I've been trying to put this into words for the last 20 minutes but cant seem to string a sentence together today, massive hangover!
I dont think BD signing up as a Kolpak is a bad thing neccesary. I think we need all the help we can get to avoid a totally dismal season, if that invovles another overseas player then so be it. The thing that worries me is that the club has had an awful track record of signing overseas players. I fear making BD a Kolpak will just be a waste when we recruit Mansoor for another season
Kolpaks are only bad when they dont perform and take the place of talented young players. I'm more against Henderson whos done f all since he came here while we have a young decent spinner in Naik here.
There isn't a big difference between say Dippenaar and for arguments sake a potential resigning of Darren Maddy. Neither has any chance of playing for England. They are both of approx the same quality and will both score a decent amount of runs. The financial penalty wouldn't be that sigificant either because Dippenaar would be on less money than Maddy (strength of pound against the rand).
I think the fact that any promising young player we've produced recently has moved on has also changed my point of view. Is there really a big incentive to play young english players when they'll probably move at the first hint of a better offer.
I'm still anti Kolpak but I think the club is in such a sorry state that we have to take a few desperate measures.