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I've noticed this thread on the Sokker forums, thought we could have one here. Basically you post your purchases (any game you play) and we'll all tell you you've been ripped off even if you've got an obvious bargain!

I'll start with my latest purchases on battrick

Andy Giles (1646226)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, lively
A cautious player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Plays For: Bigglesthwaite CC
Nationality: Australia
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 4,599 (-13)
Wages: £644 p/w
Stamina: mediocre   Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent   Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: worthless   Consistency: worthless
Fielding: feeble

I paid £32,000, plan to pop him to respectable batting and sell for a profit. In the meantime he should prove to be a handy batsman in FC, by sticking around scoring slowly and letting the others play around him (I have a similar player who does just that already!)

Jake Mee (1625018)
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, mediocre batting form, proficient bowling form, lively
A destructive player with woeful leadership skills and worthless experience.
Plays For: Bigglesthwaite CC
Nationality: Australia
Age: 25 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,882 (+8)
Wages: £647 p/w
Stamina: feeble   Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless   Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: competent   Consistency:  feeble
Fielding: mediocre

£11k, again, plan to pop to resp and sell him on. He'll probably only play against bots in OD and in any friendlies I have before selling him.

i would say about right for both

Here's one from Maxithlon that I bought

Fausto Iucolano [AID=43382]
Age:   24
Nationality:    Italia
Club:   Salford Sprinters
Wage:   2.337/Week
Fans:   27
Height:   175 cm
Weight:   68 kg
   
MAXID:   5330
Form:   
14/20   
   
Care:   
15/20   
   
Experience:   
4/20   
   
Mood:   
20/20   
   
Strength:   
8/20   
   
Stamina:   
1/20   
   
Speed:   
14/20   
   
   
Agility:   
2/20   
   
Jump:   
3/20   
   
Throw:   
2/20   
   
Speciality: Sprinters
Acceleration:   
9/20   
   
   
Reflexes:   
9/20   

paid 180k.. I THINK over the odds a little, but he is in top 30.

Both are excellent buys and shoul pop within two weeks. No doubt you will be listing them for 500k and 200k after their initial 42 day contract is up. Good skills trading, you slave trader. I hope you feel dirty!!!

When would I ever do such a thing? ;whistle;

Good idea on the prices though! They must be fair if you've suggested them...

Well, here's some "advanced" thinking for you on the value of nets and skill trading vs skill retention.

How much is a net worth? It costs 2k - but how much value do you need to add to the player with each net to ensure you are not paying a greater opportunity cost of depriving your squad of the skill addition than your eventual return on investment?

After much pondering, I have decided to value each net for a growing Div V team like mine and yours at 20k. Which is to say that each net should add at least 20k to my total squad value. Or, if you like, a week's ten nets should add 200k to my total squad value or I'm not getting the most from them. Over the season that's 3.6mill.

So, for each skill trade, iif selling price-purchase price-wages-base net cost is not greater than nets used x 20k, I think you are incurring and opportunity cost greater than the visible return.

Of course, this is assuming you are alreay earning max interest. The opportunity cost per net is lower if you have zero cash, more like 15k per net.

To use your purchases:
player a has a wage of 647. He cost 32k.

You train for two weeks to pop him.
You wait another four weeks.
You list for 500k

visible return on investment:-
500k-32k-4k (approx wages)-4k (one net for two weeks)  = 460k

Opportunity cost of two nets = 40k

Total profit=400k :)

But, say you decided to train him for the full six weeks of his contract, pushing him past base respectable but only by a few weeks and not really adding to the resale value. Your are depriving a 17yr old trainee of four valuable nets!


visible return on investment
500k-32k-4k-12k = 402k

Opportunity cost of six nets = 120k

Total profit= 282k - still nice but 118k less than optimal.

Player B

200k-11k-4k-2k= 183k
-20k x 2 (40k)

Total profit = 143k

If six weeks training
-120k

Total profit= 63k.

