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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:04:15:18:41:52 by BarmierKev.

The Mighty Middle Top of the Second Division.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:03:25:11:39:16 by lower pavilion.

Here's mine

Div 1
Lanky
Durham
Hants
Kent
Somerset
Knotts
Essex
Warwicks
Yorkie

Div 2
Sussex
Middx
Glaws
Sorry
Northants
Derby
Wuss
Glam
Lesser

Barmy Kev
I'm only here for the tele

Oh by the way my other predictions.Surrey to come in the bottom two of The Second Division.This will lead to Ramprakash retiring at the end of the season.

Essex will be immediately relegated and come back from whence they came.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:03:25:11:37:42 by lower pavilion.

Here is mine,

DIV ONE

1. Somerset
2. Durham
3. Kent
4.Notts
5.Lancs
6.Yorks
7.Warwick
8. Hants
9. Essex

DIV TWO

1. Sussex
2. Leics
3. Surrey
4. Middx
5. Northants
6. Glos
7. Derby
8. Worcs
9. Glam

Here are my predictions

CC Div l:

1] Durham
2] Lancashire
3] Somerset
4] Nottinghamshire
5] Kent
6] Warwickshire
7] Yorkshire
8] Hampshire
9] Essex


CC Div ll:

1] Sussex
2] Middlesex
3] Worcestershire
4] Northamptonshire
5] Derbyshire
6] Surrey
7] Leicestershire
8] Gloucestershire
9] Glamorgan

CC Div 1
1 Durham
2 Notts
3 Kent
4 Lancs
5 Som
6 Hants
7 Warks
8 Yorks
9 Essex

CC Div 2
1 Leics
2 Derby
3 Sussex
4 Middle
5 Surrey
6 Glos
7 Glam
8 Worcs
9 Northants

Div 1

Notts
Durham
Yorks
Somerset
Lancs
Kent
Warwks
Essex
Hants

Div 2

Sussex
Surrey
Middlesex
Leics
Northants
Glam
Worcs
Derby
Glos

OK.

I shall just predict The Second Division, as that is all that interests me, other than to repeat that Essex will be relegated.
With a bit of wishful thinking,etc.

MIDDLESEX
SUSSEX
LEICS
NORTHANTS
WORCS
GLAMORGAN
DERBY
SURREY
GLOUCS

My crystal ball tells me to predict that both leagues will finish as this:
1st DIVISION
1st Durham
2nd Kent
3rd Hampshire
4th Somerset
5th Lancashire
6th Nottinghamshire
7th Warwickshire
8th Essex
9th Yorkshire

2nd DIVISION
1st Sussex
2nd The Middle
3rd Leicestershire
4th Northamptonshire
5th slurrey
6th Gloucestershire
7th Derbyshire
8th Worcestershire
9th Glamorgan

Good luck to The Middle for the season,dont really care about the rest!!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:03:26:15:29:00 by BeefyRoberts.

Durham
Hampshire
Nottinghamshire
Kent
Somerset
Lancashire
Warwickshire
Yorkshire
Essex



Surrey
Sussex
Middlesex
Worcestershire
Derbyshire
Glamorgan
Gloucestershire
Leicestershire
Northamptonshire

Jeff.

I hope you are well.

I have seen your predictions.Personally speaking, and I dont know about anyone else,for that team to finish top, and us third would be awful beyond words.

I worry because you know your cricket.

Jeff's is what I'd expect the tables to look like if everything goes to form. But as there's not much fun if I just post his again, I'll go for a different list

Notts
Durham
Hants
Warwickshire
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Kent
Somerset
Essex

Surrey
Sussex
Worcestershire
Middlesex
Derbyshire
Leics
Gloucs
Glamorgan
Northants

Hi LP, cannot disagree with your sentiments but have to let my head call it over my heart. If only to get my hands on one of those minuscule prizes.

I also have the feeling mentioned in other treads that a top 2 finish in div 2 this year will not count for much and will have little or no bearing as to which dreaded conference we are in in 2011.

Look forward to seeing you at Lord's soon or maybe Radlett next Wednesday if the weather improves.

Quote:

Jeff Coleman
I also have the feeling mentioned in other treads that a top 2 finish in div 2 this year will not count for much and will have little or no bearing as to which dreaded conference we are in in 2011.

I don't want to unduly alarm people, but I read as recently as in this morning's Times that plans for the conference system to be launched as soon as 2011 are 'possible' and 'back on the agenda', and I read on Wednesday that the issue will be discussed once it is known who the next chairman of the ECB cricket committee will be, probably in May. It was only today when the Poll: Pole Position thread was started that I put two and two together and thought to myself that in the event of the conference system starting in 2011 then 2010's performances may become irrelevant.

Should a conference system eventually come in, I really hope the previous season's performances are taken into account in decided who plays and doesn't play who and who is and isn't in each group. When the one-day league became two-divisional in 1999 and the County Championship followed suit in 2000, the previous season's tables were sensibly taken into account as the top nine teams formed the following season's division one and the bottom nine formed the following season's division two. However, I was very disappointed when the 2009 Pro40 tables were totally ignored when deciding on the the groups for the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 League, which was instead decided by putting the names of all 18 counties plus Netherlands, Scotland and the Unicorns (the official name of the team which was provisionally called Recreational XI) into a hat and performing an open draw.

