If there was one thing the Ravens were light on it was spin bowling allrounders. If Cribb, Deane, Orr, Shri and Classified all went down injured there was no one to fill the void. Signing Gbagbo made things a bit stronger but they didn't have solid enough depth there, so bringing in zorax as well could be a key move.
It's a very long story. Back in Season 6 I joined the Saders but noticed the origins of the club and tried to latch myself on the cool kids/people that were at the club. This along with the Saders losing most of their good members plus me panicking about the long-term viability of the club and helping push it to the ground (which I deeply regret and almost certainly wouldn't have done if I wasn't going straight for the oldfag's gobbies and was a lot more mature and together in my everyday life, but hindsight etc.) saw me move to the Gamblers. I stayed there because I enjoyed the people there and the community on offer and I didn't really see much point in moving if I didn't have to. I also reckoned I fitted into the philosphy of the Gamblers a bit better back then than what I do now, partially because my horizons have been broadened slightly as I've gotten older and more mature, and also because I reckon the forum has changed. Nah, the only other club that's contacted me yet had none of those guys table me a contract. BTW, I am willing to talk with regards to S13, if the fact that I haven't signed a contract yet and that post wasn't obvious. I still like the Gamblers, I just feel the need for a change.
Here's a bit of a different take on Morgie's list -- here's what the teams are looking like assuming everyone who hasn't signed yet isn't moving: <table><tr> <td> </td> <td><img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/logos/1.png></td> <td><img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/logos/2.png></td> <td><img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/logos/3.png></td> <td><img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/logos/4.png></td> <td><img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/logos/5.png></td> <td><img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/logos/6.png></td> <td><img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/logos/7.png></td> <td><img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/logos/11.png></td> <td><img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/logos/12.png></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=57>DG Speirs</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=988>AR Dforum</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=381>E Ames</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=458>S Bakkum</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=37>RG Cribb</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=41>BJT Manera</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=1067>MC James</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=982>CD Ochocinco</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=881>AJ O'Neill</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=54>JP Thornton</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=907>IV Narang</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=89>P Retzel</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=901>BE Quilty</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=141>DK Erschoff</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=943>LV Himann</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=326>JRE Luffman</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=379>DG Dafter</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=139>BL Hornby</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=50>JB Dempsey</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=83>AM Farhat</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=896>JJD Heads</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=860>CJ Downes</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=849>PM Jackson</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=47>RST Downpipes</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=191>T Delonge</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=437>SM Morgan</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=317>BG Herd</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=171>AJ Parker</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=102>TR Man</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=159>M Perry</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=58>SA Flack</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=376>MJ Deane</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=913>JA Chewie</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=421>J Torres</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=919>ML Martyn</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=112>BJ Gemmell</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>5</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=321>DA Alessi</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=918>JD Hurricane</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=966>CL Warrington</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=396>AJ Son</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=928>SSD Dong</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=91>DW Lewis</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=78>R Gee</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=973>BE Force</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=266>TA Miokovic</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=938>T Bochat</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=456>EI Morris</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=430>J Steele</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=855>LE Schaw</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=908>HBK Teja</a></td> <td><a href=http://www.thegameofcricket.net/site/players.php?id=145>BA Storer</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=457>S Verigotta</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=327>JEM Logan</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=423>L Popovic</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>7</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=179>A Pimpkins</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=358>CJ Laing</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=958>CM Dyer</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=439>DA Astele</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=463>DP Howell</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=154>AJ O'Driscoll</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=167>DN Boland</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=995>CJ Ardley</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=160>BS Read</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>8</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=862>JM Hughes</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=183>N Hunt</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=967>NN Gurupur</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=963>ZAF MacDonald</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=892>CC Classified</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=1074>RDP Wheelson</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=410>GJ Weaver</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=48>BH Borisc</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=890>JM Eightyfour</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>9</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=86>GEC King</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=85>SM Green</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=115>SB Wilson</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=314>AD Hunt</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=886>M Faithful</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=39>AD Funkotron</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=332>WC Welker</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=957>KN Rask</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=76>L Tyson</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>10</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=194>GR Smith</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=472>RS Hutchinson</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=447>JJ Ritchie</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=178>HJ Bots</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=100>IA Ryabovol</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=418>HT Davis</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=365>DA Eggman</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=337>JH Ridd</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=96>BJ Taylor</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>11</b></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=127>SDR Laing</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=404>J McDougal</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=177>DA Crowley</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=917>DM Diggler</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=372>MP Chung</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=108>HG Emm</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=339>BOY Blunder</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=304>AJ James</a></td> <td><a href=http://cricsim.com/site/players.php?id=370>SIA Yates</a></td> </tr></table> Biggest thing we can learn from that is that you're an ALC batsman or an ALC seamer keen to play first grade you should hit up the Saders. A really good core of players but it just dies away after their best eight or so; not even any good-ALC-maybe-decent-BS players to slot in; they've got Droos who has been pretty terrible in ALC and Crowley who seems past it.
