Trawling through the Sussex website's message board it has been interesting to note the growing voice of concern amongst the Sussex supporters.

Amongst the sane balanced voices, there are the usual calls for radical team changes. Bring him and him in. Drop him, he's useless etc.

Sussex is a members' club and, as such, should be aware of members' views and needs. Likewise, the players should know if they are performing below par, that it is not acceptable. However, it is still too early to panic.

We are only a third of the way through the season and, particularly in the Championship, there are enough signs that we are nearly there, performing at our best.

Each year one or two new players come into the team and it has to find its feet and its voice before it can be totally comfortable. I believe we are on the verge of putting together a run of wins that will take us up the Championship table.

With one or two exceptions, the batsmen are in good nick. The match against Lancashire aside, we have scored well in the first innings of each game (a crucial component to success) and have often had the opposition in trouble at some stage of their first innings.

We have been able to prise the door open but have, so far, not been able to pile through it to victory. It has not helped that we have played on three extremely benign surfaces at Northampton, Horsham and Hove.

That little extra spark of brilliance needed to take wickets on such surfaces has been absent so far but we are working desperately hard to give ourselves the best chance of creating that spark.

The one-day matches have been a different story. For most of the season we have batted superbly, even hitting our record National League score at Horsham, but our bowling has not been up to the task.

Against Lancashire all the facets of our game were in good working order but we were beaten fair and square by a side better suited to the pitch we played on.

But on Monday it was the batting to blame against a Notts side that had no reason to cause us any problems.

There have been positives, however. Luke Wright has broken his way into the team and has impressed people with his busy, mature approach. Mike Yardy, too, has batted very well.

I can understand why there is some restlessness amongst the deck chairs. Any fan wants to see their side win games.

That is one of the reasons they pay good money to join the club and why there were so many tears of joy at the end of last season.

On the whole, however, cricket supporters are a more patient bunch than, say, their football counterparts and that is rightly so.

Football today is black and white, whether you are a player or fan. Win and your club becomes fabulously wealthy. Lose and, as West Ham are about to find out, the financial implications don't bear thinking about.

But cricket is a game made up of many more subtle hues. It's not all about winning and money and supporting it certainly shouldn't be either. It's about sitting in a deck chair on a cloudless summer's day, feeling the warmth of the sun on your neck as you sip on a pint of Harveys and slowly succumb to the feeling of doziness that envelops you, despite the shrieks of the gulls overhead and the distant thwack of leather on willow.

Perhaps, five minutes later, you awake to the sound of another Sussex wicket. Oh dear, but here comes that young Wright boy - he's an exciting prospect, it'll be interesting to see how he plays. Better get another pint.