I would like a way to be found where the performances in the season before the conference system coming into force (if it happens at all) are taken in account instead of being totally in vain. Maybe the top six teams from division one can go in one conference, the bottom three in division one plus the top three in division two being in another conference and the bottom six in division two being in the other conference.

I will be happy with anything but an open draw.

I need to find a time which I can devote to thinking about my predictions for the 2010 County Championship tables.



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My Middlesex chums, who read this site, say I must play properly and predict both divisions.

So here goes in its entirety, and a little tongue in cheek.

DIVISION 1

DURHAM
HAMPSHIRE
SOMERSET
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
KENT
LANCASHIRE
WARWICKSHIRE
YORKSHIRE
ESSEX

DIVISION 2

MIDDLESEX
SUSSEX
LEICESTERSHIRE
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
WORCESTERSHIRE
GLAMORGAN
DERBYSHIRE
SURREY
GLOUCESTERSHIRE



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:03:26:22:16:26 by lower pavilion.

Here we go:

Division One

Durham
Nottinghamshire
Lancashire
Hampshire
Warwickshire
Yorkshire
Kent
Somerset
Essex


Division Two

Sussex
Middlesex
Derbyshire
Surrey
Leicestershire
Northamptonshire
Worcestershire
Glamorgan
Gloucestershire

I also have a strong idea that this year's Div 2 championship will be a pointless exercise (not literally!).

I sincerely hope not and that IF we have to have conferences they are not yet again regionally based. It was really refreshing to se Durham at uxbridge in 2008, simply because they weren't one of the usual suspects.

Perhaps seeding the conferences would be better.

I'd better do some predictions, too.

DIV 1

Notts
Durham
Lancs
Somers
Warwicks
Hants
Essex
Yorks
Kent


DIV 2

Middx
Sussex
Worc
Leics
Northants
Glams
Gloucs
Derbys
Slurry

[I hope!]

In it to win it! In it to win It!! In it to win it!!!

I'm awake (just about) and I've sent in my submission for Uncle Gatt's game as well.

I must say that the thought of bunny girls is a bit more enticing to me than cricket at this time of year, so I might not be around much for the first few weeks of the seaosn, but here we go with the game.

DIVISION 1

LANCASHIRE
DURHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
HAMPSHIRE
SOMERSET
KENT
WARWICKSHIRE
YORKSHIRE
ESSEX

DIVISION 2

MIDDLESEX
SUSSEX
SURREY
DERBYSHIRE
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
LEICESTERSHIRE
WORCESTERSHIRE
GLAMORGAN
GLOUCESTERSHIRE


Hippity is author of top features: Hippity's Tale and Bunny Away

Mine is

DIV 1
DURHAM
HAMPSHIRE
SOMERSET
KENT
NOTTS
LANKY
YORKS
WARWK
ESSEX

DIV2
SUSSEX
MIDDLE
NORTHANTS
DERBY
GLAWS
WORCS
SLURRY
LEICS
GLAM

Welcome back Hippity,hope you had a long,pieceful hibernation

here are mine. Please dont shoot me

Div1

Durham
Lancs
hamp
somerset
notts
kent
essex
york
wark

div2

sussex
surry
leics
derby
north
middlesex
glam
worcester
gloucester

Division 1

Durham
Lancashire
Somerset
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Nottinghamshire
Kent
Warwickshire
Essex

Division 2

Sussex
Middlesex
Surrey
Leicestershire
Worcestershire
Derbyshire
Gloucestershire
Glamorgan
Northamptonshire

We will have to wait and see whether my predictions prove to be true or if they are woefully off the mark.



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Right, time to chill out and give you all a laugh, cos somehow all the teams seem pretty much the same this year.

I have decided this year I like the Glos bowling attack, irrespective of fitness or the fact that the team can't bat. So I'm putting them top of Div 2. They won't finish there.... but that increases the Middle's chances.

Finishing in the top 2 might not mean what it has meant recently - but remember there are several formats that could be used when a change is decided on - there is still a 2 div variant in the mix - one where the least good clubs play less in a 2nd division - so aiming for the top 2 is still very much what any teams need to do.

Div 1
dur
hants
lancs
nots
som
ess
yorks
warw
kent


div 2
glos
north
mid
worcs
leic
sur
sus
derb
glam

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Division 1

1. Durham
2. Hampshire
3. Nottinghamshire
4. Somerset
5. Lancashire
6. Kent
7. Warickshire
8. Yorkshire
9. Essex

Divsion 2

1. Sussex
2. Middlesex
3. Surrey
4. Derbyshire
5. Leicestershire
6. Glamorgan
7. Gloucestershire
8. Northamptonshire
9. Worcestershire

Division One
1st: Durham
2nd: Lancashire
3rd: Hampshire
4th: Nottinghamshire
5th: Yorkshire
6th: Somerset
7th: Kent
8th: Warickshire
9th: Essex

Division 2
1st: Middlesex
2nd: Sussex
3rd: Surrey
4th: Derbyshire
5th: Leicestershire
6th: Northamptonshire
7th: Worcestershire
8th: Gloucestershire
9th: Glamorgan