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[Grayson]

U-19 elections tomorrow. Anyone on here running?

Could probably get close with the 10 or so votes from here (at least!).

 

[* ORM *]

I'd prefer 2 bowling and 1 stamina and not give him the fielding net until he was 19. His consistency improves more at 19 than at 17, so it is more efficient to wait until then to give him the fielding net.

I like the theory - this is what I have set - I have sacrificed a couple of stamina nets on bowlers for this and a fielding net which I believe was probably unnecessary on Blinkhorn (remarkable/remarkable). I have a couple of next pop primaries to switch back for the bowlers. Gonna have to keep a keen eye on stamina until then

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I like the theory - this is what I have set - I have sacrificed a couple of stamina nets on bowlers for this and a fielding net which I believe was probably unnecessary on Blinkhorn (remarkable/remarkable). I have a couple of next pop primaries to switch back for the bowlers. Gonna have to keep a keen eye on stamina until then

I like the idea of keeping one net as a stamina net for my first team and rotating it around (it also protects fitness level) as stamina is important. You can probably just train Bolan on two nets, 2 bowling until he is 19 then switch one of them to fielding.

The fielding net on Blinkhorn is unnecessary as by the time they are 20 secondaries train quicker than primaries. I beginning to think the ideal balance is for a player to end up with two levels of secondary higher than their primary.

 

[Grayson]

Finally found a good WK trainee again (really wish I'd got Downing!):

Asif Glennon (2298197) shortcut

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

Plays For: Ormian Superstars
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 6,138
Wages: £1,099 p/w

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

 

[blues_r_best]

Chris Joost (2299067) shortcut

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

Plays For: Southend United
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,031
Wages: £471 p/w
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: competent
Bowling: woeful Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: mediocre

 

[The General]

Deane pop's to competant batting within 4/5 days which i hoped might be the case!

:)

Francis Deane - 17 yo, BT Rating=9,544
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, proficient batting form, mediocre bowling form, lively fitness.
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: competent Concentration: competent
Bowling: respectable Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

 

[loz]

one of the best I've had, not sure what to do with him yet though. relatively low resp which is a shame.

Eric Yeates - 17 yo, BT Rating=4,979

wages: £832 p/w

RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness.
A defensive player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: respectable Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless

 

[mcrabb]

Pretty pleased with this - particularly after the pull I got last week. His stamina is a little low, but lucky to get some free fielding and concentration. Pretty sure he's a low respectable though.

Ian Saayman (2299141)
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness.
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience.
Plays For: Crabbys Catchers
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,644
Wages: £880 p/w
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: woeful
Bowling: respectable Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: mediocre

I'm debating whether to keep him and train him and sell this guy...

Denis Elphick - 19 yo, BT Rating=10,141
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, proficient batting form, strong bowling form, sublime fitness.
A destructive player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: proficient Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: proficient Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless

 

[MrB]

How many nets can you spare? Even at low respectable, stick him on bat, bowl, field and stamina and he'll be better than Elphick in no time.

I would definitely cash in on Elphick whether you had Saayman or not. Should get some decent money for him.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Pulled this guy yesterday, he popped in bowling this morning. Is it worth trying to train him as an all-rounder, or should I try and train up a specialist batter.

Keith Feasey (2297668)


LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, competent batting form, competent bowling form, moderate fitness.
A destructive player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: BATTY SHRIMPERS
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 7,694 (+127)
Wages: £884 p/w

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

 

[MrB]

Guess it depends whether you need an all rounder or not. Problem with training all rounders is that the minimum 3 or 4 nets they need render them pretty much unusable for the first couple of seasons. Whereas a specialist bat can go straight into the team as their fitness problems will be fairly minimal.

 

[The General]

Right, do people think this is a little excessive?!

Francis Deane - 17 yo, BT Rating=9,544
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, proficient batting form, mediocre bowling form, lively fitness.
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: competent Concentration: competent
Bowling: respectable Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

He is on 1 batt, 1 bowl, 1 fielding. Once Guy pops once more in bowling, i'll put that net onto a stamina net for Deane!

Gary Waterhouse - 17 yo, BT Rating=6,282
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, proficient batting form, mediocre bowling form, moderate fitness.
A destructive player with abysmal leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: respectable Concentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal

Waterhouse is on a bat, stamina and fielding net.

This then leaves Sookram with 2 batts and a fielding net.

