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239962.279 in reply to 239962.278
Date: 5/19/2013 8:24:46 AM
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oh cmon, everyone knows u made a decision about what u were going to do about 7 weeks ago.

nobody can be this undecisive.

unless ur a woman?



Well I did despise the thought of Team Akuma having an easy path to promotion and I have loved the verbal jousts with him.

Deep down I do have some empathy and admiration for his desire to taking some aging Aussies back to the big time and I also know that my 3 trainees are better off in div 2 than what they would be in the ABBL.

Might sneak a look on the transfer market tomorrow, but at this stage Im leaning towards staying in Div 2 with a "shallow squad, forgoing the cup (chasing flags instead) , continuing training and having money in the bank for another major Aussie acquisition at some stage during the season should the right player become available.

Team Akuma like the Windies before him, has wanted the promotion more than me.

Should however Duffill get his annual injury on Tuesday and or should Team Akuma lose his point differential lead then I certainly could change tact again.

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Date: 5/19/2013 8:31:51 AM
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Actually I believe you Sid. I have been super-indecisive this season as well. I have a great cost effective team that can win lots of games and has absolutely no chance to bring home a championship. I had four trainees (obviously one too many for most of the season) which cost me the cup and league wins. I just haven't been able to decide what to do. I have trained my superstar guards to what was elite level in the ABBL only to find after six seasons of training that the goalposts have changed and elite isn't what it used to be.

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Date: 5/19/2013 8:41:01 AM
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Actually I believe you Sid


Thanks mate


ABBL apart from the cash doesnt mean a lot to me at this stage because my team just wouldnt be competitive and its something Ive done before and opted to drop out of.

There is the rational/logical side of me that knows that div 2 is the right place to be for my trainees and then there is this "competitive/beastly side of me which has appeared a few times this season.

My Logical side knows that beating Team Akuma and stopping Duffill and Smeltz going back to the ABBL would be like "killing Bambi" and would therefore be wrong to do, yet the beastly side of me enjoys the thought of it

Last edited by Sid Vicious at 5/19/2013 8:43:05 AM

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Date: 5/19/2013 5:18:07 PM
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Lol the bloke who bought Luster went bankrupt, apparently Luster is cursed. Wouldnt be surprised if some noob bids one million on him.

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Date: 5/19/2013 6:11:51 PM
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Lol the bloke who bought Luster went bankrupt, apparently Luster is cursed. Wouldnt be surprised if some noob bids one million on him


Makes sense as to why someone would bid on a 200K plus player with a 2 week injury at this time of year. (they wanted to go bankrupt)

Will there be a residual "luster" effect on Team Akuma?

One of the other reasons I can be a bit indecisive is that I also try to stick to the philosophy that if the market is up I sell but if it is down I buy.

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Date: 5/19/2013 11:33:04 PM
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You forgot to mention the opponents.

You got Corio Bay Giants 9-11 and Fashion Victims 3-7.

Whilst Akuma has Northcote Slammers and Hadders Heros who are both on 14-6 records.

Very big discrepancies, something that HCA might not even overcome.


Yeah it's going to be very tough to stay ahead in PD given that Hadders and Northcote and Mangaloids are fighting for second and third spot. I wouldn't be surprised if either of them normal me. I am going to have to give them an absolute spanking to stay ahead of HA (which is just about impossible) since he's playing against teams that are essentially tanking.

I'm not giving up though, doing everything I can to keep the dream alive!


Last edited by akuma at 5/19/2013 11:33:54 PM

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Date: 5/20/2013 1:00:30 AM
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Yeah it's going to be very tough to stay ahead in PD given that Hadders and Northcote and Mangaloids are fighting for second and third spot. I wouldn't be surprised if either of them normal me. I am going to have to give them an absolute spanking to stay ahead of HA (which is just about impossible) since he's playing against teams that are essentially tanking.

I'm not giving up though, doing everything I can to keep the dream alive!


Ive mentioned before about being in 2 minds as to whether to try for promotion or sell off.

Something that might just influence me to go all in, is when I accidentally bid on a great Aussie player, whilst attempting to bookmark him.

A lot of Aussie players on the Transfer Market at the moment and I went through and bookmarked about 6 or 7 of them, some how I actually bid on one without realizing it.

Could have been worse it could have been one of the ridiculously overpriced ones instead of good old Duncan Cranshaw.

Might need to be in the ABBL to support his salary along with my existing Aussies

Last edited by Sid Vicious at 5/20/2013 1:02:17 AM

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Date: 5/20/2013 2:30:15 AM
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Something that might just influence me to go all in, is when I accidentally bid on a great Aussie player, whilst attempting to bookmark him.


Wow guys, I think HA is trying to hint at something here.

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239962.287 in reply to 239962.285
Date: 5/20/2013 2:37:09 AM
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How on earth do you "accidentally" bid on someone while you were bookmarking them?
I thought you were a very experienced manager?

I must say, I can't compare the level of experience I have with you - but even I have never made such a mistake.


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Date: 5/20/2013 3:41:22 AM
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I must say, I can't compare the level of experience I have with you - but even I have never made such a mistake.



I guess if I forget to put up Linares for auction and accidentally buy another player or two, and promoted I guess it wouldnt be too bad of mistake to make.

Maybe I should go looking for other players to accidentally bid on.

Perhaps you should buy Mottram (10839063) and the Australian Centre Jalajamani (14003368) to make sure of a promotion?

Last edited by Sid Vicious at 5/20/2013 3:46:07 AM

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Date: 5/20/2013 3:45:09 AM
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Again, at the risk of sounding like his fanboy, I will step in an defend him. When I was the coach of the India U21 and was adding and dropping players to the team like crazy (often at the start of the season about 200 players!) I several times bid on those ones that were on sale, don't think I ever bought any but it was annoying as heck and when you are tired, multi-tasking watching the NBA and doing very repetetive tasks it is easy to forgetfully press the wrong button. I also added a player during the season by accident who I was just trying to advertise. Maybe I am just a silly Yoda.

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