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Ouch that's a hard one to start off with :/

Great analysis Joe!

The upcoming couple of seasons I will be aiming to win something, but like you said I'll probably have to wait till AmenRa's reign is over, so I don't expect a trophy yet this season.
Above that I really hope to continue my 100% Belgian legacy, but it's starting to become really hard to find the right players. I missed out on a couple of great Belgium players the past season. They are not only extremely rare, but also seem to be selling for 150% of their value all the time. So a lot will depend on if I will be able to find the right player in the right time...

Good luck to all of you!

I am very lucky to get away with the win in our game. What a strange 4th quarter that was, scoring almost 50% of my 3-point shots. It looks like your players thought the game was already in the bag at that moment.

If I may, and while I commend you for your all-belgian team, when you reach that point where your team is not perfect, but almost, you shouldn't be looking for a belgian player to fill in that very last spot. You should be looking for a player with the right profile, no matter what his flag is. Otherwise you'll surely overpay, but most probably won't AT ALL find what you're looking for.

In the end you're trying to achieve the very same thing than your opponents but with a much smaller player basis, which is increasing the challenge to unseen levels.

I'm sure that if you hit the transfer list looking for skills instead of flag you'll find what you need. Your merchandising is good enough thanks to all these belgian players anyway.

In the end you're trying to achieve the very same thing than your opponents but with a much smaller player basis, which is increasing the challenge to unseen levels.

And that's exactly what makes this challenge so fun for me anyone who has a winning mindset can win a trophy at some point in this game (most of the time this is reached by tanking and buying a full powerteam within 1 season like you already discussed), but when I win a trophy one day with a 100% Belgian team, that will be a record hard to overcome which requires dedication, patient and a big portion of luck too. I'm just someone who likes setting the bar very high till it's almost impossible to reach it

But I will have to wait and see what the time will bring. It would be a shame not to achieve anything with the team I built, so if I don't find the right player, I will have to explore the market any further indeed ;)

That's true ; but I'd like to highlight 2 points :

- tanking and rebuilding is far less easy than it seems. You have to plan years (IRL, not seasons) ahead, and know what training plan you'll have to make very dominating players emerge at the very same time, all while getting loads of money to fill in the inevitable gaps. If it was easy, AmenRa (Joe, Q, whatever) would have some kind of competition.

- please don't get mad, I absolutely don't want to be mean, but : if you had an overstuffed trophy room that would be quite the challenge trying to achieve what you're doing. But it takes a huge step to reach a Finals, let alone win it (which in an even greater step indeed). When you'll consistently reach Finals, you'll be able to win some - then try fancy stuff. Why do that the other way round ? You have reached a momentum with your team, it's time to give it the little extra it needs to write you team's name in Belgian BB's history book :)

That being said, I'm the first one to say that you totally deserved to play the Finals last season. But this still wouldn't have been a match for AmenRa. He's so unchallenged, that he can consistenly win doubles since dropping a league and maybe losing HCA in the Finals isn't a big deal since so far he can win on anyone's ground.

If you can reinforce your team a little bit he might have to drop the Cup in order to retain HCA and win the championship, therefore giving you a clear shot at a tournamenet win. It's worth giving it a thought !

But I will have to wait and see what the time will bring. It would be a shame not to achieve anything with the team I built, so if I don't find the right player, I will have to explore the market any further indeed ;)

I think we both agree you're looking after a talented SF. I'm sorry but you missed the greatest one (40289338). And he was for sale 4 seasons ago, for 8 M. That's a lot of money, but he's one of world's best and worth every penny. Before him (because he's from outer space) the best SF Belgium had ever had was a player I had trained, Gaethofs. He was full trained when he was 28th, so that's a 10 season training plan. I still have his skill-set :

https://imgur.com/a/AUS2HU5

Needless to say, after spending 10 seasons having such a guy, he wasn't for sale AT ANY PRICE. The only reason Haesaerts was on the transfer list is that Joe needed his Utopia team to get money for further development, if he had trained this monster with his own team he's never sell.

That's why you're not finding what you're looking after : players might exist, but team won't sell, or if it does, you'll have to pay big money. If you get yourself free of your flag issue, you might find what you're lacking.

Sorry for that wall of text, and once again don't take what I said badly, I really mean it in an useful way. Before I won the Championship, I lost twice. Before I won the first Cup, I lost 3 times. I really do know what it is to be good, but not good enough.

But don't despair ! Even at the peak of his team, Buston never managed to hit a double. If you're getting close enough, AmenRa will have to drop something, and since you'll be the second best team around, you could end up the one picking it up :)

tanking and rebuilding is far less easy than it seems. You have to plan years (IRL, not seasons) ahead, and know what training plan you'll have to make very dominating players emerge at the very same time, all while getting loads of money to fill in the inevitable gaps. If it was easy, AmenRa (Joe, Q, whatever) would have some kind of competition.

I'm not saying it's easy, I'm saying it's the easiest way to do it ;)
My "dream" for going all-in with a full Belgian team was made so long ago I can't even remember it. So no it's not just an impulsive decision of me.

please don't get mad, I absolutely don't want to be mean, but : if you had an overstuffed trophy room that would be quite the challenge trying to achieve what you're doing. But it takes a huge step to reach a Finals, let alone win it (which in an even greater step indeed). When you'll consistently reach Finals, you'll be able to win some - then try fancy stuff. Why do that the other way round ? You have reached a momentum with your team, it's time to give it the little extra it needs to write you team's name in Belgian BB's history book

Not mad at all, I understand your point of view. I could have done the same thing Mizu is doing now, but I would just have been "one of them". I'd rather be the guy that accomplished something for the first time than to be the guy to follow in someone's footsteps.

I think we both agree you're looking after a talented SF

Yes a good SF is one missing piece of the puzzle, some bench depth is another thing. I almost had my perfect SF last season when Alpha Dianor was on sale, but a Turkish manager bought him for 1M more than his value.
The truth is: I never had 8M on my bank to buy such a player like Haesaert or Gaethofs. I build my team slowly and steady by training. The only thing I regret is selling my previous generation of trainees players when they had already lost much of their value. That could have made a big difference financially now for me.

So once again, I'll have to use the meagre resources I have to reach my goal and even if I find the right pieces I'm aware it could still not be enough, because the team Mizu is creating looks really scary too for the upcoming seasons.