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From: elboss
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Date: 9/19/2009 5:35:06 AM
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The consolation tournament kicks off next monday!

Our first match is against Makedonija a small BB country with roughly 250 active teams. They ended up 7th in the european qualifiers in pool C. On paper we should be able to handle them, so fingers crossed!

Our second match is against Ceska Rep, it's a medium sized BB country with about 400 active teams. They were 4th in Pool C in the qualifiers. A good balanced teams which will give us a run for our money. They have a pretty good match record losing only 3 of the last 13.

On other news, our roster has been slightly revamped with John Costabile (5864968) the obvious (but not the only) new entry. John is a bit green at the moment, but he's being trained (in Italy) and he is the future of the NT.

Congratulations to Swindon Bulls, Paul Davies (3059081) is now in the NT; he might just be the best kept secret of the entire EBBL. Durk Haslett (2316883) is in as well, one of the best defenders available.

From: Vasco92

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112326.2 in reply to 112326.1
Date: 9/21/2009 3:25:05 PM
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Great game! 106-63 at the end of the 3rd quarter! Dale is almost playing perfectly, with 11-12 FG, 26 points and 15 rebounds. Congraltulations for the win

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112326.3 in reply to 112326.1
Date: 9/21/2009 4:05:57 PM
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Great result, elboss, not only winning heavily but at a lower enthusiasm than Macedonia as well. 32 assists and an impressive offensive flow. Hope the team can keep that up for the next game!

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112326.4 in reply to 112326.3
Date: 9/21/2009 5:14:47 PM
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Good victory indeed. To be fair, we were the favorite here... Then again Makedonija played better than expected.

Remarkable first match for P. Davies (Swindon Bulls) and J. Costabile. Overall I'm satisfied with the ratings!

Now let's see how we play against Ceska Rep.

Guys if you are watching the match next time, let's log into the chat :)

From: elboss

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112326.5 in reply to 112326.4
Date: 9/28/2009 9:23:53 AM
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Today we face Ceska Rep, it's a medium sized BB country with about 400 active teams.

However, if you look at their roster you'll see this is no picnic :(
We see a monster like Vladan Slezácek (4810058) and a PG Flavio Portavales (4809836) to match our stars.

Thankfully their overall game shape is not all that hot and that should play in our favour. I take this chance to congratulate the NT guys clubs for keeping them in great shape - broadly speaking :)

As I mentioned before our rival got 4th place in Pool C in the qualifiers. They have a pretty good match record losing only 3 of the last 13. Recently they lost against Magyarország (7614)

We look forward to complete Magyarország's job and shutter that record!

From: elboss

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112326.6 in reply to 112326.5
Date: 9/28/2009 4:46:21 PM
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Sadly we lost... (7649)

All in all, looking at the ratings we it's a fair result, unfortunately :( They performed surprisingly well... I'll do a full post-mortem later on this wk.

I'm surprised they managed to win like this though...

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112326.7 in reply to 112326.6
Date: 9/28/2009 5:15:10 PM
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Thank you for the great match, it was really one of our best perfomances. Good luck in the rest of the tournament.

From: Soel

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112326.8 in reply to 112326.6
Date: 9/28/2009 6:32:46 PM
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Bad luck Elboss, just a bad day at the office looking at the game, it was very close.

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112326.9 in reply to 112326.7
Date: 9/29/2009 11:12:24 AM
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Thank you for the great match, it was really one of our best perfomances. Good luck in the rest of the tournament.

That is just his personal opinion. It was close game we just got lucky with some crucial free throws. Better luck next time.

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112326.10 in reply to 112326.7
Date: 9/30/2009 6:26:32 AM
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Thank you for the great match, it was really one of our best perfomances. Good luck in the rest of the tournament.


Definitely well played. You took a risk, but it payed out. I'll be fair, it's the 1st time that I see someone winning using Princeton :)

Perhaps I'll have a chance to face you guys again later in the tournament!

From: elboss
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112326.11 in reply to 112326.10
Date: 9/30/2009 6:29:29 AM
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The schedule for the rest of the consolation tournatment is out!

We face:

Saudi Arabia
México
Hong Kong
Danmark
Bosna i Hercegovina
Senegal

All in all, just by eyeballing it, we should be in a very good position to do well. Fingers crossed!