That's brutal. Last season one of the weaker teams in the red division got bounced in round one, a couple more were out by round 3, and I managed to make it to round 5 TIEing all the way. That's probably the biggest reason (other than brilliant managing, it should go without saying) I was able to take 6th.
Since you know about the EPL, you know when I team qualifies for the Champions League, they have sp;end a ton of money, and have at least 22 guys that can keep their heads above water in a competitive match. If they get knocked out of Europes, not only do the salaries become economically unviable, you've got a bunch of Alpha males sitting on the bench, then killing each other in practice (or beating up immigrants outside night clubs -- are you old enough to remember when Leeds United was in the Champions League? If you blinked, you missed it. Now they're two divisions away from the Premier League). You've dug yourself quite a hole.
EDIT: Now I see three teams face divIII competition next round -- all on the blue side. Somehow the blue division outperformed the red in the cup last time. What was the final inter-division win-loss last season? That's going to look like a Mission of Mercy in comparison.
Last edited by Kilof at 2/26/2016 10:49:29 AM