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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:02 pm

I was wondering if Colly will be the last payer operating from 2005. It's going to be him (41), Tresco (42) or Bell (35). A case of how long Bell fancies suffering the excruciating loss of talent maybe.
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby captaincolly » Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:26 pm

Arthur Crabtree wrote:I was wondering if Colly will be the last payer operating from 2005. It's going to be him (41), Tresco (42) or Bell (35). A case of how long Bell fancies suffering the excruciating loss of talent maybe.

Good question! Last 2 years have been 2 of Colly's best and I think he will carry on if he has another prolific year. Still plays all 3 formats too.
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby westoelad » Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:27 am

Arthur Crabtree wrote:I was wondering if Colly will be the last payer operating from 2005. It's going to be him (41), Tresco (42) or Bell (35). A case of how long Bell fancies suffering the excruciating loss of talent maybe.

Bell has a contract until 2020. Is he likely to step away from that?
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:10 am

It's conceivable he won't warrant a place in the team before then. But I expect he is most likely to go last.
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby captaincolly » Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:17 pm

https://www.wisden.com/stories/intervie ... these-days
Fairly harsh comments from Colly about the departed players - especially Coughlin. He also seems to be suggesting we'll be in division 2 for the next four or five years! The obvious problem is the longer we stay in div 2 the more likely we are to lose any emerging star players so it is essential to get back up and stay there. That's why I think the recruitment during the close season has been poor- in no way does this squad look like one of the strongest in the division or even well equipped to succeed in the one day tournaments.
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby southwood » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:23 pm

Durhamfootman wrote:what were the chances of this happening?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/43471617

oh dear, how sad, never mind


:facepalm
After his comments in Wisden mag ,has Colly put a contract out on him? ;)
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby westoelad » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:28 pm

Pretty harsh comments but home truths about FTECB by jonathon Liew also in Cricket monthly
https://www.wisden.com/stories/opinion/ ... athan-liew
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby captaincolly » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:42 pm

westoelad wrote:Pretty harsh comments but home truths about FTECB by jonathon Liew also in Cricket monthly
https://www.wisden.com/stories/opinion/ ... athan-liew

His analysis seems sensible so no wonder FTECB see things differently!
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby westoelad » Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:05 pm

southwood wrote:
Durhamfootman wrote:what were the chances of this happening?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/43471617

oh dear, how sad, never mind


:facepalm
After his comments in Wisden mag ,has Colly put a contract out on him? ;)

Doesn'tneed to ,the lad's pretty good at inflicting damage on himself. :d'oh:
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby westoelad » Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:21 pm

Confirmation of the contrary treatment between Durham and Glamorgan over bail out treatment.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... ging-tests
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby captaincolly » Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:28 am

westoelad wrote:Confirmation of the contrary treatment between Durham and Glamorgan over bail out treatment.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... ging-tests

Appalling double standards. Durham's track record of developing local talent for county and country makes it even worse.
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby captaincolly » Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:33 pm

Membership card arrived today. The envelope contained a leaflet advertising a care home.
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:51 pm

Maybe get free care from Wor Nige.
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby captaincolly » Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:56 pm

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Maybe get free care from Wor Nige.

The nightmare scenario!
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Re: All Pretty Vacant, Down by the Riverside

Postby Durhamfootman » Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:51 pm

do we now have a care home on the list of sponsors, perhaps?

or maybe the care home involved thinks that anyone supporting Durham must have some mental health issues that may in the future warrant some form of residential care?

Clearly what they've failed to grasp is that sitting in a corner with hands on head whilst muttering incoherently and rocking back and forth is actually a perfectly reasonable response to any new FTECB directive/initiative/statement
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