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6-3 second innings against Gloucestershire. They are beyond embarrassment.
i wonder what the crowd is/was? there’s more to this than meets the eye, nobody can be this bad without trying to be.
a very great shame and heads should roll from the top.
classic incompetence!
Hard to believe Glamorgan beat Gloucestershire in the first game of the season isn't it. Even more incredibly, they scored 526-9 in their first innings in that match - has a side ever scored more than half of their runs for a season in one innings before?
Still over 200 behind Glos first innings too!
The link to the piece on the delusional Croft is as embarrassing as the score.
I love the spin (no pun intended) he puts on in his rationale for our plight, the mention of us being 7th best in the last 12 years, implying that we are not the worst
Just checked and 118 for 7 now, still 99 behind.
There is definitely more to it than Croft is letting on.
isn’t Croft a JB? Could explain a lot...........
In this season's terms and with this batting side, making Gloucester bat again and taking the game into a fourth day has to be seen as almost a triumph.
Apologies to continually repeat myself but the honorable thing to do would be to appeal the ECB for relegation to the minot counties league on the basis that we are completely out of our depth and have zero ambition.
Allow a minor counties team to try their luck.
Without doubt, they could not be worse :angry:
New faces needed says Croft starting with one the replace his mug
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45512603
Another absolutely pathetic performance by Glamorgan against Kent - 250 behind on first innings, they're 33-4 and, weather permitting, will almost certainly lose before lunch tomorrow.
I read somewhere that Hugh Morris and Robert Croft have a meeting with members on the 24th - I hope someone asks Croft to name one young player who he honestly believes his coaching has improved this season.
This has been easily the worst season I can remember for Glamorgan. On all fronts we have been pathetic.
Usually there is something to cling to - but not this season.
:ayatollah:
I think I've found a bright side.
Durham were bowled out for their lowest ever scored 61 in their first innings today.
They improved in their second innings and we're all out for 66!
42-6 this morning. I bet they can't wait for the season ( if you can call it that to end).
Refreshingly honest comments from Hogan:
"Hopefully in a few years these guys will be seasoned players, to be frank, some of them won't be, but we'll know which is which".
78 all out .........https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO43233
Croft please leave ASAP
I think he went back to Australia for treatment then but no idea if he came back since. This is the issue with centrally contracted overseas players, with Warner and Smith out Marsh is important for the winter and the reality is he was going to be wrapped in cotton wool. In which case what are we paying for? Were we paying him all Summer?
He will pop up in the winter fit and healthy and do a job for Australia.
I'm opening up a new GLAMMY 2 thread..quicker to get on..
The dawning of a new era perhaps? :biggrin:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO43241
I can’t believe it :hehe:
4 youngsters sign new contracts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45640632
Bull deserves a chance. Salter has had plenty of chances but sadly isn’t good enough.
Murphy may make it as a batsman. He has done well on occasions this season. Owen Morgan has had so few chances. Brown looked out of his depth.
Surprised Hogsn didn’t enforce the follow in but with Glammy 333 ahead and six wickets in hand we should end the season as we started it with a win.
Haven't managed to get to see Glammy this season much (thankfully :frown:) so I can't accurately comment on the new contracts given to these youngsters.
What I will say though is that if the reward for success on the pitch was mirrored in their deals, they will still be dining at MacDonalds and shopping in Aldi for the foreseeable.
Regarding the decision to bat rather than force the follow on, I think it was the right one.
After seven successive defeats, even an (unlikely) draw would be seen as progress but I also could see a scenario of our attack being taken to the cleaners and our batsmen crumbling again.
Another factor, tomorrow weatherwise is the better of the 2 days left to bat... I won't be putting any money on a win mind you!
Finally a win. Thank God the season is over. There is already a problem next season as Shaun Marsh is highly likely to be involved in the Ashes series so Morris needs to ensure another overseas batsman is around. We also need to recruit a minimum of another two batsmen. We can’t have another season like this.
Made pretty hard work of it in the end with nearly a ton for the 10th wicket, the tail enders showing up the batsmen on both sides.
Indeed it has been an awful batting season. Definitely some batsmen needed and ideally an experienced overseas bat.
From memory our bowlers were decent this year, better than in many I can remember (especially pre-Waqar) but too many times had poor scores to defend.
Morris has plenty to do this winter.
uPdAtE...….Carlson been approached by Middlesex (Cant stand Croft and wants to go).....Meschede only offered white ball contract and not happy...Joe Root's brother Billy being lined up to join
Carlson and Meschede are two out of a few players I've been told are dissatisfied with Croft (Donald was another one) and if Carlson does leave then serious questions need to be asked about the viability of this produce our own players policy when the better ones can't seem to wait to get away from the club under someone like Croft (who would have been sacked for lack of results at many counties ages ago).
As for Billy Root (top score in all competitions this season of just 41 after a good 2017), he's hardly the experienced performer talked about by the club - many of the younger players already at Glamorgan have probably played more first class cricket than him.