The Blue Thread

[Travis_Teh]

Of course he'll get game. You have no good bowlers of note outside Collins imo.

Says he who was dropped from the Test side ...

 

[Sudeep]

Hello!

Could someone bring me up to date as to who does what? I see a few names I did not see before in my previous stint in the following list:

TJ Demeza [3 seasons/5 points] [cc]
SE Fuller [3/5] [sc]
AAA Collins [3/4]
PE Young [3/5] [cc]
LA Camps [3/4] [cc]
AJ Crampton [1/4] [cc]
MW DeSilva [3/4]
RGEWS Cribb [1/3]
R Williams [1/1]
GS Gooljar [1/1]
RF Bowen [1/3]
Manan Shah [2/2]
S Young [5/4]
G Sriram [5/4]
MC Burridge [1/1]

 

[Majin]

Manan chucks pies and Demeza eats them

 

[Travis_Teh]

Hello!

Could someone bring me up to date as to who does what? I see a few names I did not see before in my previous stint in the following list:

TJ Demeza [3 seasons/5 points] [cc]
SE Fuller [3/5] [sc]
AAA Collins [3/4]
PE Young [3/5] [cc]
LA Camps [3/4] [cc]
AJ Crampton [1/4] [cc]
MW DeSilva [3/4]
RGEWS Cribb [1/3]
R Williams [1/1]
GS Gooljar [1/1]
RF Bowen [1/3]
Manan Shah [2/2]
S Young [5/4]
G Sriram [5/4]
MC Burridge [1/1]

Alrighty mate. I'll break it down.

Demeza: is me. Current captain of Blue. Fast bowler, rookie season 8, currently in the test team. Can't hold a bat or play OD cricket to save my life.

Fuller: Has captained Blue in the past prior to relative inactivity. Season 8 rookie (he actually got me onto CW). Has played for the CW XI in the OD format, is one of the best all rounders going around. IMO is hands down the best all rounder in the OD format (excluding camps) and is well beyond solid in FC cricket.

Collins: Currently playing test cricket. Is a FC specialist, being one of the most measly bowlers ever within CW history. Hasn't broken into OD cricket like he probably should have. One of the key, backbone players of Blue. Arguably the best CW bowler in our FC team. <<<<NEED ADAM TO STATE ACTIVITY JUST QUIETLY>>>>

P Young: Absolute gun with the bat. Decent backup keeper. Has been around since day dot. Averages like 10 million with the bat in FC and is unreal with handling OD cricket. Pretty sure he was the higehst score in FC cricket in the dev league last season. Recently won back his test spot at number 3. Opens the batting for us, though.

Camps: Enough said, really. Hands down the greatest OD all rounder CW has ever seen. I'd like him to step up with the bat a bit more, like he did a couple seasons ago, in FC cricket. Heart and soul of Blue.

Crampton: Currently the only specialist Keeper at Blue. Plays ODI cricket for CW and is more than handy at holding the entire tail together in the FC team. Expecting huge things from Alex this year.

DeSilva: Dinu has become our key batsmen in the short form of the game. Game and game again he's rescued us from pure poo. He's not converted his OD form to FC, but he's all class. Has an unreal record with the ball, too. Under-used, perhaps. Has been called upon to Captain the OD team when i'm too **** to play

Cribb: Rob's the current VC of the team. Although he doesn't play much OD cricket (a lot of squad are specialists, unfortunately) he's recent seasons in FC have been unreal. Holds the FC team together batting at #4. Bowls more than useful leggies.

Williams: Rhys unfortunately hasn't had much chance in the team to date. Has played his role here and there, but we expect big things from him this year with his spin. He has recently set the T20 world alight.

Gooljar: Gareth has been around since day dot and played every role known to man. One of the most respected people in dev league history. He along with Williams and yourself (Sudeep) will bne playing for the main spinners role in both OD and FC cricket.

Bowen: Electric FC batsmen. Hasn't converted to OD to date. Has one of the highest strike rates of any batsmen averaging over 30 in their career in FC cricket. Will set crowds alight at number 5 or 6 this season one hopes.

