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I agree you can't win Cup and the Championship with 7 players, I was just saying that with 7 players you are virtual certainty to win your league if you play things right. And you could still compete in the cup if you are lucky. You simply win 1 of your league games each week and win the cup. Most weeks the cup will be an easy team anyway. It's only the later stages of the cup that are harder to win, and if you have enough league games racked up you could concentrate on the cup games and still make playoffs in the league. Hard to do, but if you set your sights on simply the Cup or the Championship and not both, then I think it is easy to do with 7 players.

7 players and a healthy cash balance I agree.

1 injury leaves the remaining 6 juggling the full 480mins so at best thats a 6x80 split... I know you said train GS but you shouldnt have to do that to win a league and if you are you are losing the opportunity cost of training players...(if you are out of the cup SURELY you'd take the chance to build a quirky valuable player throughout the season)

So although yes you could win with 7 there are in my opinion much better strategies you could employ to keep winning and keep adding value to your franchise.

Definitely a lot of strategies, but I certainly think this is a strategy that a new team that entered div 1 could use to become competitive rather than face relegation with a roster of 10.

Look at it another way. I promoted to division 2, I had a very weak team and couldn't compete. I sold all of my players and bought 5 players that were of division 2 standard (1.5 million dollars per player). Sure I had no depth, but I trained gameshape or stamina every week, and won almost every game that I played. The reason being that I had all my 5 players up to about proficient stamina, and then just played them all 48 minutes a game, 2 games a week. You win those 2 league games, train gameshape, and gameshape stays at strong. It ensured that I did not relegate.

Definitely a valid tactic.

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5.1 seasons (I joined during the playoffs so I just added 0.1 seasons). Geez, 5 seasons and all I get to show for is a one-season trip to D. III.

Last edited by kLepTo at 10/23/2010 1:28:11 AM

Completely disagree with your strategy.
1. After 1-2 weeks of training GS it doesn't give the same result as at the first week. At least I've noticed it with my team.
2. Playing with 7 players and tough games you will get at least 85-90 minutes per week. Training GS it will mean you will have GS mostly 7 and 8. The opponents will have GS=9 with 10-12 players that are are not as good, but they have GS=9. Your opponent will win 3 games a week, and I'm not sure that you will win him in the finals with proper strategy.
3. You loose money. You can get at least 1M per season with proper training strategy.


Sure, you can win with 7 players. LAst season I managed to win 3 weeks in a row with inly 5-6 players only. But that doesn't mean it is a good strategy. And the fact that you used it and got 5th place doesn't mean it either. This season you are at 8th at the moment. You strategy is too short-termed for this game.

I noticed gameshape staying at 8 or 9 every week for all players when I trained gameshape. I had a massage doctor and the players played 80 to 90 minutes a week.
I had 5 good players play all 48 minutes, they have 5 starters and then backups play during 48 minutes. The advantage they might have in gameshape is lost because my starters play the whole match and perform better than their backups. So over the whole game you have an advantage.

I don't think you lose money, you can still train 2 rookies a week in your scrimmage.

I only bought the team half way through last season and won every game except 1 for the rest of the season and then in the last few weeks I knew I couldn't relegate and I was sitting in 4th spot and so I sold my team to get more money and enjoy a few weeks with no costs. Otherwise I was gauranteed a playoff spot last season if I wanted it. So the tactic works.
And I am 8th at the moment because I sold my team, if I had kept the team I had last season I would probably be first or second at the moment. I'm just trying something different at the moment.
And I disagree the strategy is too short term because if I got a great team together I could promote this season, make it to the ABBL, then tank all of next season and rake in the money, fall back to div 2 and dominate.

Abysmal season last year? You have to be joking. A newly promoted team making it to 4th place is not an abysmal season by any stretch of the imagination.
My team and finances today is still good, I have 2 great players, and enough money to buy the rest of my team once I decide to.
And I was in the playoffs last year, and then tanked the last 2 games to get 5th place.

I've promoted 2 seasons out of the 3 I have played and made the playoffs in the season that I didn't promote but then tanked on purpose. How is that not successful?