Discussion BBL|12: Planning Thread

[Young gun]

Okay this is where I've got too

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You don’t have a way to loop Chris Green on field

 

[Goodie's Guns]

I might even just pick Short regardless in all honesty, still has a massive ceiling with the bat and will be gone for me after one round anyway.

Yep, this is where I’m at for now. Whether he bowls or not, I’m (currently) happy to ride with him and his work opening up with the bat. Throw in the fact he fields in handy catching positions, and the odd over here or there. To be honest I still think he’s a massive shout to take the first over with the ball anyway.

 

[toxic]

You don’t have a way to loop Chris Green on field

I can drop Rash to a Scorcher if reqd

I don't want to field Green rd1 - truly think he's a bog average bowler. But 4 games in 2 rounds is ideal.

He be on field for rd2

He's there for cash gen atm for rd1

 

[Aston]

Hey all,

This is my team currently and would be keen to hear people's opinions on it.

Billings is in for a bench loop for Gilkes or Rossouw and also allows me to play both Inglis and Gilkes for their Round 2 doubles.
Not sure on the two 42k players on the bench but I need the cash next weeks trades.
Also finding it hard to leave out Boult and De Grandhomme, but I guess you can't have them all.

Current trade plans for Round 2 are:
- Short to Faf Du Plessis
- Siddle to Tye
- Wood to Agar

Cheers!

 

[Professor]

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[Young gun]

I can drop Rash to a Scorcher if reqd

I don't want to field Green rd1 - truly think he's a bog average bowler. But 4 games in 2 rounds is ideal.

He be on field for rd2

He's there for cash gen atm for rd1

That sounds like worst case scenario. If you get a Scorchers bowler instead of Turner/Luther it’s easily avoided

 

[Pubnation]

Hi guys,

Anyone looking for leagues to join?

I ran 4 leagues last year (they all ranked quite well from memory, not sure if I can still check) and sent invites to previous members about a week ago.

There are still some spots left. If you're not already in one of these, do consider joining. Please join only 2 leagues at most to keep variety among leagues.

Da Best Leeg Eva (455563) - 9/10 {UPDATED}
Best of Da Best (884251) - full
The Handsome Bunch (286703) - 8/10
The Fantastic Ten (674246) - full

I still have some league slots left. So if you're looking for members for your leagues, I'm keen to join them as well.

Thanks

Hi all,

Appreciate those who joined my leagues/commented on my previous post.

Still a couple of spots left if anyone's keen to join.

 

[Darkie]

I've been trying to solve the keeper issue with some old fashioned fixture analysis, and here is what I've come up with.

Firstly, couple of things:

1. A bit of this is inspired after reading @Diabolical's recap of last season, so credit there for any of the themes/concepts that pop up that sound familiar.
2. Full fixture is included but I'll mostly ignore the back end of the season as too much can change between now and then.
3. My goal is to spend as few trades as possible on keepers, as I feel there will be more benefit/need in having trades to manage the other 10 on field spots. Keepers are 1/11 spots on field so don't want to disproportionately allocate trades to that spot.
4. I've excluded Carey as not available early.

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From what I can see, there are 3 clear zones across the season:

1. Rounds 1 to 3 - Condensed period of DGR/Byes, but that is o***et by this zone having the benefit of starting teams being tailored to best manage it. The goal at the end of this round is to be positioned to have the best keeper choice for the start of the next zone in round 4. using last years averages, this is how players would score over those rounds:

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Based on that, it feels like the optimal keeper situation is to start Gilkes, and then in round 3 shift him to Billings. This provides 6 games of scoring from just 1 trade (or no trades if you start Billings), and Gilkes would have had the 2nd highest scoring at the end of round 2, and Billings has the highest scoring in round 3. Note: I've only done this least season average for this zone, as it was most useless for navigating the cluster of DGR/byes and showing the benefit of Gilkes x4 vs some other players x1 or x2. Also past performance is no indicator of future performance but it's useful in an indicative sense.

