Subject: I.1

Well done! It's not like I wasn't trying. I had my best team and higher intensity than you and still wasn't good enough.

It's going to be a funny comp this season. All the top teams play each other early then we've got a big long stretch against managerless teams.

A big stadium is a great earner. I basically get $8m for every home game which puts ticket sales in the same ball park as sponsorship as far as revenue goes.

However, if you're going to be successful, great facilities are also important. As nat team manager, I track all the players and the ones with level 15 training and regeneration improve noticeably more than the ones at level 10.

So you have to find that balance between where you spend your money. And don't be in too much of a rush. The top teams might seem out of reach at the moment but you will catch up.

Enjoy it while it lasts. This time last season i was in 11th place. #justsaying *evil grin*

Oh bugger, just lost my best player on a restrict agent transfer - Declan Watkins and got bigger all $ for him too... I didn't see the news article to buy and retain him last week.
Well that seriously weakens me in the forwards now.

*Meant to say bugger all, rather than bigger all

sorry to hear that
..know exactly how u feel, been there too, especially if u away for quiet few days its easy to happen..
besides it is NT player

Ouch

Didn't expected to see FC Brisbane overtake Bar Reef, especially after Bar Reef defend me two rounds back.

Also, Tylko Legia is finally falling down through table except not as easily as I expected. This team is way stronger compare to past few seasons
Like to see tougher competition again!

We may have lost a couple of strong teams in Beta's and Prestige but the rest aren't so far behind. At the same time last season, Beta's played Prestige in a Cup semi-final and each team had a strength of 189. If you look at the current team strengths, you get:

Knights 224
Trueblue 232
Tylko 160
Colah 234
Terriers 154
Dinosaurs 107
Kangaroos 145
Bar Reef 124
Brisbane 129
Atlantic 124
Bulldogs 73
Warrimoo 88
Firekickers 96

So you have a top three of Knights, Trueblue, Colah; a second three of Tylko, Terriers, Kangaroo; and a third three of Bar Reef, Brisbane and Atlantic; with Dinosaurs, Firekickers, Warrimoo and Bulldogs all snapping at the heels of the teams above them.

I don't see a lot of gimme games in there. It's a different story with the managerless teams at the bottom of the table but it's not as easy to keep your energy for key games as you'd think.

I'm still hurting from losing my best striker

Not sure whether that is cause this game has been considered as complete or its just regular retirement of people. However, FC Atlantic just joined Beta and Prestige and left our competition

We're losing far too many people

Finally, we seems to have enough ppl that could have support international team, upcoming seasons might be very tough...

Yes.

But the rest of us are all still here

We don't really have an aussie forum for hockey, but congrats to Cahill87 for the "best puck of the month" award!