Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[Adamc]

Unfortunately he's still got virtually no chance of winning his first 2 ODI league games. I would also buy a good young player (ie 17 or 18 at most) because you've only got 2 players who're really worth training at the moment. Get a good look at the transfer market for a few days so you know what sort of prices are realistic, I would be looking at players in the region of £150k (I would look for a gun batsman initially, your bowling looks a lot stronger than your batting and a gun bat can make a massive difference - just ask Adam, batsmen should also be cheaper). There's no chance of doing anything the league this season so concentrate on building for next season.

Yeah, I think it's better in BT to have a couple of star players surrounded by average players rather than a team full of good players with no stars. Obviously if they fail you might struggle, but because of the way the BT engine runs, they rarely do. If you've got a strong+ batsman with decent secondaries in one of the lower leagues you could probably go through a whole season with him only getting out half a dozen times.

I'd wait until next season to buy a trainee though. If you buy a 17yo now he'll turn 18 in a few weeks which would defeat half the purpose of buying him. There'll probably be a mad rush for trainees at the start of next season, but once it's settled down you should be able to buy 18yo respectable batsmen from around 80k and 17yo's from double that, with a significant markup if you want batsmen with good secondaries.

I'm going to buy a batting trainee early next season to hopefully produce another Cuss. Berry's decent (strong) but his poor secondaries are being shown up a bit by better bowlers this season. Should have around 600k in the bank by next season without having to sell anyone, so looking for a 17yo proficient or high-respectable. Generally respectable batsmen with wages of £1,000+ should only take a week or two to pop to proficient.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Well anyway I would keep looking for bargains, there's always a rush of youth pulls on the transfer market at 5:30pm (at all the corresponding time zones) on Tuesday and occasionally some of them slip by almost unnoticed.

 

[Adamc]

Not a great training update, just one stamina and one fielding pop, both on Badley. Form rises for six players and no drops.

 

[Jamee999]

Yay, Wicket-Keeper popped from Mediocre to competent...

 

[PY]

How do I keep track of my training pops?

Might need a newbie explanation because I really don't get the program I downloaded and that got messed up by the new things being added.

 

[Adamc]

Updated version:

http://www.geocities.com/andrew_oconn/battrick/

Download, extract, open, copy, paste, save, then next training update, copy and paste again and it'll show you your pops. I prefer the spreadsheet but not sure if it's been updated.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Shaka Herbert - 17 yo, BT Rating=10,091
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb form, fresh
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A cautious player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: proficient Concentration: proficient
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

Popped in both today.

 

[PY]

Updated version:

http://www.geocities.com/andrew_oconn/battrick/

Download, extract, open, copy, paste, save, then next training update, copy and paste again and it'll show you your pops. I prefer the spreadsheet but not sure if it's been updated.

Cheers mate, and when do pops happen if I'm in Indian cricket? Are they all at the same time for everyone?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Cheers mate, and when do pops happen if I'm in Indian cricket? Are they all at the same time for everyone?

They're all Monday 10:00am local time. The 'local time' obviously differs between countries, so WI are bit behind England, England are a bit behind India, India are a bit behind Australia.

 

[PY]

Ah, darn.

So I can't see my pops for this week as I've just downloaded that program things because they've already happened? I've already noticed my WK has popped to competent/proficient (batting/keeping) sometime in the last 2 weeks.

 

[superkingdave]

5 pops this week

Islam popped in consistency and fielding

10. Santosh Islam - 17 yo, BT Rating=8,795
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, strong form, moderate
(superb batting form, proficient bowling form)
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: competent Consistency: proficient
Fielding: feeble

could turn out to be a decent player some time in the future

 

[33/3from3.3]

Robert Wall (366857)
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, competent form, fresh
(mediocre batting form, respectable bowling form)
An attacking player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: The Colonels
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,382
Wages: £382 p/w

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

i think tell me if im wrong this is quite a good bargain for $2000

 

[Adamc]

It's a bargain if you get him for 2k, but you won't get him for 2k.

 

[33/3from3.3]

i realy think i might no-one seems to be interest in him except me and his closing time for bidding is this time tomoro

 

[Adamc]

i realy think i might no-one seems to be interest in him except me and his closing time for bidding is this time tomoro

Umm, good luck with that. Most people don't start bidding until a few minutes before the deadline. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes for well over 50k.

 

[33/3from3.3]

the best i can do is try

 

[andyc]

Yeah Adam's right there he'll end up being pretty expensive.

 

[GotSpin]

Just got back from outward bound and my team has improved alot, not to mention another very good youth pull. Here he is. 3 of my players primary skills also popped

Justin Smart (368926)
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable form, fresh
(respectable batting form, respectable bowling form)
A defensive player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Got Spin
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,636
Wages: £528 p/w

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

 

[33/3from3.3]

put in batsman from my academy and it gave me this
Plays For: Drunk XI
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 1,746
Wages: £255 p/w

Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: worthless Consistency: competent
Fielding: mediocre
im training him in bowling

 

[Adamc]

Anyone want to play against my B team this weekend? Cuss and Gillespie won't be playing, and I'll be GFI'ing on Friday, so I should be a pushover.