Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[Adamc]

3 out of 6 is a ridiculous amount. I had one (a competent/abysmal, with abysmal stamina) out of 16 last season, and two this season (my academy is at strong). There are players who have been investing the max since day 1 of season 1, and haven't had anyone above feeble yet. Think about it - if you had a good YP every second week, you could replace your entire starting team halfway through the second season, just from YPs.

 

[GotSpin]

yes but i only had 3 players with a bt rating above 3000, and one of those was only a keeper

 

[Adamc]

OK, well you'll be delighted to know that in 24 weeks (or thereabouts), I've had ONE.

 

[GotSpin]

Better starting team though :P

Funnily enough, two friends of mine have each pulled a proficient batsmen after two weeks playing

 

[Adamc]

Meh, I'd rather I had some decent YPs early on. My starting squad is getting old and useless now, and my only trainable players are my one YP from last season and another guy I bought for an extravagant sum.

 

[GotSpin]

These are the current 17 year olds being trained:

Keith Keeley - 17 yo, BT Rating=3,182
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, strong form, fresh
(strong batting form, strong bowling form)
A defensive player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: mediocre Concentration: woeful
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: feeble
Fielding: feeble


Dave Kewell - 17 yo, BT Rating=2,061
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable form, fresh
(respectable batting form, proficient bowling form)
A steady player with superb leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: feeble Concentration: woeful
Bowling: feeble Consistency: woeful
Fielding: abysmal


Matthew Ridgewell - 17 yo, BT Rating=3,332
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, mediocre form, fresh
(mediocre batting form, mediocre bowling form)
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: respectable Concentration: woeful
Bowling: woeful Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

Eddie Saunders - 17 yo, BT Rating=4,748
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, strong form, fresh
(superb batting form, strong bowling form)
A destructive player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal


Not much

 

[Adamc]

Meh, better than training 20yo's. I'd much prefer a 17yo respectable batsman to a 23yo strong (which is why I'm going to sell him at the end of the season).

 

[GotSpin]

Saunders should be popping to respectable anytime, but they arent exactly great trainees

 

[Adamc]

What do you expect to be better than a 17yo respectable (and one who will be a very decent keeper within a season if you train him)? The only thing better is a 17yo proficient. If you've got a 17yo respectable and a competent already you've been pretty damn lucky. Seriously, a lot of teams have had far, far worse YPs than yours.

 

[GotSpin]

Fair enough, all im saying is i didnt get a great starting team so i guess it balances out

 

[Adamc]

WI v NZ on 23/11/2005 at 22:30 BT time at The Bulleit Bourbon Bullpen. I expect to see you there nibbs.

 

[GotSpin]

I now have more than 700 members, this thursday should show if i upgrade or not. Currently i only have a 6500 stadium

 

[andyc]

Fair enough, all im saying is i didnt get a great starting team so i guess it balances out

No. I got a crap starting team and I've had crap rookies.

 

[Scaly piscine]

These are the current 17 year olds being trained:

Keith Keeley - 17 yo, BT Rating=3,182
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, strong form, fresh
(strong batting form, strong bowling form)
A defensive player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: mediocre Concentration: woeful
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: feeble
Fielding: feeble


Dave Kewell - 17 yo, BT Rating=2,061
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable form, fresh
(respectable batting form, proficient bowling form)
A steady player with superb leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: feeble Concentration: woeful
Bowling: feeble Consistency: woeful
Fielding: abysmal


Matthew Ridgewell - 17 yo, BT Rating=3,332
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, mediocre form, fresh
(mediocre batting form, mediocre bowling form)
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: respectable Concentration: woeful
Bowling: woeful Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

Eddie Saunders - 17 yo, BT Rating=4,748
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, strong form, fresh
(superb batting form, strong bowling form)
A destructive player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

So close... I'll have to search on Battrick to see if there are any namesakes on there.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I can't compare my levels from when I started because the fitness is different, but these are the averages in ratings:

Top 7: 5.3/3.7 batting, now 6.3/4.6 batting (3 = woeful, 4 = feeble, 5 = mediocre, 6 = competent)
Best 5 bowlers: 6.0/4.2, now 6.4/4.4
Overall fielding has gone up 0.4 on average, with the W/K gone up one level.

