Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[ash chaulk]

Swagat Moodley - 18 yo, BT Rating=40,851
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, low
An attacking player with abysmal leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: mediocre (lol)
Batting: feeble Concentration: strong
Bowling: quality Consistency: superb
Fielding: competent

ok hes a superstar for sure but you dont want him popping in keeping wont the wages go up a lil

 

[Adamc]

Just two pops today:

Shevron Badley - 19 yo, BT Rating=17,058
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: strong Consistency: proficient
Fielding: woeful

Ricky Louis - 22 yo, BT Rating=24,462
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated
A destructive player with respectable leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: woeful
Bowling: quality Consistency: respectable
Fielding: feeble

Louis' pop is interesting, as he just popped in consistency two weeks ago. If he keeps popping every two to three weeks I'll probably keep him on one bowling and one fielding through next season even though he'll be 23.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I just had one of my older bats pop in concentration, my top 3 now all have superb or better concentration... average primaries tho. Enough to get superb top order with reasonably high morale.

 

[cricketboy29]

One pop, in wicketkeeping

Amulya Islam - 17 yo, BT Rating=6,287
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, competent batting form, competent bowling form, drained
A destructive player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: worthless Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: proficient Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: mediocre

 

[Adamc]

Why on earth is he getting a WK net anyway?

 

[cricketboy29]

To pop his conc and cons faster, WK nets help that right?

 

[Adamc]

It'll make them improve marginally faster, but it's not really worth it IMO. The only situation I can imagine a WK net would be worthwhile is if you're overtraining a player, like Cloete's (or if he was actually a wicketkeeper). That guy doesn't need secondaries half as much as he needs stamina, anyway.

 

[Jamee999]

Hamid Gowshall - 28 yo, BT Rating=14,245
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: proficient Concentration: feeble
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: respectable
Fielding: respectable

Crappy.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I'm having to train a lot of players in stamina, just so that I can keep training them next season whilst they also play in FC/ODI games.

Two players are running at a very slight net loss per week already with 2 nets each and mediocre stamina. I'm loathed to remove the batting, bowling etc. nets but I thinking I'll definitely need to have like 5 fitness trainers from next week (hopefully remember to sack the necessary coaches before the financial update and hire after the financial update to save money).

By the way has anyone worked out the recovery rates of personal fitness level yet (for the respective levels of stamina)?

My new player with woeful stamina is taking an eternity to recover from fresh to sublime.

 

[marc71178]

I was just wondering if people were forward planning to train up stamina with FC games in mind.

 

[trevor_vayro]

Two useful pops today, though nothing worth holding the front page for. Patel reached Comp Conc, and Greening popped to Feeb Stam.

Was pleasantly surprised to coin in £75K for my Med/Med 17yo YP from last week, though for the life of me I can't work out why anyone would pay so much for them. I mean, yes they have the potential to reach say Strong/Strong or Sup/Strong by the time they hit 20yo, and that kind'a player would command a transfer fee of around £2m plus I would presume. But having said all that it'd take frigging ages to get them there, and they're not exactly scarce at the moment anyway - Virtually everyone in the game is shelling out a Med/Med all-rounder every four weeks.

But I now have £331K in the bank again, which I think I'm going to try and sit on and earn some interest - Although I am toying with the idea of buying an opening bat and/or a seamer, because Comp Bat Wynne-Willson hasn't made it over ten since his recall upon the departure of Haldane and Partridge, and the bowling attack is pitiful. Although with my team morale and fitness so low, I really don't think there's any point in me buying anyone in, because I just don't think they'd make a difference however good they were. In the middle order for my last match I had two Strongs in Staveley and Greening, and Patel, who's knocking on the door of Prof, and I got a Med rating - So presumably whoever I brought in the effect would be exactly the same.

Hmm, I've got 18 ITS ATM, so I'm thinking of bunging 12 on batting, 4 Stam and 3 Conc, and seeing what I can turn up. Figuring my luck has got to change soon, as I haven't had a YP all season with any natural batting talent. Had one med WK as well as one Feeb and one Med bowler without using any ITS, but never any batting. Plus, as Sod's Law would dictate, any time I've invested ITS in a player, they've had no natural talent whatsoever. So I'm due a YP super star - Think I'd settle for a 17yo Prof Bat with Comp Stam and Feeb Conc…I don't want to be greedy!

Later, Trev

 

[superkingdave]

5. Ken Challinor - 17 yo, BT Rating=5,372
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, strong batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A destructive player with proficient leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: proficient Concentration: feeble
Bowling: worthless Consistency: woeful
Fielding: feeble

15. Paul Kearns - 19 yo, BT Rating=3,743
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A cautious player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: woeful
Bowling: competent Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: abysmal

 

[Scaly piscine]

Surprised you're training that spinner, the wage suggests they're bottom of the range for both primaries (£450-£800 wage range for comp/med). They'd need 6-11 stamina sessions to hit say feeble (based on the latest guestimate on Jumpers for Wickets that stamina takes 5-6 weeks to pop), woeful would be a minimum I'd say even for spinners who only play ODIs. Doesn't really seem worth it when you've probably got plenty of other better players.

 

[nibbs]

Seamus Hamshaw - 21 yo, BT Rating=20,551
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, moderate
A steady player with strong leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: superb Concentration: respectable
Bowling: respectable Consistency: respectable
Fielding: woeful

Jim Mutasa - 20 yo, BT Rating=11,756
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
An attacking player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: strong Consistency: respectable
Fielding: feeble

hmmm, since the training changes in week 8, hamshaw has been getting 1 stamina net. he still hasn't popped. i don't understand why it should take as long as it is. i figured that it'd be 5 weeks maximum with 1 stamina net, is that now going to change to the probability of being 6 weeks, perhaps more? i think that this is a bit of overkill on behalf of the bt team. perhaps its just a sign of how importance stamina is going to be next season, which i think really suxs

 

[PY]

I've had a guy on stamina training since the changes and he hasn't popped either Nibbs.

He's 27 though which may have something to do with it?!?

 

[nibbs]

I've had a guy on stamina training since the changes and he hasn't popped either Nibbs.

He's 27 though which may have something to do with it?!?

well, PY, I thought that stamina training time had become universal for all players, meaning that they'd all train at rate regardless of age. maybe i was wrong?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Should be independent of age, as I said earlier Jumpers for Wickets reckons it's 5-6 weeks and they're usually pretty reliable.

 

[superkingdave]

well, PY, I thought that stamina training time had become universal for all players, meaning that they'd all train at rate regardless of age. maybe i was wrong?

from the original message

Also, all players will find it just as easy to improve their stamina as one another, irrespective of their age. This will probably mean that your younger players will improve slightly slower than at present, whereas the older players will find improvements come much quicker than they do now.

 

[Robertinho]

It'll make them improve marginally faster, but it's not really worth it IMO. The only situation I can imagine a WK net would be worthwhile is if you're overtraining a player, like Cloete's (or if he was actually a wicketkeeper). That guy doesn't need secondaries half as much as he needs stamina, anyway.

It halves secondary training times. Keeping helps secondaries pop the same as fielding.

 

[GotSpin]

Wait..Does fielding still help increase the rate of pops for secondries for young guys?

Damn if it does i need to give Allen some fielding..