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[Bats_Entertainment]

Kettleborough signs for Glamorgan: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/29381954

[uknsaunders]

Must be desperate to sign an umpire!

[Gingerbusiness]

Rossington and Cobb... Hardly players who will come in and improve the standard of Northants cricket from the get-go.

"Develop young, locally-grown players..." - I know for a fact a couple of Berkshire CCC youngsters have been signed up for Northants but will be a few seasons before you see any of those.

Some dark years for Northants ahead I reckon!

[ProCricketer1982]

Rossington and Cobb... Hardly players who will come in and improve the standard of Northants cricket from the get-go.

"Develop young, locally-grown players..." - I know for a fact a couple of Berkshire CCC youngsters have been signed up for Northants but will be a few seasons before you see any of those.

Some dark years for Northants ahead I reckon!

If they lose but develop LOCAL young players then people will not mind doing badly. If they just sign journeyman avg players then it's a waste.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Rossington and Cobb...

I am excited by the signing of Rossington.

[chrisbd]

Played against Rosso quite a bit and know the lad. Quality player, hits a huge ball, Midds only let him go because Eskinazi was scoring runs for fun in our 2s, I think Rosso will score bucket loads for Northants, and not expensive - him and Cobb are exciting white ball signings.

[Gingerbusiness]

Really? Didn't really challenge Simpson at Middlesex but a bit of game time may transform him.

[chrisbd]

Just quietly Simmo is on a fair whack, and Rosso was never fit enough, an aspect of the game that Midds are trying now to take very very seriously. His face just didn't fit I don't think - they don't value white ball cricket anywhere near as highly enough as they should, and they pigeonholed Rossington into that role which I think he wants to break free of, hence the benefit to both sides

[Gingerbusiness]

Just quietly Simmo is on a fair whack, and Rosso was never fit enough, an aspect of the game that Midds are trying now to take very very seriously. His face just didn't fit I don't think - they don't value white ball cricket anywhere near as highly enough as they should, and they pigeonholed Rossington into that role which I think he wants to break free of, hence the benefit to both sides

Yeah - its a difficult one for keepers. An old mate of mine at Hampshire called Tom Burrows was a really good keeper but Nic Pothas's batting was the key to him being the 1st choice. He ended up retiring. Though to be fair to Tom, he is now a Lawyer at the age of 29 and probably earns more than he would from a county cricket career.

Chris - do you train with a lad called Jamie O'Dell at Middx?

[chrisbd]

Yes I know j. Massive boy and can bowl at decent licks when he tries. Heard he yipped up though? really nice lad tbf

[Gingerbusiness]

Yes I know j. Massive boy and can bowl at decent licks when he tries. Heard he yipped up though? really nice lad tbf

I am the head of cricket at Jamie's old school.

Yeah - he's a lovely lad. I wondered why he hasn't been playing for the 2s. That would explain alot.

And yes, he can bowl some serious speeds for a 18-year old baby giraffe!

[Giraffe208]

And yes, he can bowl some serious speeds for a 18-year old baby giraffe!

Lucky lad.....I remember when I was a baby giraffe. Been a while mind!

[Bats_Entertainment]

Lucky lad...

Not if he's got the yips!

[Giraffe208]

Not if he's got the yips!

Fair point but at 18 he has time to turn that around. I wish I could wind back the clock as I'm sure we all do

[Gingerbusiness]

I genuinely think hope 'yips' may well be 'growth' issues.

Just to set the scene, the kid is 6ft7 and 15st at the age of 18.

Hopefully it is just a case that he has grown too quickly and his bio-mechanics need to readjust.