Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[Johnners]

Appleyard - 489p/w
Ludlow - 472p/w

 

[cricketboy29]

Finally got my allrounder trainee that I wanted. after being beaten by PY and Hing *sigh* for two other ones..

Grady Gedye (931621)
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, competent batting form, mediocre bowling form, lively
An attacking player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Sad Decadent XI
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 7,976 (-101)
Wages: £1,361 p/w
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: competent
Batting: mediocre Concentration: respectable
Bowling: respectable Consistency: woeful
Fielding: worthless

200K..pretty good I think.

 

[andyc]

Appleyard - 489p/w
Ludlow - 472p/w

Hmm... in that case, Appleyard would be, at most, one or two weeks ahead of Ludlow in terms of batting, but he has got better concentration (they're both very low competents, though). But, like you said, Ludlow's a good captain. It depends what you're looking for really, a good batsman or a good captain? Given that it seems FC will depend quite a bit on your captain, if you've not got a good one now, one who earns his place in the team based on his playing skill, then I'd go Ludlow. If not, Appleyard. Or you could keep both.

 

[AussieDominance]

Finally got my allrounder trainee that I wanted. after being beaten by PY and Hing *sigh* for two other ones..

Grady Gedye (931621)
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, competent batting form, mediocre bowling form, lively
An attacking player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Sad Decadent XI
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 7,976 (-101)
Wages: £1,361 p/w
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: competent
Batting: mediocre Concentration: respectable
Bowling: respectable Consistency: woeful
Fielding: worthless

200K..pretty good I think.

Yeah pretty good would have been interested if i had seen him

 

[AussieDominance]

btw love his name haha! one of the best!

 

[Johnners]

Hmm... in that case, Appleyard would be, at most, one or two weeks ahead of Ludlow in terms of batting, but he has got better concentration (they're both very low competents, though). But, like you said, Ludlow's a good captain. It depends what you're looking for really, a good batsman or a good captain? Given that it seems FC will depend quite a bit on your captain, if you've not got a good one now, one who earns his place in the team based on his playing skill, then I'd go Ludlow. If not, Appleyard. Or you could keep both.

My 19 y/o keeper (competant batting/concentration/wkeeping) also has suberb leadership, as does a 19y/o bowler (who is only a fringe player now on skill level).

Would you take much notice of the fact that Ludlow is an aggressive player, whilst Appleyard (what a name ) is only steady (i'd imagine it isn't going to be that big of a factor?)

As much as i would like to keep em both, it's unfortunately not an option when i slipped into overdraft for the 1st time due to not having and gates income from FC games!!!

Thanks for the advice anyway

 

[PY]

Finally got my allrounder trainee that I wanted. after being beaten by PY and Hing *sigh* for two other ones..

 

[andyc]

My 19 y/o keeper (competant batting/concentration/wkeeping) also has suberb leadership, as does a 19y/o bowler (who is only a fringe player now on skill level).

Would you take much notice of the fact that Ludlow is an aggressive player, whilst Appleyard (what a name ) is only steady (i'd imagine it isn't going to be that big of a factor?)

As much as i would like to keep em both, it's unfortunately not an option when i slipped into overdraft for the 1st time due to not having and gates income from FC games!!!

Thanks for the advice anyway

Don't forget that you will be receving the 50k FC subsidy this week in a few days, given that FC was cancelled and all.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Got absolutely murdered in my first Battrick game - bowled out for 45 by Sloggers CC and lost by 10 wickets. They chased the total in 6.1 overs.

 

[PY]

The team who beat you would beat quite a few people on here with those ratings mate so wouldn't fuss too much.

The guy 'Jack' is a superb bowler so wasn't too much of a surprise he tore it up.

Have you been able to buy any players?

 

[Johnners]

Don't forget that you will be receving the 50k FC subsidy this week in a few days, given that FC was cancelled and all.

yeah i know.... but i'll still be in overdraft by about 20/30k that will be wiped out once i get a home game though!!!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Wouldn't worry about a small amount of overdraft, you can go up to -350k? before you start getting declared bankrupt.

I presume you're a new side, so you desperately need both trainees because you have plenty of nets spare for 'em.

 

[Johnners]

nup, this is my 2nd season, i just don't like having overdrafts now that i'm up to div IV, not matter how small they are, as i'm most likely going to lose a few members due to some rather large thrashings :-)

i do need the batsmen though, i like to keep a squad of 16 (18 atm, with 2 players on the market) and currently my 2 reserve batsmen (were in the team when i took over) are only competant with very poor secondaries,and both are in their late 20's, so i'd prefer to hoik 1 or them (the oldest 1) and train up 1 of the above 17 y/o's

 

[Barney Rubble]

The team who beat you would beat quite a few people on here with those ratings mate so wouldn't fuss too much.

