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Well done. That is a wild scoreline for only 4 quarters

There's a case to be made against being predictable with your tactics and getting GDP'd, but when DJ had a player like Dennis Heller they really should've played an inside or at least balanced offence imo. 9 shots for the big man all game.

I would imagine there will be a reverse on saturday setting up a game 3 given the difference in effort levels in game 1.

I'll be trying something new in game 2 but if Ryde sweeps I'm not overly bothered. I did already work out that the regular season sweep earned me promotion, plus my Utopia mean might finally get over the hump tonight.

How does the Utopia work?

You pay a (cheap) yearly fee to manage a second team in Utopia, which functions just like any other national/regional league. The primary differences are;

- 6 teams relegate from higher leagues instead of 5, meaning more wildcard promotions except for in Division IV which will expand to 96 groups next season.

- Draftees have a random nationality, which helps even the playing field a bit for the smaller NT's. Not to the point where they can win tournaments, just enough to let them put out a respectable squad.

I was riding the wave of being in a weak conference, whilst also escaping in OT over Adelaide and getting the double GDP on Figtree. That wave finally crashed in the finals against a real team. And I probably would've gotten swept even if I went PCT in game 1 like a normal person.

Congrats on making it to Div II. We may meet again, as tonight's other results moved me up to 3rd highest placed non-champion in III, hence I go up regardless of how bots are processed.

Last edited by Jay (OTT) at 6/8/2024 5:47:42 AM

Thanks to my last minute acquisition of 2 big men. Wouldn't be able to win the series without them two. Have fun in league 2!

Geez.. I spent 0 draft point (just accumulating them for future) and received hall of fame age 18. Goddess of fortune flavoured me.

G'day all, sorry for crashing your page.
For those of you who don't know me I'm the current National Team manager for Aus (thanks for the recent re-election). I'm going to pop this message into a lot of the league boards seeking some feedback. I'd like to set up a bit of a think tank about what a "modern" National team build/squad/training plan might look like to help push our National team a little higher. I think it's fair to say despite having a reasonable squad in terms of what had traditionally been the desired builds for a National player we're not getting over the line in some wins I feel we should, so I'm looking to do some knowledge gathering in the off-site forum and brainstorm how we can push the National team a little higher in the rankings and win some silverware again.

If you'd like to be involved shoot me a DM (or if you are already linked into the off-site for the National Team jump on and share your ideas).
I've started posting some skill sets of National Team players from other sides as they come up for sale in the off-site forums to get a comparison of what some of the more recently successful nations are doing just for a point of reference.

Would love some feedback.

Good luck this season!

Deano