a very rare event. Shame that Ryan Davies didn't get his maiden ton, but over the last month or so he seems to have found his batting mojo (for want of a better expression) in both the one-day and four-day games, justifying Somerset's belief in him (which hasn't always been shared here). Not sure a result is likely, but after being put in I think they can take pride in 500+

And some posters say Taunton is killing cricket................!!

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Am I right that 3 of our batsmen (Abell,,Trego and Davies) have all passed their highest scores in this innings. Is that a record? I think we were right to pile on the runs. It will be the only way to win this,but we must be patient.

GM: I can distinctly remember attending this match with you back in 82:
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It was not Somerset's finest hour, but a handful of batsmen made their highest score for Somerset, three in the first innings and four in the second.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter



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Congratulations Treeeeeeego

I have heard some talk, Rodders, that OT lost some of its famous pace and bounce when the square was re-aligned due to problems with glare from the sun.

It doesn't sound a very good pitch, but it sounds like TG did extremely well on it this afternoon.

Kerrigan got battered but I would still think that Jack may come into this game over the final two days.

Terrific effort with the bat. So pleasing that Ryan seems to be picking up in confidence and contributing well.

As for PT, he is having a cracking season with the willow, more than offsetting his sparse wicket count with the ball.

Need a big day tomorrow. Let's hope the bowlers sleep well tonight.

Grizzzly

O my Hornby and my Barlow long ago!! Thank you LoL. I will add that Jones of Lancs seems to have made his highest score as well

Pleased to hear Ryan Davis continues to mature, and Peter Trego making his highest first class score.

It might well get Peter a further contract, but likely to depend on who the club have lined up to sign for next season.

Given his recent record as a middle order batsman in Div.1 of the CC, 2014 - 644@34, 2015 - 871@36, 2016 to date - 902@53 is there any question of him not being given a new contract?

In CC matches this season PT has now risen to 2nd position behind MT in terms of runs scored and average. JH is just behind in 3rd.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter

Trego has done marvellously well to reinvent himself, relatively late in his career, as a "proper" batsman.

I've seen Davies' previous three innings - in each of which he batted well - and yesterday's innings provides further evidence that he is now coping with the step-up to first team cricket.

Well done to both of them.

Well done to Trego, Davies and Abell on their runs so far in this game. It looks odds on a draw, but let us hope we make a decent showing with the ball.

Another contract for Trego, Roger? A few years back I believe that he came within a whisker of his then contract not being renewed, a decision which had it been taken I would have understood, but I fail to see how with our poor resources we could say Goodbye now.

"Lined up to sign for next season", Roger? It matters not who one thinks they are, the question is surely - Will they want to come to Somerset?

I have heard it all before.

A glass half - empty or a glass half - full?
Regardless, both glasses need filling up.

One hopes Tom that if Somerset can finish in the top four, then we can attract a couple od quality players to the club .

I'm not sure how much attention prospective signings would pay to whether we finish, say, 3rd or 5th.

As always in cricket, there is (or will be) a problem of too many suitors chasing too few potential signings of any real quality. If we can bring in even one decent player from the existing County circuit that would be a step forward.

The thing that Peter Trego has done is to focus on trying to bat time rather than just being a cavalier. There are very few leopards, IMO, that even so much as try to change their spots, let alone succeed, so he is certainly to be congratulated for having done so.

Unless his contract demands are obscene (and I have no reason to suppose that they might be) then we would be daft to let him go..

After all, we have still not remotely fixed the number five position in our CC batting order and Chris Rogers has only temporarily patched-up (and noT wholly convincingly) the number three position.. so why would we want to willingly create a problem at number six as well? It would be stupidity of the highest order.

It is true that Pete has not bowled very much. However, my view remains very firmly that we need a proper batsman in the side instead of Jim Allenby at number five. And if Allenby dropped out of the XI, then Pete would be back into a more prominent bowling role.