The guy 'Jack' is a superb bowler so wasn't too much of a surprise he tore it up.

Have you been able to buy any players?

I bought one young guy of about 17, am training him up as a bowler on Cameron's instructions. Apparently the guy I bought could get quite good. Tbh I'm still fumbling around with a lot of the ways it works, and stuff like that. Will improve in time, I'm sure.

 

[Scaly piscine]

nup, this is my 2nd season, i just don't like having overdrafts now that i'm up to div IV, not matter how small they are, as i'm most likely going to lose a few members due to some rather large thrashings :-)

i do need the batsmen though, i like to keep a squad of 16 (18 atm, with 2 players on the market) and currently my 2 reserve batsmen (were in the team when i took over) are only competant with very poor secondaries,and both are in their late 20's, so i'd prefer to hoik 1 or them (the oldest 1) and train up 1 of the above 17 y/o's

2nd season is still new. Most people on this forum and myself included are 4th season.

Those 17yo batsmen are well rounded and only need the one batting net and they'll be solid proficient 18yo early next season - so sell your reserves first.

 

[Johnners]

Cheers for the advice :-), they'll only be getting 1 net each, i need the 3rd batting net for 1 of my 18 y/o's

btw anyone looking for some mid-late 20's Competant batsmen :-P

EDTI: Judging but what you have just told me Scaly... i think i may have my nets screwed up completely...

ATM have 3x Batting, 3x Bowling, 2x Fitness, 1xFielding, 1xWkeeping...

12 out of the current 17 players in my squad are 19 years or younger....7 of whom need some major work on their secondaries (consistencty & concentration mainly)...and apart from the obvious of making sure my 3 17y/o's get nets... i'm still not 100% sure how to prioritise... is there an easy way of doing so???

 

[ash chaulk]

whats your team name clapo

 

[Johnners]

Clapo's XI (a lot of thought went into that name)

 

[Scaly piscine]

Cheers for the advice :-), they'll only be getting 1 net each, i need the 3rd batting net for 1 of my 18 y/o's

btw anyone looking for some mid-late 20's Competant batsmen :-P

EDTI: Judging but what you have just told me Scaly... i think i may have my nets screwed up completely...

ATM have 3x Batting, 3x Bowling, 2x Fitness, 1xFielding, 1xWkeeping...

12 out of the current 17 players in my squad are 19 years or younger....7 of whom need some major work on their secondaries (consistencty & concentration mainly)...and apart from the obvious of making sure my 3 17y/o's get nets... i'm still not 100% sure how to prioritise... is there an easy way of doing so???

No easy hard and fast rule it's just common sense, you'll probably have to just copy and paste your squad across to this thread or the "Where should i improve" thread if you want it to get looked at.

 

[Scaly piscine]

[b]Player    Age  BTR Batting     Bowling      WK[/b]
Shields   24  6205 respectable
Packer    21 12975 proficient
Dillon    18 12661 respectable mediocre
Armstrong 18 19937 competent                competent
Weaver    20  4430 respectable
Maxwell   22  3786 respectable competent
Callery   19  4414 mediocre
Cooper    29  3731 feeble      competent
Cahalane  19  8410 woeful      respectable
Street    23  5700 abysmal     competent
Howlett   19  8320 abysmal     competent

[b]Player[/b]     [b]Age[/b]  [b]BTR[/b] [b]Batting[/b]     [b]Bowling[/b]      [b]WK[/b]
Armstrong+ 19 46346 respectable              respectable
Packer     22 18405 proficient
Dillon     19 33675 proficient  respectable
Shields    25  8142 respectable
Weaver     21  4505 respectable
Barton     26  6106 competent
Callery    20  5596 mediocre
Mohamed    27  7221 mediocre    proficient  
Pace*      20 12672 feeble      strong
Cahalane   20 11270 woeful      proficient
Howlett    20  8729 abysmal     competent

Now:

[b]Player[/b]     [b]Age[/b]  [b]BTR[/b] [b]Batting[/b]     [b]Bowling[/b]      [b]WK[/b]
Nile       28 13366 superb 
Packer     23 20082 strong
Armstrong+ 20 73793 strong                   strong
Obrien     18  7341 proficient
Dillon     20 39962 proficient  proficient
Lisbie     23 27026 strong      proficient
Barton     26  6701 competent
Horne      18 12287 mediocre    superb
Walsh*     29  4287 mediocre
Pace       21 18928 feeble      superb
Cahalane   21 11371 woeful      proficient