Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[Robertinho]

Age? And stamina?

Joey Mcclen - 17 yo, BT Rating=2,530
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable form, Healthy
A steady player with abysmal leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: respectable
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

And my rookie bowler I promoted the other week, now PROFICIENT in bowling

Neil Mills - 19 yo, BT Rating=5,521
LH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, proficient form, Healthy
A steady player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: proficient Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: woeful

 

[Scaly piscine]

Joey Mcclen - 17 yo, BT Rating=2,530
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable form, Healthy
A steady player with abysmal leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: respectable
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

And my rookie bowler I promoted the other week, now PROFICIENT in bowling

Neil Mills - 19 yo, BT Rating=5,521
LH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, proficient form, Healthy
A steady player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: proficient Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: woeful

GRRRRR... I've still had no-one better than woeful in a primary skill yet and your academy can't be better than mine because you've not been in charge that long.

 

[Adamc]

Hmm, a 19yo mediocre/competent allrounder just sold for 128k. The player I'm after will probably cost a bit more because he's: a) 18; and b) a spinner, but I'll be happy if I get him for less than 200k, as it will mean I won't have to sell Bridge or anyone else for that matter. He's already up to 146k though, and still 18 hours or so till deadline. If I get him I'll put him on two batting coaches straightaway as I have no other young batsmen, probably two bowling coaches as well. If he pops to competent I'll have 9 batsmen in my starting XI at competent+.

And Robertinho... @#$%$#!@.

 

[Kweek]

look what I got.

Rob Windsor - 22 yo, BT Rating=3,748
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, abysmal form, Healthy
A destructive player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: competent
Bowling: feeble Consistency: feeble
Fielding: woeful

quiet happy with it as I really needed a batsman!
150k though

 

[Scaly piscine]

look what I got.

Rob Windsor - 22 yo, BT Rating=3,748
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, abysmal form, Healthy
A destructive player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: competent
Bowling: feeble Consistency: feeble
Fielding: woeful

quiet happy with it as I really needed a batsman!
150k though

Form's a bit of a worry, hopefully that'll recover, overall I'd say a bit pricy but I'm sure you'll get most of your money back if you choose to sell him in a couple of seasons - unless everyone starts getting academies like Robertinho...

 

[superkingdave]

my best youngsters atm are

Santosh Islam - 17 yo, BT Rating=3,248
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, mediocre form, Healthy
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: abysmal Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: competent Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: abysmal

and

Bob Webster - 18 yo, BT Rating=7,975
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, competent form, Healthy
A steady player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: competent Concentration: competent
Bowling: woeful Consistency: respectable
Fielding: mediocre

 

[Kweek]

Webster!!!!! hey Dave.....you know... I got money....

 

[nibbs]

I'm into the last 32 of the NZ cup after scoring a stunning upset over one of the cup favourites. my game next week is winnable, so i think that I'll be playing it cool this weekend in the league...

 

[rolande]

have they fixed the friendly bug yet that says you have a friendly already organized when you dont for the 30/10/05 cause i want a friendly from someone here on battrick

 

[brenoevo]

could anyone give me some advice on what aggression levels I should set my batsmen and bowlers on?

 

[Adamc]

could anyone give me some advice on what aggression levels I should set my batsmen and bowlers on?

I usually set most of my batsmen to attacking/v attacking, as I have a fairly long batting lineup and I want to score runs quickly in OD matches anyway. It is useful to have one or two batsmen in the middle order as an anchor in case you get into trouble early on though.

Bowling I'm not too sure. My best bowler is set to attacking and gets lots of wickets (86 in 22 matches) but is fairly expensive (4.5ish per over). I have been experimenting with setting my second-best bowler to very defensive, with some success. He's been going for around 25-35 runs per match, picking up wickets occasionally too, though he got smashed like all my bowlers in the last match. I think you've just got to find a good balance between wicket-taking bowlers and those who will keep the runs down.

