And now the anchors will be dropped, the runs will dry up, we will probably lose wickets and be five down for not many.

Another brilliant overseas signing 🙈

I wonder if we are in for Masood as the overseas for next year? He has been, by all accounts, superb for Derbyshire this year and it’s been reported he has agreed to join another county rather than stay at Derby. He would potentially cover the loss of Sibley as an opener.

Yates has certainly struggled this season and was rightly dropped. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing if players who are struggling are backed and shown belief in.

Eventually a decision was made to take him out of the firing line, perhaps a game or two too late but there we are. If he can rediscover the form shown last year then that would definitely be beneficial in our battle to stay in the division.

I don’t believe jumping on the back of a player, certainly a youngster, constantly is productive. You never know…he may even read this forum. Lots of our players have been poor this year, lots of questions get raised because of that. However I won’t stop hoping that the change in fortune is just around the corner.

Perhaps Sibley is being picked to try and get some form for later in the season in a bid to avoid relegation?

It’s good to see Yates make a score, I hope this competition does likewise and helps him recover from his struggles earlier on.

Whilst going into the match we were not expecting a result, it is pretty galling to see where we are now when compared to last night.

It’s going to take a monumental effort to stay in the division I think.

And another one bites the dust.

Another questionable decision for Burgess too. Will we get DRS in the county championship at some point I wonder?

But four wickets down this early is not good for our chances.

Two early wickets down, I didn’t see the Rhodes dismissal but Hain looks like he had a shocker of a decision.

AD was a great bowler but just because he played for us doesn’t mean he would be a great bowling coach.

Matt Mason came with a big reputation from his time down under, he had a very good article written about him on cricinfo…if I was more tech savvy I would include it. The way this season has gone he has certainly not appeared to live up to that reputation.

Playing devils advocate here but we have had lots of ‘true bears’ in the coaching set up and many people have complained about an old boys network and have spoken in favour of having an outsider come in.

Personally I just don’t think we should have allowed Welch to leave and should have gone all in to keep him here.

I love that Briggs went out with Sibley.

What has happened to Johal? He made such a promising debut last year.

It’s early in his time with us, but the new bowling coach is certainly not having much of a positive effect.

Norwell has only bowled three overs thus far. As I’m only following on bbc sport can anyone watching the stream see if he is still on the field? I hope he isn’t injured.

If he manages to remain injury free personally I would be very pleased him. He has so much to offer as a cricketer and I would wish him well.

If their medical team can get him properly fit then that’s kudos to them.

If I was Farbrace I’d be asking myself a lot of questions first. I’m struggling to think of many signings he has made that have had a truly positive influence on our club.

Young inexperienced players trying to establish themselves but coming into a dysfunctional and struggling team is not likely to be conductive to positive development.

Is it the pitch? Is it a lack of confidence? Have they given up? Why did Hain come in and try smacking boundaries right at the start of the day? Who is making the decisions?

Answers on a postcard.

Hain has gone early, as has hope….

It’s scary to think where we would be this season without OHD and Hain.

I never doubted the decision for a single minute....ahem