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I think this Cat doesnt like you lol.

Hey Hadders, you were famous when I started playing so it is great to finally hear from you. Awesome that you are backpacking around Europe travel is one of my top hobbies and I have been overseas most years for the last 15 or so. For someone that is half asleep you are doing very well. I have to admit I looked at your team as one I could beat but figured it still wouldn't be enough that 6th or 7th would still probably have the same result for me as 8th as I would have to spend every cent I had and sacrifice training to achieve it. I have said it before and I am sure I am getting judged by the elite for tanking but I am the youngest team to ever make the ABBL (season 10) and don't have the resources of the older teams (massive stadium, huge season ticket holder numbers, players with brilliant secondary skills, incredible bank balance, infinite experience and intimidation factor).

I have also been in this position before. My first season (10) I won division IV, my second season I won division III and in my third season I landed in division II with a tiny arena and a pitiful roster. I also spent all my money on one superstar player who would be certain to keep me up who then spent the entire season injured or in horrible game shape. Combine that with Bryce Gibbs making it his personal mission to relegate me (smashed me both games but threw both games to my main rival Chumunga who squeezed me out of 7th and got to beat up on the very weak 6th seed in the Big 8 in the relegation series) and the season was a disaster. At the end I had no money, little training and no real progress. What a disaster! I am determined that I wont make the same mistake twice. This season I am training my three young guys (who all have good potential - superstar, superstar and MVP), making about $500,000 profit a week, expanding my arena so I will never have to do it again and probably having my best cup run ever (although we will see in a few hours how well it has gone).

I love the game. I am on every day and while not much is happening with my team at the moment I still have the Indian U21 team to run which is a massive undertaking as you know as well as helping run the Fishbowl Private League.

So good to hear from a celebrity and hopefully I will take one off you next time we meet.

Last edited by yodabig at 12/7/2011 5:29:48 PM

In other matters this is big news.

12/8/2011 - Pancakes with Jam and Cream has just acquired Yiftach Chaim for $ 3 150 000.

Now I respect C-Cat as much as any manager in the game but this does puzzle me.

Yiftach Chaim (9446188)
Shooting Guard
Owner: Pancakes with Jam and Cream
Weekly salary: $ 63 412
Age: 27
Height: 6'3" / 190 cm
Potential: superstar

Age 27 so too old to train and will need to be resold in about three seasons to retain value. Only $63,000 salary which for a SG is hardly impressive and should be obtainable for about 1/3 that price at a similar age. Obviously he will have great secondaries and I assume he is really a SF not a SG but he has only averaged 3 RPG and 2.6 APG this season and only a bit better last season this season. He has a reasonable FG% (only 42% this season but 49% last season playing in Czech division II) so maybe he is an IS fiend and that is what seduced the Cat.

Brilliant move or latenight bidding war that got out of hand?

500k a week.... that's pretty awesome. I get a bit more than 420k with my current roster. Hopefully I can make some good purchases like C-cat in a few weeks time.

Here is the league spending. Yes you guys are spending only about $100k a week more than me. But I have two players who will go as soon as my cup run is over taking me to the salary floor.

Total Salaries in Season 18
# Team Players Salary Tot Average Std Dev.
01. WA IS A DUMP (38870) 13 $ 830 894 $ 63 915 $ 45 949
02. Lewisham Wombats (38600) 14 $ 757 275 $ 54 091 $ 61 062
03. Black Label Society (38624) 14 $ 744 094 $ 53 150 $ 56 038
04. Baxter Bogans (38751) 14 $ 685 904 $ 48 993 $ 53 615
05. Pancakes with Jam and Cream (38650) 14 $ 679 589 $ 48 542 $ 56 401
06. Billy Hoyles Boys (38695) 13 $ 675 466 $ 51 959 $ 53 809
07. Bell Park SuperCats (38757) 11 $ 671 178 $ 61 016 $ 60 150
08. Monkey Business (196113) 12 $ 644 344 $ 53 695 $ 38 820
09. Whitebeard (38625) 12 $ 640 531 $ 53 378 $ 45 142
10. Koopasaurus (196370) 23 $ 638 922 $ 27 779 $ 39 530
11. hopelessly addicted (38913) 14 $ 601 599 $ 42 971 $ 42 266
12. Hadders Heros (38744) 13 $ 402 824 $ 30 986 $ 18 655
13. Da Fat Boy Slim (196263) 14 $ 375 393 $ 26 814 $ 45 853
14. Zazzocalypse (38844) 9 $ 369 110 $ 41 012 $ 57 860
15. Chelsea Seagulls (196950) 13 $ 299 736 $ 23 057 $ 17 790
16. Kynlala Knights (196208) 10 $ 32 923 $ 3 292 $ 1 368

So this is how I see it. You guys spend an extra $100,000 a week for 12 weeks = $1,200,000. Then in week 13 you get two games 1 x 2/3 income and 1 x 1/3 income so about normal and have to pay salaries so you make your normal amount. I wont have income but wont pay salaries so will make $200,000 less than normal. So overall I am about $1,000,000 better off than if I spent the extra to come 6th or 7th and then get flogged in a relegation series and with HA having wages of $600,000 a week to my $300,000 and Pancakes spending up big then 7th and relegation anyway is my best prospect.

To be honest $500,000 was a slight exaggeration, it has usually been just under for example $474,000 this week with the extra player Ambrosio Jáuregui taking away his weekly salary: $ 33 894. If I lose the cup game today he will be on the market for $1 tonight!

Lol dream on! When was the last time you made a 3 mil purchase... Never!

When was the last time you made a 3 mil purchase... Never!

How is this related to what I said about my future purchases? lol While it is true I have never made any expensive purchases. It could mean two things, I was very poor or I am very cautious on the TL. ABBL is where dreams can come true. While you rich bastardos enjoying your fine wine and women, I had to slave in div2 to make ends meet. Now that I am living in the ABBL, be sure I will make those purchases.


Last edited by datzilla at 12/7/2011 8:11:04 PM

Lol you can say what you want, but I go by track record... Unless you can put your money where your mouth is.. All you say is just speculation and rumours.. Lol kinda like cp3 getting traded to the lakers, or dwight getting traded to the bulls. All baseless, shameless speculations hahaha..

Im predicting a big 4m purchase to slot in the SF to play alongside the F, kye duffill.

What?! 4M?! Who do you think I am? C-Cat? lol

Or CP3 and Dwight ending up at the Lakers. It is a possibility you know, and if it does happen I will cry.