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Well well guys, what is going on in this division? Bad luck, motivation/ambition decreasing, focusing...on the loose...(luckily for some, the summer/winter time difference between USA and us only happens twice a year) ;-)

Can't say that it goes any differently for me though, bad luck: rival and tv games away...impressive job Dartreb (big game against me) and Sum_41 (I played CT...not enough!)
Motivation/ambition...well, when the financial doesn't follow, it's difficult to do real improvements and thus, the motivation decreases...I guess that the only way to reach another level is to go back to DII (not saying that this is the plan for me...yet).

Joe (where are you btw?), Coach Q and 65days have set the bar pretty high!
....and it's fair to say that we (managers that arrived after season 10) had to struggle each season from DIII to BBBL, by buiding teams eating most of the profit margin...hence, no or very little money on the account to really have the potential to reach the top (for the record, I never had a "tanking" season).
Even now, I do not make money, and all I can do is trying to survive...but I'm not complaining, that's my goal for now...trying to be a BBBL team for as long as possible. That's a big challenge as such.

Anyway, good luck all and keep having fun playing this game, that's what matters after all ;-)

As for myself, I can't be disappointed with my season start. 3/3 is a pretty good start for a promoted team from D.2.

I am far from being safe, however. It will be tight to the end of the season. With Bradok's new C, I am the team with the lowest payroll in the red conference, with approx. 160 k less than ... Bradok's.

I don't have much money left (although I managed to sell my old SF for quite a decent amount of money) but I make a nice weekly margin. If I can keep up that pace I will be able to keep my starting five even if I get relegated, which should hopefully prove enough for an automatic come-back.

I'm still amazed by squad qualities, and by gate receipts :p

Last edited by Dartreb at 3/29/2013 4:09:32 PM

Well, i hope that Joe considers that he tooks its revenge now...

Even if he paid it hard... But less than me... Losing is always hurtfull bat after OT, it s a realy pain in the a..
Now i ll have to let go the game against Boes and i m in real trouble to avoid relegation... with 1-8 a the end of the first third of the season...

It's far from being over.

With your new C you achieve great ratings, and should start getting home wins on a regular basis. Unfortunately, we're natural "opponents" since I'll also have to fight all the way to stay in this division, but trust me : things are not over.

Little mistakes can lead to surprises : Stonestars' TS loss in the Cup allowed me to surprise him tonight. Coach Q's injured players led to his first loss this season. Amenra slightly underestimated KV, ... and so on. Last season I was sure I couldn't promote, but finally here I am. After both favourites lost in the conference finals, much to everyone's surprise ...

I still think that Angels, FTA, you and myself are favourites to go down, but it all depends on so many things ... A new player, injuries, GS, TS management, Cup ties, and so on. So it's over when the last game is played :)

I took a gamble tonight, but it payed off: important win!
Even though with my 440k salary team, i will keep battling... And who knows i have a chance to stay in BBBL.
Still, i'm a clear favourite to go down

Last edited by Polleforever at 3/30/2013 7:52:50 PM

Humm, playing normal was just a bad move from your side, your team was clearly not strong enough to defeat mine (considering your two injuried players of course, otherwise you are clearly beter)...

Unfortunaty for me, my best player gets injuried after 7 minutes and my second best players gets out of the game for 6 faults avec 30 minutes... Even if the faults does not have many things to do with luck, injuries are... and moving a 150K player aginst a 50K one is clearly the reason of my defaut... Somehow this bad move leads to a win..

Mmmmm, I do not have underestimated KV playing with this starting 5 : Fradet-Borro-Vdh-Arcais-Lacroix. I just think that i've made a bad tactic choice (+ CT from KV) with playing LI in place of on outside tactic. With VDH at the SF spot (for training) it would have been a better option.

Last edited by 65daysofstatic at 4/1/2013 2:05:40 PM

Wow, the Spartans luckily won their home TV game tonight.

Omaha has every right to be disappointed tonight with a 7-points defeat at the Phalanx Arena with lower enthusiasm. Problem is, I went for a 3 - 2 defense while Omaha played inside. That nearly cost me a game where I expected a win. Nice move indeed !

Meanwhile, the Angels win an extremely tight game against mumu, Mizu continues to mourn his injured players and didn't even try it tonight, Stonestars forcefully gets past Tienen, the suns roll over an impoverished KV team, FTA get the best of bavi in "dual of the 3-pointers", and Bradok suffers a home defeat to the actual division leaders.