However, I suppose it might be Matthew Maynard's view that we should sign a proper batsman to bat at five and that (if we succeed) he may then prefer Allenby instead of Trego at number six..



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Our poor resources Tom?

Is that Abell or Trescothick or Myburgh or Hildreth or Trego or Davies or Leach or Overton or Groenewald or van der Merwe

We have gaps - I'm abivalent as to whether Rogers comes back as a batsman he's a good resource as a captain

Allenby can be replaced in four day cricket for me but he's a good resource in one day cricket though I personally had to be convinced

Gregory needs to come to the party as something. He can't be just 'promising' any more.

Davey - he's a resource. I'd like to think Hose is a resource. Waller is more of a resource this year than last

Jamie Overton is a resource when he returns.

I'm not sure where the 'poor' resources are. We have a lack of resources. We'd all like more. But who are the 'poor' ones we already have?

This really does seem the direst of surfaces.

Come on, Leachy, let's be havin 'em!!

New ball going to be crucial to our chances.

We would need to induce a considerable collapse with it.

Resources? Let's not forget we have some very promising players waiting for a first-team place, Bartlett, Bess, Green, Rouse and others. The future looks bright from where I am watching.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter

I'm inclined to agree. We did have three players in the most recent England Under-19 squad - only Worcestershire had as many.

We need to fix the number five position. I don't know if Peter Trego does not wish to bat there or if Matthew Maynard does not wish him to, but that would be the obvious shorter term fix from within our ranks. Preferably, though, we'd get somebody new in to fill that role and leave Pete at six.

We may need to do something about the number three batting role. And we could use some increased depth in the bowling.. for example, the club's desire to add a left-arm paceman is an open secret.

But we have limited resources and the number of available players of any quality available to move will be limited, so if we can only do one thing, let's make it upgrading the number 5 CC batting spot.

"Let's not forget we have some very promising players waiting for a first-team place, Bartlett, Bess, Green, Rouse and others. The future looks bright from where I am watching."


They may be promising when playing for our Second string, but they cannot remain so for ever and need to step up to First team level.

A few years ago people were saying our promising youngsters were - Barrow, Buttler, Gregory, the Overtons, Meschede, Dibble, Reagan, Abell, Leach and others.

Some are still with us, some have left the game, some have moved on elsewhere and some haven't made the grade with us as yet, and have question marks against them as to whether they will.

Let's not forget that either.

A glass half - empty or a glass half - full?
Regardless, both glasses need filling up.

However, we do not need *all* of the young players currently in the Second XI to 'make it.'

I would say that, if one assumes that each "class," of the most promising young players is liable to spend about two years each playing regularly in the seconds before they are deemed to be ready for the first XI ..

and

if there are, say, six players in each "class," of the most promising youngsters..

then

We shall probably be fine if half of the class comes through every two years .. in other words if three new younger players prove to be up to CC1 cricket every two years then we shall we rather well off, I would think.

So, for the sake of argument, that might mean Green, Bartlett and Bess all proving themselves at first team level over the next 12 months or so and then, within the next 24 months after that, us getting another three young players coming through into real first-team contention.



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There's a pretty amazing conversion rate with those players Tom, if that continues we would be more than fine.

Of course not every player makes, but we enough have been coming through lately.

Also, Ryan Davies is starting to find his feet. In a few years people will probably forget that they called MM a fool for signing him.

A conversion rate in part, Yes Monkey, but amazing?

2 have already gone to another county, but I doubt more than another 2/3 would be snapped up by another Div. 1 county. They are simply not consistent enough performers, and I am not convinced that this will turn around quickly. For example, Hildreth has been around for a long time and yet he is still being castigated for being inconsistent.

Bottom line is that we still haven't won anything.

I note that Gloucestershire have given Hankins a few opportunities at first team level and he has not appeared totally out of his debt. He and Bartlett have played together at school and in young England teams and performed as well as each other. So I feel it would make sense to give our young man an outing before this season is over.

