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Well the game also has got a certain luck factor...
Maybe they got lucky? + Their HCA would have also helped them!
Lost some games to the fact that I was unlucky myself... So yeah... That would be an explanation...
Let's hope we got the same luck vs the Netherlands?

They didn't have HCA, the game was played at neutral.
All the problem was FCP in defense, because it works very rarely. With M2M Belgium highly probably would have won by higher PD.
As you can see, we scored the same points, but Luxembourg 27 points less than against Belgium. FCP increase FG% of Luxembourg significantly.

Last edited by rwystyrk at 8/30/2011 11:55:34 AM

It depends of point of view whether 27 is adequate, low or high difference. I'm quite sure with M2M Luxembourg would have lost more points than Belgium comparing to FCP.

understandnig a FCP ni this game is rather easy: you either steal the ball before the opponent gets a shot, OR the opponent gets an easy shot (read easier then with any other defense).

So it's quite normal that any attempt they tried, had higher chance of going in...

so far for the "defending like a bot" that Revo talked about.

FCP can work in this game, but play it against the wrong opponent, or with the wrong team, it can be devastating.

I have won many games using FCP, while I saw it work like a kiler machine. I also had 1 terrible loss, and it might very well have been against Joe, or Sum, but I'm not sure any more...

I guess there's also some in-betweens. But I didn't have them yet. I recall making the choice only versus teams where I was confident it would work (and it did) and use it once as a desperate act of madness, in a game I didn't expect I could win, and then made the defeat worse by picking this desperate action, knowing beforehand it wasn't likely to work, but didn't know anything else to play either.

god, another week with GS 7 for Otto.

i'm going to make him play to much. make him go down in GS, and then get him back up again... cause he just won't go up, no matter what i do. Aslong as he's Gs 7, he isn't preforming as he should be. and he's utterly worthless for the NT. It's time he started moving in GS, and i don't see any other option left anymore...

yeah, smoethimes it takes a long time for them to move up huh?

almost my entire team moved to 9 this week. Just my new buy and my 2 centers didn't make it.

I lost my first game of the week nevertheless. But I already said I didn't expect to make POs this season.

I'm looking for a cheap trainee for SG at the moment. I realy lack SG in my team, and besides when I want to train JR, Sammy and Van Eeckhout aren't good for that spot. (unless I would go for guards in 1 on 1 training, but I like forwards better...)

So if I can find a new SG, and train him some time along with Sammy, he might improve and become good enough to fill the SG spot in myteam, so I can win a few more games again.

By changing Manic with my new PF, I weakened my team yet again. Can't keep doing that if I want to stay in div II.

First need to get rid of my experienced C, as ni a few weeks I'll be focussing on inside training, and then Sammy and Van Eeckhout will be playing C anyway...

I'll have to start replacing my team in the comming 2 or 3 seasons anyway, as the average age is about 32, if you don't count Sammy and Van Eeckhout. Sooner or later, it needs to end.

i'm not sure about what to do atm. i'm considering to blow his minutes really hard, and then get him back in line. Liessens was blocked in GS a few seasons back. Eventually, Sum forced him to play to much. Gs went to 6, the week after it, it was up at 8. considering that my goal for the cup was to make it till the Allstar round, which is comming up next week, i don't really mind the cup anymore.

And if i have to have a low GS on any player, then it would be best if that were next week, where their is only 1 league game...

from Nt GS point of view, Otto is blocked at 7 and remains useless for the NT in that state. Next week is the game against Czechs, where i would need him in GS9, but since he won't budge, he'll still be at 7 next week and the week after against sakartvelo too...

So might as well try to force his Gs to go down, and then get it back up afterwards. then atleast, he should be able to play against Sakartvelo...

very good news for us today.

we managed to beat our nothern neighbours, the dutch.

Not only that, The dutch have been eliminated for the european championship. The only way they could end up making it, is if we take a savage beating from the Czechs, the Russias would have to win against Romania and lose against the Macedonians and then the Netherlands would have to have the best score average...

However, we are still in the worst spot of the 3 remaining teams (Russia, Romania and us that would be). Our point average might be better than the Romanians or the russians, never the less, we are still facing 2 teams that we need to beat. Sakartvelo will CT us, which is a no brainer. Other than the game against the Czechs, they have TIEd each game, and will have a huge enthousiasme by the time they are going to face us...

And we have to get a victory against the Hosts of the european tournament, the Czechs... Next 2 games are gonna be very hard ones. One loss and it's all over.

Either Romania or Russia will end with 5 victories. Considering how things still have to end, it would be in our best interest if Russia were to win against Romania ( Russia has the worst point average of the 3 remaining teams that are contending for that second spot) and would give us the best chances if we were to win our next 2 games. Romania can CT Luxembourg if necessairy, which would mean they'd make alot of points, and could possibly stil catch up to us ( again assuming we win the next 2 games).

Atleast we got our fate in our own hands now. let's first focus on the game against the Czechs and see after it. If things go bad, we could end up lsoing the last 2 games ( czeches because of their HCA and Sakartvelo because of enthousiasme if we don't pay attention...)

decisions will have to be made, lets hope we can make it to the next round.

Revo