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During the last days I thought about my aims with the NT. It came down to two things:

1) Project NT players: There are fast ways and slow ways to train players. I would like to discuss with you your plans with potential NT players and see if we can maximize the training speed by arranging a certain trainiing order.

and

2) improving the WR: The WR is important for the european championship. In Europe there are 8 groups with 6 teams in it. The first group has the strongest teams and sets the heads for the group stage during the EC. The second group has the next six and so on. The last group has the weakest teams. Sweden is in the fifth group currently. That means we got four teams from higher groups this season. Switzerland which has only 15 managers more than Sweden is the strongest team in group 3 and they can move forward to group 2 this season. The Nederlands are in the same categorie (139 managers) and are in group 2. We should aim for the same region.

Current situation:
1 - Poland - 996,3
2 - Finland - 920,3
3 - Serbia - 740,8
4 - France - 396,1
5 - Italy - 390,7
6 - Spain - 359,9

7 - Czech Republic - 349,4
8 - Slowakia - 323,3
9 - Ukraine - 308,0
10 - Slovenia - 266,3
11 - Belgium - 246,7
12 - Nederlands - 232,0

13 - Switzerland - 230,8
14 - Lithuania - 22,8,4
15 - Greece - 228,4
16 - Russia - 224,3
17 - Croatia - 222,2
18 - Belarus - 217,8

19 - Danmark - 201,8
20 - Germany - 201,7
21 - Turkey - 199,3
22 - Hungary - 198,5
23 - England - 189,6
24 - Portugal - 183,2

25 - Bosnia&Herzogovina - 178,6
26 - Sverige - 176,5
27 - Estonia - 176,0
28 - Israel - 172,6
29 - Latvia - 170,6
30 - Austria - 169,7

Standing: 21.11.2015

Danmark is only app. 25 pts ahead of us and we play against them. Let's see how the season goes and how far we can move up.

Game 1: Sverige (49) 102:117 Poland (1)

The first game is finished and the first half of the game killed us. We went with a -20 into half time and our FG was on an underground level. 14-49 FG (28,6%) were too low againt the defending world champion. We had the right defense for their Motion. To be honest I speculated for RnG, but wasn't certain.
The second half was way better. We won both quarters by a small margin. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to get under -10. We finished the second half with 26-52 FG (50%) and the team showed some really good offense.

If you take a look at the schedule, you will see that we have the strongest opponents at the beginning of this championship. That's hard, but has also its benefits. The margin between strong and less stronger teams is smaller currently. With higher enthusiasm and game shape it will be harder to play against teams like Poland. The other teams have to show that they can survive against Poland or at least play better than we did today.

There was a surprise today. Armenia won after an OT against Croatia. So one of the two main candidates for second place already slipped and this will make the next games even more exciting.

Update

Current situation:
1 - Poland - 993,2
2 - Finland - 923,6
3 - Serbia - 741,1
4 - France - 400,1
5 - Italy - 392,4
6 - Spain - 362,4

7 - Czech Republic - 350,3
8 - Slowakia - 325,8
9 - Ukraine - 312,4
10 - Slovenia - 270,9
11 - Belgium - 251,7
12 - Greece - 239,4

13 - Russia - 230,7
14 - Lithuania - 228,1
15 - Belarus - 221,2
16 - Switzerland - 220,1
17 - Nederlands - 215,9
18 - Hungary - 214,9

19 - Danmark - 213,8
20 - Croatia - 210,4
21 - Germany - 204,5
22 - Turkey - 202,0
23 - Portugal - 185,4
24 - Bosnia&Hercogovina - 180,0

25 - Sverige - 178,4
26 - Latvia - 175,3
27 - England - 170,7
28 - Austria - 170,6
29 - Estonia - 166,3
30 - Israel - 162,2

Standing: 24.11.2015

Despite losing the first game, we managed to move on place upwards. Now we are only 1,6 points behind the next group.

Last edited by Nachtmahr at 12/1/2015 12:47:33 PM

Very interesting to see your posts, both regarding the ranking and training. Since I have 3 youngsters currently in training, I am looking forward to your recommendations.

Good work against a solid Poland, looks promising

Game 2: Sverige (48) 111:99 Slovenia (22)

Second game, first victory. Last week our first half was a desaster, this week our first half was exellent. If we ignore Martinsson, the rest of the team had a 70%+ FG half. That was a monster half!

MVP: Tjädermo. He was our high percentage scoring machine. He also finished the game with a DD.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Martinsson. I could say again. On the one hand he had a really bad shooting performance, in the other hand he dished out nine assists. I really hope he gets the hang and performances constantly on a high level.

X-Factor: I will take Everland. After Tunggard had no further motivation to play, Everland showed a stellar performance. Great shooting and a nice touch from the free throw line helped us to seal the victory.

With our victory and a little surprise from Romania, we should move up to the fourth place... if I'm right. Danmark and Poland won their games and the keep the first two places between them. Slovenia is still in front of us thanks to the better difference. Croatia lost both games with -1 and -3. That's from the category "first we got unlucky and than the others had luck". Unfortunately we are their next opponents and I think they will try to let their frustration out on us.
Nonetheless, great game and thanks for the good game shape. Please keep it up and if needed raise it to 8 or better 9. Our group is very balanced and in the end several points can deceide about a higher place.

And I would be glad, if we can start a discussion about the NT and how we can develop it further.

Well coached! Stealing one from a better ranked team is always nice!

I will try to manage Åkerstens' form a bit better. He´s not easy to coach tho, a sucker for hogging minutes on the court. He keeps: "Naaah coach, I feel fresh, about to hit a streak!. Keep me in" "Hey coach! Rested a minute, legs feel good, rookie out there mess things up. Put me back in!". All day long.

On the upside he gets a bit of free-ride-training this season, as i´m training my prospects in outside-skills. Hope to slow his decay a bit at least...

Nice win!

KÄMPA SVERIGE!!

Update

Current situation:
1 - Poland - 991,5
2 - Finland - 928,8
3 - Serbia - 745,0
4 - France - 403,7
5 - Italy - 393,7
6 - Czech Republic - 348,0

7 - Spain - 347,1
8 - Slowakia - 329,6
9 - Ukraine - 313,4
10 - Slovenia - 271,1
11 - Belgium - 249,1
12 - Greece - 231,7

13 - Lithuania - 231,6
14 - Russia - 230,8
15 - Danmark 228,0
16 - Hungary 224,9
17 - Switzerland 224,0
18 - Belarus - 223,8

19 - Nederlands - 216,7
20 - Turkey - 208,2
21 - Germany 206,9
22 - Croatia - 201,5
23 - Sverige - 194,7
24 - Portugal - 186,2

25 - Israel - 182,2
26 - Bosnia&Hercogovina - 180,3
27 - Latvia - 175,4
28 - England - 172,5
29 - Austria - 171,2
30 - Bulgaria - 162,7

Standing: 01.12.2015

With our victory (+16,3 pts) we moved up two ranks. Now we are in the fourth group ;) Croatia and Germany are in front of us, but it's only a short distance.

Last edited by Nachtmahr at 12/1/2015 12:47:05 PM

Great updates and very nice win yesterday!

Keep it up!

Reading everything you are posting with eager.

Great job, very nice updates both regarding the game, your thoughts about the player and the updates regarding the ranking.

And I'm looking forward to the discussion how to make Sweden a bigger and better NT country!

Keep it up!

Last edited by Seppukusaint at 12/1/2015 3:23:52 PM