Originally posted by The Tyke That's not much of a problem Bungy. My advice would be to not invest much at the moment so you can buy players and maximise profit to make money for players.   Other than that I can answer specific questions but check the FTP forums for tips first. There's a lot of stuff on there to help out newer players. And I'd also advise getting a mentor. There's a lot of very good mentors to help out. Another important thing we need is your team name or manager name so that myself and others can find your team.       In the cup I've made it through to round 4 of the Pavilion Cup, where I play against I win away. They beat Aces XI (the 68th seed) today and pull in over 100k in ratings. Both our teams are spin based and I have the edge in the seam department so I reckon they'll look to pit their spinners against mine. That would suit me just fine to be honest.

Edited by bungy - 29 December 2008 at 6:59pm

Beat joint top today, making him joint 2nd with 3 others of us! Its damn toght at the top, if I bat Isabel carmen at the top though I should get promoted to 2.

10 aussie dollars is about 5 pounds I think and I'm on my week of free membership at the moment, will loose it on January 9th (bit more than a week), I'll go and accept that challenge now, be gentle

What about my Bt team versus your FTP team  reckon ashario and allan can set it up for us? 

Not really, but it would be great fun

Had another good win for my Youths today, got ratings of 48000 which is another fairly substantial improvement and as nearly all of my first XI are 16 it can only improve from here. Best player on my team was my youth pull Ghopallawa who made 26 off 27 balls and took 4 wickets.


Edited by slogger72N/O - 31 December 2008 at 10:28am

I didn't play you at battrick , it must have been someone else

Well I'm arranging one with my longest and bitterest rival this week, but I'd be happy to give you a game next week.

Have fun batting against Wicksy (sensational/wonderful)


Edited by slogger72N/O - 04 January 2009 at 1:28pm

He's looking to be a very good player for you. It's a shame that currently his fielding is so low, and his secondaries too but that's fixable.  

Player Details
Team (Youth)	W&HCC	Talents	Skilled (Bowling)
Bats	Left hand batsman	Bowls	Right arm Fast medium
Wage	$1,194	Rating	23,998
Nationality	Sri Lanka	Age	16
Form	reasonable	Fatigue	energetic
Experience	dreadful	Captaincy	average
Endurance	poor	Training	Bowling Technique
Batting	dreadful	Bowling	average
Technique	poor	Power	ordinary
Keeping	average	Fielding	average

Just got this guy from my academy, What training should I give him?

He'll need a tech pop and a bowling pop before the end of the season to have a chance I reckon.

Edited by The Tyke - 11 February 2009 at 3:59pm

Great pull Slogger, his power has to be a massive bonus for you, got to love that. Don't think any of my kids have come out of the academy with power and fielding that high, definitely a good thing for you.

If any of you guys are interested, I've got this young fella on the market:

NineTenXI >> Shane Ridings >> Details

Player Details
Team (Youth)	NineTenXI	Talents	Sturdy, Gifted (Fielding)
Bats	Right hand batsman	Bowls	Left arm Medium
Wage	$1,672	Rating	28,633
Nationality	New Zealand	Age	17
Form	capable	Fatigue	revived
Experience	dreadful	Captaincy	reasonable
Endurance	ordinary	Training	Batting
Batting	reliable	Bowling	dreadful
Technique	average	Power	ordinary
Keeping	ordinary	Fielding	average

In desperate need of some cash so figured I'd try to get it all done in one fell swoop. He's going for $105k atm, though of course I'm hoping for a bit more than that. Will be a very good player I'd imagine.

NineTenXI >> Terry Reid >> Details

Player Details
Team (Youth)	NineTenXI	Talents	Gifted (Bowling)
Bats	Left hand batsman	Bowls	Right arm Medium
Wage	$4,324	Rating	24,953
Nationality	Australia	Age	19
Form	average	Fatigue	rested
Experience	poor	Captaincy	average
Endurance	poor	Training	Bowling
Batting	atrocious	Bowling	expert
Technique	capable	Power	poor
Keeping	poor	Fielding	dreadful

I had a great first season in FTP, suffering only 4 defeats and 2 ties, all against the other human opponent in my league who was much better than me. I got promoted from my T20 league ahead of him, which means I'm in 3 for this season, and I could well get promoted to level 2 as my league doesn't look that difficult. I should go up to 3 in OD and youth next season as well. Finally I got 600K in prize money, I'll probably spend some of that on a new batsman for my senior side, then save the rest up for later.

Edited by slogger72N/O - 17 March 2009 at 7:22am

Im in SA OD league 2.1 rhis year, in 3.something for 20/20 and 4.6 i think for my YOD, Im really going to have to push hard to avoid relegation in OD, although I should get a comfortable promotion in 20/20 and YOD