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lol. PL. i would sacrific PL games if it meant me getting another 100 to 150k extra without paying salaries.

made my calculations yesterday when the rankings weren't updated yet.

anyhow, it does change quite a lot. Cook will play TIe and save enthusiasm. So Saint Servais should win that game. However Coenck has once again played 96 minutes this week, so his GS will be off. Servais got a reason to CT and they'll have low GS, so they'll go for that first spot. Question is, will TBS win by enough points to close get over the point differential.

For SKW, the calculation is simple. Saint Servais should win. Meaning that if They beat you, they'll keep a shot at ending first, BUT saint Servais are sure to be 4th. That means that they'll be first team will be facing Saint Servais, who will have poor GS. So first spot should be interesting. they'll keep HCA against the other team which is important. playing Servais in poor shape or playing armstrong shouldn't be that different.

Now i'm assuming that TBS will want that first spot and will play Normal. even with Laeken CTing, if TBS plays his starters and play normal, they should get about 30 to 36 minutes and he should win by a margin between 30 and 40 points. SKW has a 26 point advantage over TBS. That means that SKW must secure a win against Bxl Mussels and hope it to be high enough. That means that SKW should play normal and hope for a large enough victory.

If Laeken CTed recently, then TBs could win by more. so SKW will have to check that out for themselves.

If SKW wins, but loses on PD to TBS, then SKw loses HCA and faces Armstrongs, while TBS has a game vs the poor in shape Servais. If SKw loses, they'll be playing Armstrongs either way, but will have saved enthusiasm at the very least, while TBS had to push for that enthusiasm.

still remains the same tho. Only the roles of Bxl Mussels and Servais are inversed.

anyhow, many teams face many choices.

Falco has made his first move.

unless if Falco is actually paying a decent trainer lvl or if his merchandise is lower than anticipated, then he should be sitting on 1.3M cash still.

i'm expecting atleast one more player. I've got my potential moves planned out.

in that case, i'd expect Servais to CT. it's extra cash for him to make the PO's. and considering his Gs, i think he'll gladly chose an extra 100 to 150k with a first round exit than missing the PO's...

still, his PO participation depends on you tho. i'm basically looking at the TL, checking for a player who's got BBC Falco Gent next to his name :P lol


Last edited by AthrunZala at 2/13/2013 1:06:37 PM

Lots of activity at the end of the season indeed. Looks like Falco is planning something!
Tool has started a major rebuilding project.

I'm curious how it will turn out this season. Good luck to all of you in the PO's (or relegation).

Shooting Guard Salvis Kazenbeinas (12043673)
Current Bid: $ 475 000 by BBC Falco Gent

Jump Shot: phenomenal Jump Range: wondrous
Outside Def.: prodigious Handling: tremendous
Driving: tremendous Passing: inept
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: inept
Rebounding: awful Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: awful Free Throw: respectable

Experience: strong

seriously, i've been keeping an eye on the TL for a long time. i knew a move was comming. so, now Falco's down to 800k.

however the fact that i got this, means that i know exactly how falco intends to play. this is a players suited for only 1 kind of tactic...

and now, we wait for the 3rd player.... which if i'm lucky ( or rather, if i'm online) i'll also be able to find :D never underestimate an active user :D

Last edited by AthrunZala at 2/15/2013 4:56:19 PM

Oh my, just had a deja-vu from last season. Allthough I think the additions Phoenix made last season were off slightly better quality.
If Falco makes another addition he will be hard to beat.

Oh my, just had a deja-vu from last season. Allthough I think the additions Phoenix made last season were off slightly better quality.
If Falco makes another addition he will be hard to beat.

the big difference was that Phoenix had a decent team before he made the additions. He was training some players aswell and had a very multi skilled team. The additions he made were also multi skilled and thus he was a huge force down the road.

Here, Falco made a very 1 sided addition. I've got 2 guards with equal or better defense than the one he just added. I'm assuming he'll play SG, because he's worthless as a PG.

Futhermore, Phoenix had a very deep rotation. Falco has:
PG: Ulrap
SG: Kazenbeinas
SF: Subic
PF: Tiber
C: Ivanov

His biggest trouble is that he's got no bench other than Hassan. Not to mention, his youngest player is Ulrap and players start losing skills frequently as of the age of 33. So if Falco promote, it's to demote again next season, because his team isn't build to last long. Ivanov, Subic and Tiber need to be replaced soon, or they'll be worth nothing ( they aren't worth a lot anymore either way...)

Where as i've got a 6 man starting line up, that i can put either way:
Corman - Marichal - De Cloedt - Ottevaere - Baudoux - Bari

i don't need to replace any of them ( i intend on letting Ottevaere's career end in my team and the fact that De Cloedt got selected as Allstar before Ottevaere shows that i can perfectly play without him as starter as the SF spot. I used him as PF for a while with Bari injured and he can play there if needed. He gives me a stretch 4 so i can mix up my tactics). Not to mention, i've got a 9 man rotation. Ostos was a no brainer than he's in my rotation. And J-J Eeckhout and Weibensteiner finally have reached a lvl where they can also defend their positions against opposing back-ups.

So currently, i've got a 9 man rotation and i'm still looking to add another one.

Even if Falco adds another player (which i'd then assume would be a guard or a SF. If not, he'll be very thin stretched in the guard position) his rotation will still be very low. futhermore, ST 3 on a starter is only going to work if you got some guy's who can give him a breather. If not, guards with wages around 40k will have a hard time with him for 3 minutes, but after that, he gets to tired, slipping up on defense aswell as offense. So Falco's got a hole in his starting line up as it stands now. Ulrap has got ST lvl 5 if i recall correctly ( i've seen his skillset before, just didn't save it like i did with the other one) and thus he's in for trouble if he doesn't add another player.

I'm telling you. As it stands right now, I wouldn't bet on Falco as champ. Either he'll lose to me, or he'll lose to SKW/TBS whoever is in the finals. Cause if this is all he's got as a team, then he's got holes all over the place. I know the weakness of his bigs and i know that his SG isn't suited for inside attacks, let alone for playing long minutes.

So i'm still not feeling a lot of pressure from his team right now. I'm looking for the right addition myself. if i find him, i'll get him. if i don't, i'm still confident that my current team can compete for the title. So, we'll see how things go.The only pressure i feel is that if i don't promote, that i might be in some financial trouble going into next season. Marichals expected wage increase really isn't something i want to pay in II, without considering the wage increases of J-J, Mika and Corman