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Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick
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trevor_vayro
U19 Vice-Captain
Get Saving Saving Saving!!!!
Right, I know that this probably isn't the correct thread on which to post this, but frankly I'm far too excited and impatient to search for the right one. As some of you may be aware, I've beaten off fierce competition from Scaly and Dave to be awarded a 2009 Ashes test right in my back garden. So can I please be the first to suggest a Cricketweb get-together in Cardiff? Fairly straight forward for the UK contingent, but even for those from Australia, NZ and farther afield, three years ought to be just about enough time to plan and pay for it?
Well, I suppose that I'd ought to explain my prolonged absence, mainly owing to real cricket intervening in, and impinging on, my enjoyment of the virtual game. Obviously, as a sports journalist in Wales, Cardiff hosting an Ashes test has loomed somewhat large on my professional radar, but also it's been the start of the season for my club in the UK blind cricket league - Or to be more precise, one of the two UK blind cricket leagues - Don't ask; Politics!! But as is traditional in Britain, the instant you drive three stumps into the ground in April, it psses down for the next 30 days solid - So the South Wales public have to wait until next Sunday before I can indulge their yearnings for my trade-mark cover-bludgeon, not to mention the guile of my left-arm chinamen, which turn viciously from the off-side of off stump, right across to the leg -side of off stump, and which are so slow and flighted that non-striking batsmen backing up have been known to beat my deliveries to the other end of the wicket! I think I am the only amateur cricketer in the whole of the world to entirely model my game on NZ legend Chris Harris!
And so to Battrick. The season did actually get much better for me towards the end, as I won two of my last three games to secure fifth spot, and thankfully the easier of the two playoff matches. I say easier, although it's by no means a foregone conclusion - My opponents have recorded ratings of Med/Feeb/Abs - Med/Woe/Woe in each of their last five league matches. That's exactly the same as I posted on Friday, but that does represent a marked improvement for me on previous weeks, as my Morale and fitness finally started to drag themselves up by the boot-straps. It's too close to call I think. I have by far the better players by the looks of it, but then again they almost certainly have Sub Fitness and OTM Morale, whereas I've only managed to claw my way back to Lively/Hopeful.
I've hired ten fitness coaches and sacked all the rest, in a bid to get the general Stam level up before the start of FC. Currently I've got four players on two nets each, and two on a net a piece. I've decided to only bother with players with Feeb or better Stam, as they're realistically the only ones who stand a chance of making the grade. Anyone lower I've flogged, save for Dunfield and Patel, who're being retained as OD specialists. The main sales have been Burke, Resp RF, Woe Stam, Woe Cons, for £140000, which I didn't think was too bad, and Atherton-Ham, Resp LH Spin, Abs Stam, Feeb Cons, who's deadline is around 5pm tonight, and is currently on £130K and counting. That's a spectacularly good result considering I paid £73K for him in Feb, and haven't given him one single net. In the short-term the clear-out has left my squad a little bare, especially in the bowling, as I now have to play a comp RF and a Med spinner, but it has given me a war chest of just over £600K, with which to purchase a gun bowler. My basic requirement is someone with Med or better Stam, at least Strong, or young Prof bowling, Med or better Cons, (especially if they're a young'un), ideally a destructive temperament, and ideally a spinner, given the amount of overs they're going to have to bowl. I've seen quite a few players who fit some or even most of my criteria, but only one who fitted them all, and he was going for £1.7m! Normally I'd bide my time and wait until the right man comes along at a price I can afford, but unfortunately I think I'm going to need the new bowler by Friday in order to squeeze through my playoff, so I'll either have to compromise on my requirements, or gamble with straying dangerously into the red.
The league I'd drop into were I to be relegated does look a bit of a doss, and after reading Andy's and Got Spin's posts I did toy with the idea of throwing it…But I don't know, despite the fact that it'd probably be better for The Gurs in the long run, I just can't bring myself to intentionally throw a match, I've got too much pig-headedness and stubborn pride to be pragmatic!
Had a fantastic no ITS YP, with Comp Bat and Feeb Conc. If either his Stam or fielding had been better than Wor I'd have kept him on and trained him up, but as it is, it'll just take too long to make him into anything better than what I've already got. So I've optimistically listed him for £80K, in the hope that he might provide the fuel to allow me to go the extra mile in my pursuit of a gun bowler.
