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Date: 4/1/2018 5:20:41 PM
Bethnal Green Erks
EBBL
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Second Team:
Mile End Erks
Given Arsenal kitted up 4 players for training/injury prevention purposes, I'm not sure there was any great surprise.

The coup de grace will be applied on Tuesday.

Good luck in the final though, I still hope to live to see at Red winner again....

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Date: 4/1/2018 5:45:20 PM
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Good luck in the final though, I still hope to live to see at Red winner again....
Well there is an outside chance. I may have slightly better Enth if Vecx POCT the first game against Ashington or we're equal. As usual, it will be down to how the GS update (and training update, drops especially) goes on Friday, but even perfect GS may not be enough to win a potential tiebreaker.

Good luck to you too. It was a close game against Keepmugs and it made the difference between 5th and 6th. It will be sad to see you or Bergkamp go down, but it may be a good chance to rebuild properly.

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291704.70 in reply to 291704.67
Date: 4/1/2018 5:50:18 PM
Arsenal 98
II.3
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Second Team:
Stamford Snow Leopards
Partly just because every year I forget that there's actual benefits to winning in 2 games! (namely: not paying wages next week) I only have two trainees so could've got them their minutes in my Thursday scrimmage anyway.
Getting a 3rd home game IS the safest way of winning it still, and trying to win the 2nd a gamble, but possibly worth it. Maybe next time I'll try that way...

Shame we matched up, there's no joy in relegating a team/manager I like and respect. There's also a part of me that'd definitely be interested in a team strip down / rebuild. You're coming straight back though right? Show some d2 fools how it's done (party)

Congrats on staying up Donny and Bournemouth (I thought CWA would take it to 3 games at least, nicely done) and good luck to both finalists.

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Date: 4/1/2018 6:53:24 PM
Gausón
EBBL
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Good luck to the finalists and to those who are fighting to stay up!

Hono
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Date: 4/1/2018 7:55:21 PM
Tide of Fire
II.3
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I see myself as the underdog here based on the playoff showings, impressive wins by lemon. Lets see how the first game goes, should be interesting.

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291704.73 in reply to 291704.70
Date: 4/2/2018 3:30:09 AM
Bethnal Green Erks
EBBL
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Second Team:
Mile End Erks
Cheers, I’ll try to win game 3 (prediction roulette), but I will follow Lemon’s suggestion and take relegation as an opportunity to do a better job of rebuilding should the likely happen.

I wouldn’t make Vecx the underdog btw.....although I think this might be the best red team he’s had to play in a finals. Home court is home court.


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Date: 4/2/2018 7:29:45 AM
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Agree and he has the highest TSP per player than any team in the EBBL despite the low payroll. However Elmacca has shown that primaries are important and can get the job done although they cost more.

If Vecx managed to get garbage time or a good minute distribution against Ronso I'd think this would be very hard for me. As it is, I think I have possibly a better chance than in the other finals I played in the past.

Also Ma had 6 skill drops this season and Vadikolias had 0 (I think he has the same skills he had at 32). Vecx has 3 guys over 36 so it may be also down to our respective luck on Friday.

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Date: 4/2/2018 7:36:31 AM
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Wow, Park was the last to win from the red side...15 seasons ago.

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291704.76 in reply to 291704.74
Date: 4/4/2018 3:46:46 PM
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I note what you say about primaries. I think it's more about respecting the game design, that it supports multiple ways to win. If you are trying to reproduce winning path A, that's a tall order when the pathfinder is still around killing it like Vecx does. It's more about finding paths b, c, d and so on. And knowing exactly what kind of production you are paying your salary dollars for against what level of opponent.

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Date: 4/4/2018 4:04:43 PM
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Well, lately it has been either the team with the highest (or one of the highest) salaries (you) or the one with the highest TSP (Vecx). There is no problem with that and of course you could do both at the same time http://www.buzzerbeater.com/team/146725/players.aspx.

The first game of these season's finals was always about forcing Vecx's players into 90+ minutes rather than showing how I'm thinking of dealing his setup featuring multiple SFs and the PG to C defensive switch. It worked out fine. Now I need a little luck on Friday, trusting that they really reduced the effectiveness of Game Shape training. It may still be not enough, but we'll see.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 4/4/2018 5:34:13 PM

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