I don't entirely agree Wolph. Firstly, you are unaware as to the strengths of the teams in my PL (whilst having better balance overall, I would guess that none of the teams in my PL are as good as Kyoto/Shikoku), and secondly - no: two of the teams Astragoth pulled out were against weaker teams (one of the "near bots" you mention). Against the stronger/better teams, Shikoku/Kyoto for example, I have been fine foul-wise (13/15 fouls respectively - Kyoto played an inside offense, Shikoku an outside).
Generally speaking, I foul substantially more in PLs than I do in regular games. It's... weird.
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