Later, Trev
Right, I know that this probably isn't the correct thread on which to post this, but frankly I'm far too excited and impatient to search for the right one. As some of you may be aware, I've beaten off fierce competition from Scaly and Dave to be awarded a 2009 Ashes test right in my back garden. So can I please be the first to suggest a Cricketweb get-together in Cardiff? Fairly straight forward for the UK contingent, but even for those from Australia, NZ and farther afield, three years ought to be just about enough time to plan and pay for it?
Well, I suppose that I'd ought to explain my prolonged absence, mainly owing to real cricket intervening in, and impinging on, my enjoyment of the virtual game. Obviously, as a sports journalist in Wales, Cardiff hosting an Ashes test has loomed somewhat large on my professional radar, but also it's been the start of the season for my club in the UK blind cricket league - Or to be more precise, one of the two UK blind cricket leagues - Don't ask; Politics!! But as is traditional in Britain, the instant you drive three stumps into the ground in April, it psses down for the next 30 days solid - So the South Wales public have to wait until next Sunday before I can indulge their yearnings for my trade-mark cover-bludgeon, not to mention the guile of my left-arm chinamen, which turn viciously from the off-side of off stump, right across to the leg -side of off stump, and which are so slow and flighted that non-striking batsmen backing up have been known to beat my deliveries to the other end of the wicket! I think I am the only amateur cricketer in the whole of the world to entirely model my game on NZ legend Chris Harris!
And so to Battrick. The season did actually get much better for me towards the end, as I won two of my last three games to secure fifth spot, and thankfully the easier of the two playoff matches. I say easier, although it's by no means a foregone conclusion - My opponents have recorded ratings of Med/Feeb/Abs - Med/Woe/Woe in each of their last five league matches. That's exactly the same as I posted on Friday, but that does represent a marked improvement for me on previous weeks, as my Morale and fitness finally started to drag themselves up by the boot-straps. It's too close to call I think. I have by far the better players by the looks of it, but then again they almost certainly have Sub Fitness and OTM Morale, whereas I've only managed to claw my way back to Lively/Hopeful.
I've hired ten fitness coaches and sacked all the rest, in a bid to get the general Stam level up before the start of FC. Currently I've got four players on two nets each, and two on a net a piece. I've decided to only bother with players with Feeb or better Stam, as they're realistically the only ones who stand a chance of making the grade. Anyone lower I've flogged, save for Dunfield and Patel, who're being retained as OD specialists. The main sales have been Burke, Resp RF, Woe Stam, Woe Cons, for £140000, which I didn't think was too bad, and Atherton-Ham, Resp LH Spin, Abs Stam, Feeb Cons, who's deadline is around 5pm tonight, and is currently on £130K and counting. That's a spectacularly good result considering I paid £73K for him in Feb, and haven't given him one single net. In the short-term the clear-out has left my squad a little bare, especially in the bowling, as I now have to play a comp RF and a Med spinner, but it has given me a war chest of just over £600K, with which to purchase a gun bowler. My basic requirement is someone with Med or better Stam, at least Strong, or young Prof bowling, Med or better Cons, (especially if they're a young'un), ideally a destructive temperament, and ideally a spinner, given the amount of overs they're going to have to bowl. I've seen quite a few players who fit some or even most of my criteria, but only one who fitted them all, and he was going for £1.7m! Normally I'd bide my time and wait until the right man comes along at a price I can afford, but unfortunately I think I'm going to need the new bowler by Friday in order to squeeze through my playoff, so I'll either have to compromise on my requirements, or gamble with straying dangerously into the red.
The league I'd drop into were I to be relegated does look a bit of a doss, and after reading Andy's and Got Spin's posts I did toy with the idea of throwing it…But I don't know, despite the fact that it'd probably be better for The Gurs in the long run, I just can't bring myself to intentionally throw a match, I've got too much pig-headedness and stubborn pride to be pragmatic!
