I think I need a vent thread...

[roo boys!]

Well I'll just get it out there, I am flowering angry that my team ALWAYS outrates people but ends up losing..

Last night for example, I had BP on the ropes, I was 2/134 with only 123 runs required or something like that, with my best and third best batsmen at the crease with my second best to come, ON A FLAT PITCH!!!, I thought I had it in the bag. Huge collapse, involving Outs/Outs batsmen making 10, Exp/Exp making ducks, ON A FLAT PITCH!!!!, it was terrible. I ended up losing by 28 runs. Match ratings were 146k to 140k in my favour ::) I thought I would go through all the games I have lost this season and seen how many times I have outrated opponents...

First game of the FFPL:
   Gunz n Rozez   Roo Boys!
Batting - Top Order:   9,303   10,128
Batting - Middle Order:   7,870   8,202
Batting - Tail:   4,049   3,161
Bowling - Seam:   8,626 (6)   9,367 (6)
Bowling - Spin:   8,905 (4)   8,362 (4)
Fielding/Keeping:   8,176   8,078
Overall:   149,054   151,862

Result: Gunz n Rozez won by 5 wickets


A couple of days later:
   Roo Boys!   DazBurg's Greatness
Batting - Top Order:   10,155   8,572
Batting - Middle Order:   7,493   6,630
Batting - Tail:   4,075   2,900
Bowling - Seam:   10,025 (4)   7,306 (8)
Bowling - Spin:   9,142 (6)   8,438 (2)
Fielding/Keeping:   6,917   7,117
Overall:   151,042   128,520

Result: DazBurg's Greatness won by 7 runs.

Pav Cup:
Roo Boys!   Chennai Super Kings
Batting - Top Order:   8,946   11,108
Batting - Middle Order:   7,785   8,926
Batting - Tail:   4,093   4,409
Bowling - Seam:   6,039 (3)   10,291 (4)
Bowling - Spin:   7,160 (7)   10,742 (6)
Fielding/Keeping:   7,205   10,549
Overall:   134,936   177,814
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets.
That one was fair enough, but I'm just doing all the games I have lost.

T20 against BP:
   Roo Boys!   The Brat Pack
Batting - Top Order:   8,311   8,299
Batting - Middle Order:   6,746   6,730
Batting - Tail:   2,645   3,383
Bowling - Seam:   5,480 (6)   7,865 (6)
Bowling - Spin:   7,614 (6)   7,842 (4)
Fielding/Keeping:   6,824   7,384
Overall:   127,915   131,693

The Brat Pack won by 7 wickets. This was the game where there was the bug with Duncan not bowling so that was unfair ::)

FFPL against MajorLazer:
   Roo Boys!   John Howard's Coathangers
Batting - Top Order:   9,477   8,334
Batting - Middle Order:   8,360   6,952
Batting - Tail:   4,456   3,699
Bowling - Seam:   8,732 (2)   6,884 (6)
Bowling - Spin:   7,427 (8)   7,923 (4)
Fielding/Keeping:   7,819   7,483
Overall:   146,611   131,184

Result: John Howard's Coathangers won by 11 runs.

FFPL against Alex on Thursday:
   Roo Boys!   Feeling Sheepish
Batting - Top Order:   9,548   8,805
Batting - Middle Order:   8,551   7,375
Batting - Tail:   3,117   4,642
Bowling - Seam:   9,243 (4)   8,702 (4)
Bowling - Spin:   9,168 (6)   8,981 (6)
Fielding/Keeping:   8,361   8,394
Overall:   152,815   148,173

Result: Feeling Sheepish won by 62 runs.

And last Night, against BP again:
   The Brat Pack   Roo Boys!
Batting - Top Order:   8,962   9,199
Batting - Middle Order:   7,339   8,100
Batting - Tail:   3,134   2,981
Bowling - Seam:   8,303 (6)   9,032 (4)
Bowling - Spin:   8,328 (4)   8,594 (6)
Fielding/Keeping:   8,097   8,025
Overall:   140,459   146,056

Result: The Brat Pack won by 22 runs.

[Barlow 21]

RB is it orders you are setting? Sometimes the wrong orders can result in a loss.

[roo boys!]

I dunno, that's the thing, I tried dropping my best/second best batsman down to five for a flat pitch but he just made 9... Makinson made 52 and Cullen got a second ball duck....

[Barlow 21]

I dunno, that's the thing, I tried dropping my best/second best batsman down to five for a flat pitch but he just made 9... Makinson made 52 and Cullen got a second ball duck....

Mmmm....
Seems very unlucky to me. :P

[roo boys!]

I know -_-

Look, how did a Reli/Reli finger spinner with satisfactory fatigue get my best batsman (Outs/Outs cap experience awesome secondaries) out, and then 2 balls later get my Exp/Exp spin specialist for a duck ???

35.3   W   Gorman to Makinson : There's a noise as that goes through to Cain and Gorman turns and appeals. Glove? Bat? Makinson's arthritic wrists playing up? Doesn't matter, umpire says it's out.
W. Makinson c E. Cain b. S. Gorman 52 (60b 4x4 0x6) SR:86.67

35.5   W   Gorman to Cullen : [catch] There's a noise as that goes through to Cain and Gorman turns and appeals. Glove? Bat? Cullen's arthritic wrists playing up? Doesn't matter, umpire says it's out.
A. Cullen c E. Cain b. S. Gorman 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR:0.00

And yes, I know they were the same way of getting out :P

[cookie311993]

i think it might be either orders and tactics R&B or exp

[roo boys!]

Yeah I think it's Exp :-\

[chrisuzz]

Last night i thought i had won the bid on a player it was ment to end at 10:00, and i had the winning bid at that time but i decided to wait to makes sure and by 10:00:45 i still had the bid so i turned it off and i come on this morning to find i dont have the player >:(

[CrowsFan]

Bugger zz!
But you should always wait till it says bidding is finished...

[roo boys!]

Yeah what CF said, it should take about a minute until that comes up ;)

[chrisuzz]

its just frustrating cos like 3 times during the day i tried to confirm my bid and if it was a coupe seconds over the deadline it wouldnt let me bid

[Justin Bieber]

That's very unlucky RB. My team is also very inexperienced :(.

[roo boys!]

That's very unlucky RB. My team is also very inexperienced :(.

Yeah I think I need one or two guys with really amazing experience there in the middle order to steady the ship....Cullen has been performing badly because he has AWESOME stats but only ordinary exp at 24, so I am playing him every SOD and every T20 game pretty much the whole season, and trying not to rest him unless he really needs rest. In a season if he has Capable experience for example, he could dominate.

[Alex7089]

Yeah my team is low on experience.
Because they're so young :-\
My lowest is ord, only 2 have that, Sodumo & Collins.

Most are ave or reas though.

[roo boys!]

Yeah Duncan is Capable so he gets to hang around ;) Makinson is capable, Qasim is capable, Furlonge is capable, I think Chiba is only reasonable though so need some pops from him... Those are the rocks in my team.