Heef.....pulled this young Canadian today for my Franchise side: 16 years old | 15,823 rating | $620 wage Left hand batsman | Left arm Medium <TABLE class=display width=200><TBODY><TR><TH>Talents</TH><TD>Gifted (Fielding)</TD></TR><TR><TH>Nationality</TH><TD> Canada</TD></TR><TR><TH>Form</TH><TD class=form rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=form">reasonable</TD></TR><TR><TH>Fatigue</TH><TD class=fatigue rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=fatigue">energetic</TD></TR><TR><TH>Experience</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">dreadful</TD></TR><TR><TH>Captaincy</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">average</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Skills Summary <TABLE class=display width=300><TBODY><TR><TH>Batsman</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">poor</TD></TR><TR><TH>Bowler</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">atrocious</TD></TR><TR><TH>Keeper</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">dreadful</TD></TR><TR><TH>Allrounder</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">dreadful</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Notes Endurance!! Skills <TABLE class=display width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TH>Batting</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">ordinary</TD><TH>Endurance</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">atrocious</TD></TR><TR><TH>Bowling</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">atrocious</TD><TH>Technique</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">ordinary</TD></TR><TR><TH>Keeping</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">dreadful</TD><TH>Power</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">poor</TD></TR><TR><TH>Fielding</TH><TD class=skills rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills">poor</TD><TH></TH><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Should be a decent bat for the franchise once I get his fitness up. Also pulled Canadian for my seniors but not worth keeping.
Yeah - he'll be a decent player Dougy. Shame he's not at your main team, as I'm guessing your academy is pretty weak at your affiliate? Probably needs a bit of an Endurance work-out first to make him worth playing, but for the 16yo friendly I was telling you about, we've got sweet FA at the moment, so a couple of nice pops could see him get some action.
Yep....I have managed to get my Academy up to reasonable already though so it's getting there for my affiliate team. I am due a decent pull for my main team Heef, so hopefully a few decent Canadians for the future.
I had two good pulls within the first couple of seasons which set me up well to my position currently. I only sold one of them though, but for 2.4million or something
Player Info 17 years old | 19,606 rating | $720 wage Right hand batsman | Right arm Finger spin <table class="display" width="200"> <tbody><tr><th>Talents</th><td>Opener</td></tr> <tr><th>Nationality</th><td> Bangladesh</td></tr> <tr><th>Form</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=form" class="form">average</td></tr> <tr><th>Fatigue</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=fatigue" class="fatigue">energetic</td></tr> <tr><th>Experience</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">atrocious</td></tr> <tr><th>Captaincy</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">ordinary</td></tr> </tbody></table> Skills Summary <table class="display" width="300"> <tbody><tr><th>Batsman</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">poor</td></tr> <tr><th>Bowler</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">poor</td></tr> <tr><th>Keeper</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">dreadful</td></tr> <tr><th>Allrounder</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">poor</td></tr> </tbody></table> Notes Skills <table class="display" width="100%"><tbody><tr><th>Batting</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">ordinary</td> <th>Endurance</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">ordinary</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Bowling</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">average</td> <th>Technique</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">dreadful</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Keeping</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">poor</td> <th>Power</th><td rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">ordinary</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Fielding</th><td title="" rel="ranks.htm?rankingNameParam=skills" class="skills">dreadful</td></tr></tbody></table> Pleased with pulling him, should help my side alot.
Only downside is the age there, so the fielding could suffer a bit, although I would take him over the rubbish that I've got at the moment.
I have 22 youth. And 15 of them are my youth's squad regular member. Have a bunch of 17 years and a 16 year old. Hoping that by the end of season, they get a good boost up. My team rank last in its division.
Gutted I'm still in division 5 but have fairly easy T20 and OD groups so should move up at the end of this season.
I'm just starting out as well but i'm mainly focusing on my acadamies and hoping my players become good and I draft some guns as well.
I have tried to avoid just signing older guys that are cast offs from other teams. But I have brought in a few guys to give my seniors a bit of an edge. How much do people invest in their academies?
Start small with academy investment and try and get them to the "satisfactory" level for a start (it will show you how much you should invest to achieve this). Buy a couple of 26 to 28 y/o's to boost your seniors a little and then go about getting younger players, 20 or 21, to keep and develop further. If have a proper Youth team, around an average rating of 18 to 20000, you should be very very competitive and it is easy to get decent 18 y/o's for cheap on the market, but don't buy 19 y/o's who have no chance of making your seniors after one season.
