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Durham’s T20 Campaign

RichardW said:
Can Diana Ross bat and or bowl? Is she Supremely confident?
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She can mime, if that helps.
Ghfd said:
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by the way @Silly Point there was a spinner called Shutt, with a very unique run up to bowling for yorkshire tonight. He seemed to stamp on his second step towards the wicket. Bowled well but took a few big hits towards the end if his spell
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Aye, observing his arm movements during the process of delivery was like watching Ian Curtis on Top of the Pops.
Parkside said:
Thanks for the clarification.
Your tongue in cheek comment about "blaming Franklin for the balls going soft and flat pitches" has an element of truth in it. For years the sameness of Durham's seam attack has been seen to be ineffective when pitches flattened out as they do in dry weather.Clearly there was a need to acquire a quality spin opttion,probably as an overseas, and also appoint a quality spin consultant to help develop youngsters in the art. Franklin has addressed neither.
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It’s largely been a problem since our inception into First Class cricket though. Both the bowling of spin and the batting against spin. Once again last night that came to the fore - yes, Franklin hasn’t addressed that, but he’s not the only one to have come (and hopefully gone, soon) without having sorted it out. Aside from the glory years with Blackwell in the side it’s always been a gap that needed plugging and let’s be honest, who on here over the winter would’ve expected the flat pitches we’ve had AND who was actually calling for Durham to look for an overseas spinner? Are any decent ones even available?

Parkside said:
As for crediting Lewis for coaching a championship winning team, I always credited that to Colly. Do you seriously think that Colly would have been dictated to by Lewis on issues of team selection and tactics?
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I would credit Geoff Cook with that one actually, given it was he who actually built the side - there was a touch of flippancy about what I said, but there again, with everything that happened that year off the field it would’ve been very easy for the lads to lose focus and to allow the opportunity to pass. As we all know, that didn’t happen. Whether it was Lewis or Colly or the wider group of players will probably never truly come out, but Lewis was undoubtedly a part of the process.

I know it’s not a Lewis thread, but I always felt he got a rough deal given that he was the one who, despite a good run of years where we were title challengers, then, through no fault of his own, had to deal with the demotion and subsequent player exodus that followed. It probably was the right time to go in the end of course, but as I’ve alluded to, WHED’s riot act is a very tedious and vicious show of hatred when it does come. Once he’s decided enough is enough he’ll stop at nothing (certainly not the truth) to completely blackball someone. As we’re seeing now, just as we saw then with Lewis.
Parkside said:
Yes, Geoff had his heart attack mid July and Lewis was acting coach for the remainder of the season.
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20th June.
 
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Anthly said:
Well constructed post, agree totally.
We had tickets for Bryan Adams but it’s cancelled, thank goodness.
Can’t make it tomorrow we are the SOL to see Elton, not my choice either. But got to keep her happy now and again.
Would prefer T20.
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Have the club even announced its cancelled? With regards to my post, I'm not the only one saying it, a lot of members are saying the very same thing at the ground. I've been consistent with my criticism & was asking for Franklin to be replaced a year ago. What's most annoying about last night is the fact the club got a big crowd in and they let themselves down massively. This season has been very poor. I just hope the 50 over competition can bring us some positiveness. I don't expect us to be world beaters, but I don't think it's unreasonable to be asking for better at the moment. The wife isn't going tomorrow and I'm undecided. If the wife goes to her folks home (Washington), I'll get dropped off. Very frustrating at the moment.
 
Frank_1976 said:
The buck stops with the coach. As many of you have said, he’s branded as a “high performance coach” and so a performance that falls short this significantly should land on his doorstep. If this were a premier league club they’d be calling for his P45
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GordonMuchallNo1Fan said:
Hopefully Beefy is taking note of the current shambles
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Joking me, I literally haven’t seen the man or Bostock in the flesh
 
[QUOTE="GordonMuchallNo1Fan, post: 36292977, member: I don't expect us to be world beaters, but I don't think it's unreasonable to be asking for better at the moment.

Exactly this
 
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VXi said:
Beefy will be working on his next wine adventure.
What has been his positive effect since taking the position?
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I've seen him a few times this season. I don't know the club finances but in recent years since he joined I've noticed all the sponsorship boards are taken up which previously weren't. I'm not entirely sure of his role but I'd be disappointed if he wasn't liaising with Bostock on matters, I saw them in the board room the other day. I think the more telling questions need to be aimed at Bostock, I think he has more control of the day to day running of the club. I'd like to think they noted the amount of people leaving early last night, missed opportunities for extra points, food and merchandise sales. The club are going backwards on the field and for me these people need to address that urgently. Another thing I'm concerned about is the lack of interaction with members.... A while back we used to have 3 (maybe 4) members forums during the season.... To date during the season we've had none. I've also noticed Franklin/North and the players don't make themselves available to the media often enough like previous years. Maybe they're too embarrassed and don't want to face the music with members? The overall performance of the club at present is poor.
 
brandon said:
It’s largely been a problem since our inception into First Class cricket though. Both the bowling of spin and the batting against spin. Once again last night that came to the fore - yes, Franklin hasn’t addressed that, but he’s not the only one to have come (and hopefully gone, soon) without having sorted it out. Aside from the glory years with Blackwell in the side it’s always been a gap that needed plugging and let’s be honest, who on here over the winter would’ve expected the flat pitches we’ve had AND who was actually calling for Durham to look for an overseas spinner? Are any decent ones even available?
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But we have tried to address the spin problem aside from the early Riverside years when it was a permanent seamer's paradise. We had Wiseman prior to Blackwell then the excellent Akshar Patel after him.
This early season was exceptionally flat pitchwise but there were several occasions over the past few years when the pitch had dried out and it cried out for a spinner. I, and many members have called for the need of a spin option.
There probably aren't any available early season,all decent ones will be a IPL but they'll be available late season which is when they're most needed.
 
signifthetimes said:
Colly and beefy both there tonight
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Pay him what he wants to be head coach from tomorrow :cool:
Frank_1976 said:
Don’t forget bostock
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Bostock Stanley?
Parkside said:
But we have tried to address the spin problem aside from the early Riverside years when it was a permanent seamer's paradise. We had Wiseman prior to Blackwell then the excellent Akshar Patel after him.
This early season was exceptionally flat pitchwise but there were several occasions over the past few years when the pitch had dried out and it cried out for a spinner. I, and many members have called for the need of a spin option.
There probably aren't any available early season,all decent ones will be a IPL but they'll be available late season which is when they're most needed.
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From memory he played about 3 games at the arse end of a season, it’s hardly ‘addressing’ the long standing issue is it?
 
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Got me and a few of the lads tickets for tomorrow's game. Never been before so not sure what to expect although really looking forward to it.
Do you just show proof of ticket (all 14 of them on a single email with a purchase number) at a turnstile?
 
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