Manan Shah: Picked Manan up from the colts the previous season. He went into obscurity after a quarter through the seaosn, but came back to have one of the biggest impact of any player in the FC and OD leagues. Real key to our team, although needs to remain active. Some have highlighted him to take the most FC wickets this season. Is a quality seam up bowler.

S Young: Season 13 rookie. Stephen played at number 3 in both FC and OD cricket for most of season 13 and held his own completely. Averaging over 30 in both forms is rare, and is valued as a key part to CW Blue's repeat in season 14.

Sriram: Pick of the season for most people. G would be close to representing CW at OD level. Took the most wickets in the OD format in his rookie season (which is so required at Blue, as both Ad's and myself can't bowl in that format to save our lives!). Complete team man to boot, represents the spirit of CW Blue to a tee.

Burridge: Morgie didn't get a chance to represent the Blues last season, being a late entry to the competition. It is expected that Burridge will make his debut early in the season as an opening batsmen in either form of the game. Big things are expected, as well.


ROOKIES thus far: Morris, Popat and Maina. I think we've made some unreal picks this rookie season with these three. Can't wait to see how they all go, with it being expected that all 3 rookies (to date) will eb playing regular cricket in Blue colours within season 14.







Hope this helps, in some shape or form

 

[Travis_Teh]

Manan chucks pies and Demeza eats them

You're a pie.

 

[Majin]

The bigga pizza pie that hits your eye. (that's amore )

 

[Agent TBY]

Manan chucks pies and Demeza eats them

Fantastic avatar too, just quietly.

 

[Travis_Teh]

Fantastic avatar too, just quietly.

That's new, hey. I liked his old one

 

[Majin]

Yeah I'll probably go back to the Ippo avatar at some point just because the dempsey roll gif is great, but the ridiculous love I have for TTGL and the badass that is Kamina combined with Srizza's sig constantly reminding me of it, I just had to go for a change.

 

[Agent TBY]

Yeah I'll probably go back to the Ippo avatar at some point just because the dempsey roll gif is great, but the ridiculous love I have for TTGL and the badass that is Kamina combined with Srizza's sig constantly reminding me of it, I just had to go for a change.

I've actually long since gotten over TTGL, replaced by Kyoto Animation love. I've just been too lazy to change my sig.

 

[Majin]

Don't think I'll ever get over it, easily one of my favourite TV series of all time. Everything about it is genius. The OST is ****ing amazing. And that speech in your sig deserves to stay anyway because it's great

Did a quick Wiki search and haven't seen any of the Kyoto Animation's own products, only the partially produced FMP: Fumoffu, which admittedly is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life.

 

[Agent TBY]

Don't think I'll ever get over it, easily one of my favourite TV series of all time. Everything about it is genius. The OST is ****ing amazing. And that speech in your sig deserves to stay anyway because it's great

Did a quick Wiki search and haven't seen any of the Kyoto Animation's own products, only the partially produced FMP: Fumoffu, which admittedly is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life.

You should check them out. Every series of theirs, apart from Air, is awesome.

Also, on an unrelated note, have you watched Code Geass?

EDIT: Should stop the OT discussion, really. Need a thread in OT.

 

[Travis_Teh]

To be completely honest I have no idea as to what either of you are talking about I just liked Dan's rolling .gif hahah.

 

[Travis_Teh]

Still need Manan and Adam to sign in.

 

[silentstriker]

Checked in.

 

[Travis_Teh]

Checked in.

Sweet, all in bar Morris. Pretty sure he's active, though.

 

[Sudeep]

Alrighty mate. I'll break it down.

Demeza: is me. Current captain of Blue. Fast bowler, rookie season 8, currently in the test team. Can't hold a bat or play OD cricket to save my life.

Fuller: Has captained Blue in the past prior to relative inactivity. Season 8 rookie (he actually got me onto CW). Has played for the CW XI in the OD format, is one of the best all rounders going around. IMO is hands down the best all rounder in the OD format (excluding camps) and is well beyond solid in FC cricket.

