Archived [19/01/09] Battrick

[FaaipDeOiad]

Buck's XI finally got promoted from my league, replaced by The Owls, who also look a fair bit better than me.

Two pops. I'm not sure how to check my wages though. Finances still says the same amount, though obviously it should update for next week. Finally remembered to change my team name to what I originally meant it to be this off-season as well. 50,000 well spent.

Nick Pietersen - 19 yo, BT Rating=31,497
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, strong bowling form, drained
A steady player with competent leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: superb Concentration: proficient
Bowling: strong Consistency: respectable
Fielding: respectable

Caleb Slaytor - 20 yo, BT Rating=14,046
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A steady player with worthless leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: strong Concentration: proficient
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal

 

[Adamc]

Wage updates weren't too bad. Watkins up to 87k from 63k, Downer 69k from 52k and Ashton 35k from 27k, no really big movements otherwise. Total wage bill is about 295k but could go up by a lot once I've bought in some new players.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Two good pops and two training schemes end.

Alex Munroe - 22 yo, BT Rating=31,581
RH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, lively
A cautious player with abysmal leadership skills and mediocre experience.
Stamina: 	competent 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	wonderful 	Concentration: 	[B]strong[/B]
Bowling: 	worthless 	Consistency: 	respectable
Fielding: 	feeble

Premalal Seneviratne - 21 yo, BT Rating=27,627
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, lively
A destructive player with proficient leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: 	mediocre 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	woeful 	Concentration: 	worthless
Bowling: 	[B]remarkable[/B] 	Consistency: 	strong
Fielding: 	competent

They'll both probs get stamina training in the future, but no more primary training.

Wages jumped a fair bit:

Munroe: 	£8,777	to 	£13,212		(jump of 4435)
Dylan: 		£4,007	to 	£10,031		(jump of 6024)
Seneviratne: 	£5,233	to	£8,648		(jump of 3415)
Sambrook: 	£4,822	to	£8,029		(jump of 3207)
Keane:		£2,368	to	£6,780		(jump of 4412)
Swart:		£2,971	to	£5,495		(jump of 2524)
Holly:		£964	to	£1,908		(jump of 944)

That's a total jump of 24961.

Ouch.

 

[Johnners]

Erk, i'll be struggling to get 5th or 6th in OD's this season. I really need to get another all-rounder but i'm afaird 2.5m won't be near enough to get a decent allrounder that would improve my team.

Thinking of listing Walton for 600k? (higher/lower?)

Rocky Walton - 21 yo, BT Rating=8,457
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A defensive player with feeble leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: mediocre Concentration: woeful
Bowling: proficient Consistency: feeble
Fielding: worthless

 

[Robertinho]

Some big jumps:

Mullis -> £5,635
Mulholland -> £9,732
Bhutia -> £21,200
Mcmillan -> £29,280
Gray -> £34,959

Looks like my wages will be up around £140k. Not that bad, considering Gray has stopped his training and Mcmillan is close.

 

[cricketboy29]

Only the one big jump for me...

Gedye, 7979-> 18, 348
and a myriad of other players who I've been training here and there.

It's a very sad day at the SD XI training camp, where Pallav Singh, 34, Second highest wicket taker for the club, and captain for 94 matches has gone into voluntary retirement. His best figures were 5-45.

 

[Bobisback]

	 Was	Now
Wikus	 7823	16406
Hiller	 6292	10352
Hocking	 6245	10236
Poke	 6120	10055
Beaumont 1911	 6755
Sicelo	  912	 3096

Wages arent too bad. Up to like 70k a week, need to work on getting 80k interest over the season.

 

[andyc]

I assume you're talking BT20 cup?

Nope, I had a cup fixture when I logged on in the morning. By the time I went on again at school during my free period at about 9:30, it was gone.

Edit: Turns out this was the same cup draw from last season, which I'm assuming is why it got taken off.

Just the one pop today btw:

Connor Potgieter - 19 yo, BT Rating=21,220
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, lively
A destructive player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: quality Consistency: respectable
Fielding: woeful

 

[alternative]

Pete Mcintosh	$5,754	$11,711
Liam Vincent	$4,102	$8,189
Ed Speare	$1,760	$4,350
Jon Gratton	$3,544	$5,894
Philip King	$2,024	$5,201
Ed Shafilshuna	$1,038	$1,870

That's a difference of approximately 19 K after the update, so that's not bad.