Retrospective remark: thanks to AGod for spotting my ridiculous typo, which deserves not to be changed

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter



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One hopes that Hankins is released from penury soon.

But I agree that it would be good to see young Mr Bartlett before the season is out.

Follow on avoided, game over

What is the level of prize money for places in the Championship?

I suspect that if Somerset are still in the running for any prize money down to whatever position, then they will not give an opportunity to an untried youngster.

Barrow and Buttler played together at school didn't they? One left to go to another county and the other is leaving us at the end of this season. I hardly think that their school records count for much.

P.S. Amended to say that perhaps because both Hankins and Bartlett went to Millfield School, there may be extenuating circumstances for Somerset to give Bartlett a go.



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County Championship prize money from the ECB site

First Division

Prize money in this order

Players prize money/Employer's National Insurance Element/ County Performance Payment

Winners £374,000.00 £51,612.00 £158,100.00
Runners-up £169,000.00 £23,322.00 £52,020.00
Third £88,000.00 £12,144.00 £15,022.00
Fourth £27,000.00 £3,726.00 £5,121.00
Fifth £20,000.00 £2,760.00 £4,000.00

I hope you have some nice battered fish to go with your Millfield size chips of yours Tom, wrapped in a nice bit of working man's newspaper. :-)

Thanks for that information Mike TA1.

Two innings in this game have taken up 3 days. It's farcical and an injustice to the paying public. If the ECB are powerless to prevent pitches being prepared like this, then there should be a limit on the number of overs each team can face in their first innings. There was a limit of 100 overs per team many years ago when matches were scheduled for 3 days.

Wake up ECB and do something. Many people are bored stiff.

I must commend Somerset on not getting demoralised on this dead pitch.

It sounds like their fielding has been very good all day and the bowlers have tried their best all day.

I do Nailsea, and should I have any vinegar left over after I have enjoyed eating them, I will send it on to you.

A glass half - empty or a glass half - full?
Regardless, both glasses need filling up.

A limit on the number of overs in the first innings of Championship games would be worth exploring.

I'm sure there are any number of reasons (none of which immediately come to mind), why this may not be a good idea, but it at least would put a cap on the impact of dull & dreary wickets.

Maybe 130 overs max ?

Grizzzly

There was a period in the Sixties (in the days of three-day matches) when the first innings was reduced to (I think) 65 overs, but the experiment did not last long, perhaps because it was felt to be too constraining.

Now here's a thought: Limit the two first innings to 200 overs between them. Then if the side batting first is all out in, say 80 overs the side batting second can bat for up to 120 overs if they can survive that long. My fading memory reminds me that something like that was allowed in the early days of limited over cricket.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter

I believe that was how things started out with the Gillette Cup?


Personally, I don't think we need to put restrictions on the number of overs that a first innings can last for.

What the ECB should do instead, IMO, is to remove the various restrictions that exist on bowler's follow-throughs so as to encourage the spinners to get into games more, especially in the second-half of games.

With such a step, not only would spinners come into games more but, I believe, seamers would probably also fare better because more of them would have the chance to bowl the sort of tight wicket-to-wicket line that (i think) maximises the chances of them taking wickets.

On top of this, I think there should also be an incentive system for producing tracks that have good pace and bounce. The umpires already provide marks for the quality of pitches. Any County that produces a track that has good pace and bounce should, IMO, receive an automatic cash bonus from the ECB on each occasion that it does so.

The problem with that incentive award AGod would be the lack of consistency amongst Umpires.

Some years ago I was talking to a man who claimed to have sat in the Somerset CEO's chair on a temporary basis between CEO's appointments. He told me that one of his duties was to convey the Umpires' pitch markings to the TCCB (forerunner to the E C B ).

He said that he was a little concerned that after the conclusion of a match at Taunton, one umpire marked the pitch much lower than his fellow umpire. The TCCB spokesperson in turn said to him - "don't worry, you must have had Mr X (I do recall his name - he was a long - standing county and much respected Test Match umpire) officiating. He always marks pitches lower than anyone else."