 

[Adamc]

Another pawn in my diabolical game of checkers:

   Vimesh Malik (322941)
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, competent form, Healthy
A destructive player with superb leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For:	Asterix XI
Nationality:	India
Age: 	18 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	4,071
Wages:	£528 p/w
 
Stamina: 	woeful 	Wicket Keeping: 	abysmal
Batting: 	mediocre 	Concentration: 	feeble
Bowling: 	competent 	Consistency: 	abysmal
Fielding: 	mediocre

Had to part with a very hefty sum to secure his services, but I'm very happy with the purchase. Essentially 2/3rds of his price is for training potential. There was a late bidding war, with the price going up nearly 100k in the last five minutes. He's probably not good enough to go straight into my starting XI for this week's match (consistency...), but I'll play him in the friendly against Hoggy.

Since I spent so much on him I might as well train him up, two batting, two bowling and possibly one fielding session to get his secondaries up. Stamina training later on when he becomes a first XI regular. If I keep him on two coaches in each skill he should be at least respectable/proficient by this time next season, and I hope eventually he'll be proficient/superb by the time he's 20, or just after. Basically he fills most of the gaps in my team:

1) Spinner
2) Allrounder
3) Young (trainable) batsman
4) Potential captain
5) Destructive - i.e. wicket-taking bowler

Number 2) isn't really a 'gap' as such, as I've already got a strong/competent and a proficient/strong allrounder, but neither of them are young enough to train any further. I didn't notice his leadership until after I bought him, so that was a nice bonus. My current captain only has strong leadership, so possibly this guy will be captain by next season if his experience pops. Oh, and he can field a bit.

Bank balance is shrunk now, but should go up to respectable levels with a home game later on. Two away games after that though, so I'll sell someone if need be, probably Begg (respectable bat, but abysmal conc and stam).

 

[GotSpin]

Just a lil question, is it worthit to train up 17yr old allrounder feebles?

 

[Adamc]

Just a lil question, is it worthit to train up 17yr old allrounder feebles?

If he's feeble in both batting and bowling, and you don't many other good trainees, then maybe. If you train him heavily you could get him up to competent/competent by early next season, but if you've got other trainees who are better, I wouldn't take net sessions away from them.

 

[GotSpin]

Btw if anyone is looking for a promising young all rounder bid on this guy, plz.

Dylan Dillon (323480)
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, competent form, Healthy
A steady player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Up the Irons
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,412
Wages: £523 p/w

Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: competent Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: feeble Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful


I accidently bidded for him before realising i have 3 away games in a row. Meaning if i buy this guy i bill be bankrupt, someone plz bid

 

[Adamc]

Don't worry, he'll definitely go for more than 50k. Funny name though, Dylan Dillon. Stupidest name i've seen in BT though is Seymour Newdick, poor guy.

 

[GotSpin]

If he's feeble in both batting and bowling, and you don't many other good trainees, then maybe. If you train him heavily you could get him up to competent/competent by early next season, but if you've got other trainees who are better, I wouldn't take net sessions away from them.

Ahh ok thanks for that, basically i only have 4 trainable players. All 17.

This is the guy

Dave Kewell - 17 yo, BT Rating=1,558
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable form, Healthy
A steady player with superb leadership skills and worthless experience.

Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: feeble Concentration: woeful
Bowling: feeble Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

 

[GotSpin]

Don't worry, he'll definitely go for more than 50k. Funny name though, Dylan Dillon. Stupidest name i've seen in BT though is Seymour Newdick, poor guy.

I hope, im the only bidder and he has been on the market for two days. managers rnt usually this smart

 

[Adamc]

I hope, im the only bidder and he has been on the market for two days. managers rnt usually this smart

Well, if you get him for 50k that's a massive bargain, so you win either way. And yeah, if you don't have many trainable players I'd train him, especially since he's got superb leadership. Since he's only 17 you can basically afford to train him for three full seasons, so he'll be very good by then if you keep training him.

 

[andyc]

Dammit Got Spin, quit bidding on my players!