Had a fantastic no ITS YP, with Comp Bat and Feeb Conc. If either his Stam or fielding had been better than Wor I'd have kept him on and trained him up, but as it is, it'll just take too long to make him into anything better than what I've already got. So I've optimistically listed him for £80K, in the hope that he might provide the fuel to allow me to go the extra mile in my pursuit of a gun bowler.
Later, Trev
Jamee999
Hall of Fame Member
Gareth Bardle - 17 yo, BT Rating=15,517
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, moderate
A cautious player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: feeble
Bowling: strong Consistency: competent
Fielding: proficient
Hamid Gowshall - 28 yo, BT Rating=15,963
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: proficient
Fielding: proficient
(I wish he'd stop popping in Consistency. Ah well, as long as he carries on in Concentration, I'm happy
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Nice week for Bardle as well.
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, moderate
A cautious player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: feeble
Bowling: strong Consistency: competent
Fielding: proficient
Hamid Gowshall - 28 yo, BT Rating=15,963
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: proficient
Fielding: proficient
(I wish he'd stop popping in Consistency. Ah well, as long as he carries on in Concentration, I'm happy
)Nice week for Bardle as well.
Adamc
Cricketer Of The Year
Had a look for players matching your criteria trev, these are the only two I think you might be interested in (there were a few more young proficients in the 700k+ range):
1. Shaun Bridges m £ 495,000 (opening price)
Plays for: Chewbacca Defence Stamina: mediocre W/Keeping: abysmal
Age: 20 years old Batting: abysmal Concentration: abysmal
BT Rating: 9,486 Bowling: proficient Consistency: competent
Deadline: 25/04/2006 8:48 Fielding: woeful
This guy's a defensive spinner, and only a proficient, but his wage (1859 p/w) suggests that he's almost certainly about to pop to strong, so it could be a worthwhile purchase. Has a silly name.
2. Roland Yeadon £541,220 (3 Shredded Wheat)
Plays for: quatt cc Stamina: competent W/Keeping: mediocre
Age: 18 years old Batting: worthless Concentration: abysmal
BT Rating: 9,672 Bowling: proficient Consistency: respectable
Deadline: 24/04/2006 18:42 Fielding: abysmal
Destructive RFM bowler, low-proficient if his wage is anything to go by but very trainable. Probably wouldn't want to pay too much more than the current bid, but if you're desperate to get a new player before your next match then maybe consider it. Bidding ends in a couple of hours.
There's also this guy, destructive LF bowler but I doubt he'll end up in your price range:
12. Steve Bonner £520,202 (Goodison)
Plays for: COOL DOG Stamina: proficient W/Keeping: worthless
Age: 19 years old Batting: woeful Concentration: competent
BT Rating: 26,301 Bowling: strong Consistency: respectable
Deadline: 27/04/2006 7:48 Fielding: strong
1. Shaun Bridges m £ 495,000 (opening price)
Plays for: Chewbacca Defence Stamina: mediocre W/Keeping: abysmal
Age: 20 years old Batting: abysmal Concentration: abysmal
BT Rating: 9,486 Bowling: proficient Consistency: competent
Deadline: 25/04/2006 8:48 Fielding: woeful
This guy's a defensive spinner, and only a proficient, but his wage (1859 p/w) suggests that he's almost certainly about to pop to strong, so it could be a worthwhile purchase. Has a silly name.
2. Roland Yeadon £541,220 (3 Shredded Wheat)
Plays for: quatt cc Stamina: competent W/Keeping: mediocre
Age: 18 years old Batting: worthless Concentration: abysmal
BT Rating: 9,672 Bowling: proficient Consistency: respectable
Deadline: 24/04/2006 18:42 Fielding: abysmal
Destructive RFM bowler, low-proficient if his wage is anything to go by but very trainable. Probably wouldn't want to pay too much more than the current bid, but if you're desperate to get a new player before your next match then maybe consider it. Bidding ends in a couple of hours.
There's also this guy, destructive LF bowler but I doubt he'll end up in your price range:
12. Steve Bonner £520,202 (Goodison)
Plays for: COOL DOG Stamina: proficient W/Keeping: worthless
Age: 19 years old Batting: woeful Concentration: competent
BT Rating: 26,301 Bowling: strong Consistency: respectable
Deadline: 27/04/2006 7:48 Fielding: strong
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Adamc
Cricketer Of The Year
This guy just listed as well, destructive LF.
