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224862.29 in reply to 224862.28
Date: 9/24/2012 11:23:20 AM
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And likewise, if he played 3-2 zone, his bigs would have been exposed with there low OD. So unless if i've made a mistake while analysing his team ( doesn't happen often, but every now and then i do get things wrong), i would have won no matter how i played. Truth be told, i was infact expecting a 3-2 zone. His guards were horribly out of shape, so i was expecting him to balance that out. (but like stated before 3-2 zone would have seen my bigs flourish on points and boards). Having bigs flourish in an outside tactic gives extremely confusing signs to the opponents :P Anyhow, since you predicted the correct tactic, care trying to predict what i'll use against my next opponent?

In the beginning of the season, i wasn't very happy ending up here, cause there are a few teams who are well suited to exploit my weaknesses. More in this division than in the other II divisions. Suns can beat me, because he knows my team pretty well. he knows the skills of several of my players, being the former U21 coach. So it's harder to beat him ( especially if you forget to change your line up prior to the game against him... that doesn't help either... For the games against Sum, i'll need to be extra creative. that is the disadvantage of having a belgian team full of former U21 talent. if you face a former U21 coach, he'll know the skills roughly. I know the skills of Liessens, but Liessens isn't a starter anymore. So Sum has got the advantage there)).

Sebhilton say's that Caitan is just about good for his HoF. I strongly disagree. But i'll explain that at the end of the season :P no need to help an opponent publicly right now :P

And the fact that TBS and SKW are both very defensif teams, means that the games against them will be a match to find out who has the better defense. Who has covered himself from all possible angles. That will be what decides those games.

The problem with defensif teams, is that you need to find a way to deliver some offense too. And unfortunately, defensif skills cost a fortune when you look at salary. So the trick is to find players who are great defensifly, but who have the right salary efficient offensif skills so that they don't become a liability on the offense. If you can build such a team, you'll see that even when your star player goes down for a couple of weeks, you can still remain competitive and push for wins, even if the odds aren't exactly in your favor.

I find it highly ammusing how everyone focusses on Marichal. I'll just state this once:
every player in the team is important. Overlook one, and you could be in for a nasty surprize.



ps: i might sound a bitt full of myself. some might find that insulting, it isn't meant that way. i just didn't have more time to carefully chose my words today.

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224862.31 in reply to 224862.30
Date: 9/24/2012 5:02:47 PM
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i've only given you bits in pieces :P

i've never said how i would exploit teams. I haven't suggested how i chose my tactics. Nor have i mentioned how i analyse my opponents, how i figure out there enthusiasm, etc etc.

All you know is that i've got players who cause problematic match ups. You could have figured that out by just looking at my team too :P

anyhow, looking forward to tomorrow. i'm really interested in the result. it would give me a great test to see if i can compete without Marichal or not. If i can, then i'll just leave it to your imagination what it will be once he's back healty :D IF i can't, my opponents have little usefull data because defense will always addapt in a difference way if i replay them with my full squad strength.

So not having Marichal around is a pain, but it allows me to test the rest of my team. Considering that the rest of my team is an improved version of when i narrowly missed out on promotion in II.3 4 or 5 seasons ago, i should be pretty pleased about things right about now. The worst part about Marichal being injured is that i have to pay his salary and that i can't train him.

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224862.33 in reply to 224862.32
Date: 9/25/2012 2:32:01 PM
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LI, MTM

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224862.34 in reply to 224862.25
Date: 9/25/2012 2:34:32 PM
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That said, I take the bet that TBS will shoot more FT's than you, and IF he makes them (big if) it will be close.


i think you got it wrong there.

As it stands now, i've had 26 trips to the FT line. and TBS has 8 so far.

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224862.35 in reply to 224862.32
Date: 9/25/2012 3:52:43 PM
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ended up being a close game. i'm happy with the result. extremely happy. if you consider that my top 2 players played a combined 4 minutes in that game, then i should be very happy.