Hence, you have landed one cracking bargain in player A and done a decent bit of business with player B.

they money paid for him was about right but you have noo need for him

wat too good for the league he can only score 8 points max wont score than many extra points for the nationals

basically for 180k you could of bought a team full of players that could get you in the top 4 in the country

I waste so many nets - the post above makes me feel cold.

I think he's about right.

Also think they are additional benefits to keeping any extra cash (after max interest) in players rather than in the bank in these times of high inflation. Especially if you can buy them cheap!

Jeez, wasn't trying to depress anyone!

Here's my last four purchases.....

Fitzroy Mcleod (1583352)   £6,000
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, respectable bowling form, sublime 
A  destructive player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,699 (+205) 
Wages: £580 p/w
 
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: competent Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: feeble

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Eddy Lebohang (1590080) £1,000
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, abysmal batting form, worthless bowling form, sublime 
A  defensive player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 1,721 (-116) 
Wages: £376 p/w
 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless

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Robbie Cable (1637088)   £18,000  (but offset by £12,000 sale of academy keeper)

RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable batting form, strong bowling form, energetic 
A  defensive player with woeful leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,111 (+180) 
Wages: £814 p/w
 
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: respectable
Batting: mediocre Concentration: feeble
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: mediocre
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Andrew Thabiso (949455) £16,000
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, respectable batting form, abysmal bowling form, sublime 
A  destructive player with abysmal leadership skills and woeful experience.

Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: Australia
Age: 20 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,166 (+104) 
Wages: £435 p/w
 
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless
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Just currently trying to bring all my squad up to a minimum level of med/comp bat/bowl with med/comp appropriate consist/concent and feeble+ stamina.

Squads around 30 mark currently which is too big but useful in getting top 20 up to energetic/sublime then I can have a clearout! 

Not sure about the last one, but think the others are OK, maybe lacking a bit in stamina but should be usable in OD games.

Just looked at the Transfer market for the first time in weeks.

Can't believe how much the value of players has increased.

Stamina and all rounders seem to be worth so much more then just 6 or 7 weeks ago.

You can still find the odd bargain! ;)

Stamina was always worth a lot for decent players, I think more people realise it now and are also demand for lesser skilled players has increased due to FC.

If you're on the look out for a certain type of player let me know and I'll give you a shout if i see one worth buying (that goes for anyone, no guarantees I'll find someone though!)

Thanks mate.

Only in position to sell, having said that the old bank balance is black again - at last.

Was trawling thru transfer market to see what kind of bargains i can pick up when i put my star player on transfer market in few weeks when i spotted this:

40. Anthony Stanway £6,500,000 (Bally Bruisers) 
Plays for: All Guns Blazing          Stamina: mediocre           W/Keeping: worthless
Age: 17 years old                    Batting: abysmal              Concentration: worthless
BT Rating: 5,989                     Bowling: respectable        Consistency: competent
Deadline: 28/11/2007 14:42     Fielding: worthless

Now if this is how much you have to pay to pick up an average bowler then i'm putting my all rounder on the market for £25,000,000 :D

may be a touch optimistic with the opening price.................

13. Terry Clegg £100,000,000 (opening price) 
Plays for: The Ashtead Hammers          Stamina: superb             W/Keeping: sensational
Age: 23 years old                               Batting: remarkable        Concentration: elite
BT Rating: 467,038                            Bowling: respectable      Consistency: elite
Deadline: 29/11/2007 17:59                Fielding: remarkable

Picked this guy up for 4,000 the other day. Thought it was a pretty decent bit of business as I'm shockingly short of batsmen. Would welcome the opinion of the more experienced players though...

Des Fulgence (1453497)

LH Batsman, LM Bowler, strong batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A  steady player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Grolsch Guerillas
Nationality: England
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,578 (+112) 
Wages: £565 p/w
 
Stamina: worthless Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless

My opinion; he has a funny name.

