GLAMMY

[MacAdder]

At the risk of joining the conspiracy theory group on here I just knew that they would find a way to strip Durham of their international matches and at the same time make it sound if the county should be grateful.
I wonder who may be one of the beneficiaries of the reallocation of the England matches?
On a positive point at least Glamorgan are , more or less, guaranteed to not finish bottom.

Of course we have a better chance of getting a test too.
As TOBW says, Glammy very lucky "we" helped them out as it could well have been us in Durham s position.

Regarding Rudolph, I think Mr Morris needs to say thanks for the offer Jacques but no thanks. You had a miserable season with the bat and you also seem to be lacking the necessary captaincy skills.

Go get a top bowler Hugh or preferably an all rounder with loads of caps and good leadership qualities, someone our promising youngsters to aspire to

[Pearcey3]

Durham have been hammered. I bet they finish above us though.
As for Rudolph dear God does he have no sense of what the right thing to do is.
Morris needs to show some balls and negotiate a pay off .

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Glammy to play day-night championship game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38080382

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Full fixture list

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/t...organ/fixtures

[Pearcey3]

Not great about Rudolph but really no surprise. He is going to take up a space which could have been occupied by one of our young players.
A bit gutted about Wally. He is a Glamorgan legend and at one time should have been selected for England. An extremely likeable bloke always willing to chat at the T20. I shall always remember having a chat with him on a wet and miserable July evening when we played Glos in a dead T20 match. He was very approachable and I have a lovely photo of him with my lads. A top man.

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Not great about Rudolph but really no surprise. He is going to take up a space which could have been occupied by one of our young players.
A bit gutted about Wally. He is a Glamorgan legend and at one time should have been selected for England. An extremely likeable bloke always willing to chat at the T20. I shall always remember having a chat with him on a wet and miserable July evening when we played Glos in a dead T20 match. He was very approachable and I have a lovely photo of him with my lads. A top man.

Yeah i will miss Wally and as you say I guessed that our captain will stay.

The game versus Gloucester was that the game when we we all having the banter with their ginger pace bowler?

[Pearcey3]

I don't think it was the same match. It was rain affected and there were not many at the game!

[MacAdder]

Not great news losing one of our better bowlers in an average bunch.
More of the same then this season for Glam by the look of things and that ain't good!

Agree with the above sentiments regarding Wallace and his record for Glamorgan, though being in an under achieving team it's tough to break into the England set up.
Interesting MW has decided to call time on his career a year early and you wonder whether the seeming lack of ambition has played a part in the decision.

[Pearcey3]

Not great news losing one of our better bowlers in an average bunch.
More of the same then this season for Glam by the look of things and that ain't good!

Agree with the above sentiments regarding Wallace and his record for Glamorgan, though being in an under achieving team it's tough to break into the England set up.
Interesting MW has decided to call time on his career a year early and you wonder whether the seeming lack of ambition has played a part in the decision.

I think Wally knows that with Chris Cooke winning his fitness battle he won't get many first team chances. He is Glamorgan through and through and is used to the lack of ambition!!
Not too worried about Van Der Gugten just yet as he may still be fit for the start of the new season.

[Geraint!]

Was there ever any progression on the deal for Marchant de Lange? His name was touted about last month as being another of the South Africans coming over here on a Kolpak

[Alex!]

Rudolph is still your dedicated overseas, right?

April can't come soon enough,

[Pearcey3]

Not sure Alex. We have so many South Africans these days that I don't know who is and who isn't

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Was there ever any progression on the deal for Marchant de Lange? His name was touted about last month as being another of the South Africans coming over here on a Kolpak

This was posted on the BBC on January 9th so it's probably died a death as no further news has filtered through

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38561414

[MacAdder]

Don't look like Glammy will be spending any money on players this season then

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39219285

After reading that piece one feels somewhat upbeat!
The reality is that there is little justification in splashing out money that ain't there and as you say, very unlikely anybody of any pedigree coming in.... unless of course he is willing to play for peanuts!
Perhaps that's why Jacques is still around, a name albeit very out of touch.

I can see us picking up the odd T20 win, perhaps scraping into knock out stages, but tough in the four dayers.

[Llanedeyrnblue]

After reading that piece one feels somewhat upbeat!
The reality is that there is little justification in splashing out money that ain't there and as you say, very unlikely anybody of any pedigree coming in.... unless of course he is willing to play for peanuts!
Perhaps that's why Jacques is still around, a name albeit very out of touch.

I can see us picking up the odd T20 win, perhaps scraping into knock out stages, but tough in the four dayers.

Good summing up were in for a scrappy,bits and pieces season

[qccfc]

Good summing up were in for a scrappy,bits and pieces season

We have been in the scrappy, bits and pieces season for the last 5-10 years and we will continue to remain there. Its just fan expectation that needs to be tempered.

We are a poorly supported division 2 side, the division 1 sides are moving further away from us. We dont even come close to getting a windfall from T20 as the Welsh public don't generally turn out.

As such fans cannot expect to have a top side. We must hope we can unearth some youngster, sign some cheaper stars, and accept that if/when they perform they will have to leave the club.

[DubaiDai]

We have been in the scrappy, bits and pieces season for the last 5-10 years and we will continue to remain there. Its just fan expectation that needs to be tempered.