It was an away game and i had a huge defensif liability running around on the field. I'm extremely pleased with the result and i'm pretty happy about the game. it gives me a good indication of where i am. this said, i know i didn't face TBS best team, with Jitaru and Yongyao not in the starting line-up, so it could have been another game. But considering both teams held there 2 best players back, i'm happy with it never the less.

i know what i'm looking for when i'm going to the PO's. I've still got some cash to buy an extra impact player ( i intend to do so at the end of the season if i'm sure to have HCA).
Big 8 nearly swept Great 8 again.

big surprize of the day are the narrow defeats of SK Wabeke and Phoenix Suns. I really though that wabeke would win at home against Tool Belgium. I consider Tool Belgium to be one of the top 5 teams tho, but i wasn't expecting him to beat Wabeke away. And Rubo Niel beating Phoenix suns is a total surprize. Rubo is fine deal there with that win!

well i'm one game up for the HCA. let's see if i can hang onto it.

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224862.36 in reply to 224862.35
Date: 9/25/2012 4:38:57 PM
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Well, we decided to chicken out for this one.

With 5 rotation players our of top-shape, after logging too many minutes last week, I figured it would be better to tank enthousiasm and manage minutes carefully this week. It turns out to be a bad mistake, probably would have won the game by not playing tie or playing my A-rotation. But I assume you also gambled a little bit?

Hopefully see you again later this season.

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224862.37 in reply to 224862.36
Date: 9/25/2012 6:41:39 PM
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lol.

i though i had played Normal here :D apparently last orders weren't registered. Ow well, game won, i'm not going to complain. it's up to you to determine if i gambled here or not :P But considering that your opponent is the NT coach, and that he analyses most things very carefully, i'd say that when i take a risk, it's a very well calculated one.

this said, i'm very surprized about your 21y old C. He held his own against a BBBL worthy opponent ( Bari), yet he's only asking 20k in wages. My DMI on Bari is 3x that of your 21y old C. still grabbing 5 OR's against Bari ain't a feat that many have been able to do so far.

You've got a good team. i'll be expecting more from it at the end of the season, but considering my best 2 players hardly got on the court, i can't help but feel pretty confident. this win puts me slightely ahead for the HCA race, but the season is still long. But i like entertaining the idea that i could win on your court if i wouldn't end up having HCA (it would be a highly contested game, but i've held back more than you did).

shocked about the amount of FT's. And 13 blocks over the entire game, goes to show that both teams have some excellent defense. Considering that my defense is close to BBBL worthy, you should be pretty happy with the team you've got.

And i ain't going to deny, better GS would have changed the result because i underestiamted your 20k C ( an error which won't happen the next time around). still, as i said: I've got a lot of bad match-up players who can draw fauls and get to the line. This game is a perfect example of that.

PS: the guy defending your SF had OD 2 :P just incase you were wondering why your SF scored so much :P had inversed defensif roles, believing your SF would be the spot would be one of your poorest offensif spots. Didn't like seeing Tsigas there!

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224862.38 in reply to 224862.37
Date: 9/26/2012 5:11:04 AM
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Pfiiiiiouuuu, what a match against Wabeke!

I took the first half, he took the second with a 8pts average lead, and 2min before the end of the match, we were even.
Thanks to Bala almost on the buzzer! This young boy will become "somebody" in a near future.
Very happy with Lemos (47pts!), Barral (9 assists) and happy as well about Branas who was wounded on the field, he's in good shape this morning!

So Mission Accomplished, beating top 2 of Great 8 conference was a secret dream, who came true now.

I hope my directs opponents (Mianus, Beerschot & Armstrong) will lose some points against Wolves and Wabeke now...


Last edited by sebhilton at 9/26/2012 5:12:54 AM

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224862.39 in reply to 224862.37
Date: 9/28/2012 3:08:05 PM
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Thanks for the compliment on our center. Think he should be worth around 30-35k in salary at the moment, because he already popped several times this season.

When you have HCA and add Marichal and Ottevaere to the line-up you will be close to unbeatable in this league.
I wouldn't worry too much if I were you.

Luckily my conference buddies are also on a losing spree, so we are happy to hold on to the nr1 spot in our conference.

H

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