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From: Elmacca
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Date: 09/25/2019 16:58:03
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Season 47 is well under way. And it's too interesting, at least in half the EBBL, not to have a thread.

Over on the blue side, the league is a two horse race between its consistent multiple champion and former NT Coach, Vecx, and the pretender to the throne, Bergkamp - the coach who earlier this season promised not to stand for NT coach until he'd won the EBBL title - so never then ;-)

How about them reds tho'? The real story of the season is the intense parity on the red side of the league with any one of seven teams still in contention to emerge as champions - with the obvious exception being Gauson (who never win anything).

Just kidding! The red is fascinating and wide open, any team can win it and no less than six red teams can still, in theory, win the double. The times they are a changin' !!!

As it's a bit late in the day to vote on the league contenders, I've decided to make the poll about the tournament, so without further ado...
Poll:  Who will win the tournament in Season 47?
Response Votes Result
Arsenal 98 3
23.1% 23.1% 23.1%
23.1%
LiDLTallfellas 0
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
0.0%
Mortal Wombats 0
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
0.0%
Galaxy Walkers 1
7.7% 7.7% 7.7%
7.7%
Keepmugs 0
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
0.0%
Durham Wasps? 6
46.2% 46.2% 46.2%
46.2%
Another EBBl team? 2
15.4% 15.4% 15.4%
15.4%
A second or third division team? 1
7.7% 7.7% 7.7%
7.7%
This poll ended on 10/25/2019.

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301415.2 in reply to 301415.1
Date: 09/26/2019 17:13:24
Durham Wasps
II.2
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Think some people might want to change their vote once they see the draw.

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301415.3 in reply to 301415.2
Date: 09/26/2019 18:09:28
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Ouch. One game away from being three games away as well. Still, Bergkamp can't afford to drop an EBBL game if he wants to be NT manager one day and that means trying to win three games this week if he has eyes on the double, so who knows????? I'd be watching his EBBL line up this week closely

Last edited by Elmacca at 09/26/2019 18:14:33

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301415.4 in reply to 301415.3
Date: 09/26/2019 18:27:08
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I just automatically gave up on the cup. With my personal situation the money and Enth are not worth sacrificing games when margins are quite small, it may be a different story for someone with a better team. Red is pounding the blue side for the first time in recent memory though. I'm honestly surprised that my game against Vecx was not a blowout despite not being able to exploit his PG due to training positions. I think Bergkamp has a good chance of getting out of the blue side, but I'll probably take whoever has HCA between him and Vecx.

Also, that I'm able to survive with the same team as last season and J Dogs is also doing ok means the difference between D2 and D1 is smaller than ever.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 09/26/2019 21:19:57

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301415.5 in reply to 301415.3
Date: 09/26/2019 19:37:09
Durham Wasps
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Second Team:
Sunderland Boilermakers
I agree that Bergkamp can't afford to drop another league game if he wants any chance of home advantage, but I suspect he might think he has the best team left in the Cup and he probably isn't as sure about being the best in the league. Certainly I'm expecting him to completely throw the game against J Dogs.

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301415.6 in reply to 301415.4
Date: 09/26/2019 19:44:34
Durham Wasps
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
16131613
Second Team:
Sunderland Boilermakers
Red is pounding the blue side for the first time in recent memory though.

The red side doing better in the relegation playoffs probably had a little to do with that, as well as us getting probably the two best promoted teams.

I think Bergkamp has a good chance of getting out of the blue side, but I'll probably take whoever has HCA between him and Vecx.

I agree with both comments.

Also, that I'm able to aurvive with the same team as last season and J Dog is also doing ok means the difference betwewn D2 and D1 is smaller than ever.

Agree again but with the slight caveat that not all the D2s are equal.

From: hono
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301415.7 in reply to 301415.6
Date: 09/28/2019 14:23:31
Gausón
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Today could be the first time ever that all Reds beat Blues in away games.

Last edited by hono at 09/28/2019 14:24:06

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From: Lemonshine

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301415.8 in reply to 301415.7
Date: 09/28/2019 15:36:53
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Unlikely since Vecx is playing at home and is out of the cup and my guys are trying hard to lose.

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301415.9 in reply to 301415.8
Date: 09/28/2019 15:54:54
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lol my game was beyond ridiculous. I have a 55% FT shooter going 1-4 in the last 35 seconds of 1OT, 0-2 in the 2OT and fouling on the other end with 0:00 remaining in the 1OT. Incidentally he went 0-8 (and 1-6 on 3 fouls) with 89.1 PP100. And let's just ignore the 28 ORs.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 09/28/2019 16:16:56

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301415.10 in reply to 301415.9
Date: 09/29/2019 04:36:10
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Yeah, we were super lucky, didn't deserve to win that at all...

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301415.11 in reply to 301415.10
Date: 09/29/2019 07:28:36
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Looking at ratings I wouldn't say that. I think it was 50/50 and you deserved your win. Sometimes weird stuff happen in this game. Feeney is a weaker version of Marichal but he's still very good offensively, so he has no business going for 0 points and 1-6 on critical FTs, but I didn't help myself with wrong GDP, no scouting (wouldn't have played battazza and my rebounding would be better) and no National Appeal PR. Any of these would have been enough to win it, so I have mostly myself to blame.