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WELL GUYS...AFTER MUCH THOUGHT I HAVE DECIDED TO PULL OUT OF THE FINALS' RACE THIS SEASON. STARTING NEXT WEEK I WILL BEGIN TO SELL OFF MY PLAYERS, KEEPING A WEAK SQUAD THAT WILL JUST STAY ABOVE THE SALARY FLOOR. IF MY CALCULATIONS ARE CORRECT, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO AVOID RELEGATION AT SEASON'S END. I HAVE DECIDDED TO DO AN OIL TANKER AND SAVE AND TRAIN THIS SEASON AND THE NEXT. BEWARE OF THE MAGICK IN SEASON 19!

Hmmm...ignore that last post guys. My Fishbowl colleagues have shown me the error of my ways. While I don't fully agree with them, I'll defer to their combined wisdom at this point. I will, however, be making some minor adjustments.

...the Magick is still in the hunt...

LOL, getting people's advises are always useful. however i would think than if you wait for 2 seasons like you were planing for you could eventually build up a really competitive team where you should be able to promote and stay in div 2. But is all about how you want to play your game. i think training and promoting young and talented players are one of the best way to get to higher division, as you can always train them in the way you like and they should have a respectively lower salary compare to your imports. I still think that training and building your team in long term should be a better way instead of stacking those star players and paying them with hugh amount of salary. (well i think many respected managers in the higher division in Australia would probs think the same lol. you might just ask them for me whether im wrong :P)

LOL for my own team im getting frustrated too because i was going for a long-term run in this league but looks like my rosters is constantly changing :( lol due to my lack of management in this season so far, that costs me to import some players and hopefully that will be enough for me to stay in this league before it gets completely screwed up !!

Zinga

Don't worry, Zinga, becoming champions of this League is still a two season proposition. However, there is no need, at this stage, to sell everyone and tank. In fact, since the boys convinced me to keep going I have made two changes to my team. I swapped one SF for another and then a C for a PF. Both changes have improved my team slightly. Mind you, I say two seasons but...

...my rookies are coming along nicely. Anything is possible next season I suppose.


Last edited by Mr J at 9/3/2011 9:33:16 AM

Well, I really liked what I saw in my loss to the Ozzy Roasters tonight. They had HCA and they fielded their best team. I played my 5 starters as backups and my 5 backups as starters, saving my big guns for Tuesday night. The good news is that the Roasters only won by 13 points. The Magick is looking good. The two new acquisitions have slotted in nicely.

Well done to those of you who had wins tonight.

Looks like my prediction of the XBBL being a threat to you, Urmummas has eventuated. Mind you, they put more effort into the game while you had HCA. Interesting. Great SG match-up.

Last edited by Mr J at 9/3/2011 9:25:51 AM

Well done Matt, although you took the L today but certainly you have your team building up for the play-offs. As looking at the game results tonight i found that almost all the team from our conference won the game, LOL

I would say in response to your previous post that i didn't go against the decision you have made and the suggestions given by your mentors. of course as i mentioned everyone would have played in their own style, and in particular what you're doning now is what i would do for my team too, it's kind of just my preferred option as to some other teams stacking imports to try push their team upwards, which i thought that's what they were suggesting you to do, but after i looked at your roster i proved myself wrong :P. sure i wouldn't even know if what i said before and here is correct as i have such little experience and achievement in this game. i really appreciate getting advises rather than myself giving some dodgy suggestions here LOL,

you would know what im talking about. i look forward to your suggestions :D

Zinga

Tanking goes against my nature. While I think there is definately a time and a place to tank, there needs to be a purpose for tanking. As my friends pointed out, tanking is fine if your looking to dwell at the bottom of the ladder to snare the best draft pick. I did this last season as snared that awesome draft pick. Tanking when your team is okay in the league isn't often necessary however. This is what was pointed out to me; that my team isn't great but it isn't bad either. It is a team, that with some minor adjustaments before the playoffs, could get lucky and do well. Of course, I realistically don't think I have the personel at present to stop Urmummas who I see as the team to beat despite their loss tonight. Having said that, and as these same friends and mentors pointed out, the Urmummas aren't hugely superior to my team either. So, the question is: can I stay in the playoff hunt? Yes, I can. Can I make the semi's? Yes, I can. Can I make the grand final? Unlikely, but stranger things have happened. It only takes an injury to a crucial player at the wrong moment to change a team's season.

By the way, Zinga, a great win for you tonight.

Last edited by Mr J at 9/3/2011 11:54:50 AM

Hey guys. Just thought I'd say hello and see how you are all travelling?

The Allstar game was awsum and my two players selected starred the funny thing is that Galin the top scorrer is acctually injured for the rest of the week so the Great 8 got beat by a cripple!!!!

LOL!!! Nice, Bilbo...talk about getting value for money from a player!

I'm still unsure how the hell my centre missed out on being selected. I would say that, Vukolic, is arguably the best C our league. I can only assume that his lack of league games this season or perhaps his GS (Strong) were factors. Or perhaps his age!

Congrats to those who had a player(s) play in the ASG.

In other news, the highlight of my week given the lack of players playing in the ASG was to play a scrimmage tonight against good friend, work colleague and Fishbowl team mate. Given that he managed to play a couple of his big guns and I had all my starters playing few minutes off the bench, the 35 point loss wasn't too bad to such a strong Aussie team.

WOW! Did anyone catch the game tonight between the HawthornFC and XBB? What a game. The Hawks took a 16 point lead into the final quarter only to see XBB pile on 33 points to the Hawks 17 to send the game into overtime. With HCA, the XBB made great use of the home crowd draing a 3pt shot to open the fifth quarter. THe teams exchanged baskets briefly before the XBB started to punish the Hawks in the second half of the alotted 5 minute quarter. Incredibly, the XBB piled on 24 points in 5 minutes to steal a memorable win! The final score: 113 - 106.


I should note that I was barracking for the Hawks. If they had won I would have had a 1-game break over XBB in 2nd spot. I now only hold 2nd spot by percentage. It's shaping up to be a exciting finals series with XBB and myself almost certain to meet in the QF.

Last edited by Mr J at 9/17/2011 5:58:48 AM