Perhaps that's why he was so cheap.

he is short on stamina and will need a fitness net before he can play anything other than friendlies

could fill in a OD game as a number 5 or6

I think either of these 2 would be better fill ins:

1. Ledley Tyler  £2,000 (Jammies)
Plays for: House of Trouser    Stamina:    feeble    W/Keeping:    worthless
Age: 25 years old    Batting:    mediocre    Concentration:    competent
BT Rating: 2,828    Bowling:    abysmal    Consistency:    woeful
Deadline: 29/11/2007 18:57    Fielding:    feeble       

2. Pervez Laeeq £2,000 (Up Goes The Finger)
Plays for: dangerous_time    Stamina:    woeful    W/Keeping:    worthless
Age: 26 years old    Batting:    competent    Concentration:    mediocre
BT Rating: 3,462    Bowling:    abysmal    Consistency:    woeful
Deadline: 29/11/2007 18:58    Fielding:    feeble       


With worthless stamina he will really struggle.

I wouldn't want to waste a net on him, he will take about 30 weeks to get to med.

Buying a med/med/med and putting 1 bat on would get to med/comp/comp quicker.

Yeah, re-list after 42 days, he's no good with worthless stam.

I think the transfer market is VERY inflated....

I put my awesome YP on the market


   George King - 17 yo, BT Rating=10,225 [transfer listed]
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, mediocre batting form, competent bowling form, fair
A destructive player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina:    mediocre    Wicket Keeping:    worthless
Batting:    proficient    Concentration:    mediocre
Bowling:    respectable    Consistency:    respectable
Fielding:    worthless

put him up for £3m, I think about 1m too much. However with 44 hours to go someone has bid :)

Bit low on fielding, but don't think £3mill is too inflated myself.

25yo, med/prof/med bats go for £1mill nowadays (well mine do... ;angel;), so significant increase for being 17+ resp/resp bowling on top. Also a spinner (good for allrounders for PFL) + destructive (quite like destructive all rounders for 2 reasons - if they get out cheap it doesn't matter too much as they are a "free" batsman, 2 they score quickly and so don't waste precious PFL (important on allrounders).

Still if you don't have max interest it's a very good bit of business! ;)

I'm just short of max interest, but that wasn't what I was looking at. In order to have half a chance of being competitive in V next season, I need to have a decent squad, not one or 2 superstars. With this, I'm sure by the end of the season I can have several prof primary skills with half decent secondaries as well as a couple of strongs. I'm not worried about FC seeing as I'm 116 points clear of 3rd with just the 4 games left. 8 points clear in OD, with only 2 non BOT games, however at home in 2 weeks v 2nd. So not worried about the rest of this season at all.

Do you have another decent all rounder though?

I think in many cases they are worth more than their transfer market value!

I have 2. My wk/batter is my actual best batsman, and I have an 18 year old, who given the nets, will be decent in approx 12 weeks. I will however, be trawling the transfer market with the £3m or so I have.

Another little signing... cost me £3k

Curtis Gadd (1382310)


RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, worthless batting form, worthless bowling form, sublime
A  cautious player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For:    Bigglesthwaite CC
Nationality:    South Africa
Age:    18 Years Old
Battrick Rating:    1,913 (-10)
Wages:    £444 p/w
Stamina:    feeble    Wicket Keeping:    worthless
Batting:    competent    Concentration:    mediocre
Bowling:    worthless    Consistency:    worthless
Fielding:    woeful

I think bargain!

Bargain indeed!  Nice one Bongo!   ;applause;

started my preparation for next season.

Trawling for bargains for div V and here's the 1st one for 767k


   13. Jordan Goodhead - 17 yo, BT Rating=7,021
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, respectable bowling form, sublime
An attacking player with strong leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina:    competent    Wicket Keeping:    worthless
Batting:    proficient    Concentration:    competent
Bowling:    worthless    Consistency:    worthless
Fielding:    worthless

fielding is the downside, but I can multi net him through till the end of the season. Leaves me with 2m+ for decent players and 3 full YPs to come...

remember to keep 1.6mill in the bank

Nice buy though.

Can someone lend me £1,000,000? Bit of training in the stamina nets and should be a good un.......