Collins: Currently playing test cricket. Is a FC specialist, being one of the most measly bowlers ever within CW history. Hasn't broken into OD cricket like he probably should have. One of the key, backbone players of Blue. Arguably the best CW bowler in our FC team. <<<<NEED ADAM TO STATE ACTIVITY JUST QUIETLY>>>>

P Young: Absolute gun with the bat. Decent backup keeper. Has been around since day dot. Averages like 10 million with the bat in FC and is unreal with handling OD cricket. Pretty sure he was the higehst score in FC cricket in the dev league last season. Recently won back his test spot at number 3. Opens the batting for us, though.

Camps: Enough said, really. Hands down the greatest OD all rounder CW has ever seen. I'd like him to step up with the bat a bit more, like he did a couple seasons ago, in FC cricket. Heart and soul of Blue.

Crampton: Currently the only specialist Keeper at Blue. Plays ODI cricket for CW and is more than handy at holding the entire tail together in the FC team. Expecting huge things from Alex this year.

DeSilva: Dinu has become our key batsmen in the short form of the game. Game and game again he's rescued us from pure poo. He's not converted his OD form to FC, but he's all class. Has an unreal record with the ball, too. Under-used, perhaps. Has been called upon to Captain the OD team when i'm too **** to play

Cribb: Rob's the current VC of the team. Although he doesn't play much OD cricket (a lot of squad are specialists, unfortunately) he's recent seasons in FC have been unreal. Holds the FC team together batting at #4. Bowls more than useful leggies.

Williams: Rhys unfortunately hasn't had much chance in the team to date. Has played his role here and there, but we expect big things from him this year with his spin. He has recently set the T20 world alight.

Gooljar: Gareth has been around since day dot and played every role known to man. One of the most respected people in dev league history. He along with Williams and yourself (Sudeep) will bne playing for the main spinners role in both OD and FC cricket.

Bowen: Electric FC batsmen. Hasn't converted to OD to date. Has one of the highest strike rates of any batsmen averaging over 30 in their career in FC cricket. Will set crowds alight at number 5 or 6 this season one hopes.

Manan Shah: Picked Manan up from the colts the previous season. He went into obscurity after a quarter through the seaosn, but came back to have one of the biggest impact of any player in the FC and OD leagues. Real key to our team, although needs to remain active. Some have highlighted him to take the most FC wickets this season. Is a quality seam up bowler.

S Young: Season 13 rookie. Stephen played at number 3 in both FC and OD cricket for most of season 13 and held his own completely. Averaging over 30 in both forms is rare, and is valued as a key part to CW Blue's repeat in season 14.

Sriram: Pick of the season for most people. G would be close to representing CW at OD level. Took the most wickets in the OD format in his rookie season (which is so required at Blue, as both Ad's and myself can't bowl in that format to save our lives!). Complete team man to boot, represents the spirit of CW Blue to a tee.

Burridge: Morgie didn't get a chance to represent the Blues last season, being a late entry to the competition. It is expected that Burridge will make his debut early in the season as an opening batsmen in either form of the game. Big things are expected, as well.


ROOKIES thus far: Morris, Popat and Maina. I think we've made some unreal picks this rookie season with these three. Can't wait to see how they all go, with it being expected that all 3 rookies (to date) will eb playing regular cricket in Blue colours within season 14.







Hope this helps, in some shape or form

Awesome. Thanks for the update.

 

[Prince EWS]

(a lot of squad are specialists, unfortunately)

TBH I think that's a good thing. Whilst it's not neccessarily good for balance all the time, it allows us to have a large squad of great guys and still give everyone plenty of cricket.

I'm perfectly happy being a FC specialist; in fact I prefer it as it gives a chance for other members of our squad to participate.

 

[Travis_Teh]

TBH I think that's a good thing. Whilst it's not neccessarily good for balance all the time, it allows us to have a large squad of great guys and still give everyone plenty of cricket.

I'm perfectly happy being a FC specialist; in fact I prefer it as it gives a chance for other members of our squad to participate.

That's really valid. Never thought of it that way, to be honest.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

It's not just Blue. Every squad in Dev League is packed with specialists.