Battrick for Beginners

[The Flying Scotsman]

Is there any website around which offers advice to those just starting the game i.e. hottrick for hattrick?

Anyone care to share any words of wisdom for those starting up?

 

[* ORM *]

Bottrick ?? ??

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Try jumpers for wickets

Afraid I haven't got the url. There might be a link for it on the battrick link section. If not you'll have to hunt around for it on google.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Jumpers for Wickets

I agree with HKB, it's the best place.

Only advice I can give is don't bother trying to train up anyone below Mediocre, as some people have  

Also look on the Newbie Sledging boards, loads of questions and answers on there, from the most basic to some quite in depth ones. Plus you can always post a question on here and you'll get a decent reply.

 

[MrB]

Quote[/b] (The Flying Scotsman @ Sep. 26 2006,10:29)]Is there any website around which offers advice to those just starting the game i.e. hottrick for hattrick?

Anyone care to share any words of wisdom for those starting up?

Though that might happen....

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Been given my new team and it's worse than sh!t!!

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Are you in V or VI ?

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

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[MrB]

Email me your squadlist and I'll take a look for you.

A mate of mine has just started and got an 18yo proficient/competent batsman with competent WK and a 19yo proficient/mediocre bowler with respectable stamina. Lucky bugger!

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Or post it on here and we can all have a look and analyse it....

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Quote[/b] (MrB @ Sep. 28 2006,12:42)]Email me your squadlist and I'll take a look for you.

A mate of mine has just started and got an 18yo proficient/competent batsman with competent WK and a 19yo proficient/mediocre bowler with respectable stamina. Lucky bugger!

Someone on the Newbie Sledging Board got a Prof Bat / Prof Bowl (admittedly he was 25)

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

I started off with a strong wicketkeeper, a proficient batsman, a respectable batsman but they had no secondaries and were too old to train. Don't think I had anything else above mediocre (apart from 2 competent reserve keepers!)

I'd suggest starting out by training everyone who is 18 or under with a primary of mediocre or above and anyone aged 19 who is competent or above.

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Well here's the squad I've been given. Need to select a team for tomorrows game!

Squad Details (18 Players)Phil Agyemang - 26 yo, BT Rating=2,269
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A cautious player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: woeful
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

Karl Allen - 20 yo, BT Rating=2,065
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A cautious player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: feeble
Fielding: woeful

Melvyn Bone - 23 yo, BT Rating=3,630
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A defensive player with strong leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: respectable
Fielding: mediocre

Jeff Botham - 25 yo, BT Rating=1,480
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: woeful
Fielding: abysmal

Dexter Broad - 23 yo, BT Rating=1,077
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A cautious player with feeble leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: woeful
Fielding: feeble

Eugene Conroy - 22 yo, BT Rating=2,676
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A steady player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: mediocre Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: mediocre

Greg Duberry - 20 yo, BT Rating=2,508
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A defensive player with respectable leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: woeful
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: feeble
Fielding: feeble

Francis Fleck - 20 yo, BT Rating=889
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A defensive player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: woeful Consistency: feeble
Fielding: feeble

Eric Funk - 21 yo, BT Rating=2,962
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A cautious player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: woeful
Bowling: competent Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: mediocre

Allan Impey - 22 yo, BT Rating=2,133
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: feeble Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

Wes Ingleby - 23 yo, BT Rating=2,358
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A steady player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: feeble
Fielding: feeble

Dwight Ipaye - 23 yo, BT Rating=2,057
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: feeble Consistency: feeble
Fielding: feeble

Dean Keogh - 21 yo, BT Rating=3,133
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
An attacking player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: competent Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: feeble

Bryan Kruger - 21 yo, BT Rating=3,890
RH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
An attacking player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: woeful Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: mediocre

Sean Mahoney - 20 yo, BT Rating=2,817
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A destructive player with feeble leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: feeble Concentration: feeble
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: woeful

Anthony Oshea - 19 yo, BT Rating=2,205
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: competent Consistency: feeble
Fielding: woeful

