: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:17 am  

OrdsallRed wrote:

We don't normally no but the way we've started and the way the team is developing is giving a lot of us optimism for the future, not necessarily this season

God forbid you're actually looking at things sensibly...

: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:56 am  

GT wrote:

God forbid you're actually looking at things sensibly...

I can't even remember saying we were going to win anything neither, just loving the fact we tanned the Yorkies hide twice in 4 days!!!...we're Lancs fans, we never expect to win anything!!

: Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:29 pm  

Back to championship cricket and here comes the rain At least it seems to be raining everywhere so we're not losing out too much.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:19 pm  

Lancs have started today 73-1 at lunch.There's a chance to go top as Notts have no play again today.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:03 pm  

Good old go slow Joe (Sayers) batting half a day for 29 runs, Bah! who needs T20 for excitement?

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:25 pm  

A similarly exciting day at OT today. Saved the draw, mind.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:04 am  

Looks like a promising start by Rafiq.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:40 am  

Cibaman wrote:

Looks like a promising start by Rafiq.

Aye, if Rashid doesn't make the breakthrough into the England side on a regular basis, then it's going to be an interesting dilemma for Yorkshire. Do they start producing dry, turning pitches and play two out of Rashid, Rafiq and Wainwright at the expense of someone like Kruis or Hoggard?

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:01 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Aye, if Rashid doesn't make the breakthrough into the England side on a regular basis, then it's going to be an interesting dilemma for Yorkshire. Do they start producing dry, turning pitches and play two out of Rashid, Rafiq and Wainwright at the expense of someone like Kruis or Hoggard?

The long-term view of things would say develop pitches that will help you win more matches and develop your most promising youngsters at the same time...but on the other hand you need some older, more experienced players to help them develop as well...I'd like to see youth given it's chance as I think it is at more and more counties now, which has to be a good thing for the depth of the CC and for the future England team.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:08 pm  

OrdsallRed wrote:

The long-term view of things would say develop pitches that will help you win more matches and develop your most promising youngsters at the same time

Makes sense, but this is England.

Our prevailing spirit of fair play usually means we end up producing pitches that best suit the opposition.