Haha I understand why you might ask this given your current lower order prowess / Hlengwinsanity.What sort of batting skill is passable for numbers 7-9?
I need to move away from Kudesia. Ghous has overtaken him in skill now and my two leading DEV prospects are 49 & 50 POT spinners.Haha I understand why you might ask this given your current lower order prowess / Hlengwinsanity.
Loads. 7's not far off a specialist bat, 8 should be 30+ skill, and 9 should be 25+. It all depends on what's available, however, and setting rules in stone in such an instance is highly counterproductive IMO.
Safely??? We are just half way through the season, there are 13 games and 65 points to play for and you sit in 7th spot, 2 points off a play-off place and with a Top 6 XPV - i think there's a bit of the old reverse kidology going on there from the doe-eyed dear old cow, lulling us into a false sense of security....I can safely say that Mooo and GG are out of any playoff contention in CWC.
It was fun guys.
Just hoping to spoil the other teams' party...
I said what I said.Safely??? We are just half way through the season, there are 13 games and 65 points to play for and you sit in 7th spot, 2 points off a play-off place and with a Top 6 XPV - i think there's a bit of the old reverse kidology going on there from the doe-eyed dear old cow, lulling us into a false sense of security....
I think 5th to 10th (so 6 teams ) have hopes of 2 of the play off spots based on their abilities and current points , not least everyone is still to play each other again ... we barely got started!
This brings squad building into the discussion . I prefer a longer batting lineup . Thus Batting all rounder in top 5 , that makes space for another specialist batsman . If possible a specialist bat at 7 with the trait finisher will make a impact or very strong attack at least, some like a specialist keeper at 7 with very high keeping skill and maybe 30 odd batting . Thus bowling all rounders at 8 and 9 . However there is other approaches and ways to build a squad . However you will see most of the top teams run a very strong lower order rating , No 3 in the game is rocking a 51 rating for his tail . This is a very interesting topic and one with many answers .What sort of batting skill is passable for numbers 7-9?
Understood mate , but you never know what boat the other teams are also in. From an external perspective currently your teams are both still on the rise in terms of CWC games according to the XPV. There's really not much in most games in this format hence most end up as 4.1 results - even games that get away from us or fall into our lap at the end generally turn on a couple of wickets - which suddenly put the brakes on or a few slashes and suddenly one over goes for 24 and changes the complexion.I said what I said.
My teams are both declining...I am developing with the youths. So, from this perspective I made my previous comment.
I guess I can take some optimism from this. But, I don't think I will continue to persist with some of the dead-weights in both teams. Something drastic will happen. The youths are gonna have to fill the void and learn the school of hard knocks!Understood mate , but you never know what boat the other teams are also in. From an external perspective currently your teams are both still on the rise in terms of CWC games according to the XPV. There's really not much in most games in this format hence most end up as 4.1 results - even games that get away from us or fall into our lap at the end generally turn on a couple of wickets - which suddenly put the brakes on or a few slashes and suddenly one over goes for 24 and changes the complexion.
Take the Orangutans (my dark horse for the 2nd half) in 8th - I don't see them ending the season there - they have been very unlucky given the quality of management and players. This is maybe represented by the big number of bonus points they have gathered in , suggesting they have just been on the wrong end of some very close results but are nearly always competitive -that 5-8 in the first half could easily flip to 8.5 (or more) in the second without any great changes ...take !
As that great cricketer Will Shakespeare said 'There's many a slip between cup and lip' ..and we havent even filled the cup yet!
You may notice that TMOs have been cut to the bare bones... I have a squad of 11 I am gonna stick with for the next 3 seasons pretty much. I`m even just using whatever I find as place fillers for dev team... with no plans to buy dev players at all.I guess I can take some optimism from this. But, I don't think I will continue to persist with some of the dead-weights in both teams. Something drastic will happen. The youths are gonna have to fill the void and learn the school of hard knocks!
Wow didn't know that - just looked and saw you have 15 players ( I thought there was minimus limits of 11 Youth and 16 total squad- clearly was wrong!) - that's so tough from a Fitness perspective but what a beautiful set of Potentials!!! you will fast track an incredible team in 2 or 3 seasons!You may notice that TMOs have been cut to the bare bones... I have a squad of 11 I am gonna stick with for the next 3 seasons pretty much. I`m even just using whatever I find as place fillers for dev team... with no plans to buy dev players at all.
Yeah. It takes some sacrifice...after building up a team and all they do is lose.You may notice that TMOs have been cut to the bare bones... I have a squad of 11 I am gonna stick with for the next 3 seasons pretty much. I`m even just using whatever I find as place fillers for dev team... with no plans to buy dev players at all.
I've had 12-14 players in the TNT squad for 3 seasons now.Wow didn't know that - just looked and saw you have 15 players ( I thought there was minimus limits of 11 Youth and 16 total squad- clearly was wrong!) - that's so tough from a Fitness perspective but what a beautiful set of Potentials!!! you will fast track an incredible team in 2 or 3 seasons!
I feel TMOS got very unlikely to be relegated from SOD div 2 last season (EUAFR is tough)... did not deserve it particularly particularly when you take into account I made the top 8 of the Cup. But this cleanout needed to happen regardless, else I was gonna be stuck with players that stopped developing and could not take me higher. But I have become ruthless.Yeah. It takes some sacrifice...after building up a team and all they do is lose.