ralphindevon

48 for 6 this morning. Horrendous start to the day, could barely have gone any worse

I reckon it was the constant short stuff and Broad getting hit that made Robinson go for Head then.

This new tactic from Australia has changed the series and maybe Bazball

What a dreadful first hour, really behind in the game now. 

7 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

Ridiculous. At least with the hooks yesterday I could understand the thinking, if not the execution or timing.

That from Brook is the sort of thing a tailender would be embarrassed by, and I hope he'll get a bollocking for it.

Exactly, I didn’t have a problem with Pope yesterday, except if he’d played more T20 for his county he might have executed it better but some players aren’t looking at the chances of getting 4 or 6 runs compared to the chances of getting out. 

Keep not trying to be negative but if Brook had played that shot for my team in a T20 I wouldn’t have been too happy, it’s just a nothing shot with percentages all against you.

7 minutes ago, Super said:

Was this even looked at? Root prob feel hard done by here!

Yes they did look at it and I must admit I had no problem with it at the time, that image makes it look a bit more suspect.

We've got to decide once and for all if these are out or not. We see so many where the player clearly has the ball in hand under control but the ball has touched grass through the fingers. Personally I’d vote out but as long as we know what the rule is I don’t care.

I wonder if the batters that are out are asking Stokes what he thinks he’s doing playing sensibly or Stokes asking them what the hell they were doing with some of their shots.

All in all a very good days cricket that England can claim they just about got the better of.

I love Bazball and as someone else pointed out it’s still early ish days.

But they’ve got to be a bit more clever than they are. I mean if I played that shot Brook just played in a pub match I’d be batting at 11 the next game and for him to play a school playground shot like that in an Ashes test is ridiculous when he’s talented enough to make quick runs without doing stupid things like that. 

Just now, Super said:

It shouldn't be a good tactic if we use some common sense. 

I think something similar might be said in the team meeting. ATM they can’t get out of the see it hit it mode 

1 minute ago, Super said:

The Aussies haven't done anything apart from bang it in short and wait for the mistake.

It’s a pretty good tactic and maybe the first real test of Bazball, it’ll certainly take some discussing at the next team meeting.

1 minute ago, Jose said:

EGO

Ponting nailed it on the head. 

And nobody had a bigger one than his co-commentator Kevin Pieterson, one of greatest ever batsman. An ego is no bad thing at this level of sport

They were bonus runs from Ducket, he looked like he could get out most balls in the last 40 minutes I’ve been watching. But that’s Bazball, 98 important runs that he may not have got playing normal test cricket.

3 hours ago, phantom said:

Have a look at an app called Pass2U Wallet, it's the same kind of thing but for Android phones

I've had National Express tickets and concert tickets on there in the past

I’ve always had my supporters club membership on that app, can’t remember why it’s on that app but it works well.

Crikey, I popped out for half an hour come back and it's all over. 

What a remarkable turnaround and a huge win that will probably guarantee our top division staus fir yet another record breaking year. 

Taunton is looking very gloomy from my viewing spot, here in a very hot and sunny South of France.

Are we worried about being thwarted by the weather or should we be fine with the floodlights? 

2 minutes ago, Super said:

How much longer do we have Henry for?!

31st July i believe 

6 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Yes, now you mention it, Joel Garner didn't arrive until the late 1970s, did he?

Jim Parks was only here for that one season (or was it two?), but early/mid 1970s.

I had forgotten about Trevor Gard, but have just thought of Neil Burns, who could also bat. 

Neil Burns was an interesting character and a good keeper, i think he came to Somerset when the big 3 had all departed. 

He married Glen Hoddle's ex wife i seem to remember 

3 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Derek Taylor, along with Jim Parks for a season if I remember correctly.

Yes Derek, middle  name Somerset, Taylor was the main wickie in that time but Trevor Gard also kept quite a bit to those 2.

Jim Parks wouldn't have ever kept to Garner

36 minutes ago, MichaelRobartes said:

It's a real production line. I've not seen Rew live yet, how's his keeping?

35 minutes ago, Super said:

Me neither. Probably one for @PHILINFRANCEand @ralphindevon

He seems very tidy, one of those you rarely notice behind the stumps.  I’ve certainly never seen him have any really bad days.

I’m no keeping expert but I think it’s a bit like goalkeepers in that you can do a lot of improving the more games you get under your belt and his batting may be ahead of his keeping.

I remember watching him for England U19s before he’d played for Somerset and was so impressed by his batting but wondered if he could impress at first class level, it soon became clear he could.

2 hours ago, Bris Red said:

Every chance they go down next season though isn’t there. I think their capacity is about right for a club that could potentially yo-yo between the Champ and League 1.

 

I personally can see them struggling next season.. They have never spent anymore than 500k on a player and with the gap between League 1 and the championship ever increasing, without some really clever recruitment done on the cheap (never easy as we all know at this level) then i get the feeling their stay in the championship could be fairly short..

Will also be a nightmare attracting players down there aswell, it’s not even as if they have a big wage budget to tempt players financially either.
 

 

Yes there’s every chance they’ll go down but even if they turn into a L1 - championship yo-yo club an extra 3k seats would make financial sense with the amount of sell outs they’ve already had.

i think there are plans but at the moment they’re concentrating updating their training facilities which is fair enough

4 hours ago, Sleepy1968 said:

I don't think we'd try to expand ashton gate for the 1 or 2 seasons we"d get in the premier league if we managed to get promoted either.

 

Plymouth sold out loads of game's in the 3rd tier, crazy they haven't increased the capacity 

Having watched half the Elton concert last night and the other half just now, my own conclusion is... 

McCartney won the best guest list by a mile but Elton won the the best show by a mile.

In general i like the pair of them about the same but didn't enjoy McCartney last year that much. Loved Elton's show though 

2 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

How many we gonna need to have a chance of bowling them out? 300?

Good question, is it one of those Taunton pitches that offers zero to the bowlers from day 3 onwards? I’d be happier if we had Jack Leach, no offence to Bashir who I really like but is many games away from being an experienced spinner.

With loads of time left in the game I’d like to see us get a 350 lead. But with the way Henry bowled this morning maybe 250 would do! 

Well beside the Abell rush of blood to the head, today had gone a great deal better than could have been expected. 

2 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

TBF T20 isn't "real" cricket, It's gratifying to know that we ( Glos) can't play any of it !

True, I'd like to disagree as we're doing so well in it but I'd rather be at the top of the championship. 

I'm sure Gloucestershire will come good soon, they looked like they were back on track a couple years ago, time to go again