15. Jon Garry £1,000,000 (opening price) 
Plays for: Australian Knights           Stamina: mediocre    W/Keeping: worthless
Age: 21 years old                        Batting: respectable  Concentration: superb
BT Rating: 32,382                       Bowling: superb        Consistency: proficient
Deadline: 16/12/2007 6:08           Fielding: proficient

by 6am on the 16th he'll be going for a lot more ;)

Unless i put a bid in first and their server crashes til 7am on sunday :)

I have the money for him at the mo... don't think I will by the end of bidding somehow...

I've just managed to pick up my third buy on the transfer market following the £3.25mil sale of Killen - paid £300k for..........

Plays For: Matts Monkeys
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 20 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 7,641 (+12) 
Wages: £1,147 p/w
 
Stamina: mediocre      Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: respectable    Concentration: woeful
Bowling: mediocre      Consistency: respectable
Fielding: worthless

Ok, so fielding is worthless but to be honest in todays over inflated transfer market i figure that if one of my 11 players cant field then ho hum. Its coming up to the end of the season and i dont really have any important games to play so i'm free to put him in nets til the beginning of next season. while 20-21 years old it'll only take 4-4&1/2 weeks to improve the secondary skills while putting in fielding and WK net at same time so in 12 weeks or so i will have his concentration upto competent and by then his batting should be up to proficient. At the same time his bowling will be competent with strong or even suberb consistency. 12 weeks on stamina net also and that will be up to respectable.

I think i've picked up a bargain given the prices of others on the market :)

right i'm going to go pay attention in the sunday million now i've survived the first hour donk-a-thon instead of trawling the battrick transfer market! :D

I'd just give him a fielding net for longer than a fielding + WK net.

was looking at that on training speeds and calculated that it would take an extra 6 weeks to get his concentration upto competent and consistency upto superb - my plan is to get him there before start of next season and to be honest i'm not using my WK net for anyone at moment.

I'd prefer the extra 6 weeks of fielding rather than WK though personally.

His fielding is that bad that i dont think the extra 6 weeks will make much difference! :D

Bought this bloke for 300k. Purely using him for profit ( unless he turns into a damn good allrounder)

LH Batsman, LF Bowler, worthless batting form, worthless bowling form, sublime
A  destructive player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For:    Staples015
Nationality:    Australia
Age:    19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:    5,746 (-88)
Wages:    £1,217 p/w
Stamina:    respectable    Wicket Keeping:    worthless
Batting:    respectable    Concentration:    woeful
Bowling:    competent    Consistency:    abysmal
Fielding:    worthless


Have a few spare nets so thinking 1 batting, 1 fielding, 1 keeping. maybe 1 bowling as well. got till Monday to decide

Picked this guy up for £6k last week.   Do you guys worry about form when making buys?


Nigel Shabangu (1300126)

RH Batsman, RF Bowler, worthless batting form, worthless bowling form, sublime 
A  defensive player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: England
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,088 (-38) 
Wages: £415 p/w
 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: worthless Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

nope not worried at all. Look at the bloke I bought. its likely he hasn't been played/netted for a while!

Form is temporary, if it's a concern you can whack them in for friendlies until it picks up - others may leave them alone and makes them cheaper.

Nice buy for £6k!

I saw an 18yo Strong bowler going for £1.55m. Bargain I thought, I can buy him use him for the first few matches of next season (when the cup will hit PFL) and sell him for a profit.

So I shortcut him to come back to later and bid.

And forgot.

And no one else bid.

 :'(

Picked this guy up this morning for 70k, going to put him in stamina nets til start of next season - but overall with him only having mediocre batting is that too much?

(his stats are much better than my current keeper so he's first choice)

Plays For: Matts Monkeys
Nationality: England
Age: 28 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 15,338 (+359) 
Wages: £1,609 p/w
 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: proficient
Batting: mediocre Concentration: proficient
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: respectable

I just shipped out another £1,333,391 of my funds and bought 2 more players.

