Archived [19/01/09] Battrick

[PY]

Financial updates = crippling. Balance = -£458k. Got 3 home games this week so not a problem for this week but will be next week.

Will be selling my wonderful-quality batsman this week and buying 2 batting trainees as a load of my nets have become free so a rebuilding tactic is the way forward as wonderful-quality just doesn't cut in the Ranji.

 

[chaminda_00]

This is my second season now. I'm not counting my first half a season in BT as I was a crap.manager who didn't really understand the game...

For now, I only have a bowling net free. And I plan to rotate that around with a few players who are close to poping (IE 3 or so weeks away). Though by mid-season I may have a fielding net free so I may get him to respectable now, leave him until mid-season and then give him a bowling and fielding net.

What are your other trainees like btw. At the stage you are at it about training players on potential, not training players to improve a level or two. Just post your trainees if you want. Me or the others can give you some advice on nets and stuff.

 

[Spikey]

What are your other trainees like btw. At the stage you are at it about training players on potential, not training players to improve a level or two. Just post your trainees if you want. Me or the others can give you some advice on nets and stuff.

Ok, Here they are.

Martyn Gill (1877601)


RH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, lively fitness.
A cautious player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: foxys bombers
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 4,793
Wages: £952 p/w

Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: respectable Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless


My YP on Wednesday. ,1 stanmia, 1 bat and 1 fielding. On a some-what related note, I just got a in-game mail about him and whether I'm training him up for U19. I said no though I may sell him if he has a chance. So he may go soon...

Kevin Summerfield (1784315)


RH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, strong bowling form, sublime fitness.
A steady player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: foxys bombers
Nationality: Australia
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 8,176
Wages: £979 p/w

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

Just a bowling.

Gregory Challinor (1732790)


LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime fitness.
A cautious player with superb leadership skills and woeful experience.

Plays For: foxys bombers
Nationality: Australia
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 13,156
Wages: £1,526 p/w

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


1 bowling and 1 fielding. Hopefully his consistency is on par by his bowling by the end of the season...

Roland Floors (1735832)


LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime fitness.
A destructive player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: foxys bombers
Nationality: Australia
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 8,343
Wages: £869 p/w

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


Just a bat.

Shaun Vine (1678096)


RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime fitness.
A cautious player with strong leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: foxys bombers
Nationality: Australia
Age: 19 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 10,088
Wages: £2,059 p/w

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


Bat and keeping. I had him on a fielding net too before this week. I should get around to changing that keeping net to a fielding one. Don't want to add to his wages.

and Hunter.

 

[chaminda_00]

Personally I would double net a few of those guys on primary nets, Gill needs a min of 2 batting nets. You got too many trainees so I would probably sell Vine. Also I think your better off rotating one fielding net and a stamina net around while you have 4-5 trainees. You don't really get the most out a fielding (secondary) training until a player is 19 plus.

 

[chaminda_00]

Sarath Cramar (1882614)


RH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness.
A destructive player with abysmal leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Jaffna Jets
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 4,615
Wages: £660 p/w

Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless

Pretty much just what I wanted, don't have the nets to flood a respectable. So he will do, could train up to masterful if I train him right. Yes I know he could have been a gun bowler, but meh.

 

[Spikey]

Personally I would double net a few of those guys on primary nets, Gill needs a min of 2 batting nets. You got too many trainees so I would probably sell Vine. Also I think your better off rotating one fielding net and a stamina net around while you have 4-5 trainees. You don't really get the most out a fielding (secondary) training until a player is 19 plus.

I'll keep Vine for a while. Mainly as I don't have really have a good replacement for him. Unless I pull another gun next week. But I doubt that will happen. Most of my other trainess have good conc so really only Vine, Challinor and Gill need fielding nets for now. As for stanmia, I did that last season so most of them are in good shape there. Though Challinor may need to go back on it some-time this season as hopefully he will perform with the ball and bat...

Just thinking about it, How much do you think Vine would go for? I thought about it last season but kept him as I once again I didn't have a replacement for him. He's about 7-9 weeks away from a batting pop so I may as well do it now if I do sell him...

 

[Nate]

Spikey - as Chaminda has said, you should probably pick a few of those blokes and double net them. Looks promising though.

 

[chaminda_00]

I'll keep Vine for a while. Mainly as I don't have really have a good replacement for him. Unless I pull another gun next week. But I doubt that will happen. Most of my other trainess have good conc so really only Vine, Challinor and Gill need fielding nets for now. As for stanmia, I did that last season so most of them are in good shape there. Though Challinor may need to go back on it some-time this season as hopefully he will perform with the ball and bat...

Just thinking about it, How much do you think Vine would go for? I thought about it last season but kept him as I once again I didn't have a replacement for him. He's about 7-9 weeks away from a batting pop so I may as well do it now if I do sell him...

