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200170.531 in reply to 200170.530
Date: 1/21/2012 10:55:58 PM
Koopasaurus
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What was the reason for selling Gary Lawrance?

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200170.532 in reply to 200170.531
Date: 1/21/2012 10:59:40 PM
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I'll be tanking and training so it was a waste having him on my roster.

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200170.533 in reply to 200170.532
Date: 1/21/2012 11:04:22 PM
Koopasaurus
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true enough... but he would be handy to have in Div2.

goodluck and hope you come back to the abbl asap.

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200170.534 in reply to 200170.533
Date: 1/21/2012 11:28:17 PM
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why didn't you keep him and Ton to get you through div 2, not like they wont be 2/5th's of your starting 5 when you come back to ABBL? Lot's of work to build a Lawrence from scratch.

Unless of course you are planning on doing a Iwen in which case you should have started Ton at a lower price ;)

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200170.535 in reply to 200170.530
Date: 1/22/2012 12:21:30 AM
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Its 4 pm and only 9 hours left to acquire a player before the playoffs and relegation series.

Hard to believe that the only two managers who havnt been on line today are Datzilla and Yoda.

Datzila may be completely unaware of the injury to Duffman, and Yoda would have been all over this injury and its implications and written it up accordingly.

Shocked that only mllama is having a dash at winning the championship.

I can understand Dire not having a red hot go as his mob is already into the B3 games courtesy of the cup but what about Bryce and Whitebeard?

The likes of Shanmag must be licking her lips at the prospect of bouncing back to the ABBL in a seasons time with millions to spend, with the prospect that if this trend of the experienced managers not chasing championships, that she will have a clear path to glory.


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200170.536 in reply to 200170.535
Date: 1/22/2012 12:27:53 AM
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By "not having a go" do you mean not going way over my 'salary cap' just for the playoff run? Are you not allowed to compete for the title without rentals anymore?

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200170.537 in reply to 200170.536
Date: 1/22/2012 12:35:31 AM
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By "not having a go" do you mean not going way over my 'salary cap' just for the playoff run? Are you not allowed to compete for the title without rentals anymore?


Look its admirable to not use rentals and I personally think that changes need to made so that the use of rentals is not so convenient and cost effective.

Perhaps I should have used the phrase "win at all costs" rather than "not having a go".

I tend to have an over developed competitive streak in myself and just dont understand why teams who have a chance of winning dont employ a win at all costs attitude.

Perhaps the financials of some of the higher ranked experienced teams does not allow it and if so you might all be easy prey for the likes of Shanmag, Yoda and Iwen in a couple of seasons time

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200170.538 in reply to 200170.537
Date: 1/22/2012 1:08:57 AM
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There is no financial incentive to winning the ABBL. No prize money, nothing.

So that extra 300k a week you pay in salaries for the duration of the playoffs is gone, forever.

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200170.539 in reply to 200170.538
Date: 1/22/2012 1:26:14 AM
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There is no financial incentive to winning the ABBL. No prize money, nothing


Perhaps as an improvement to the game this needs to change.

A mill in prize money might just prompt a few more teams into trying harder to win.

This would also be good for the middle of the ladder teams, who might progress further the following season if 2 or 3 teams higher up the ladder, sufferred some financial pain trying in vain to win the championship and prize money

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200170.540 in reply to 200170.535
Date: 1/22/2012 2:07:40 AM
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Can I note that my purchase isn't exactly 'having a go' - I'd been looking at a replacement for Aggie all season (but due to lazyiness/getting outbidded, never got one), and figured I may as bloody well get one before the playoffs.

He's not a rental, I intend on keeping him next season (but Aggie will get pensioned off in the next week or two)

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200170.541 in reply to 200170.538
Date: 1/22/2012 2:09:59 AM
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I'd imagine that there is a fairly health boost to crowd numbers over the following season, particularly early on, so there is a bit of a financial incentive there. Whether it would repay the cost of hiring in additional wages, who knows...

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