Bargain or Robbed

[Bongo]

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.

 

[matt674]

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

[Bongo]

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

[divaflava]

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?
 

[Bongo]

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.

[divaflava]

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

[divaflava]

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

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.

[Bongo]

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.

[matt674]

He'll be ok until you promote to IV

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!!

[Ironside]

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

[KeithyB]

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!   

[kingjon]

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?

[Bongo]

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!

[kingjon]

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

[Bongo]

2 field trains secondaries the same as 1 field