*Official* English Domestic Season Thread (2005)

[Scaly piscine]

Friggin 2 runs short of another bonus point.

 

[marc71178]

Kadeer makes 50!

His FC average is over 20 now, there's no stopping him!

 

[Scaly piscine]

A Warwickshire player has tested positive for a recreational drug (again)...

 

[marc71178]

I'm trying for to look at that team and work out who it might've been - there are definitely some names that we can rule out of being the ones, but it's still a puzzle.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Could be a youth or reserve player. Media tends to hype the importance of the place whos got caught alot.

 

[Kweek]

well Wagg got caught and he's a pretty damn fine player. so why not.
well Strauss isnt doing good either..so far this season.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Whoever it is, it's especially dumb considering what happened to Wagg.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Warwickshire team in question:

NV Knight, MA Wagh, IR Bell, IJL Trott, MJ Powell, DR Brown, AF Giles, HH Streak, NM Carter, NA Warren, KJ Piper.

I think we can rule out Knight, Wagh, Bell, Powell, Brown, Giles, Streak and Piper on the grounds that they're too experienced and not stupid (although it might explain Gilo's early season form!)

So... either Saffies Carter or Trott or rookie seamer Nick Warren.

 

[superkingdave]

my money's on Trott

 

[Kweek]

Penney ?

 

[steds]

I'm gonna go for Powell, just because Neil ruled him out

 

[Neil Pickup]

Penney ?

a) Didn't play Glamorgan in the CC
b) Retired from CC cricket
c) Don't even know the last time he played for Warwicks
d) The guy's 40

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I just couldnt see Carter or Trott doing coke after what happened to Wagg, my moneys on Warren as he's young and newish to the team.
Not to mention he's not played in the last 3 games for Warks.

 

[Kweek]

c) Don't even know the last time he played for Warwicks

against Holland :P

 

[aussie]

impressive day again for my Lanchasire boys, even they poor weather here at Old trafford couldn't dampen their good progress, again Anderson finished with good figures and very impressive batting from skipper mark chilton & the talented Mal Loye who i reckon in the future along with alex gidman & andy cook other good young batsmen to look at.

With Brad Hodge at the crease looking fairly compact & with fellow aussie run machine Stuart Law & my man Freddie to come the derbyshire we could see some action tomoro with Lanchashire probably looking to get to 400 quckly & force a result in this game.

But i am still utterly disappointed that Lanchashire have been relegated this season, with a team like that they dont deserve to be in division

 

[Neil Pickup]

impressive day again for my Lanchasire boys, even they poor weather here at Old trafford couldn't dampen their good progress, again Anderson finished with good figures and very impressive batting from skipper mark chilton & the talented Mal Loye who i reckon in the future along with alex gidman & andy cook other good young batsmen to look at.

With Brad Hodge at the crease looking fairly compact & with fellow aussie run machine Stuart Law & my man Freddie to come the derbyshire we could see some action tomoro with Lanchashire probably looking to get to 400 quckly & force a result in this game.

But i am still utterly disappointed that Lanchashire have been relegated this season, with a team like that they dont deserve to be in division

Chilton is 28 and Loye is 32. Neither are young.

 

[marc71178]

I just couldnt see Carter or Trott doing coke after what happened to Wagg, my moneys on Warren as he's young and newish to the team.
Not to mention he's not played in the last 3 games for Warks.

I don't think it'll be Coke this time - my money is on it being a bit of dope (apparently it remains in the system a long time, not that I'd know that of course).

I also don't think Neil was correct to rule some of those out that he did.

 

[aussie]

Chilton is 28 and Loye is 32. Neither are young.

well i know Chilton isn't young but i thought Loye was a youngster, well from close up he doesn't look that old i would say he is around chilton age or a tad younger

 

[badgerhair]

Loye is an example of what happens when a promising young player doesn't get picked quickly. People register his name as a promising young player, and keep referring to him as one until England pick him. Which means that after ten years have gone by, he's still called a promising young player even if he's over 30.

Cheers,

Mike

 

[superkingdave]

Finally Lancs Batsmen manage to score some runs, Loye hits the first FC century by a Lancs player this season. Now for Hodge and Law to push on and some Freddie fireworks later.