if my team can beat Tool belgium behind only half a game of Marichal, it's just a sign of what a defense i can play. i'm averaging double proficient medium while playing TIE. that means i've got Prominent Defense when i play normal and it could even run up to Profilic defense when i play CT. Not sure how good your offenses are, but your talking about BBBL lvl defense here.
Not having Marichal around will hurt, but it's nothing i can't overcome. so far, only 1 team has been able to score more than 80 points against me. Without Marichal, i won't deny the fact that a major offensif production has gone away, but it makes me 10x more dangerous.
i can play any kind of strategy now. Before Marichal got injured, you knew that i'd focus my offense thru marichal in atleast 1 game. Now, you don't know where it will be comming from :D Brace yourselves, you just made things worse for you. What is more annoying, is that Marichal has reached the NT lvl in terms of playing ability and that his 2 week injury means i'll need another 4 weeks to get him back to GS 9. Basically, the first round will be over by then.
Never though that Sebhilton would resolve to such low tricks as to injury opposing star player with hopes of beating them :P I'm confident that my team can still win 3 of the next 4 games. It also solved a minor training problem that it's a pain tho cause it hurts my training more than anything else.