facilities for pre-season friendlies.

[Perov]

The club has done scanning before i dont see this being too much of problem.

Why was it knocked on the head the last time?
The stewards already click a little counter as people first enter the ground, and I expect this scanning will fall by the wayside after a while, when the scanning machines play up.

[Starfish]

Hi, I was not working at ECCC when we last tested it fully. We are teasing it over the friendlies and with the development in the technology the process will be quicker. Thanks

[afinetickletoleg]

Is it the supporters that are really responsible for No Change Essex?
Every time the club attempts to change or introduce something it results in people coming on here asking why? 

[Valentines Park]

Mainly because the changes the club do undertake are window dressing.

I mean who honestly gives a stuff about colour coded lanyards or being scanned like a frozen chicken at Sainsbury's.

[Andy]

I think VP is right, these are cosmetic changes. However, the management have found themselves in a world where they can't compete for talent, or even retain it, whilst the new broom at the top of the ECB couldn't give a monkeys about the non-test hosting counties.

In a way, I'd prefer to see KP come back as England skipper, screw it up badly (again) then hopefully that will undermine this stupid Yorkshire grocer before he starts having too long to implement any grand plans.

[Valentines Park]

the management have found themselves in a world where they can't compete for talent

Somerset seem to do okay (Chris Gayle) & they're my benchmark for Essex.

Funnily enough they picked up when they picked an overseas (Langer) as captain ...   

[sufcessex]

So you mean where it says on every other page of the membership magazine that we are going to win the T20 this year, really we're not even contenders, i find that hard to believe.

[Valentines Park]

By now Larry must know he can say whatever the hell he likes.

There's never any comebacks after all.

[JasonP]

the management have found themselves in a world where they can't compete for talent

Somerset seem to do okay (Chris Gayle) & they're my benchmark for Essex.

Funnily enough they picked up when they picked an overseas (Langer) as captain ...

For 6 games maximum.  If his team make the finals of the IPL it will be 4 or 5.  Would you not rather have Ryder for 14 games than Gayle for 4-6.

[nat]

the management have found themselves in a world where they can't compete for talent

Somerset seem to do okay (Chris Gayle) & they're my benchmark for Essex.

Funnily enough they picked up when they picked an overseas (Langer) as captain ...

For 6 games maximum.  If his team make the finals of the IPL it will be 4 or 5.  Would you not rather have Ryder for 14 games than Gayle for 4-6.

Steady on ... you should know that facts can't beat prejudice.

[Andy]

To be fair - I had in mind home (grown) talent as much as overseas. Notice how the ones we've picked up tend to have an awful lot of 'baggage' (e.g. Ryder & Monty), although I like the idea of the club as a place for redemption we used to ick up the cream of talent, when we needed to do so.

[Valentines Park]

For 6 games maximum.

I was responding to Andy's point about non-test match counties not being able to attract talent.

Essex are just badly run.

[quincy]

The club has done scanning before i dont see this being too much of problem.

The problem I see is when several hundred people head for the town centre at 1.00pm and there's one poor sod trying to scan everyones card. Its hard enough squeezing in a pint/ meal in 40 mins without wasting 10 mins getting scanned.

[Mick]

Hi, I was not working at ECCC when we last tested it fully. We are teasing it over the friendlies and with the development in the technology the process will be quicker. Thanks

Danny,

You didn't answer all of my earlier question. Are you going to scan all those who leave and return during the intervals?

Thanks.

[vim]

When there were scanners before, an interesting fact came to light.

A high percentage of the members never turned up for a game all season.

There used to be a member who moved to Brighton and was also a Sussex member. Who only turned up for the Sunday League game at Southchurch Park mainly for a reunion. He stopped coming as he noticed that some of people he was hoping to meet would rather drink all game in the hockey club pavilion.

Still it is amazing how some people's life revolves entirely around alcohol.