Round 1: Gilkes
Round 2: Gilkes
Round 3: Billings
Trades: 1
Score Involvements: 6 (max)

2. Rounds 4 to 8 - Key defining feature is 3 out of 5 SGRs, meaning the priority is to have the best players on field. Given there is 2x DGRs and no byes for SS, this is a really simple one - Billings to Philippe.

Round 4: Philippe
Round 5: Philippe:
Round 6: Philippe:
Round 7: Philippe
Round 8: Philippe
Trades: 1
Score Involvements: 7 (max)

3. Rounds 9 to 13 - Don't have a plan for here yet.. but there are a few options depending on player form/availability.

So in summary:

Round 1: Gilkes
Round 2: Gilkes
Round 3: Billings
Round 4: Philippe
Round 5: Philippe:
Round 6: Philippe:
Round 7: Philippe
Round 8: Philippe
Trades: 2
Score Involvements: 13 (max)

Means I can focus trades on bowl/bat lines as well as chasing B/E value, without neglecting the keeper position. Hopefully this helps people sort through some of the noise around this position - most will have different views but I found the season fixture view helpful in mapping out how to approach keeper strategy while minimising trades.

This is excellent, thanks very much for sharing.

 

[Herbie66]

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Hey all,

This is my team currently and would be keen to hear people's opinions on it.

Billings is in for a bench loop for Gilkes or Rossouw and also allows me to play both Inglis and Gilkes for their Round 2 doubles.
Not sure on the two 42k players on the bench but I need the cash next weeks trades.
Also finding it hard to leave out Boult and De Grandhomme, but I guess you can't have them all.

Current trade plans for Round 2 are:
- Short to Faf Du Plessis
- Siddle to Tye
- Wood to Agar

Cheers!

Where do you go if Rossouw doesn't work though ?

Brown - > $ 89,700.00 or lose Billings ?

Possibly go Siddle - > CDG & Brown - > Lynn

That then flows on to Round 2 trades.

 

[Pacifico]

I'm not sold on Zampa at all tbh

Boult I want but cash poor

Agreed, he’s in my side atm, but not the biggest fan of his role last year, and now he’ll probably have less runs again to defend with maxwell out. getting very closed to being chopped

 

[Woosie]

arghh!

Whoever it is gets dropped RD2, well Sangha may stay, but then Sams may have to go

Boult v M Short v Sangha

pick 1

 

[Diabolical]

Stop. Breathe. Ahh, that feels better.

Right, now let’s go!

 

[Leftyitisstill]

Just created a league - 24hrs left - 989632

Hope to fill it with SCS peeps. Happy to add SCS if needed.

Looking forward to a manic SC season. Good luck all.

 

[Woosie]

Just created a league - 24hrs left - 989632

Hope to fill it with SCS peeps. Happy to add SCS if needed.

Looking forward to a manic SC season. Good luck all.

ok. I'm in. That's 10/10 SCS leagues for me.

Bring it on peeps!

 

[Professor]

Invite open to fill my league - Emerald Hill league number 428045.

 

[Darkie]

arghh!

Whoever it is gets dropped RD2, well Sangha may stay, but then Sams may have to go

Boult v M Short v Sangha

pick 1

M Short is the only one I’ve had at any stage.

 

[nateful]

Hi all,

Appreciate those who joined my leagues/commented on my previous post.

Still a couple of spots left if anyone's keen to join.

ive hopped in one

 

[Herbie66]

Usman Qadir

MOM for Southern Punjab , December 10th 😱

18* 10-0-61-5

Is he even in the country ?

 

[Zillzy]

Created a league, 2for22in2022 (856557) anyone welcome to join

 

[nateful]

Usman Qadir

MOM for Southern Punjab , December 10th 😱

18* 10-0-61-5

Is he even in the country ?

in his own country