Similar, I suppose to Craig Revel Horwood's markings on the TV programme Strictly Come Dancing. He consistently marked lower than his fellow judges, but was consistent in his markings between one contestant and another. What a confession to make that I have watched that programme at times.

Problems occur when a low marking umpire officiates at some counties more than others during the course of a season.

I'm all in favour for Counties being awarded points for the best grass.

Identifying that we have untried resources who may come up short is a little different to identifying them as poor BEFORE they are tried Tom.

Just because Alex didn't make it here don't let that cloud your judgement about the rest. They may not all be tried and tested yet but there are enough of them to identify we have new resources yet to be introduced so I'm still confused about where the present 'poor' resources are in your opinion.

Draw Match.

Five points behind Surrey with a game in-hand.



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Rain in Manchester? I just don't believe it.

"Five points behind Surrey with a game in-hand."

We are behind Surrey!? Were not they labelled on this site as the worst, most excreable side in the Division and relegation certainties?

Then we are poorer than I thought. Surrey have the makings of a good side and will win the County Championship again before we ever do.

A glass half - empty or a glass half - full?
Regardless, both glasses need filling up.

TS given you operate on a higher level and have very little good to say about Somerset and its squad go join Surrey.

Weren't we also assessed as relegation fodder at the start of the season with almost nothing going for us in any format? One poster made that Surrey assessment as far as I know and you made the Somerset one.... seems both were a little off the money.

It happens...

For those who will never be happy:

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You can't always get what you want!

Sandhills, it was intuitive of you to recognise that I "operate on a higher level".

"Join Surrey?" Maybe one day. Have you noticed my comments on their unofficial website? Take a look.

In the meantime, I am enjoying myself on here.



A glass half - empty or a glass half - full?
Regardless, both glasses need filling up.

Surrey are still utter dross as evidenced by their pathetic total of FIVE defeats.

They have lost more games than Somerset, Middlesex, Yorks and Durham combined. Spineless.



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We are poorer than you thought TS? I would have said that was impossible.

The hand cart in which we are going to hell has just got another passenger. Wellesley, would you like to tell us which of the "dead wood" that played in the Lancashire match you would prune?

Trescothick, Abell and Trego clearly have to go. That fellow Leach will never improve and Davies is nobbut slogger.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter



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Nice opening gambit, Wellesley. What was that you said about sniping :-)

I didn't take exception to your comment about "dead wood" Wellesley. I was just interested as to who you thought fell into that category. For what it's worth, of the eleven who played against Lancashire I would put Allenby in that category as far as the four day game is concerned but the rest of them seem to me to be at the very least competent county cricketers and in some cases very good ones.Moreover, a team that has lost only one of its last 16 County Championship matches must have something going for it!

"The hand cart in which we are going to hell has just got another passenger."

You have got it wrong again Angell Face. We are not going there in a hand cart because Matthew Maynard is driving the coach. Didn't you know?

A glass half - empty or a glass half - full?
Regardless, both glasses need filling up.

I wondwr how many posters have the same mac address.

Welcome Wellesley.

I'm sure you will find a happy home in the 'Curmudgeons Corner' section of Grockles.

As someone who has watched SCCC for over 40 years, it is pretty difficult to take your gloom ridden assessment seriously. Certainly as measured against some really difficult times we had in the late 1980's, 1990's & mid 2000's.

Taking a look at the Championship averages below, which players fall into the 'dead wood' category ?

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(With the notable & unfortunate exception of the T20 format), there are so many differences to years gone by:

a) We challenge for every game.

b) We win from positions of seeming defeat, the polar opposite of our previous sphere of excellence of clutching defeat from the jaws of victory. (Were you at the Surrey Championship game or the Gloucs one dayer ?).

c) We have three players likely to have 1000+ Championship runs by season end.

d) We have one of the best young spinners in the land.

e) Cove & Jove offer aggression and speed, whilst still maturing.

f) We have a Championship skipper (hopefully he will stay for another year or two), willing to take risks & bold decisions to try to get over the line.

g) We are now in our ninth unbroken year of Championship division one status, and with three games to go are challenging for a top three position.

h) We came within 8 runs of getting to the RLODC final.

i) We have a second team performing admirably,

j) Our academy is producing/honing talented players offering excellent promise for the future.

g) We have strong finances, good and improving ground facilities and superbly loyal (in most cases) supporters.

