Martin Sample

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@lancscricket Can we negotiate early release with Glos for Ben Charlesworth

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@legsidelizzy Surprised you haven’t joined the dots about this decision to choose Root over Brook in the way that every England fan has been able to do.

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@BBCLancsCricket @BlackpoolCC @VitalityBlast @lancscricket Half volley questions as usual. Fair play to Livingstone for not accepting them and for admitting there are no excuses for these abysmal performances.

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@Burton15Marcus @lancscricket He was chuckling about the run out and thought the game was won. Cooke looked angry at how the wicket had fallen and looked determined to go down swinging. He did better than that, aided by brainless bowling in those last two overs. Shambolic

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@CFitzy7 @lancscricket Exactly right. Then the dangerous batsman would have been out and likelihood is we would have won the game comfortably.

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@Burton15Marcus @lancscricket Cooke (who did most of the damage at the end) should have been caught by Balderson off the non-striker. Made no attempt to catch it. Belatedly ran out the non striker but Cooke was the danger. 11 balls later the game’s lost.

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@K_Woodpeck @lancscricket @VitalityBlast @BlackpoolCC Rain abandonment may be our best chance to pick up some points

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@OldManWinter999 @lancscricket Correct. Half a season of modest improvement after Benky left shouldn’t have made him an automatic choice. Still very inexperienced at this level of coaching. I would have preferred Justin Langer. Abrasive, doesn’t accept excuses and demands discipline.

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@lancscricket Batting looks very weak without Wells (and Salt, and Livingstone, and Buttler).

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@LancsCCMG Plenty still to play for. That failure to beat Northants still grates, and could yet prove very costly.

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@howiehok3434 Yeah totally desperate to return to the days when the very best we could hope for was to get to an FA cup quarter final (and then lose at home to Tottenham).

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@MaybePod Not at that top 5 level…but last minute defeat to rags 2-3 in 93/94 was a sickener. And losing 2-3 at Notts County in May 1985 made for a tense last day (but ended brilliantly with the Charlton 5-1 promotion party).

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@LancsCCMG …. And still there remain vocal apologists for this shambolic operation. Such people seem to interpret any attempts to hold the Board to account as acts of gross insubordination. Wake up!

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@RetroMCFC Huge win in the successful promotion race that season

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@KarlSeed29 @lancscricket And Bedingham against us again and again!

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@thegingerwig Yep. Lived near Maine Rd then. Mate collected me at 615pm, somehow got us to Villa park and into ground just after kick off, to see the first goal. So many blues there, behind one goal and at the side, which is where we were. Fantastic night. Everything clicked for Whitey.

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@GFoxyFowler Gutsy innings. Watched you bat (and field athletically) for Lancs many times. Happy Birthday

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@JamesHReeve Zak Steffan at Wembley

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@NoContextCounty Marcus Harris. Propped up the Lancs batting.

[Martin Sample @redrosesforme]

@AGSteel28 @lancscricket Yes, which makes the draw at Northampton even more frustrating and potentially costly in terms of promotion aspirations