Arthur Crabtree wrote:Wicket for Onions against Luffbro.
Durhamfootman wrote:he did the season before, as well, iirc.
good luck to him. I hope it works out.... he owes us nothing..... not like the other chancers
captaincolly wrote:Durhamfootman wrote:he did the season before, as well, iirc.
good luck to him. I hope it works out.... he owes us nothing..... not like the other chancers
I wonder if we'll ever find out exactly what happened - one sticking point was when they said a 2 year contract for a 35 year old bowler was not acceptable and wanted to make the second year conditional...then a few days later they signed a 35 year old bowler, who was a fringe player in state cricket, on a 2 year contract! If Rimmington is a big success then it will have been a good decision but if he isn't ...
westoelad wrote:captaincolly wrote:Durhamfootman wrote:he did the season before, as well, iirc.
good luck to him. I hope it works out.... he owes us nothing..... not like the other chancers
I wonder if we'll ever find out exactly what happened - one sticking point was when they said a 2 year contract for a 35 year old bowler was not acceptable and wanted to make the second year conditional...then a few days later they signed a 35 year old bowler, who was a fringe player in state cricket, on a 2 year contract! If Rimmington is a big success then it will have been a good decision but if he isn't ...
He was also asking for a coaching position iirc when no vacancy existed. Rimmington will be on nothing like the money Onions was offered I'd imagine.
captaincolly wrote:Wood playing in the opening match of the dreaded IPL.
Durhamfootman wrote:pace is always dangerous in T20. Dibbly dobbly is absolutely the way to go
Durhamfootman wrote:Twatto, 29 off his 4 with 2 wickets
captaincolly wrote:westoelad wrote:captaincolly wrote:Durhamfootman wrote:he did the season before, as well, iirc.
good luck to him. I hope it works out.... he owes us nothing..... not like the other chancers
I wonder if we'll ever find out exactly what happened - one sticking point was when they said a 2 year contract for a 35 year old bowler was not acceptable and wanted to make the second year conditional...then a few days later they signed a 35 year old bowler, who was a fringe player in state cricket, on a 2 year contract! If Rimmington is a big success then it will have been a good decision but if he isn't ...
He was also asking for a coaching position iirc when no vacancy existed. Rimmington will be on nothing like the money Onions was offered I'd imagine.
Yeah, sure to be on lower wages. With a bit of luck he will be a 'young' 35 year old - hasn't bowled himself into the ground so he should be fresh.
southwood wrote:captaincolly wrote:westoelad wrote:captaincolly wrote:Durhamfootman wrote:he did the season before, as well, iirc.
good luck to him. I hope it works out.... he owes us nothing..... not like the other chancers
I wonder if we'll ever find out exactly what happened - one sticking point was when they said a 2 year contract for a 35 year old bowler was not acceptable and wanted to make the second year conditional...then a few days later they signed a 35 year old bowler, who was a fringe player in state cricket, on a 2 year contract! If Rimmington is a big success then it will have been a good decision but if he isn't ...
He was also asking for a coaching position iirc when no vacancy existed. Rimmington will be on nothing like the money Onions was offered I'd imagine.
Yeah, sure to be on lower wages. With a bit of luck he will be a 'young' 35 year old - hasn't bowled himself into the ground so he should be fresh.
Onions was training ( weights ) in a gym in Newcastle. He is looking fit and was following a structured programme, judging by the bits of paper he kept referring to.
I suggest that ,from his point of view,Durham, in offloading him, have brought in someone who is the same age with limited 1st class experience on a lot lower wage than he was getting. Although Onion's injury record, of recent years, is against him he probably believes he represented greater value as both a player, experienced mentor and potential coach and a longer contract was merited. Durham's economic situation suggests otherwise.
As for no coaching vacancy, the regard for Neil Killeen ,at national level ,suggests that he may not be around too much longer at Durham. His winter coaching stint is probably the first of many national level roles for him. I suspect that Durham might yet live to regret the Onions decision.
It will be interesting to see how long Onions stays fit this season and how hew performs with the ball ,too.
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