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Tonight, against Island (on an away court) I tried something different in the offense and it worked fine.
It's very important to increase the outside shooting potential of the squad in order for such offenses to be effective on a regular basis. As owners you know best what is important for your players but do consider to include shooting training to your guards.

You can see the post-match statistics on the following link: (19349)

P.S. NT player for sale: (12085566)

Last edited by Onisifor at 4/23/2012 4:48:54 PM

Hey guys, half of my term has passed so it's time for a half-term report.

Results in Season 19 and World Ranking
4 wins and 3 losses last season in the Euros was the epilogue. Not the result I was hopping to achieve, however giving in mind the group and the schedule it was overall a positive result. However I'm satisfied because it was a (somewhat) step forward.

The cumulative effect of the Euro record and results in the friendlies afterwards was an improvement in the World Ranking of Norge NT by 10 positions. Now, that is a promising sign. Currently we are ranked No 41.

The Players
The player data-base is solid. I've just added few names from the U21 team from last season. Jørgen Abildgaard, Ole Linnerud, Svend Slyngborg, Yngve Kleven could become leaders of the future NT squad. Training is essential to all of them and let's see if the raw stone would turn into shining diamond in 2-3 seasons.

As for their older compatriots there are some players which deserves special attention.
- Alf Grindstein is the main man. He improved by 9 major skills. Congratulations to L.BIRD, a manager from Spain.

Bellow see the training results from other, potential NT, players. I must say I was expecting to see more training effort for some 9+ potential players, especially since the current backbone of the squad is getting older and new heroes must step up and take their place eventually. So my final note on the domestic players would be: train your players harder - it will most certainly pay off more to have strong player from your nationality (more merchandise) in your team... and it is definitely more cool.

- 8 skills: Jens Erik Jensen
- 7 skills: Martin Pettersson, Yohannes Vatland
- 6 skills: Alf Bergshaven, Sven Lundgren, Tor Svendsen
- 5 skills: Hendrik Jacobsen, Svenn Berg
- 4 skills+ Jørgen Duesund, Leiv Fosshaug, Terje Haugland, Kasper Bugge and Snorre Petterson
- 3 skills: Daniel Hansen, Bjørn Hassel, Tore Tang Ellefsen
- 2 skills: Stian Erga, Keith Grini, Steinar Sagen, Stian Erga, Åge Guttormsen
- 1 skill: Egon Olesen, Thor Harry Sørvær, Geir Clausen, Aanen Lian, Stefan Tillbrant, Karsten Ramsdal, Emil Breen, Arild Nilsen, Jan Thorbjørnsen, Olaf Larsen

Season 20
Well, we are in the consolation tournament and my goal for this season will be to reach the top 32 stage and progress as further as I can. Soon we will discover our first two opponents and hopefully we can have a strong start for the next 6 matches in the qualification. Couple of things are essential: 1) training should continue, 2) careful weekly minute management.

Cheers everyone and let's have a good season!

Great report! I'm optimistic about the top 32 placement. Keep up the good work!

For tonight's friendly match against Slovenia I decided to select two new players as a reward to the owners for their dedicated training in the previous season. I hope that this will motivate them, as well as all other managers, to continue further with the training. So congratulations to Yohannes Vatland (17632790) and Terje Haugland (13502586). Well deserved!

thanks ;)

Tough match @ Saudi Arabia in few minutes. I'm confident that the selected tactics and attitude will eventually end up positive for us. It may look too radical, though.

Offense: Motion
Defense: Inside Box and One

Starting 5
PG: Alm
SG: Hansen
SF: Hopedal
PF: Hausken
C: Grindheim

Expectations: WIN
10+ rebounds for us and Hansen as top scorer.

Edit after the match: I was right about the rebounding, but totally missed the top scorer part (well, my guessing that he would take numerous shots was right but he had terrible realization). However, I got right the most important prediction: we won! I'm glad that Inside Box and One worked fine against Q. Khoury (I guess).

Major factor of today's win: inactivity of Saudi Arabia coach. Even these win however matters equally as any other.

Next week opponent Tounes.

Last edited by Onisifor at 6/11/2012 1:14:40 PM

Aaaaaand I'm back! My studies are done.

Great to see new boost in our NT. I will try to get Tore Tang in better GS as soon as possible. I have been lucky so that none of my players were sold to avoid going bankrupt.

Godt å se deg tilbake.
Gratulerer med svenneprøven. Hva laget du?

He made the one ring to bind them all! moahahahaha!!!!

slipsnål. visstnok første som lagde det som svenneprøveoppgave ever

:) it was about time

Sørvær needs good attention as well. You can update their current skills in the NT Advertisement link.