I also don't have 2 of my bowlers with abysmal stamina anymore (1 woeful, 4 feeble). I also now have a decent spinner if needed who plays as a batsman anyway.

Following this through I should be looking at bowling and batting that averages on or above the respectable level by the end of this season, with near mediocre secondary.

 

[Adamc]

Decent player on the transfer list at the moment:

Jack Leader (78005)
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, strong form, fresh
(strong batting form, proficient bowling form)
A defensive player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For:	Leeds United
Nationality:	Australia
Age: 	20 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	23,425
Wages:	£3,791 p/w
 
Stamina: 	competent 	Wicket Keeping: 	mediocre
Batting: 	respectable 	Concentration: 	mediocre
Bowling: 	quality 	Consistency: 	proficient
Fielding: 	woeful

Deadline:
22/11/05 15:38

Asking Price: £1,000,000

Current Bid:
£1,167,331 by Doobie Bombers

A lot of money but still a bargain IMO. The manager's a bit stupid if he lets him go for that price as he's still reasonably trainable. The only reason he won't attract many bids is quite simply that not many people have enough money.

 

[Adamc]

I can't compare my levels from when I started because the fitness is different, but these are the averages in ratings:

Top 7: 5.3/3.7 batting, now 6.3/4.6 batting (3 = woeful, 4 = feeble, 5 = mediocre, 6 = competent)
Best 5 bowlers: 6.0/4.2, now 6.4/4.4
Overall fielding has gone up 0.4 on average, with the W/K gone up one level.

I also don't have 2 of my bowlers with abysmal stamina anymore (1 woeful, 4 feeble). I also now have a decent spinner if needed who plays as a batsman anyway.

Following this through I should be looking at bowling and batting that averages on or above the respectable level by the end of this season, with near mediocre secondary.

My ratings reflect my complete disregard for secondaries in season one (and my lack of young trainees/failure to purchase young trainees), only cottoned on recently...

Top 7: 7.86/3.57

Top 5 bowlers (well, the ones I use, anyway): 7.60/4.20

Looking at my first ever match, the primaries for batting and bowling were at 7.00 and 6.00 respectively, with secondaries having improved only marginally. Overall fielding has gone up, but mainly due to buying players and getting a YP with respectable fielding rather than due to training. Most of my guys have passable stamina now, only one abysmal left, but he bats at 7 so meh.

 

[superkingdave]

first ever game: feeble/woeful/abysmal/feeble/useless/feeble

last league game competent/mediocre/abysmal/competent/mediocre/competent

not a bad improvement even if i do say so myself

 

[Scaly piscine]

first ever game: feeble/woeful/abysmal/feeble/useless/feeble

last league game competent/mediocre/abysmal/competent/mediocre/competent

not a bad improvement even if i do say so myself

Most of that difference will be down to morale. If that last friendly you played was on fair fitness then that would be a perfect comparison of how much the skill of your team has improved (morale was reset to what it was at the start of the season in England).

 

[Scaly piscine]

Got this guy relatively cheap, very cheap looking at how insane the market is at the moment, 30k.

George Tedstone - 18 yo, BT Rating=2,005
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, competent form, fresh
(mediocre batting form, respectable bowling form)
A steady player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: feeble Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: competent Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

One fielding and one bowling session for the rest of the season will make a good player out of them, concentration and consistency are over-rated in the transfer market I think, you can level those up 1 every 4-5 weeks tops just with fielding training alone (and the concentration increases aren't totally wasted on a feeble bat), where as it takes 12 weeks to increase bowling.