We are a poorly supported division 2 side, the division 1 sides are moving further away from us. We dont even come close to getting a windfall from T20 as the Welsh public don't generally turn out.

As such fans cannot expect to have a top side. We must hope we can unearth some youngster, sign some cheaper stars, and accept that if/when they perform they will have to leave the club.

I know this is a cricket thread but so many comments can also apply to Cardiff Blues rugby.
For years we had an excellent rugby side, which now does not compete, even in the Pro 12.
The club keeps bantering on about their inability to financially compete with other clubs, even the Scarlett's in Llanelli.
I can't help feeling that the Cardiff public just has an apathetic attitude to sports in general.

[Llanedeyrnblue]

I know this is a cricket thread but so many comments can also apply to Cardiff Blues rugby.
For years we had an excellent rugby side, which now does not compete, even in the Pro 12.
The club keeps bantering on about their inability to financially compete with other clubs, even the Scarlett's in Llanelli.
I can't help feeling that the Cardiff public just has an apathetic attitude to sports in general.

What about the ice hockey?

[Arfur Europe]

We have been in the scrappy, bits and pieces season for the last 5-10 years and we will continue to remain there. Its just fan expectation that needs to be tempered.

We are a poorly supported division 2 side, the division 1 sides are moving further away from us. We dont even come close to getting a windfall from T20 as the Welsh public don't generally turn out.

As such fans cannot expect to have a top side. We must hope we can unearth some youngster, sign some cheaper stars, and accept that if/when they perform they will have to leave the club.

This reminds me so much of just how disheartened I felt when I started supporting the City as a kid in the late 80s. Crowds were shyte and anything remotely resembling talent was sold for a fraction of their true value, meaning we were forever stuck in limbo. We were being raped annually by our owners and other clubs.

To be fair to him, Hammam finally stopped that and gave us the push into the Championship that we so desperately needed. It was also the reason why I couldn't care less about the red kit if it meant we wouldn't return to those soul destroying days.

Sorry to interject - as you were

[Pearcey3]

Agree with the past few posts. We are poorly supported even when ticket prices are great value. Its a real shame

[Majorblue]

Agree with the past few posts. We are poorly supported even when ticket prices are great value. Its a real shame

I just don't understand why Glamorgan fail to get a decent support.
Is it like football in that we can quote all the figures relating to the catchment area but the reality is that the public just don't turn out for anything that is not an event?
Plenty has been said about the recruitment of the playing staff over the last decade and maybe the effect on results has turned people against the club.
However, the cricket weeks at the out grounds are well attended and maybe they need to move a few more fixtures from Sophia Gardens to the smaller clubs to generate interest. Perhaps a reduced membership price like the one about a decade ago that saw people sign up in their thousands is worth a go again.
However, something needs to be done as this silly city franchise scheme for the T20 is only the start. The traditional county structure will change , of that I have no doubt, and Glamorgan could be one of those left behind unless they can make a compelling reason not to be.
Time for those in charge there to start ensuring there is a club to follow in whatever the future holds for the county game.

[Pearcey3]

I just don't understand why Glamorgan fail to get a decent support.
Is it like football in that we can quote all the figures relating to the catchment area but the reality is that the public just don't turn out for anything that is not an event?
Plenty has been said about the recruitment of the playing staff over the last decade and maybe the effect on results has turned people against the club.
However, the cricket weeks at the out grounds are well attended and maybe they need to move a few more fixtures from Sophia Gardens to the smaller clubs to generate interest. Perhaps a reduced membership price like the one about a decade ago that saw people sign up in their thousands is worth a go again.
However, something needs to be done as this silly city franchise scheme for the T20 is only the start. The traditional county structure will change , of that I have no doubt, and Glamorgan could be one of those left behind unless they can make a compelling reason not to be.
Time for those in charge there to start ensuring there is a club to follow in whatever the future holds for the county game.

Yes I agree. Too many games are being played in Cardiff. Having said that I wouldn't want to be anywhere else than the SWALEC watching Glammy on a glorious summer Friday night.
Going down the route of music gigs is a step in the right direction.The club need to do a lot more of this to brjng in revenue streams.

[the other bob wilson]

Glamorgan's first pre season match ended on a note that was a throw back to last season and, I fear, a preview of what's to come in the coming months - battling to avoid defeat after a batting collapse. We've spent all winter trying to sign a player in a department where we are relatively strong (seam bowling) and, yet, once again, the real weakness in the side, a brittle and unreliable batting line up, goes unaddressed.

http://www.totalcricketscorer.com/TC....aspx?id=54778

[Majorblue]

Glamorgan's first pre season match ended on a note that was a throw back to last season and, I fear, a preview of what's to come in the coming months - battling to avoid defeat after a batting collapse. We've spent all winter trying to sign a player in a department where we are relatively strong (seam bowling) and, yet, once again, the real weakness in the side, a brittle and unreliable batting line up, goes unaddressed.

http://www.totalcricketscorer.com/TC....aspx?id=54778

Whilst you could well be right ( and I think you probably are) I see that the wicket was shown as wet & green. Clutching at straws at the pre season stage is never a good sign but with Glamorgan it feels as if it's the only way to cope and the season has yet to start officially.

Another long summer in all probability.

[Ainsley Harriott]

Marchant de Lange has signed.