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Monty Panesar signs !!
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Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
I'd rather see us developing Beer, Raynor and RHB and using our limited budget to replace the retired Lewry, than sign Monty. Still you know better than me
Uncle Buck
Ghost Writer
- Jul 7, 2003
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I'd rather see us developing Beer, Raynor and RHB and using our limited budget to replace the retired Lewry, than sign Monty. Still you know better than me
Not sure we have a limited budget, we have shed a few players and will not be playing Prior next season.
Not unhappy with Monty signing, Rayner went backwards last season and does not deserve to be the front line spinner. Beer has talent, but he is not there yet and leggies do tend to take a bit longer to develop (other than Warne).
I'd rather see us developing Beer, Raynor and RHB and using our limited budget to replace the retired Lewry, than sign Monty. Still you know better than me
of course I cant proerply comment on ANYTHING really but people bashing his name before hes bowled a ball is abit shitty, sure we have great youngsters coming through and they will get their chance (probably...just to self defense myself there innit!!).Monty has a chance to re-ignite his career with England and I've no doubt he will try his very best to do so.
Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
We could be play two spinners in Championship games and three in 20/20 and one dayers!
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
....but where better to develop his talent than in the first team in the second division, he'll only improve by playing games. I'd be happy with RHB and Beer as my spinners, lets hope for a really dry summer.
Uncle Buck
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Gower is never going to be a front line spinner, he is a batsman who can bowl a bit, as is Nash and Yardy.
Monty is a good signing, we have Mushy for most of next summer as he does not want to work for England during a series against Pakistan, so he will have time to work with Monty and WAT Beer.
They could do with finding a quickie, but not sure there are many options out there. I think we could take our chances with Aga and Liddle next season, although if all are available I suspect they will use Wright, Yassir, the Swede Basher and RMJ as a rule.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Not having a go at you or Monty really, he's ours now and I'll defend him to the death (so to speak) but an educated guess would say that he'll be on a hefty wage, by our non-test match ground status, which I'd have liked to have been spent on a position which we haven't really got anyone to fill....with a bit of luck we'll announce Harmison as a Sussex player next week and stop people like me from moaning
Monty has a chance to re-ignite his career with England and I've no doubt he will try his very best to do so.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Well as long as we win it doesn't really matter who takes the wickets, if anyone can get Monty back to his best it has to be Mushy (I expect that was a big pull for Monty). Panasar will lift our profile, which is a good thing, and he's got as good a chance of getting turning pitches at Hove as anywhere.....but I still maintain that in Rayner, Beer, Yardy, RHB and Nash we've got enough in the spin department, you don't and that's fine by me, it would be a boring old world if we all agreed all of the time.
S'hampton Seagull
Well-known member
Agreed, after all we were in the market for Hoggard as well, and he wouldn't have come cheap.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
8th in the list of wicket takers in Division Two this season.
Cricket Records | County Championship Division Two, 2010 | Records | Most wickets | Cricinfo.com
...and unless I am being thick, he is the most prolific spinner (albeit at at advantage with the Hove pitches).
Cricket Records | County Championship Division Two, 2010 | Records | Most wickets | Cricinfo.com
...and unless I am being thick, he is the most prolific spinner (albeit at at advantage with the Hove pitches).
He's done well for us this season. In the first few games he hardly bowled because the seamers cleaned up and towards the end of the season he maybe hasn't had the assistance from dryer pitches he maybe could have expected. His batting average is better than usual too this year.
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Claude Henderson is above him and Dean Cosker is now level with him but it's not a bad record considering how little he bowled in the first few games.
EDIT: Just seen Robin Peterson is above him too
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Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
I take back all that rubbish I spouted. Monty has done really well and has been integral to our fine championship season. He can't be far off an international recall.
MONTY
MONTY
Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
Monty has looked class the second half of the season, lets hope he has a good winter and has fun next season against the bigger fish.
Flavor Flav
Get those trousers off!
I take back all that rubbish I spouted. Monty has done really well and has been integral to our fine championship season. He can't be far off an international recall.
MONTY
Not sure why you'd recall him when we have Swann who's the best spinner in the world at the moment. He'll be in the squad for the ashes but won't play at most. Personally Tredwell seems to be above him in the pecking order
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
This is a man who kept the Aussies at bay in Cardiff.
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