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[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Btw, the batting average after adjustment is 39, not 43. Me being a little tired in the morning caused that.

Also, he won't be available until Round 2 of the draft, in fairness to the Colts.

 

[James90]

How is Colts getting the first pick for both of the two best batsmen fair?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

How is Colts getting the first pick for both of the two best batsmen fair?

Because Black don't already have the nine best batsmen?

 

[Loony BoB]

Not to mention that we probably won't go for him anyway considering how light we are on seamers.

 

[Johnners]

Not to mention that we probably won't go for him anyway considering how light we are on seamers.

if that's the case there should be no objections to him being available for the 1st round?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

if that's the case there should be no objections to him being available for the 1st round?

Doesn't matter if it's the first or second round. Red almost certainly won't get him anyway.

 

[marc71178]

Btw, the batting average after adjustment is 39, not 43. Me being a little tired in the morning caused that.

Another specialist batsman being placed under the super-rookie then...

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Another specialist batsman being placed under the super-rookie then...

Get off it Marc.

 

[marc71178]

Explain the logic then?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Explain the logic then?

It's been explained time and again. I'm not wasting my time explaining that the system works, when it so clearly does.

 

[marc71178]

It has?

Perhaps you could point me in the direction of the logic behind it all then?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Because Black don't already have the nine best batsmen?

WTF, is that seriously your justification for that? Well for one, you don't play for us. Or Butler, or Dauth, or Kearsley, or Mamesh, or Fitzsimmons, or Young.

List goes on.

If that's serious it's ridiculous.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

It has?

Perhaps you could point me in the direction of the logic behind it all then?

How many "super-rookies" are there in the League? The best batsmen are those with some experience behind them. And it's not impossible for someone to come into FC and OD cricket successfully at the outset anyway. See Adrian Barath and Kieron Pollard.

The fact is that not everyone enters with the same level of skill.

It's been proven time and again that the experienced players tend to dominate the top performers practically every season.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

WTF, is that seriously your justification for that? Well for one, you don't play for us. Or Butler, or Dauth, or Kearsley, or Mamesh, or Fitzsimmons, or Young.

List goes on.

If that's serious it's ridiculous.

Ah. Now that you want rookies, your side suddenly doesn't have all the best players any more. Odd, that.

Seriously: the idea was suggested by Age in the first place. Since Green are next in line and both Liam and I saw the logic behind it (they might have wanted to pick him over Kerr, after all), that's how the decision came about.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I don't mind the decision, is fair for mine, but your (hopefully not official) reason for that is terrible.

I never stated that we didn't have the best players (Cloete's one of if not the best in CW history) but you name me 9 batsmen in our side that are better than you or Mamesh. I could probably name 2. It's debatable if our side's even the best in CWLand, with Colts FC batting lineup now definately better (ours is pretty average bar Cloete) and their FC bowling unit has some pretty big names.

So sick of being vilified tbh. Especially by a board member of all people. If you hate us so much why don'y you kick us out of the comp.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I don't mind the decision, is fair for mine, but your (hopefully not official) reason for that is terrible.

It was sarcastic, in case you didn't spot it. The serious reason is what came after the seriously in the previous post.

 

[Loony BoB]

Colts FC batting lineup now definately better (ours is pretty average bar Cloete)

Secretly lying?

EDIT: Oh, FC. Hmm. Dunno, 50/50.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

So sick of being vilified tbh. Especially by a board member of all people. If you hate us so much why don'y you kick us out of the comp.

Unless he was speaking as CW Red captain, in which case you're fair game.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Secretly lying?

EDIT: Oh, FC. Hmm. Dunno, 50/50.

Haha, of course I was talking about FC. Our OD batting is almost unrivalled.

Our FC on the other hand, is not so great, deeper probably, but that's about it.

Unless he was speaking as CW Red captain, in which case you're fair game.

Convenient to say the least.

 

[Loony BoB]

He said he was being sarcastic afterwards, I'd say that's good enough for me. Don't want this place to get too political.

EDIT: One should note, though, that sarcasm without smilies (or something similarly obvious) is never read as sarcasm on the internet.