Lighthouse

He may be a bottom half PL player but he’d still walk into any Championship team. As it happens he’ll probably end up on loan to someone like Brentford or Wolves in January.

I’d have TV back next season in a heartbeat. I’ve no idea how much of it he’d be available for with Indian domestic and international matches but I’d have him when available. County cricket looks to be heading towards being a patched up league of ringers anyway, like a team of dads in a five a side league, where half of them have to pick their kids up from violin lessons on any given match day. Who is out of contract, on the subject? Keith has gone, I’m guessing we won’t hang on to Stoneman. Wood (uuughh), Brown and Abbott signed new deals, I think most of our younger lads are signed up until at least the end of next year. Howell I think is out of contract .

I think they need to concentrate more on finding decent batsmen, rather than a fish.

No f**king way! Watch us get another points deduction for a crap wicket.

Durham have got a day, minus weather delays, to defend ten wickets. Obviously Hants would be AO by tea but I think they'll most likely see it out, especially with Yorks now having nothing to play for.

The greatest foul there ever was and ever will be, just a shame it wasn't on the dust loving midget.

We had a day and a half to chase a very low total, no time pressure at all, and yet only four batsmen managed to stay at the crease for more than twenty balls.

Bad light, as if it couldn’t get more ignominious, we’re all going to have to come back in the morning and finish this farce.

Put Armstrong on the left, on the right we need the greatest football chant ever written. Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve!

Always a good idea if you leave them outside overnight and they're cold.

Errrr... no, that's horse racing. Try again.

121/8. All done, pathetic.

Crucial start to the day getting those two out. Could be the difference between chasing 250 and 150, and I wouldn’t bet on us doing either.

Not won a league game by more than a one goal margin since we beat Preston in April 2024, although you could count beating West Brom 3-1 in the playoffs.

I’m guessing you’re just making sarky comments because it’s me that posted it and Kraken’s got to Kraken. I think most fans can probably figure out who scored 24 in L1, then 10 in 13 before getting injured in the Championship. Sadly it’s a mystery you’ll have to take to the grave.

Despite only playing 13 games before his injury, his 10 goals in a Championship season has only been beaten once (barely) by McB since 2019. He also scored 24 in League 1 the year before, which is better than Kone. This is nothing more than people saying we should have signed the flavour of the month, which is just inane.

He’s also 29, scored three goals last season and 26 in five years for Sheff Utd before that. There is absolutely no way a team trying to get promoted to the PL should be signing players like him or Keiffer Moore. Downs is young and has shown promise in Bundesliga 2. He might turn out to be a shrewd signing or he might not and we will most likely get a sizeable chunk of our money back. I’m not particularly upset about him so much as the fact that we’ve signed so much creative talent and as of yet haven’t produced any goals from our other three, relatively proven, Championship strikers.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/county-championship-division-one-2025-16856?team=1102 Some ropey looking stats in all of this. Middleton, Orr, Stoneman, Prest, Gubbins, Hampton and Albert all averaging under 30. So did Fuller but at least he can claim to be an allrounder. Time to stop letting Prest have a bowl too, one wicket off 49 overs and he’s not even economical on the RR.

A big partnership this, if we can get these two out for a lead of less than 100, we might be in with a decent chance.

You honestly think the EFL are being coerced by that footballing financial power house, Ipswich Town?

So 94-7 this morning then. Pathetic, when it really mattered most.

We might not even get a batting point at this rate. Will probably take a lead of around 100 into the second half but f**k me we should have been out of sight by tea today.

So after starting the day in an excellent position, we’re 11-3 in the first three overs…

Personally I'd go with: Baz Roeslev Stephens Wood Jelly Charles Downes (I'm guessing Jander's injured) Fellows Azaz Armstrong Archer Two wingers firing in crosses to one guy isn't working, we need Armstrong to get into the box with Archer more regularly. With our scoring problems, leaving out a guy who scored 22 goals two years ago just seems like madness.

McCarthy has made regular clangers throughout his career. Every manager who has been able to choose between him and Baz has chosen the latter and rightly so. If Baz had put in the EXACT same performance as McC tonight, there is no way in hell anybody on this forum is saying it’s a much improved performance and he should keep his spot for Saturday. I don’t care if people don’t rate either of our keepers, if you think we should’ve signed a first choice in summer then fine, but if the two we’ve got Baz is better.