Durhamfootman wrote:I found it an interesting exercise to go back to the start of this thread, just to see just how utterly delusional we all were 10 months ago
almost as delusional as thinking that because Australia had a fairly poor batting line up, that England had a half decent chance of winning an ashes match down under
Yeah! I suppose in hindsight our bowling had been on the decline for a while but I don't think anyone could have predicted it'd be so useless against div 2 lineups. I certainly thought the 48 point deduction was the only thing that would prevent promotion - and that there was a realistic chance we would overcome it in any case.
Even after FTECB withdrew Stokes from the Ashes I still thought we had a chance!