Nigel Qaba - 23 yo, BT Rating=1,337
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A steady player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: woeful
Fielding: woeful

Philip Solanki - 22 yo, BT Rating=7,584
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A defensive player with abysmal leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: competent
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: feeble
Fielding: feeble

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Your bowlers pick themselves (Solanki and Keogh opening, then Funk first change then the spinners O'Shea and Ingelby). Batsmen Solanki and Agyemang are your best pair, I'd open with them if it is a batting wicket, if it is green or cracked or something which is likely to assist the seamers I'd put them in the middle order. Other batsmen would be Duberry, Conroy, Mahoney, Qaba. You lack a decent keeper, I'd probably pick Kruger over Botham as Botham has an incredibly low battrick rating. Look to pick up a 17yo mediocre batsman with feeble keeping as your first signing.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Team in Batting Order

Philip Solanki
Phil Agyemang
Eugene Conroy
Nigel Qaba
Greg Duberry
Bryan Kruger
Wes Ingleby
Dean Keogh
Jeff Botham (W/K)
Eric Funk
Anthony Oshea


Bowlers in Order

1 Philip Solanki
2 Dean Keogh
3 Wes Ingleby
4 Anthony Oshea
5 Eric Funk

Set your bowling orders to sets of 5, or if you use the default swap Ingleby and O'Shea.

Then go and buy 3 17yo trainees, all with at least Mediocre Stamina, 1 with at least Mediocre Batting, 1 with at least Mediocre Bowling and if you can, 1 with at least Mediocre Batting and Feeble W/K. That should cost you about 100k, then get them training rather rapidly. When you've got those, try and sell all of those that aren't in your first team as they will not get any better and you will just be wasting wages on them when they are never going to play.

What does everyone else think ??

You haven't got a bad 1st team, just no-one in reserve and nobody trainable.

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Sounds about right. I'd agree it was a good squad, only lacking in trainees and a keeper. You should be able to beat Kev easily. Definitely train O'Shea. Oh and sack people like Fleck and Broad.

Not sure how the finances pan out for new starters now. £100k seems to be a lot to spend. You probably can't afford to go straight away for 10 nets, so I'd suggest biding your time until cheap trainees come up. Anyone who invests maximum ITS into their youth system should be pulling 17yo mediocre-mediocre batsman or bowlers with medicore stamina. I'd expect there to be a lot of them on the market around week 4 or 5 if you are patient.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ Sep. 28 2006,14:43)]You should be able to beat Kev easily.

Not sure how the finances pan out for new starters now. £100k seems to be a lot to spend. You probably can't afford to go straight away for 10 nets, so I'd suggest biding your time until cheap trainees come up. Anyone who invests maximum ITS into their youth system should be pulling 17yo mediocre-mediocre batsman or bowlers with medicore stamina. I'd expect there to be a lot of them on the market around week 4 or 5 if you are patient.

100k was a guestimate. As HKB says the market should be awash again next week with Mediocre/Mediocre/Mediocre 17yos and you shouldn't need to pay more than about 10-15k for one of those

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

All good advice lads. I think I'll get the old line up set up shortly, and then worry about training. Any reccomendations on how to get the best sort of training? And should I invest a lot in the youth acadamey?

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Personally, I wouldn't invest in the YA as new starter. For what it costs you, you can pick up the equiavalents for next to nothing on the TM, and that means you can put your money to better use. Give it a couple of weeks, and if you have won a couple of games and your home attendances are increasing, then get your stadium upgraded to the correct proportions, there's a link that tells you what ratio of seats you should have. Training wise I would employ 5 or 6 SP's and then something like 3 stamina coaches, 2 batting, 2 bowling and 2 fielding and a W/K. If you train a Mediocre Primary on one net for 3 1/2 seasons he will end up at Superb which is pretty good.

All of the above is my own opinion, I am quite prepared to be shot down in flames by HKB, MrB or others

 

[MrB]

Agreed, the YA is only worth investing in if you are able to make your 80,000 per week in interest.