Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[GotSpin]

How interesting..Explains alot

 

[andyc]

Just noticed this guy on the market:

Alex Irving (445781)
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, fatigued
An attacking player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: 24342626
Nationality: England
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 33,226
Wages: £7,656 p/w
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: superb Concentration: competent
Bowling: quality Consistency: competent
Fielding: competent

Wouldn't be bad. Only 3,000,000 too...

 

[AussieDominance]

looks fairly good!

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

How long do you think it will take this guy to pop to strong on two batting nets?

Alex Munroe (510606)
RH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A cautious player with abysmal leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For:	Central Districts
Nationality:	Australia
Age: 	18 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	6,868
Wages:	£1,068 p/w
Stamina: 	woeful 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	proficient 	Concentration: 	woeful
Bowling: 	worthless 	Consistency: 	competent
Fielding: 	worthless

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Well he's probably my best bat

Really? Even I've got some guys better than that.

 

[GotSpin]

His a very very low proficient

 

[andyc]

DCE, I'm fairly sure that he'd be very low proficient, especially when you consider the fact that the competent consistency will raise the wage a bit.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

DCE, I'm fairly sure that he'd be very low proficient, especially when you consider the fact that the competent consistency will raise the wage a bit.

Yeah, he's that guy I was in a bidding war with you for last season, he only popped a few weeks ago, so I knew he was low, I was just wondering how long it would be.

 

[trevor_vayro]

Dontcloseyoureyes, I'd say eight to ten weeks for that guy to reach Strong with two nets. If his wage is anything to go by, he wasn't even Prof at the start of the season. Depends how many nets you've got available really, but I'd say that more important than a second batting net would be a fitness and/or a fielding net.

He needs a lot of work before he's going to be mint,but my best batsman, Greening, was very similar to that when I bought him, (only Abs Conc, but slightly higher up Prof Batting), and as I said the other day, he's now Sup Bat, Med Stam, Feeb Conc. So there is hope for him, how much did you pay? If you intend to play him in the near future, don't bat him above No.4/5, as even if he doesn't hit the stam wall as soon as he gets to 40/50, you are going to seriously knacker up his PFL, if you combine long innings with the amount of nets he's going to require.

Paddy, accepted your challenge, looking forward to it!

Later, Trev

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

He has a fitness and a fielding net already too.

I payed around 50k for him near the back end of last season. He was a high resp then.

He bats at three, but I'm in a div.5 bot league and he is rarely required for more than 10 overs, if at all.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

http://www.battrick.org/nl/playerDetails.asp?playerID=818183

How much do you guys think he'll go for? More than 400k? Because I really really want him.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Should be 8 weeks maximum for that 18yo proficient. As for the 17yo it depends how many people notice the wage - their deadline is usually an active time for Battrick so you'll probably have to cope with some bidding wars there.

 

[trevor_vayro]

The first guy, your batsman, I'd say was a good buy, around £200K cheaper than Greening, although thinking about it, there probably was the best part of a batting level difference between them, but all the same, not bad at all.

The Indian guy who's link you posted also has a lot of potential, but man he needs some work. If the first bloke is taking up four nets, the second will swallow the remaining six on his own - That is if you want to make him a passable all-rounder.

But there is still value in him up to about quarter of a mill I'd say. Even if you just consider him as a specialist bowler - taking the gloomiest possible view of things - His wage is about £1100, say his Feeb batting is contributing £50 to his wage, the Resp Conc, Scaly's the best man to ask about that, but I'd hazzard a guess it's £200/£250, you're looking at a middle/high Resp bowler.

If you've got room then there's definitely equity in him - In so far as in 12/13 weeks you could flog him as a 17yo Comp/Strong allrounder. Admittedly he'd be bottom in both, and he'd still have no secondaries to write home about, but with those kind'a primaries there's still more than enough people who'd pay getting on for a mill for him. But if you're looking for an actual training prospect to play in your team for a long time, then I'd keep an eye out for a 17yo highish Comp, (say with wages of £500-plus), who has at least Med Stam and Cons. You'll end up with roughly the same player on the same number of nets, but you'll probably save yourself upwards of £100K in the process.

Mind you, I wouldn't listen too much to me, as what I seem to think is a decent price for a player appears to differ wildly with the opinion of the market!

Later, Trev

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Thanks for all the help guys. Much appreciated.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Respectable secondary is £80-£150 or thereabouts.

 

[superkingdave]

just blew £8K on this guy, i've already got too many spinnner, but this guy is related to me so i had to buy him

16. Geoff Richards (511149)
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A defensive player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: popey cc
Nationality: England
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,789
Wages: £663 p/w

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

 

[trevor_vayro]

Playing third in the league tomorrow, but they've only got Woe everything, apart from their Wor lower order. Should be a fairly comfortable TIE victory, but with last Sunday's fitness and morale hit in mind, I've opted to play my best team, albeit with a re-jigged batting order to hopefully give Staveley and Greening a blow, down at No.5 and 6 respectively. So Noon and Bennett are opening on Attacking, good chance for them to rack up some runs against a Med Destructive opening bowler, then Patel, Carless and Staveley, at 3, 4 and 5 are all V.Attacking. Greening Attacking and Mullins Normal are waiting in the wings, just in case the wheels come off. Regulation default bowling orders, Bewers Attacking, Edworthy Normal, Bridges M Attacking, Crick Normal and Mullins Defensive. Hope to bowl first and have it put to bed reasonably quickly, to conserve PFL, and so I might actually get some work done!

Out'a here, Trev

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I'm getting pretty sick of bots, I hope some human players come in to my league soon.

End of Over 30: 238-1, runrate=7.93
Dodge	5-0-31-0
Herd*	115 (93 balls)
Heads	118 (87 balls)

Roaring along at 8 an over, after losing my captain [and best bat] second ball of the match.

 

[33/3from3.3]

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Paddy, accepted your challenge, looking forward to it!

Ok Great
Good Luck, don't hold back!!!

 

[Son Of Coco]

Just had this description in commentary:

"Huge yorker! He had no chance with that one, Howard shields his face as the stumps explode from out of the ground, Larkman was rooted. Julian is delighted with that, and he has every reason to celebrate."