Weaker counties need full-time commitment

IT has started already. Over the last decade we have seen year on year the retirement (forced or otherwise) of manager after manager as their charges exit the championship. Then the race to appoint a successor begins.

Speculation is followed by denials, then comes confirmations and interviews before the big announcement of the Messiah that is going to lead the county to the Promised Land.

Everything settles down then as the county go about winter planning for a summer title tilt. But for most counties the dream remains just that – a dream. That hasn’t stopped the process though.