John B

I have been watching Hampshire over sixty years many of our batters who are just not Div 1 players In 1990 Wisden averages both Smiths Nicholas Terry Wood and James averaging over 30 we finished 6th

What does a coach actually do I have been following Hampshire bthe late 50s I remember the bloke who had the Sports shop in Shirley High Street was probably coach when we won the Championship But now we have a Director of Cricket a Coach a Batting Coach a bowling coach what do they all do

Need to get a decent overseas player for the championship last couple of seasons they have been pretty awful especially te NZ ones

Wood needs a game

Why do you always try to be Billy Big Bollix and bully posters The point I was making is that in our last four league games (currently)we have only scored three League goals I think which is contributing possibly to a flat feeling and a lack of true confidence within the fan base which includes me. If we get some good luck we may well score a few goals and there will be more confidence on here

We are currently not scoring enough goals to be really confident but one piece of luck can change this

You can not expect players to perform really well if the are playing three games in six days Three games unbeaten no goal conceded is fine in my opinion but we need more strike power only having Larin is far from ideal

Lack of a striker in the last three matches as Sarin has played about half the time available has not helped the situation

Bragg seems a little weak to me not sure he will make it

Quite clearly it was a red card

Yes but lucky not to get a red card. Pompey pretty poor really except for the goalie

Adams and Carberry were decent batters which we do not have at present not sure how we will rebuild withot decent talent

Unfortunately Orr in general was a dud but Fuller an ex Middx player has done well for us and I wish him well

Sonny Baker: England and Hampshire bowler on winning PCA award - BBC Sport Seems Sonny has broken the trend I always thought he would suceed I think Lumsden and Mayes will too not so sure about Jack

Or have morals and integrity

He used to drink in the Windmill Pub in Brentford jn the seventies so not surprising he supported them

Whoops two away games

Unbelievably we have won our last two home games and drawn our last four away ones Not bad after Tonda fucked the playoffs which must be in the back of the players minds

That's football sometimes it works sometimes it does not still a point away from home is not bad

That may be true but Warwickshire batted well today We have 3 batting bonus points I am sorry I keep going on about but other teams have over 20 We do not have a decent red ball spinner and as you said recently the young pace bowlers bowl to short although Currie bowled OK today Fuller has been great but he is hopeless at present

Awful day at the an abject performance by the team dreadful weather and a PR disaster with the Kiwi bloke Probably the worst experience watching since June 1961 when I watched them at Hinckley the year we won the Championship We are OK with White Ball cricket but apart from Abbott the red ball lot are not up to it but do the club care probably not

7 for 1 against Glamorgan Gubbins out

Football is a funny old game if you had followed the Saints as long as me you would realise that there will lots of lows and very few highs with regard to results especially if our best players are not playing. You have to be realistic the club apart from a few years ten years or so ago has been on a downward curve because it has never had continual investment in quality players who want to play for the club. I am over 80 now I still follow the club avidly but accept we are likely to be a Championship club for the rest of my life

His bowling over all has been good this season and he has been recalled to the Test Squad

It possibly happens when the team overall is not playing well allowing the opposition to attack strongly so putting intense pressure on the defence Football is a team game when the team plays well most of the players play well Who is playing well this season you tell me cannot be easy playing in the Championship another season with better teams when they should have gained promotion last season and the better players have left or may be going It is going to be interesting to see what happens in the next month or so