All is not risy in the garden. Our T20 campaign was a mess & Management have acknowledged this.

But to portray our efforts this year in such a derisory manner is frankly insulting to all concerned, and specifically the players.

Grizzzly

Dear Wellington

Your extreme magnanimity in allowing us to take or leave your views is praiseworthy.
I shall leave them.

Your style of writing is remarkably similar to that of Seymour. Grockle does not like the use of the term 'troll', so all I will say is that I hope your abode under a Norwegian bridge is comfortable.

Very well put, Grizzz.

Whatever one's views on particular players' abilities, to use terms such as "dead wood" to describe them is insulting in the extreme.

Bobstan



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Bobstan - you don't think that The Iron Duke is actually Mr. Seymour using an alias do you?

Good gracious no, Angell Face. I have, of course, absolutely no reason to think that.

Thank you Sandhills you noticed something that I also was checking at the same time and can confirm.

Ladies and gentlemen please revert to talking to Tom... it seems Mr W does not exist...or at least one of the two does not.

Cheers

I have now!!

Priceless!!!

Ha ha ha !

Who would have thought that!

I'm not sure I agree with your P word Angell... another one comes to mind though.

I doubt he will be overly bothered. After all, everybody knows that such attempts can be rumbled by comparing IP addresses unless, of course, one uses completely different machinery. Had he wanted to avoid detection, he would surely have done precisely that.

We've had guys before who thought this was really clever and you didn't notice them AG so it isn't as obvious as you seem to think.

It seems to be the reaction of those who aren't getting what they expect from fellow posters or assume the people they are talking to are beneath them and incapable of adding 2 and 2 and getting 4. A sort of poor coping mechanism for those who can't cope with this kind of forum and the reaction their posting creates.

Anyway. It will get sorted one way or the other and those involved can care or not care as far as I am concerned.





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Sad.

AGOD why did you tell him that ha! it does indicate a total lack of understanding of IT. However,his actions do demonstrate he lacks morality and common decency towards fellow posters, players and the coaching staff, an apology to all would not go amiss. Any further post he mskes should be ignored or if possible blocked.

Don't let it vex you so Sandhills best ignored. Like wasps they'll soon find somewhere else to sting

Hello Mr Nailsea_Fizz Im not that worried i just hope he is embarrassed at his dishonerable behaviour.

Embarrassment isn't a state that Internet trolls seem to ever exhibit I'm afraid.

I think his silence says it all.

I did not mean, Grockle, that "I had spotted him."

After all, I do not have access to his IP address details. I meant, very simply, that folks can be detected in that way by those such as (in this case) yourself that do have access to this info.

Anyone fancy pizza?

Good Morning one and all

I have moderated the situation from yesterday this morning. We suddenly, at about 9:30 last night, started to receive messages from a supposedly new poster operating from the same address as a poster already registered on this forum. The two posters seemingly were talking to each other and to the population as two identities with no connection. Unfortunately their location comes up on the moderator's screen with every post and they were using the same address. We have asked in the past that posters keep to one identity on this forum as anyting else has always caused trouble and is rarely for innocent reasons.

The second poster was exhibiting the traits of an internet 'troll' and a PM message was sent to the original poster with a request to 'cease and desist' or explain. I have had no response from said poster so must assume at the moment that this activity was deliberate.

This morning the site received a post that suggested that the warning had been ignored so as the original member of the forum has another address to communicate on I have blocked the dual message address and will await developments.

If anyone has any disagreement with this decision please contact me by PM to discuss it or send your reservations directly to SN.

