How many titles will Sussex take this season?

[Barrel of Fun]

Well, we are fast approaching the curtain raiser of the 2008 season.

The question I put to you is how many titles will Sussex win?

Having lost the ever present and dependable Monty (where are the monty knockers now!?) we need some of the young whipper-snappers to stand up and be counted?

Will Mushy make 2008 a happy year? Who will win the battle for the gloves? Is Ryan Harris the man to give our pace attack a lift? Will Lancashire blame the rain for stopping them wrapping up the title before the end of June? Will Chris Adams be linked with another county? All the answers will be revealed in due course.

 

[Grendel]

No option for relegation?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I guess that could be covered by the zero option.

I read in the Metro that the surprise winners of the 2007 County Championship were aiming for their 'third' victory in six years, althought it would actually be our fourth. The journalist must have suffered a fit of hysteria when he wrote that.

 

[Mendoza]

I reckon we will win the 20/20 this year, and be more of a one day team, as we havent got a squad to cope with the Championship this time out

 

[Grendel]

I guess that could be covered by the zero option.

Good point.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Prince Philip might as well hand the trophy over to Lancashire now (after checking the long range weather forecast) as they are the TRUE champions.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

The squad is stronger this year than last:

I would expect the 1st XI to be:

1. Hodd/Hoppo
2. Nash
3. Yardy
4. Goodwin
5. Adams
6. Prior
7. RMJ
8. Wright
9. Harris
10.Mushy
11.Lewry/Liddle

I would hope that Kirtley, Aga, Beer, RHB, Smith, Thornely and Rayner don't play much LVC cricket but it wouldn't be a problem if they were needed occasionally...

If Mushy stays fit and takes 80+ wickets at 25 then we'll win the title. Whatever happens we'll be at the top end with the quality of players and winning habits we have accumulated. The main thing is that we will be absolutely awesome to watch once again in all forms of the game and will be highly competitive in every fixture.

GOSBTS

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Is Sid the Shark winning the Mascots' race at the 20:20 final covered by 'One if we're lucky'?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Runner up in every competition we enter.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Is Sid the Shark winning the Mascots' race at the 20:20 final covered by 'One if we're lucky'?

don't expect much from Sid this year - like most of our key players his best years are long behind him (cf Mushy, Goodwin, Adams, Lewry, Kirtley, etc)

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Is Sid the Shark winning the Mascots' race at the 20:20 final covered by 'One if we're lucky'?

He got held down in the ball pen at Edgbaston which blew his chance. The Kent Mascot was just a bit of plastic held around a runners neck with a ruber band.

I voted two trophys, the championship and 20/20 but your right it should be three, come on Sid, I hear the pre season training is going well.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Runner up in every competition we enter.

On yesterdays news

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I hear that they have already started engraving the cup with Sussex CCC as champions.

Come on the oldies, Mushy and Murray ain't done fighting yet.

 

[Scotty Mac]

depends on how whoever comes in for montgommery does - that and whether our bowling attack can cope without rana

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

I reckon we will win the 20/20 this year, and be more of a one day team, as we havent got a squad to cope with the Championship this time out

Might prove tricky if Wright is on international duty..

 

[SeagullTim]

I always thought RHB was a good CC player, no?

Still time to draft in another pace bowler, I think we will need one, especially for LVCC.

 

[Grendel]

I always thought RHB was a good CC player, no?

He has only played one first class game, back in 2005 against Bangladesh A. He scored 14 runs in the match.

 

[SeagullTim]

He has only played one first class game, back in 2005 against Bangladesh A. He scored 14 runs in the match.

ah, I wonder what gave me that impression then.

 

[Strike]

I reckon we will win some one day competition, but maybe won't win the County Championship.

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

Monty is now a science teacher at my school!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

You study at Eton?