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I'm currently in a tie for 4th through 6th place, but have a horrible point differential compared to the other teams.

So basically if I win, and both other teams lose, I finish 4th and enter the promotion playoff. I might end up playing only one game, or I could play 5 and even promote.

If I win, and one of the 2 other teams loses, I finish 5th and am out of all playoffs.

If I win, and both other teams win, or if I lose, I finish 6th and am in a 3-game relegation playoff.

If I finish 5th, do I simply miss out on all games which I might use for training, or am I permitted to play scrimmages? Aren't I better off going for the sure thing, 6th place and at least two more game? Can I even be relegated to the 5th division?

Can I even be relegated to the 5th division?

I'm also wondering about this. I need to win to stay above the auto demote line and get two relegation games, losing will give me the worst record in the league. I just started so the difference between 1st or 2nd in the draft is meaningless to me since I haven't done any scouting to speak of, I'd rather get the 2nd pick and the games ;-) but want to know the potential risks of losing my last game.

There is a division V in USA but at the moment it is all bot teams, no human players reside in it. Maybe the BB's will hold off on relegation to V so more teams in the top 4 divisions can be filled. No word on this yet.

I never got an answer on my original question, which was is if I finish 5th, will I have any games for the next 3 weeks?

Well, you will have no more league games (saturdays and tuesdays free).

But you still have cup/scrimmage on thursdays and PL games on friday.

Edited 10/7/2007 5:16:11 AM by GM-Raonne

I also finished 5th
Missed out on the final playoff berth by a mere 7 point difference.

I'll sit here in my little corner content that I am at least unbeaten competitively as a manager.

i'm starting to understand why I got a team that is in 5th place...

...probably the previous owner gave up the game because 5th place (seems/is) a major setback for your team.

I wonder....
would he have signed in again to get an other team, or did he leave the game entirely? ... or will he wait for a few weeks so he gets his new team at the start of the season?


Maybe something to look closely at by the BBs.
If not, many owners might abandon their 5th placed team, just to start over with a new one in better circumstances.

My call would be to put time in solving the setback for 5th placed teams, and not spend too much time on hunting quitters who look to start again.
E.G. scedule exhibition matches for them that attrackt as many spectators as the play-off matches would. Which also trains the players. The oposing team can either be fictional (no real match is played, but your players get realistic minutes of playtime, and you get a realistic income from the match) or a random opponent troughout the world that happened to end in 5th place as well. In this last case, a real match is played...

Maybe some other solutions might minimize the effect of 5th place. All sugestions are welcome I'm sure.

For what it's worth, it takes several weeks for a team to go inactive. The chances of the previous owner of your team quitting because he was in 5th place are pretty slim.

It seems like it would be pretty bad strategy as well, waiting for your team to go inactive then signing up for a brand new team would be much more detrimental to your success than a 5th place finish.