ralphindevon

Thought I’d take a look as we’re in match week. Its updated from Birmingham on the 5th……to WBA on the 5th. And before anyone asks I’m not slightly concerned about it, just find it interesting that we’re all getting different things come up and different experiences at the turnstiles. I’m sure it’ll run smoothly eventually.

He's a 17 year old college boy. Fine to give a game to when surrounded by experience and quality, not so much in that circumstance. Hope his enthusiasm hasn't completely disappeared after that

It would break the swear filter

4 or 5 teams, including Gloucestershire have only lost 2 players

I reckon there would be a few club teams that could beat this young Somerset team, so I’ll take 2nd best.

To add to the annoyance of it all, we wouldn’t be a bit better if we had our full team, we’d be favourites to win it like we did the last time everyone was allowed to play in 2019.

I think it’s great blooding a youngster in a competition like this as long as your surrounded by Craig Overton and Josh Davey or whoever. This is bordering on cruel and could knock their confidence for good

To be fair that’s a very Somerset thing to do, maybe it’s his turn to escape the misery of getting clattered in the later stages, I don’t know. He’s an 18 year old Kings College student

455 to win. We’ll knock them off with overs to spare. Seriously, this just isn’t fair on the young bowlers. Hope this is the last year we have to watch this farce. Well played to the Sag head Bracey though.

I knew I’d forgotten someone

For the Gloucestershire fans who are thinking Somerset’s bowling attack minus their Hundred players is rubbish…. Our bowling attack minus them would include, Josh Davey, Sonny Baker, Alfie Ogborne, Jack Brooks and Jack Leach. All injured. This is our 3rd/youth team attack.

And the award for the worst streaming in county cricket goes to……..Gloucestershire!

The extra, extra time is something we’ll have to get used to with the new rules in place sadly. I thought our 6 minutes last week wasn’t too bad once I’d got on the P&R bus and noticed most other games were still going on. I know they’re trying to get more minutes of actual play in but I think I’d prefer the old system. Even with the old system we’d have still had time to score today I think.

Happy with 4 points from them two games.

Josh Thomas, Alfie Ogborne, James Rew, Sonny Baker, Jack Harding are 5 I can think of that all played in last years one day cup. I’ve probably missed someone out and not sure if they ever all played in the same match.

Downsy is a bit like the club shop, every year it’s so bad you think at least it’ll get sorted in the summer and it’ll be much better next season. But nothing ever changes.

I wonder if Brian Tinnion, who was instrumental in bringing him over from Guernsey, will get a little bonus this month. Certainly a decent bit of work that was.

A change of ownership can’t be too far away, there’s been noise on the subject for a while now. I wonder if a potential buyer sees a club that’s just sold an academy player for £25m or a club that’s kept their best player to aim for the top as the most attractive selling point? I’m guessing the former.

QPR still having renovation work done on their ground

For me the cup is a chance to see City at a ground I haven’t been to or not been to for a while. Or if it’s a home draw a team and players you’ve not seen play recently or at all. Also it’s dull having a team you’re going to play again soon or just played but having looked we don’t have either team until December I think so that’s not so bad.

Hate same division teams in the early rounds of the cup

I wonder if Bournemouth scouts are watching Yeboah tonight?

What a rollercoaster of a season it’s been. I say season, I mean 5 days!

I wonder if Max thought that was going wide. Not good from defence or keeper

We can’t moan about Scott because Cornick has scored. And we can’t moan about Cornick because errr…………