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169962.84 in reply to 169962.83
Date: 2/10/2011 5:45:19 AM
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Looks like 3/3 for the teams still left in the cup. Great stuff.

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169962.85 in reply to 169962.84
Date: 2/12/2011 4:50:22 AM
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To be blunt, the cup is costing me league games as I'm playing my main guys into the ground which has annihilated their game shape. Don't think I'll be able to progress any further though as my main guys are all now in dire game shape.

U can tell my team has what it takes to make some noise in the league by early season results but unless I can get my players minutes under control the 2nd half of the season will be embarrassing for the team.

That's the downside of having only 9 players on the roster i guess....

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169962.86 in reply to 169962.85
Date: 2/12/2011 6:00:36 AM
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The old Cup issue. I honestly don't understand what teams not in the ABBL are hoping to get out of the Cup. To a degree I get it if you are trying to earn a bit of extra cash, but really you have to realise you have no chance of winning it. Eventually you are going to come up against an ABBL team or ABBL worthy team and lose. How much damage you will have done to your current league season depends on luck of the draw. Effectively that's all it is though, luck of the draw which will eventually run out.

I made it to the final 8 once and in the same season got relegated from Div II due to my efforts to stay in the Cup. Since then, I couldn't give a rat's ass about the Cup.

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169962.87 in reply to 169962.86
Date: 2/12/2011 6:05:53 AM
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I think it's just cash but the adverse effect of cup run is you are losing on ticket sales.
it work out to be the same, but if you are in a tighter league, your record could lead to relegation series.


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169962.88 in reply to 169962.87
Date: 2/12/2011 6:56:07 AM
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It's about the oppurtunity to increase enthusiasm for me, i reckon for div III and lowly div II teams, you play TIE, but as soon as you're unlikely to win even playing that, you play the scrubs and TIE :)

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169962.89 in reply to 169962.88
Date: 2/12/2011 7:42:30 AM
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It's about the oppurtunity to increase enthusiasm for me


only if you have a roster to cater for league and cup without hurting your players gameshapes. You can only tie in cup against bots and weak div4 and it ends as soon you meet a competitive team. it's different to what Vios is trying to point out. There're some teams that save their roster for the cup and sacrifice league games.

Cup is for fun, I'd put league games first and cup game with lower priority. I'd try to go as far as I can go in cup as long I am confident I can secure 5th spot or higher in league ladder. I am sure the J-man knows what hes doing.

Last edited by datzilla at 2/12/2011 7:44:15 AM

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169962.90 in reply to 169962.89
Date: 2/12/2011 8:39:56 AM
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it's different to what Vios is trying to point out. There're some teams that save their roster for the cup and sacrifice league games.


Yeah that's what i'm getting at. Teams with no genuine chance of winning the Cup, that sacrifice their league games to progress are just setting themself up for disappointment. I understand it's a good opportunity to raise enthusiasm (that's all it is to me now) and also can be a good source of extra cash (saved me when I relegated). I'm more saying teams need to realise that when push comes to shove, it will be one of the ABBL teams that wins it and there is no glory in coming 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 16th....

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169962.91 in reply to 169962.90
Date: 2/12/2011 5:43:03 PM
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LOL, sneaky Balwyn Bandits! congrats on the win mate.

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169962.92 in reply to 169962.91
Date: 2/12/2011 6:09:34 PM
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Yeah that loss hurt, a lot! heh

When my stand in PG got injured, things totally fell apart! Well done Bandits

Manager of the Bahamas National Team!
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169962.93 in reply to 169962.86
Date: 2/12/2011 11:15:37 PM
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Oh don't get me wrong, I've no ambition of winning the cup, the increased income really helps so that's why I've played my best players against teams my squad has a chance of winning against.

I've learnt that you really need a 10 player rotation in this game, anything less makes it quite difficult to keep gameshape in check.

The good thing about staying in the cup so long is my team has almost enough dosh saved to make another big acquisition and perhaps make a run for the playoffs come next season. So it's not all bad.

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169962.94 in reply to 169962.93
Date: 2/13/2011 7:31:50 PM
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Why wouldn't you want to stay in the cup. Realistically there are probably 3-4 teams that could win the league this season only. I'm not one of them so I'll put everything into the cup, make sure my main guys get trained, and hopefully get a good draftee. Good season for me.

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