I know training an AR is a bit silly but i think to compete at a decent level im going to need 6 very decent bowlers and then i have the likes of Akram/Hitchman/Thompson/Tomlinson/Khotosolang as back up. I might actually sell 2/3 of these and replace them with a better bowler. As people know, my batting is weak, but training 3 up is what i need to concentrate on.

The likes of Philip, Phillips, Lamb, Bayliss, Stanton & Barron will eventually be sold and i'll bring in 2 or 3 better batters...!

Kev

 

[MrB]

Sounds about right to me.

 

[Grayson]

Most of us on here got respectables then. Good week for SZ YP's.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Right, do people think this is a little excessive?!

Francis Deane - 17 yo, BT Rating=9,544
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, proficient batting form, mediocre bowling form, lively fitness.
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: competent Concentration: competent
Bowling: respectable Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

He is on 1 batt, 1 bowl, 1 fielding. Once Guy pops once more in bowling, i'll put that net onto a stamina net for Deane!

Gary Waterhouse - 17 yo, BT Rating=6,282
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, proficient batting form, mediocre bowling form, moderate fitness.
A destructive player with abysmal leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: respectable Concentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal

Waterhouse is on a bat, stamina and fielding net.

This then leaves Sookram with 2 batts and a fielding net.

I know training an AR is a bit silly but i think to compete at a decent level im going to need 6 very decent bowlers and then i have the likes of Akram/Hitchman/Thompson/Tomlinson/Khotosolang as back up. I might actually sell 2/3 of these and replace them with a better bowler. As people know, my batting is weak, but training 3 up is what i need to concentrate on.

The likes of Philip, Phillips, Lamb, Bayliss, Stanton & Barron will eventually be sold and i'll bring in 2 or 3 better batters...!

Kev

Deane's consistency is worryingly low and I'd be tempted to sell rather than train. You'll have to keep that fielding net on him for 4 seasons to get his consistency up to scratch. I'd rather start on a lower primary skill for an all-rounder.

With Waterhouse I'd keep him on a stamina net until his stamina is proficient/strong and then switch his net to fielding. I'm not a great fan of training fielding on 17yo as it is less efficient to train secondaries.

Use your other net to improve stamina in your squad or simply train up next week's mediocre-mediocre. 1 net on a 17yo mediocre-mediocre will give you a a 22 year old remarkable-wonderful in a few seasons time.

 

[Grayson]

See my player Rennie in the training thread. He was resp/abysmal too when pulled. He had had double netting on his bowling for at least a season, which is why his cons will only catch up this season. On 1 bowl 1 field, it should be alright in 3 seasons time.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Guess it depends whether you need an all rounder or not. Problem with training all rounders is that the minimum 3 or 4 nets they need render them pretty much unusable for the first couple of seasons. Whereas a specialist bat can go straight into the team as their fitness problems will be fairly minimal.

Most of our teams are mature enough that a 17yo YP shouldn't go straight into our first teams.

I'd recommend buying 20yo batsmen around the quality-quality level and finishing off their training with a single batting net, whilst buying in ready made bowlers.

All-rounders are too expensive, so I train my own.

FWIW my current all-rounder started off like this:

Shahryar Askari - 17 yo
LH Batsman, LM Bowler

A cautious player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: feeble
Bowling: competent Consistency: respectable
Fielding: worthless

Pretty ordinary stats and he cost just £150,000.

He is currently on 2 bowling and 1 batting net and an occasional stamina. I'll switch a bowling or stamina net to a fielding net next season. He now looks like this:

Shahryar Askari - 18 yo, BT Rating=17,350
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic fitness.
A cautious player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable +2 Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: respectable +4 Concentration: mediocre +4
Bowling: proficient +4 Consistency: proficient +6
Fielding: worthless

 

[The General]

Thanks for the thoughts people. Like gettin me plans out in the open and then changing them a few weeks later!

;)

 

[The General]

See my player Rennie in the training thread. He was resp/abysmal too when pulled. He had had double netting on his bowling for at least a season, which is why his cons will only catch up this season. On 1 bowl 1 field, it should be alright in 3 seasons time.

Cheers Muse! Rennie looks good to me!

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

See my player Rennie in the training thread. He was resp/abysmal too when pulled. He had had double netting on his bowling for at least a season, which is why his cons will only catch up this season. On 1 bowl 1 field, it should be alright in 3 seasons time.

I just think you'd be better not having to use an extra net for 3 seasons. As I said, with that extra net you could be training up a mediocre-mediocre. In 4 seasons that gets you a quality-quality, or a remarkable-wonderful in 5 seasons.