I think I can ship them out for £1mill a piece in 6 weeks time...

RH Batsman, RM Bowler, strong batting form, strong bowling form, invigorated
A  destructive player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For:    Bigglesthwaite CC
Nationality:    England
Age:    17 Years Old
Battrick Rating:    5,824 (+258)
Wages:    £830 p/w
Stamina:    mediocre    Wicket Keeping:    worthless
Batting:    worthless    Concentration:    worthless
Bowling:    proficient    Consistency:    mediocre
Fielding:    abysmal

Just popped, but I think an 18yo prof can fetch more than the £700k... I paid.



RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, strong batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A  defensive player with worthless leadership skills and mediocre experience.

Plays For:    Bigglesthwaite CC
Nationality:    England
Age:    28 Years Old
Battrick Rating:    11,063 (-218)
Wages:    £1,292 p/w
Stamina:    competent    Wicket Keeping:    abysmal
Batting:    proficient    Concentration:    competent
Bowling:    abysmal    Consistency:    respectable
Fielding:    mediocre    

£620k, should help to strengthen my batting line up a bit - which is helpful for my tough FC game next week ;)

Here's one that might have you scratching your heads... cost me 295k

44. Alex Unsworth (1609907)

LH Batsman, RM Bowler, woeful batting form, competent bowling form, energetic
A  steady player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For:   Gorseybrigg old boys
Nationality:   England
Age:   17 Years Old
Battrick Rating:   5,509 (+551)
Wages:   £1,363 p/w

Stamina:   abysmal   Wicket Keeping:   respectable (popped first week of nets so comp when bought)
Batting:   proficient   Concentration:   worthless
Bowling:   worthless   Consistency:   worthless
Fielding:   worthless

I've got him scheduled for one bat, one fitness, one wk and one field until he turns 20 - what will his ratings be then (assuming he's just popped in batting) ?

I don't need him to play next season (just as well!!!) as I have two batsmen/wickies and a third who can stand in at a stretch, although he plays more as a specialist fielder at the moment.

Bargain or robbed?
 

Stamina is a bit of an issue, secondaries less so as they will fly up on bat, wk & field.

I think he'll prove to be an OK buy but you may need to train him past 20 if his secondaries haven't caught up.

How many managers with wk trainees get told their secondaries will be too low at 20 ;D ?

Think he's a decent keeper for V. He'll be ok until you promote to IV and you've got loads of cash so 70k isn't a lot to you, so yes, once he's had a fitness pop or two he'll be ok. For 70k, I would want the stamina a level higher if I'm being picky.

i wouldn't bother with stamina nets, keepers don't seem to need stamina, in OD he'll never bat long enough to need it, in FC he might, but i think you'd make better gains elsewhere.

Lol, this is my first season in Div V having won promotion from Div VI at the first time of asking with a squad that was better than average for Div VI but not as good as your average Div V squad - thoughts of promotion to Div IV are a couple of seasons away yet!! :D

sokker

just sold

Standa Pilát , age 24
value: 158 250 £, wage: 1 575 £
divine form
bookings:

formidable stamina,
good pace,
average technique,
adequate passing,
hopeless keeper
formidable defender
very good playmaker
weak striker
564 600 £

and bought

Carmelo Escobedo, age: 19
value: 42 450 £, wage: 540 £
club: Ironshore, country: México
weak form, hopeless tactical discipline
 

adequate stamina,  tragic keeper
average pace,  excellent defender
unsatisfactory technique,  good playmaker
average passing,  hopeless striker


88 001 £

i think i got a good deal

Here's my two most recent purchases for £17k each.   First as one to train up for resell and second to have one bowler who can actually hold a bat.  ::)   Ideally Nel will have mediocre consistency but net room is a bit tight currently!

