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Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick
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33/3from3.3
International Vice-Captain
cool i want a chance to blood my YP
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
i need a friendly this week if anyone is interested, havent had one for a couple of weeks
trevor_vayro
U19 Vice-Captain
Ladies and Gentleman of the CW press, thank you for your attendance here today, and without further ado it's with great pleasure that I can introduce you to The Cymru Gurgitaters' record £120,000 signing, Neale Patel.
Neale Patel (314162)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler,
superb
batting form,
superb
bowling form,
sublime
A
steady
player with
superb
leadership skills and
abysmal
experience.
Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
Australia
Age:
19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
8,257
Wages:
£888 p/w
*
table end
Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
woeful
Wicket Keeping:
woeful
Batting:
respectable
Concentration:
mediocre
Bowling:
abysmal
Consistency:
mediocre
Fielding:
competent
table end
Neale joins us from NSW side Ockers in Australia's Division Four. In his brief career to-date he's already proven himself to be a combative middle-order batsman, an accomplished fielder and, more importantly, a born leader of men. He goes straight into the 'Gur's starting XI for Friday's home match against Nottinghamshire, where he'll bat No.4 and captain the team on his debut.
As chairman of the club I've always placed equal importance between success on the field, and financial sustainability and prosperity. With that in mind, the decision to smash our transfer record by £45,000 wasn't one I took lightly. But we firmly believe that Neale's unique combination of skills can help to establish us as a force in IV.44 this term, providing us with the ideal platform from which to spearhead our promotion push in Season 4. But ultimately our success or failure rests in the hands of you, our supporters. The best way to push the club forward and attract more big name signings like Neale in the future is to show your support via the turnstiles. So I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Friday to give Neale a customary Welsh welcome from a ten and a half thousand strong capacity crowd.
Seriously guys, do you think that this was a good signing or what? I know you can never really describe £120k as a bargain, but there were four key factors which attracted me to him:
A. He was incredible value for money compared with comparable players on the transfer market. I could probably have got him for even less - When I left work last night he was only on £75k with just under an hour to go, but I was out on the lash, so I bid £120 to try and make sure of getting him in my absence.
B. He offers the right balance between an instant fix to my lamentable batting performances, and prospects for future development. I'm well aware that he doesn't have the boundless potential of a 17yo, but according to Scaly's pay scale, the upper band for a Resp/Woe/Abs is £941, so at 19yo, with wages of £888, he will soon be hitting Prof, and may even go on to Strong if I have a net available for him next season. There are 17yo Resps going for at least a hundred grand more, who have W-less Stam and Conc and would be absolutely useless to me in the short term.
C. His leadership skills trump my current captain.
D. He's comfortably my best fielder.
I know I've got work to do on his Stam, but all in all I'm feeling pretty smug and pleased with myself - So come on, here's your chance to p*ss on my chips!
Two more V. quick questions before I go, I. Does training in batting and fitness have any beneficial effects on secondaries? II. Does one fielding net on its own do much good for secondaries? Or do you have to use it in conjunction with a primary net?
Later, Trev
Neale Patel (314162)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler,
superb
batting form,
superb
bowling form,
sublime
A
steady
player with
superb
leadership skills and
abysmal
experience.
Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
Australia
Age:
19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
8,257
Wages:
£888 p/w
*
table end
Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
woeful
Wicket Keeping:
woeful
Batting:
respectable
Concentration:
mediocre
Bowling:
abysmal
Consistency:
mediocre
Fielding:
competent
table end
Neale joins us from NSW side Ockers in Australia's Division Four. In his brief career to-date he's already proven himself to be a combative middle-order batsman, an accomplished fielder and, more importantly, a born leader of men. He goes straight into the 'Gur's starting XI for Friday's home match against Nottinghamshire, where he'll bat No.4 and captain the team on his debut.