35. Neil Croft £ 60,000 (opening price)
Plays for: Urwendor Stamina: mediocre W/Keeping: worthless
Age: 18 years old Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre
BT Rating: 8,870 Bowling: proficient Consistency: mediocre
Deadline: 27/04/2006 16:24 Fielding: feeble
35. Neil Croft £ 60,000 (opening price)
Plays for: Urwendor Stamina: mediocre W/Keeping: worthless
Age: 18 years old Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre
BT Rating: 8,870 Bowling: proficient Consistency: mediocre
Deadline: 27/04/2006 16:24 Fielding: feeble
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Just what you'd expect really, nothing exciting. Exceptional (14) concentration for my 18yo seems to contributing around £100 extra each week - this with just a batting net (I reckon he's getting about 1/10th a concentration level per week).marc71178 said:
I still don't have a good idea of how much strong+ secondaries contribute to wages, but still enough to get a good idea about players on the transfer market.
trevor_vayro
U19 Vice-Captain
Tar Adam, having a look at both of those two. Yeadon or whatever he's called is up to £600K now. If he doesn't go up much more I'll have one punt at him, otherwise good luck to whoever's prepared to pay more than that! Bridges M I'll have to put a bid on overnight because I won't be back in the office until after his deadline - But again, if £600K isn't enough to get him then he just wasn't the right guy for me. Crofts looks promising, though cutting it very close to my deadline if he gets out of my price-range, and at a £60K starting price, I imagine he's going to attract a lot of interest.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
lol at my player pictures, 5 of the black players have blond or ginger hair.
No dual nationalities in my side, though it is quite cosmopolitan.
16 players, 10 English, 1 Australian, 1 NZ, 3 Indian, 1 SL.
No dual nationalities in my side, though it is quite cosmopolitan.
16 players, 10 English, 1 Australian, 1 NZ, 3 Indian, 1 SL.
Adamc
Cricketer Of The Year
Argh can't believe FC is delayed again. Oh well, there were a couple of players with high wages (35k+) I was thinking of buying based on the expectation of increase gate receipts, luckily I didn't go through with it. Althouh Matt Conn is back on the market for 2m and I'm sorely tempted. Now that the subsidy has increased I might just be able to afford keeping him, as long as I ditch the youth academy.
I was surprised to see this guy on the market as well:
4. Joey Person £ 1,500,000 (opening price)
Plays for: Siberian Lampshades Stamina: feeble W/Keeping: abysmal
Age: 17 years old Batting: proficient Concentration: mediocre
BT Rating: 9,708 Bowling: respectable Consistency: feeble
Deadline: 27/04/2006 20:17 Fielding: feeble
He was one of my YPs earlier in the season, had competent batting, mediocre bowling at the time and secondaries, stamina and fielding were crap. I sold him for 50k, so that guy should get a nice return on investment.
Has anyone actually seen any dual nationality players? I checked my squad and there aren't any.
I was surprised to see this guy on the market as well:
4. Joey Person £ 1,500,000 (opening price)
Plays for: Siberian Lampshades Stamina: feeble W/Keeping: abysmal
Age: 17 years old Batting: proficient Concentration: mediocre
BT Rating: 9,708 Bowling: respectable Consistency: feeble
Deadline: 27/04/2006 20:17 Fielding: feeble
He was one of my YPs earlier in the season, had competent batting, mediocre bowling at the time and secondaries, stamina and fielding were crap. I sold him for 50k, so that guy should get a nice return on investment.
Has anyone actually seen any dual nationality players? I checked my squad and there aren't any.
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Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Pretty underwhelming news from Battrick really. Looks like a next season will be as dull as this one has been with just an endless run of TIEs with my strongest 11. May as well change the training back to less stamina nets now.
No dual nationality players here either.
No dual nationality players here either.
33/3from3.3
International Vice-Captain
FC games off again
oh well
oh well
33/3from3.3
International Vice-Captain
No dual nationalities for me
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well since I can't play the Plate final I'm free for friendlies this week, will probably play some backup players in atrocious form.
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