Nicholas Shipp
Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,734 (+19) 
Wages: £459 p/w
 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: woeful
Fielding: worthless



Caleb Nel
Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 25 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,023 (-79) 
Wages: £604 p/w
 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: feeble
Bowling: competent Consistency: feeble
Fielding: worthless

Now 29 in squad so will be trying to sell a few soon!   rotflmfao

Two purchases this weekend:

1.
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,223
Wages: £1,208 p/w
 
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: respectable Concentration: woeful
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: woeful
Fielding: worthless

Cost me £23k, so I'm reckoning on training him to proficient and seeing if someone will pay 500k+ for him...

2.
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 13,515 (+443) 
Wages: £2,508 p/w
 
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: superb Concentration: feeble
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

Cost me £2.5m, so planning on getting him upto remarkable batting, and upping those secondaries to something half decent by the end of next season, then hopefully sell on for £6m. Not sure if i slightly overpaid though - any thoughts?

Doubt you'll get £500k+ for player 1 even after training. Should make a nice profit though.

#2 looks to be a decent buy, you will need to get the secondary up though so probably have to give him 1xbat 1xfield, and hope! ;)

i've got him on 1 bat, 2 field for now - he needs those secondaries to make proper money!

2 field trains secondaries the same as 1 field

stick him on 1 fielding + 1 wk to improve secondaries faster

This is my latest buy

  Lee Duke - 17 yo, BT Rating=4,450
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, abysmal batting form, mediocre bowling form, sublime
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina:    competent    Wicket Keeping:    worthless
Batting:    respectable    Concentration:    mediocre
Bowling:    feeble    Consistency:    worthless
Fielding:    woeful

Not bad for 435k I think. Will fill a gap in my lower batting order ( prob no 5/6)

Any way I can take a player off the transfer list in battrick?

No, but you can bid for him yourself. It would still cost you he 5% 'agent's fee' tho.

Ok....see what you make of these two....personally I reckon I've been a bit lucky!   ;D

Few days ago I decided to sell my wk who realistically was my only chance of getting some decent money.  I was hoping to get around £250k but figured it was worth a try before the listing fees started to put him on at a ridiculous price as there was nothing to lose! His stats....

Carlton Jan - 20 yo, BT Rating=8,392   
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, strong batting form, proficient bowling form, energetic
A destructive player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: strong
Batting: mediocre Concentration: feeble
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: woeful

Anyway some kind soul kindly bid early at my asking price of £1,450,000  >:?

This allowed me to go hunting for a replacement and I snapped up this guy for £80,000, which seemed reasonable especially seeing as he previously sold for over £600,000    :)up

Ronnie Hutchison - 17 yo, BT Rating=8,789 
RH Batsman, LFM Bowler, worthless batting form, strong bowling form, sublime
A steady player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: strong
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: worthless Consistency: feeble
Fielding: abysmal     

So basically I think I now have a better wk who is three years younger and an extra £1.3 million or so in the bank!    ;yippee;

PS It won't change the fact I'm going to get thrashed every game this season but at least I won't be bankrupt and getting thrashed every game!   ;nana;

That's some nice business you've done there ;)

Cheers Bongo!   :)up

I won't be spending it on players as I don't think it's enough to improve my squad sufficiently for survival in the league I'm in now.
So I'm aiming to get it up to £1.6m in bank and then spend the max £80k interest each week on players to improve my squad, couple of prospects and also look to get the academy in shape for the following season.

My new motto is......... Battrick...it's not a short term game!   :D

get 4 nets on him fast

fitness wk fielding and batting

or even 2 batting 1 fielding and 1WK might not be able to play him week in week out but will be a great player in a season or 2

awesome bit of business there Keithy!

Liam Long (1734283)


RH Batsman, LM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh 
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: St Woolos Old Boys
Nationality: Australia
Age: 20 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,752
Wages: £618 p/w
 
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: competent
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: competent
Fielding: worthless

Just picked up this guy for £50K.    Should fill the backup allrounder spot.
Bargain or Robbed?

Not blown away by him for the price but he's definitely closer to bargain than robbed I'd say. And esp as he's just a backup.

But market seems very volatile currently so who knows! .  Earlier in week players seemed to be quite cheap but now they're suddenly very expensive again.

