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

Has anyone seen/heard why McAndrew is not playing? It seems odd to drop our 3rd highest wicket taker and 5th highest average batsmen for a must win match like this.

That decision, at this stage, seems baffling. Kind of sums up the season so far: muddled decision making and a lack of confidence.

Hoping to be proven wrong though.

It seems that nowadays Oversees players are difficult to get for a whole season across all formats and be a success. The nature of the schedule across the world has changed so much in the past 10 years or so. We were so lucky to have Jeets for the period we did.

It can be done and I look at Derbyshire and the change in their fortunes with their signing of Masood from Pakistan. However his excellent form resulted in a call up to the Test Squad.

I’d rather we signed a proven and established county player than a risky oversees which may not be around for the whole season.

That’s good, the last thing we need right now is players falling out with fans.

He hasn’t had a good start to his Warwickshire career but the club has invested a lot of money and time on him. We need him to come good. I’m sure he, and the rest of the team, is as frustrated by the way things are going as we are.

Did Davies get in an argument with our or their supporters?

We also didn’t have a top drawer overseas player last year, we had a motley collection who came in and contributed very little.

We did have Yates scoring runs, Miles taking wickets and Norwell fit and healthy. We also had Bresnan who seemed to offer some ‘character’ and some sort of Yorkshire determination.

The strategy has seemed off all season, this just has the showings of a team with no confidence in itself.

Only Burgess and Lamb have a strike rate over 50 of our batsmen and you can only add Hain and Sibley to those two who have an average over 40. Looking at the bowling figures is just plain depressing, without OHD we would be absolutely nowhere.

A player will always want the best for themselves which is completely understandable, however I can see the club questioning the value of offering Hose and Stone full contracts. One hasn’t shone when given the chance with the red ball and one is injured/away with England and may not play red ball cricket again, if you believe what you hear. We are obviously not aware of what the financial details are with their current and offered contracts which will have some bearings on the discussions.

However, I can definitely see why there might be issues established players will have when others come in on, apparently, big money but are not performing but constantly backed.

I definitely think Lamb should be retained though, I think he has more than proved himself to be an effective part of the squad.

I’ve been rather disappointed this year with the lack of visibility from both the director of cricket and the coach. I may just be missing things but they seemed more active last year in communicating with the members and the fans. I wonder if there is something going on in the background?

Losing Pop again has been a massive blow! The bowling all season, across both formats, has not been at the level it reached last season and that can’t be a coincidence.

A good article, particularly interesting to hear his thoughts about his contract renewal and ambitions to play the red ball format. It would appear he doesn’t see himself as a white ball specialist which could make those contract talks tricky.

I would have preferred the signing of Mahmoud to be honest as I feel we are lacking on the pace bowling front. As a white ball only contract we will see him a bit which is fair enough, I guess he replaces the two oversees spots this year as an aggressive batsmen and an all rounder.

I agree Paulbear, whilst I don’t think he necessary owes us anything, we certainly gave Sibley a lot of time to settle and ultimately get into the England squad. I can remember he really struggled initially and there were lots of questions about his technique and ability.

I think Lamb has demonstrated enough to be offered a contract, if he hasn't already, as he has been a very useful multi formatted squad player.

Hose is only seen as a white ball player and has not exactly shown any red ball credentials in the opportunities he has been given. If he wants to move to get them then fair play to him. He has made some terrific knocks in the blast recently though.

I’d be frustrated too if I couldn’t get into a side ahead of the non scoring Stirling!