This new season i will be in Division IV, which means that i will be lucky to be in the 5th place by the end of the season. Will need a very good batsmen, but with around 2mil in the bank to spare after my 1.6 mil savings for interest it will be a hard task.

 

[chaminda_00]

No pops

Wages update:

Murali: £8,736 > £14,757
Jeithoon: £9,371 > £21,167
Lucas: £3,593 > £6,573
Clayton: £7,604 > £8,487
Quintin : £3,908 > £6,459
Willetts: £6,056 > £7,381
Ellis: £5,585 > £5,594
Sishayi: £3,898 > £5,805
Matharu: $2,001 > £2,318

Basically 30k increase, we are ****ed, time to sell Ellis.

 

[chaminda_00]

Got a decent league this season, four decent sides and three average sides but their not bots. Might hang around in Div 3 if things are fairly competitive.

 

[Dead Badger]

Woo, my first remarkable anything:

1. Liam Bromby - 20 yo, BT Rating=39,031
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated
A cautious player with woeful leadership skills and mediocre experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: quality
Batting: strong Concentration: remarkable
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless

Looking forward to making my first ever ITS pull today (it is some time today we can make 'em, right?). Hoping for a respectable spin bowler; betting on a wicketkeeping fast bowler with abysmal stamina.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Just the one pop today:

11. Danny Woods (1274220)
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, strong bowling form, fresh
A steady player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: respectable Consistency: competent
Fielding: abysmal

Gone into a different league than the one that was predicted on the England sledging board. Not sure if I'll survive in this one, it looks like it'll be quite competitive at the bottom of the table but I'm probably the weakest team. Will be looking to profit from other teams getting distracted by FC games.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Rob Preece - 23 yo, BT Rating=118,565
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, strong batting form, respectable bowling form, changeable
A steady player with abysmal leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: competent
Batting: strong Concentration: exquisite
Bowling: superb Consistency: masterful
Fielding: quality

Dylan Dillon - 23 yo, BT Rating=76,558
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, abysmal bowling form, changeable
A steady player with feeble leadership skills and respectable experience.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: superb Concentration: wonderful
Bowling: quality Consistency: sensational
Fielding: competent

Jason Spencer - 19 yo, BT Rating=9,763
RH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, competent bowling form, changeable
A steady player with feeble leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: strong Concentration: respectable
Bowling: worthless Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful


I'll be selling Spencer in a couple of weeks if anyone is interested. I strongly suspect his stamina is high mediocre, so he should have competent stamina by the time I come to list him.

 

[alternative]

A pop for me

Philip King - 19 yo, BT Rating=16,413
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, mediocre bowling form, invigorated
An attacking player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: superb
Batting: proficient Concentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: woeful
Fielding: worthless

 

[Mahindinho]

Jason Spencer - 19 yo, BT Rating=9,763
RH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, competent bowling form, changeable
A steady player with feeble leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: strong Concentration: respectable
Bowling: worthless Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

I'll be selling Spencer in a couple of weeks if anyone is interested. I strongly suspect his stamina is high mediocre, so he should have competent stamina by the time I come to list him.

How much are you hoping to get for him?

I've just shelled out £1M on a Strong/Mediocre defensive spinner -- Feeble stamina and fielding, plus he's 26 years old. Above market value? Perhaps, but he should hit Resp consistency without too much training. Decided I needed a second spinner for FC matches.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Little bit below market value if anything, with competent stamina I'd hope to get not far off £2m. I should get £1m for Tynan if I decide to sell him.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Are there usually this many problems at the beginning of a new season, or is it because of the introduction of FC? I got put in a new league today, but now it's gone back to how things were at the end of last season, with me at the top of my Div VI league.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Yeah, signs don't look good for FC.

 

[Adamc]

Osman to superb batting the only pop. Listed for a fairly modest 3.8m. Whitehorne's form and BTR dropping like a stone, feeble bowling and proficient batting form.