My all rounder cost £17k at backend of last year and he's done ok so you should be alright with those higher secondaries.

Caleb Nel (455951)

RH Batsman, RM Bowler, worthless batting form, worthless bowling form, energetic 
A defensive player with proficient leadership skills and woeful experience.

Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 26 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,918 (-38) 
Wages: £604 p/w
 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: feeble
Bowling: competent Consistency: feeble
Fielding: worthless

Ok might as well put my latest two up to be shot at... :)up

For £11k

Mahfooz Saleemuddin (1636262)
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, worthless batting form, feeble bowling form, sublime 
A destructive player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.
Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: Pakistan
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,907 (-77) 
Wages: £498 p/w
 
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: woeful

For £12k

Seymour Waterhouse (1732251)
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, mediocre batting form, mediocre bowling form, invigorated 
A cautious player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Plays For: Athletico Foxy
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 2,929 (-244) 
Wages: £502 p/w
 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: competent Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless

Deal or no deal?      rotflmfao

Martin Harding (1723775)


RH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, invigorated 
A defensive player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: butterpaws
Nationality: West Indies
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 4,445
Wages: £617 p/w
 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: mediocre Concentration: feeble
Bowling: competent Consistency: woeful
Fielding: feeble

Got him for £2k, any good??

for £2k you can't complain ;)

My squads so poor he's now my 4th highest rated player...lol

Just bought this bloke for 563k

Plays For:     Staples015
Nationality:    Australia
Age:    18 Years Old
Battrick Rating:    8,823
Wages:    £1,891 p/w
Stamina:    woeful    Wicket Keeping:    abysmal
Batting:    proficient    Concentration:    woeful
Bowling:    respectable    Consistency:    feeble
Fielding:    worthless

planning on giving him a "few" nets. 1 stam, 1 bat, 1 bowl, 1 keep ( till he has med conc and cons)

Straight into the team for my cup match 2moro then he'll only see the light of day in games I MUST win

why 1 keep instead of 1 field? :dontask:

oops missed 1 field in that too, to boost his secondaries for a while.

dont give him a keeping net as you will end up with an bowler and paying him for keeping

i never give bowlers or allrounders keeping nets

he should improve fast enough with primary and fielding nets

ended up giving him just the 4 nets, but a primary pop already

hoping to have him superb/superb, as well as comp stam and med/comp secondaries

Peter Elson (1752532)


LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh fitness. 
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: butterpaws
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,826
Wages: £525 p/w
 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: respectable
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: woeful

Got for 3k, as a squad player primarily

not a bad trainee if you had the nets for a bowling and fielding

I've got my squad depth sorted to my satisfaction now. This is my week one yp -

 RH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, proficient bowling form, sublime fitness.
A cautious player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For:   Gorseybrigg old boys
Nationality:   England
Age:   17 Years Old
Battrick Rating:   4,038 (+128)
Wages:   £411 p/w

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

He's shown a bit of talent when he's played but he's not the kind of trainee I'm looking for. I'm happy to keep him as a squad filler this season then list once the games are over to see if he can find a club or, if any of you guys want him as a trainee, let me know and I'll list for zero at a convenient time for you.

Don't get your hopes up as I've only just started dabbling at pop predictions but I reckon this guy is virtually competent bowling already!   

Hopefully Bongo will confirm that but looks good to me!   :)up

from 5.46-6, so probably very close. If he's high respectable conc he might be further away.

Sounds good.
Got a pm from the selling team stating how he thought he would get much more for him and I had got a bargain...lol

It took me 3 or 4 attempts to sell a med/med/med 17yo when I listed him for 0!

Theres plenty of em around at the mo. This guys better than a lot of what i've got. I need to rest my better bowlers more often.

No, I think you got a good deal. Just saying the vendor is in cloud cuckoo land if he thinks he's getting more money...

Thats what I thought. Bought as it was 2 mins to deadline...lol
I might give him a bowling net but am using 6 nets on 2 of my 17 year olds alrready