Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[andyc]

How many nets is he getting though? Cause Canning and Tedstone are both on two batting and two bowling, and I've not yet seen a secondary pop without using fielding.

Argh who's Central Districts again? Looks like I might get involved in a bidding war with him.

Edit: Ah.... it's dontcloseyoureyes.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Hahah Andy, whatcha doin'

I really needed him, I only have two decent bats, he can slot in nicely [while being a good training prospect.]

 

[andyc]

Haha sorry mate. He's all yours now (did you end up buying him?)

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Yeah I got him, putting him in a fitness net too.

 

[trevor_vayro]

With six psychologists, Staveley and Bewers, who're receiving two primary nets seem to be having a secondary pop every four weeks or so. It's about the same for Patel who's getting one batting and one Stam net. Greening, with two batting, one Stam and one fielding had one Conc Pop in his first week, and has now gone three weeks with nothing. So, in my experience of 17/19yos at least, it seems to me that the difference a fielding net makes to secondaries is reasonably negligible, although I stand to be corrected. I'd say it seems to be that the rate of increase is linked somehow to the number of nets of any kind which the player is receiving?

Fwww! V.glad I listened to you Andyc and Gotspin, and didn't waste any ITS on my Yp, as I got one who's Wor in everything apart from Comp Conc and Abs fielding. Had I sunk my 18 ITS into him, I'd have been looking at someone with say Woe Stam, Med Bat and Prof Conc. Better than a late-night phone call from Shane Warne but not much use to me in my current predicament. Although I am a little bit worried about whether we're certain that ITS are going to be carried over into next season. Given that BT has a nasty habit of resetting things like Morale and fitness at the end of the season, I wouldn't put it past them to wipe the IT board clean in order to level the playing field?

I don't really have a hard and fast policy on whether I'm going to train any Yps, just kind'a depends on who I pull and who I decide to buy in the future. I guess the very rough rule of thumb I'll employ is if they can become better than what's currently in my starting CI, with no more than two, or an absolute maximum of three nets, then I'll bother training them - If not, then I'll either play them as is, if required, or flog them for however much I can get.

Apart from 19yo Patel, who I'm going to turf out as soon as he reaches Prof Bat Comp Stam, I'm not in a mad rush to change my nets. Bewers, two bowling nets, is only 18yo, 2/3 of the way up Prof Bowl, and Med Stam Comp Cons. I think I'll leave him be until he reaches Strong or turns 19yo, which ever's the latter, then I'll switch one of his nets to a Stam. I was going to do the same with Staveley, Strong Bat, Feeb Stam, Comp Conc, but he's a year older, so I'm not so sure now. His Stam does need to improve before FC, but at 19yo, I guess he's only got a limited life-expectancy for useful primary training, so half of me wants to make the most of the time I've got left with two batting nets, and worry about his Stam some time in the future.

I'm going to list 19yo Atherton-Ham, Resp Spinner, Abs Stam, Feeb Cons, and 22yo Burke, Resp RF, Woe Stam and Cons, for £150K a piece and see if I can get a bite. I know they're not worth that, but stranger things have happened. If I can get any interest in them, then I'll use the funds, plus a bit more perhaps, to invest in one better bowler with decent Stam, ahead of FC. I've been kidding myself that those two could be tidy players, if only I could get around to sorting their Stam issues out, but realistically I need the nets for better players and I'm never going to do much with them.

What do you think? Later, Trev.

 

[GotSpin]

I'm going to list 19yo Atherton-Ham, Resp Spinner, Abs Stam, Feeb Cons, and 22yo Burke, Resp RF, Woe Stam and Cons, for £150K a piece and see if I can get a bite. I know they're not worth that, but stranger things have happened. If I can get any interest in them, then I'll use the funds, plus a bit more perhaps, to invest in one better bowler with decent Stam, ahead of FC. I've been kidding myself that those two could be tidy players, if only I could get around to sorting their Stam issues out, but realistically I need the nets for better players and I'm never going to do much with them.

What do you think? Later, Trev.

Well if you don't need them i guess its fine to sell them, and there is always the chance that someone will take a bite. Had a friend sell a superb bowler for 2.1 million so you never know. I wouldn't be training those guys anyway

Also im fairly sure ITS can be carried over and it seems everyone else is thinking that way as well.

 

[Adamc]

Hmm, this is going to make things interesting:

Ironside Crusaders bids £1200000 for Sterling Gillespie. Deadline is 05/04/2006 01:41:51

Selling Male as well, so will have to find some replacements over the next couple of weeks.

 

[GotSpin]

Hmm, this is going to make things interesting:

Ironside Crusaders bids £1200000 for Sterling Gillespie. Deadline is 05/04/2006 01:41:51

Selling Male as well, so will have to find some replacements over the next couple of weeks.

Don't belive someone had a bite for 1.2 million

 

[Adamc]

It's the third time I've listed him, I was going to re-list him for £1.05m if he didn't sell, and if he still didn't sell I was going to keep him. It's not that much of a rip-off - I've seen similar players usually go for around £1m - but a bit more than I expected, yeah.

 

[andyc]

Wow. I saw him on the market, but I didn't think anyone would buy him for 1.2. What's Male going for?

 

[Adamc]

Male is at 320k, pretty happy with that considering he has rubbish consistency and stamina (though he is reasonably close to strong bowling).

 

[andyc]

What do you guys reckon I could get for Griffin?

Greg Griffin - 19 yo, BT Rating=15,974
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
An attacking player with worthless leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: superb Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: respectable
Fielding: abysmal

I figure that, in a season or two, superb's are going to be a bit more common, so if I sell him now and make a million or two, I can save it for later.

 

[Adamc]

Probably around a million, maybe a bit more if you're lucky. I sold Hera for 820k, he's basically identical to Griffin but he's 25yo. If he's your best player I don't really think you should sell him though.

 

[andyc]

Yeah. I probably won't sell him for at the very least another season, hopefully I can get him up to quality and improve his stamina and concentration.

 

[Jamee999]

If I decided to sell Gareth here, IF.

Gareth Bardle (417247)
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, proficient batting form, strong bowling form, fresh
A cautious player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Jamees 999ers
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 11,903
Wages: £627 p/w

Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: woeful
Bowling: strong Consistency: competent
Fielding: respectable

How much do you think I'd get?

 

[Kweek]

Max Samson - 17 yo, BT Rating=3,121
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, fair
A defensive player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: feeble Concentration: worthless
Bowling: respectable Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal

hmm this guy, he's pretty worthless, but what you reckon I could get for him ?
200k would be nice :')

 

[chaminda_00]

I gather most people are out of the cup now, so does anyone want to play a friendly against Jaffna Jets?

 

[Robertinho]

Everybody is still in the 'cup' per se, though there's Cup, Plate and Bedpan parts up for grabs.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Everybody is still in the 'cup' per se, though there's Cup, Plate and Bedpan parts up for grabs.

No Hubcaps?

 

[Jamee999]

Steds got bored of Battrick.