As chairman of the club I've always placed equal importance between success on the field, and financial sustainability and prosperity. With that in mind, the decision to smash our transfer record by £45,000 wasn't one I took lightly. But we firmly believe that Neale's unique combination of skills can help to establish us as a force in IV.44 this term, providing us with the ideal platform from which to spearhead our promotion push in Season 4. But ultimately our success or failure rests in the hands of you, our supporters. The best way to push the club forward and attract more big name signings like Neale in the future is to show your support via the turnstiles. So I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Friday to give Neale a customary Welsh welcome from a ten and a half thousand strong capacity crowd.
Seriously guys, do you think that this was a good signing or what? I know you can never really describe £120k as a bargain, but there were four key factors which attracted me to him:
A. He was incredible value for money compared with comparable players on the transfer market. I could probably have got him for even less - When I left work last night he was only on £75k with just under an hour to go, but I was out on the lash, so I bid £120 to try and make sure of getting him in my absence.
B. He offers the right balance between an instant fix to my lamentable batting performances, and prospects for future development. I'm well aware that he doesn't have the boundless potential of a 17yo, but according to Scaly's pay scale, the upper band for a Resp/Woe/Abs is £941, so at 19yo, with wages of £888, he will soon be hitting Prof, and may even go on to Strong if I have a net available for him next season. There are 17yo Resps going for at least a hundred grand more, who have W-less Stam and Conc and would be absolutely useless to me in the short term.
C. His leadership skills trump my current captain.
D. He's comfortably my best fielder.
I know I've got work to do on his Stam, but all in all I'm feeling pretty smug and pleased with myself - So come on, here's your chance to p*ss on my chips!
Two more V. quick questions before I go, I. Does training in batting and fitness have any beneficial effects on secondaries? II. Does one fielding net on its own do much good for secondaries? Or do you have to use it in conjunction with a primary net?
Later, Trev
trevor_vayro
U19 Vice-Captain
andyc said:
A mixture of both TBH. My three Resps I set to Normal or attacking, and the comp and Med I set to Defensive and V.Defensive respectively. The better the opposition the more defensive I go, but I never let my best bowlers bowl anything less than Normal, as I figure that if everyone is defensive then they'll chug along at six an over and rack up three hundred in any case, so you might as well have a pop at them and go down fighting.
Hope that helps, Trev
cricketboy29
International Regular
Hey ash, did u accept the challenge that i sent you?
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Err, I don't recall ever saying £941 is the upper band for resp/woe/abysmal. I listed the *highest* wages I'd seen for different players. The wages go like this from what I've seen:
Everyone starts with £250 minimum, then for each primary above woeful add the following:
Feeble £0-£50
Mediocre £50-£150
Competent £150-£400
Respectable £400-£850
Proficient £850-£1500 (£1500 is a rough estimate)
I don't believe there's any diminishing returns for triple mediocre etc. primaries, so each mediocre would still contribute the above (their wage range would be £400-£700). But this is just my guestimate at the moment, I haven't looked at it in enough detail to be sure.
So anyway a respectable's (with low other primaries) wage range is £650-£1100, so they're about middle of the level - assuming they've not been trained since the wage recalculations.
Oh and yea given the market they're decent value for £125k.
Everyone starts with £250 minimum, then for each primary above woeful add the following:
Feeble £0-£50
Mediocre £50-£150
Competent £150-£400
Respectable £400-£850
Proficient £850-£1500 (£1500 is a rough estimate)
I don't believe there's any diminishing returns for triple mediocre etc. primaries, so each mediocre would still contribute the above (their wage range would be £400-£700). But this is just my guestimate at the moment, I haven't looked at it in enough detail to be sure.
So anyway a respectable's (with low other primaries) wage range is £650-£1100, so they're about middle of the level - assuming they've not been trained since the wage recalculations.
Oh and yea given the market they're decent value for £125k.
