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And now for the red conference:

1) Kriflonius
Salary: 521 640$ per week
Reason: provided that Kril doesn't forget to set his line ups, he should storm to the first place of the conference. His 2 trainees are rounding into absolute monsters! Assuming he'll continue the training, then it feels like this has to be the season for him. He'll have to promote OR he'll end up having to make a though financial call for next season. BB often provides you with a window of 2 seasons. Considering that he should have been first last season, then it stands to reason that his goal is the title this season. His team has the tools to compete with any of the II teams out there!

2) High Roller
Salary: 398 659$ per week
Reason: HR is a money printing machine. By now, he should be around 6 to potentially 10M in the bank. Should he decided to splash that cash, he could force a promotion, but i cannot help shake off the feeling that he's focussed on printing money in II as well as training some MVP potential youngsters. Therefor, my guess is that he'll be content with his current position and will only go for promotion in 2 to 3 seasons from now.

And after the top 2, it's a bunch of teams who could come in from 3rd to 8th! So i'll let reputation and past results influence where i'm going to predict the teams for the season

3) Vraai Vochtig
Salary: 397 078$ per week
Reason: a Young manager who has learned a bunch about tactics and enthusiasm. He has an aging squad, but it feels like this should be the final season for his current squad before he needs to start bringing in fresh blood. He'll be motivated to do as well as possible before having to rejuvenate his team.

4) Thomas Cook
Salary: 397 287$ per week
Reason: TC is expected to make the PO's. Granted, he has the smallest arena of all the teams in II, but his team is strong enough to compete. He's got an old squad with 4 players past the age of 34, so he needs to make some cash and improve with his training or else he'll soon be on the way back to III. This is a very experienced manager, who should be able to navigate this well. His only weakness probably is that he doesn't believe in building his arena, which will hamper him financially.

5) Amenra
Salary: 338 634$ per week
Reason: a NINE time winner of the BBBL, who has gone down and retrained some young studs. He's on the upwards trajectory and this division should be perfect for him. Young players that are coming into their own and his tactical brilliance, he should be able to win. Just to give you a proper idea, he's a manager that was able to be champion of belgium while the Vottem Cowboys were in the BBBL! That is a serious achievement! I wouldn't be surprised if Amenra took the 3rd spot in the division, but for now i'll predict that they'll be in the pack hunting for a PO spot

6) Duck Dynasty
Salary: 333 798$ per week
Reason: Once again the second smallest salary in the red conference. By reputation, i should make the PO's. However, i've reached the end of a training cycle and therefor need to make some decisions. 2 of my players will no longer improve, yet they are probably the 2 best SF's in the division. There is a hard choice that needs to be made and there is a very high likelyhood that i'll end up blowing up the roster in the season once my finances are sorted out (i made a 1M mistake when it came to building unfortunately which has put me back a season and has placed me in a rather annoying situation. Key for me will be the results with the direct rivals. Considering TC already beat me at my place, i reckon i will be the team that will have to play the dreaded PD's this season.

7) BBC Marteko
Salary: 411 394$ per week
Reason: a former II.2 team that has found it's way back. The good news for them is that they are on the red side. The bad news is that they are in a very competitive conference where salary doesn't mean everything. The starting 5 is very solid from a salary point of view. their most recent acquisition was a 170k purchase of a 100k C. The only way those players come that cheap is if they got a significant weakness. In a division that generally will exploit weaknesses, that is a reason for concern. Will Marteko be able to surprise or will they have to scrap their way to the PD's and hope for a good match up?

8) Knokido
Salary: 214 584$ per week
Reason: investments in the squad will be needed if Knokido wants to survive in this division. The good news is that his arena is solid, so he should be able to make good bank early on and get a player or 2 in. That could change things and could make him able to compete for a PD series, but much will depend on how he manages his team.

Last edited by Mahesvara at 10/20/2025 3:08:06 PM