IN a recent poll on our website - www. worcesternews.co.uk/ sport - Worcestershire fans gave their views on the reasons behind Steve Rhodes' side's poor start to the 2007 season.

Out of the four choices available, the most popular selection, with 41.25 per cent of the vote, was that the team is simply not good enough for Division One.

A quarter of the people who voted said they thought the squad was too small to cope at the higher level.

Slightly less voters were more sympathetic though, with 20 per cent of the participants selecting the give them chance it's only May' option.

Just 13.75 per cent of the voters thought that Worcest-ershire had struggled so far this year because of injuries to some of the key players.