Please ignore any other posts from 'Wellesley' if they appear. Be assured I will be dealing with them.





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Thank you Grockle.

Mine's a funghi with extra garlic please, Scrumper.

This is the content of a tweet from Anthony Gibson a couple of days ago


Sorry to report @BuckRogers55 has just told me that it's "doubtful" he'll be coming back to Somerset next year and hinted at retirement.

So we may well be needing to appoint a new skipper for 2017 in Championship cricket, and looking for a new overseas player.

I think it might be a Langer type decision. Not quite there as a batsman any more and thinking if you can't do it properly then why do it at all.

Understandable. So international batsman captain then ladies and gents.

Somewhat expected I think, his batting has probably not met his own expectations, let alone ours.

I certainly cannot see a Captain within our present squad.

Somewhat expected I think, his batting has probably not met his own expectations, let alone ours.

I certainly cannot see a Captain within our present squad.

The decision is entirely understandable, especially if he feels he is no longer the batsman he was. He has done a great job this season and all I ask is that he leads us to wins in each of the remaining three matches, which should guarantee the championship.

I also have to remind him that he and MT need to score another 201 between them to reach a joint aggregate of 50,000.

It all sounds easy enough to me.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter

BBC Article here:

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KB

I did wonder, before the season started whether the motivation would still be there, given that this was a guy who had been motivated, for a long time, by having a chip on his shoulder about not being deemed good enough for Australia and then, latterly, by the need to keep scoring runs to keep his Baggy Green place.

Perhaps it's a skills/age thing but I think motivation is the more likely source of his issues this season.

I don't blame Mr Gibson at all for publicising this, but I'm not sure it's hugely helpful to have this in the public domain, prior to season's end *unless* everyone within the dressing-room is already aware of this. If those within the dressing-room were not aware of it then their desire to please their leader may be somewhat diminished by this news.

Should the news be confirmed, then I fervently hope that Mr Maynard will not simply turn around and award the club Captaincy to Jim Allenby because a non-negotiable part of the decision should be that the new man should unambiguously be worth his place in the CC first XI. And whatever Mr Maynard might think, it is probably only Jim Allenby's mum that thinks him to be unambiguously worth a CC1 first team place.

Equally, if CR has confirmed this news, privately, to Mr Maynard then this *could* be a a strong recruiting angle for Mr Maynard viz the domestic market...

... For example, has Scott Borthwick decided where is going to yet? If not, might the offer of Captaincy help to persuade him that his future could lie in the West Country?

(this is just an example, so it does not really matter whether folks think SB might be captaincy material or not)

While he certainly hasn't made the stack of runs that I daresay he hoped to make, he hasn't been entirely useless with he bat - 656 CC runs @ 34. I'd like the club to try to persuade him to stay on for another season to give more time to line up his successor.

I would very much like him to stay and hope it is just a negotiating ploy.
(Why is this string on the Lancashire game "sticky"?)

I can't agree that your assumptions about motivation are correct, AGod, (and you have to admit that they are only assumptions unless you know Rogers a lot better than the rest of us do). It could well be that he is so motivated by the desire for excellence that now that he is seemingly falling short of the standards he has set himself over the years he now feels obliged to reconsider his future. It is not, in my view, the motivation that is fading, but the excellence.

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter

I shall not complain, Grockle, if you move my most recent post (16.29) to the Somerset News Snippets thread, where it more properly belong, though I cannot rule out resurfacing under a different identity to object to the moderator's immoderate behaviour if you do so...

LoL

Seventy-eight Seasons a Somerset Supporter

LoL - I am looking at the man's own quotes, which are not dissimilar to those cited by Justin Langer when he "hung up his gloves."

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"Everyone has different motivations and the ability to fight hard, I think, is what I've been probably lacking a little bit.

"I'm desperate to do well but sometimes it's just harder than others, and so you've got to think about that.

"But I really enjoy it here and I'd like to think I've made a bit of a difference with the leadership."