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ash chaulk
International Captain
no i havent got it.cricketboy29 said:
ash chaulk
International Captain
sorry i just accepted
Robertinho
Cricketer Of The Year
Sold out my new stadium straight up -
Attendance: 12850
Standing: 6500
Sitting: 4400
Covered Seats: 1400
Members area: 550
Will upgrade to 17,000-20,000 when I have more money.
Also got some good ratings for a TIE. My YP hit 151, Gray hit 140*, Payton took 4/10, easy bot win.
Robertinho Select XI
Top Order: competent
Middle Order: feeble
Lower Order: worthless
Seam Bowling: mediocre
Spin Bowling: proficient
Fielding: feeble
Attendance: 12850
Standing: 6500
Sitting: 4400
Covered Seats: 1400
Members area: 550
Will upgrade to 17,000-20,000 when I have more money.
Also got some good ratings for a TIE. My YP hit 151, Gray hit 140*, Payton took 4/10, easy bot win.
Robertinho Select XI
Top Order: competent
Middle Order: feeble
Lower Order: worthless
Seam Bowling: mediocre
Spin Bowling: proficient
Fielding: feeble
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nibbs
International Captain
hmmm, I don't really understand the obsession around these parts when it comes to scoring a bargain. When looking to improve your side with new recruits, I don't really think that you can put a price on it. I don't mean be stupid, and spent crazy prices on players who aren't worth, so just be smart. At the moment I'm looking to build up to close to £1m in the bank in the hope that it'll be enough to bring my side an impressive spin bowling allrounder sensation. I'll pay whatever it takes to purchase such a player. I don't mind paying these fees, because at the end of the day I see it as money well spent.trevor_vayro said:
Not sure if that makes much sense, but that's my honest opinion.
And btw, at what amount of money would financial advisors start to make my club some real cash?
Won todays league match comfortably after losing my gun openers early and leaving my not so gun middle order to score the runs.
College Dropouts 9/315 50overs
Cullip 74 (53) not out MOTM
Boardley 71 (74)
Adams 62 (76)
OldSkOoLs Warriors 10/164 38.3overs
McMillan 46 (56)
Ireland 3/29
OldSkOoLs Warriors College Dropouts
Top Order: feeble strong
Middle Order: abysmal feeble
Lower Order: worthless abysmal
Seam Bowling: feeble competent
Spin Bowling: feeble useless
Fielding: feeble mediocre
College Dropouts 9/315 50overs
Cullip 74 (53) not out MOTM
Boardley 71 (74)
Adams 62 (76)
OldSkOoLs Warriors 10/164 38.3overs
McMillan 46 (56)
Ireland 3/29
OldSkOoLs Warriors College Dropouts
Top Order: feeble strong
Middle Order: abysmal feeble
Lower Order: worthless abysmal
Seam Bowling: feeble competent
Spin Bowling: feeble useless
Fielding: feeble mediocre
andyc
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Got absolutely slaughtered today. Mind you, I rested Griffin, Dunne, Giles and Canning and was on TIE.
Magical Ponies 97 (32.1)
Nomvete 29* (47), Extras 18, Kenna 14 (23)
Rice 4/12 (10), Wonnacott 4/36 (10), Carter 1/11 (3.1)
Maduro CC 0/98 (13.0)
Sura 49* (38), Warrington 45* (41)
Chillingworth 0/31 (5), Heard 0/34 (5), Griffith 0/19 (2)
Maduro CC Magical Ponies
Top Order: strong mediocre
Middle Order: competent feeble
Lower Order: abysmal worthless
Seam Bowling: competent feeble
Spin Bowling: exquisite useless
Fielding: mediocre woeful
MOTM: Rice
33/3from3.3
International Vice-Captain
maybe they had 2 kickass spinners?
ash chaulk
International Captain
i played a team with a pakistan U19 all rounder lost by 40 runs
33/3from3.3
International Vice-Captain
was Rice a pacer or a spinnerandyc said:
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