Earlier myself, Bugssy and Eyes_Only were chatting about the coming draft and transfers and we all felt that the idea of only keeping 10 players was nearly impossible for us to do espically now that we need two squads (1 Day & 4 Day). For example after completing my transfers with Bug's my squad has 24 players (meaning I need to lose 14 players) However is my not apply to your team but at Kent we have very different teams for the 1 Day matches and 4 Day games. I sat down and worked it all out who would play etc and come up with my best X1's for both the teams, I then compared them to see which players would leave and stright away I could only see 4 players that would be leaving my team for sure, I then thought I then let go of some of my lesser players, who were good in one form and not the other the number rose to 7 (meaning I have 17 players still and need to lose 7 more) So I again looked through my team and there were at least 5 players who played in one team but not the other, however the avg of these players were for example G.Jones 1 Day - 17ish 4 Day - 37ish. So he wouldn't stand a hope in hells chance of getting near my one day team, but he was one of the first names down for my 4 day team. Also I have about 5 bowlers who all have great avg's that come the draft I doubt I would improve on them anyway, And basically I feel we should have a bit more room for the two teams for example say keep 15 players and draft in only 5 new players. The idea of cutting down to 10 players was bought in to reduce the gap between the big teams (NSW & co) and the lesser teams such as Kent, Tas, ND etc however I feel if we do cut down to 10 my team on the whole will be alot weaker next season, whereas teams like NSW have only strengthen their team with signings of players like Lara from myself.
What do others feel about this, do you feel cutting your teams down to 10 players and still staying a team that can win sliverware is possible?
[Edited on 8/27/02 by Rich2001]
What do others feel about this, do you feel cutting your teams down to 10 players and still staying a team that can win sliverware is possible?
[Edited on 8/27/02 by Rich2001]