The thing is if you put your two batsmen trainee on 2 nets, they will in the long run make up for what you lose short term selling Vine and not have a straight replacement in your first XI. Gill could be anything on 2 batting nets, anywhere from masterful to elite. Your other trainee could get up to exceptional on two nets. Where as Vine at best would be poor remarkable batsmen, if you train him up to 21. At the stage your at I would look long term when training and basically training on their long term potential. Rather then short term, getting their primaries and secondaries even.

But you do have a good lot of trainee, it just getting the most out of them.

 

[Spikey]

Hmm. You have a good point. I've taken Vine's batting net off him and given it to Gill.

Thinking of dropping Vine's keeping net too and replacing it with a primary net(I don't have need another keeper/fielding/stanmia net for the moment) net too for someone elseand then selling Vine.

Thanks for the help chaminda!

 

[Nate]

Got the Pakistan U-19 Coach on my tail now. Ghey.

 

[chaminda_00]

Hmm. You have a good point. I've taken Vine's batting net off him and given it to Gill.

Thinking of dropping Vine's keeping net too and replacing it with a primary net(I don't have need another keeper/fielding/stanmia net for the moment) net too for someone elseand then selling Vine.

Thanks for the help chaminda!

FWIW this is the nets I would give your players if I was managing them. But i really just depends on how you want to develop your players. Apart from Gill needing 2 Batting nets and either stamina or fielding net. The rest are really dependent on how you want to train your players.

Martyn Gill: 2 Bat, 1 Fitness (until resp, then give to Hunter)
Kevin Summerfield: 1 Bowl
Gregory Challinor: 1 Bowl, 1 Fld (until med cons, then rotate with Gill and Hunter)
Roland Floors: 2 Bat
Andrew Hunter: 2 Bowl

 

[Robertinho]

..what's the problem with medium bowlers?

Nothing really, I only say "too many" in the interests of team balance, as I already have Ralph and Mulholland as my medium-pacers (and still I feel 2 might be too much).

Chasing a medium bowler, how much do you want?

I've put him up tentatively at 750k - not sure how the market is going at the moment but that sounds somewhat reasonable.

 

[new_age_ar]

Fazlul Digana (1882872)


RH Batsman, LM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness.
An attacking player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Tamil Eelam CC
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,364
Wages: £865 p/w

Stamina: competent (12) Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: respectable (12) Consistency: mediocre (11)
Fielding: worthless

How about this guy Clapo, attacking temperment to boot. Will give him a couple nets as well for Monday, if someone from here wants him.

 

[Nate]

Ended up paying 650k, but got my trainee bowler. So, so, stoked. Brackenhurst's tag as "pesky fool" to long continue in the Cup.

 

[Johnners]

Fazlul Digana (1882872)


RH Batsman, LM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness.
An attacking player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Tamil Eelam CC
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,364
Wages: £865 p/w

Stamina: competent (12) Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: respectable (12) Consistency: mediocre (11)
Fielding: worthless

How about this guy Clapo, attacking temperment to boot. Will give him a couple nets as well for Monday, if someone from here wants him.

Don't want an attacking player sorry.

 

[andruid]

Went for a West Indian hoping for a legeandary quick bowler and ended up withthis tripe

Gregory Oneill (1883266)


LH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness.
A destructive player with abysmal leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Swamibapa Leeds CC
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,781
Wages: £467 p/w
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: worthless
Bowling: competent Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: woeful
Processing ...

 

[Dead Badger]

Attempted to pull the next Benevolent Uncle Sanath; got a bit of a Kapugedera instead. Hey ho.

Mashaima Hofman (1883184) 

RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness. 
A steady player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For:	Beard XI
Nationality:	Sri Lanka
Age:	17 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	4,489
Wages:	£471 p/w

Stamina:	respectable	Wicket Keeping:	worthless
Batting:	mediocre	Concentration:	mediocre
Bowling:	worthless	Consistency:	worthless
Fielding:	worthless

Is "Hofman" a common name in Sri Lanka? It hardly seems likely.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Joseph Ashmore - 17 yo, BT Rating=5,062
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness.
A steady player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: respectable
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless

Meh.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Shafted yet again.


Neil Walmsley (1883419)


LH Batsman, LM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness.
An attacking player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Scaly Piscine CC
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,355
Wages: £347 p/w

Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal


Would be nice to one day get my money back with YPs.

 

[Jamee999]

Callum Hansen (1883598)


RH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness.
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Jamees 999ers
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 6,716
Wages: £736 p/w

Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: competent [11]
Batting: mediocre [12] Concentration: respectable [12]
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: feeble

Might go with this guy. Would be very nice down the order. Probably not so good in OD, but I guess he could just bat down the order in OD and up the order in FC. Batting is low, but he has some stamina, good concentration, and nice keeping.