Month Panesar To Be Released

[Bold Seagull]

Sussex Messageboard reckon it is Essex, I'm sure he will enjoy Chelmsford's nightlife......

Dukes will welcome him with open arms I bet!

 

[spring hall convert]

According to the Guardian report he was out with Hamilton Brown when he got wrecked - who also has previous form at Surrey.

If true, that is seriously dissappointing. RHB's form has been dismal this season, it looks like he's going to waste his talent.

 

[BHAWise]

Get Tom smith back from middlesex. Out on loan at gloucester and playing well!

 

[Uncle Buck]

This is bad news.

On the basis that Maggofin is correctly signed as the overseas player next year, we in theory need to find a British qualified spinner.

Within English cricket there is really only Swann, Monty and Kerrigan and we are getting rid of them all.

Beer will play the rest of this season, but other than the odd flash of talent, he has not really taken his chances. In a way he is the Sussex Jake Robinson, fans are desperate for him to succeed as he is a local lad, but has maybe over hyped.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

The single rudest famous person I have ever met.

It's never a good sign when you read a story about a bloke urinating on a bouncer and think "that doesn't suprise me really".

 

[Barrel of Fun]

This is bad news.

On the basis that Maggofin is correctly signed as the overseas player next year, we in theory need to find a British qualified spinner.

Within English cricket there is really only Swann, Monty and Kerrigan and we are getting rid of them all.

Beer will play the rest of this season, but other than the odd flash of talent, he has not really taken his chances. In a way he is the Sussex Jake Robinson, fans are desperate for him to succeed as he is a local lad, but has maybe over hyped.

Has Mushy been keeping himself fit?

 

[Uncle Buck]

Has Mushy been keeping himself fit?

He has looked off the pace this season, but it seems there are a few things going on.

I just worry that we are worse off player wise, as spinners are hard to replace.

 

[daveinprague]

How the hell do you urinate on a bouncer without being beaten to death??

 

[withdeanwombat]

How the hell do you urinate on a bouncer without being beaten to death??

Spinners never had to face a bouncer back in the day.

 

[keaton]

This is bad news.

On the basis that Maggofin is correctly signed as the overseas player next year, we in theory need to find a British qualified spinner.

Within English cricket there is really only Swann, Monty and Kerrigan and we are getting rid of them all.

Beer will play the rest of this season, but other than the odd flash of talent, he has not really taken his chances. In a way he is the Sussex Jake Robinson, fans are desperate for him to succeed as he is a local lad, but has maybe over hyped.

He's only played one game this season hasn't he? he looked alright, he's record after six games isn't bad and he's useful with the bat

 

[In The Rough]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/watch-monty-panesars-arrest-after-2146077

Well worth a watch! Good to see Rory getting stuck into the bouncer as well.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/watch-monty-panesars-arrest-after-2146077

Well worth a watch! Good to see Rory getting stuck into the bouncer as well.

Does that not depress you?

 

[Rodney Thomas]

Does that not depress you?

I watched this a few days ago and its depressing all round: from the 'professional' sportsmen, the bouncers, to the drunken youths filming and revelling in it all!

 

[Mackenzie]

Probably for the best.

 

[keaton]

What happens to RHB though?
He's been poor all season, this is isn't staying out of trouble and getting your head in the right place

 

[jamie the seagull]

Monty has joined Essex.
Confirmed by Darren Gough on the radio (source Essex Coach).

 

[keaton]

Essex does seem the place to go for players who could never do it consistently for England go (Shah, Bopora, Foster)

 

[Pavilionaire]

Interestingly, I see Somerset have this week agreed a deal to sign Piyush Chawla who had a sensation month with us in 2009. Overseas player though.

Disastrous news for Sussex. RHB can do one now as well.

 

[joeinbrighton]

Essex does seem the place to go for players who could never do it consistently for England go (Shah, Bopora, Foster)

Bopara and Foster have played for Essex all their career, before they ever even played for England. Darren Gough spent a couple of years there after injuries meant he was past his best.

 

[joeinbrighton]

Sad what's happened with Panesar. The incident with the bouncer made his position untenable, but he already wasn't in a position of strength given his bowling average this year and the furore with him fielding under-arm earlier in the season. Weird to think less than a year ago he was such a big part of England winning the test series in India, yet now his international career looks like it could be over.

To paraphrase Sheryl Crow slightly, a change could do him good. New surroundings may help him. Some players can cope with turmoil off the pitch, others go into meltdown such as Graham Thorpe. Thorpe sorted his problems out and came back and extended his England career by a couple of years. Panesar needs the right people around him. If he gets back bowling well, he could realise his ambitions yet as spinners tend to peak later than seam bowlers. Graeme Swann barely got a look in for England until he was nearly 30. On a turning wicket and with his head right, Panesar is a handful for anybody. Just ask Sachin Tendulkar. Consistency and application, however, are the biggest obstacles to Monty.

Essex might be where he goes permanently, although don't rule out Northants, who unlike Essex, have a great chance of playing top division cricket next season and also have a history of preparing turning wickets that have suited their spinner of the day.