[Cricket] Rob Andrew gets top ECB job

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

…according to the Telegraph he’s been chosen as MD of professional cricket at the ECB. The paper describes his time at Sussex as a “mixed bag”. Presumably it means a bag that’s been emptied of all the good stuff, had some food waste put in it, and then mixed.

 

[jrbha]

Fantastic news!

 

[dazzer6666]

I used to work far a bank that promoted people when they made a mess of their current job….good to see the ECB still do this. FFS.

 

[redoubtable seagull]

Liquorice All Sorts?
That is ‘a mixed bag’ of shite.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

In time honoured NSC fashion, may I be the first to say that I will be happy to drive him there myself.

 

[ManOfSussex]

That's the best bit of Sussex CCC news in a long time.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Good luck to Andrew, he’s been a disaster at Sussex.

 

[ROSM]

Thank the lord......maybe he will head up the hundred. A match made in heaven and guaranteed to put the final nail into that coffin

 

[fly high]

When he first arrived I thought great appointment and he'd be really good for us but turned out I was very wrong. Can't believe the ECB want him, hope he's better for them than us and maybe we get some dosh for him. Good news, just hope we get a good replacement.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

I was assuming the compensation payment would have to go from Sussex to the ECB

 

[amexer]

Just confirmation of what I saw many times in the corprate world. Many people survive and even progress just by able to talk well and do good presentations.

 

[Soton Seagull]

We've massively underperformed for years. Not sure whether I have some sympathy for him or not. Ultimately, with input from the board, he appoints the coach and in a football way (until they get fired) leaves them to it.

Who'd have thought Gillespie would be so rubbish after Yorkshire success? Seemed a dream appointment, but was awful. Salisbury with some accusations of various varieties meant 'one of our own' failed.

I was enthused by Farbrace but he has spent all season moaning about his players yet no improvement.

Odd times but clearly not one man's issues. Not passing judgement per se just feel coaches have really not lived up to much. A bit like having a pop at Bloom for Hyppia? Fair game but you have to trust the process?

Equally it could all be his fault. Who knows?!

 

[A1X]

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I used to work far a bank that promoted people when they made a mess of their current job….good to see the ECB still do this. FFS.

Doesn’t narrow it down!

 

[dazzer6666]

Doesn’t narrow it down!

Lloyds. Over and over and over again.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Lloyds. Over and over and over again.

Fully aware, I contracted for a few years to clean up the PPI mess!

The guy in charge of the project had been parachuted in from another LBG department and was absolutely useless. He worked typically 10-2pm Monday to Thursday and was on £1,200 a day. Must have had photos of Antonio

 

[dazzer6666]

Fully aware, I contracted for a few years to clean up the PPI mess!

The guy in charge of the project had been parachuted in from another LBG department and was absolutely useless. He worked typically 10-2pm Monday to Thursday and was on £1,200 a day. Must have had photos of Antonio

…….quite a few had photos apparently

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

…….quite a few had photos apparently

They managed to on board an undercover reporter who ran with a story that LBG had told the contractors to avoid upholding complaints at all costs

When the story broke LBG blamed Deloitte publicly, and forget that they were sub letting the site from Deloitte, you can imagine what happened the week before the lease extension was meant to be signed!

 

[dazzer6666]

They managed to on board an undercover reporter who ran with a story that LBG had told the contractors to avoid upholding complaints at all costs

When the story broke LBG blamed Deloitte publicly, and forget that they were sub letting the site from Deloitte, you can imagine what happened the week before the lease extension was meant to be signed!

Got a few pals that were in v senior risk positions in Lloyds, have heard most of the stories

 

[Pevenseagull]

Humble pie time.

Over the last few years I have been very critical of the ECB. The Hundred and their general haphazard incompetence, greed etc was an easy, lazy target.

With the appointment Andrew and his stella track record in the game I now realise how wrong I was.

Bravo.