ΝIK F.C. A Brazilian team from Greece

[ingineru]

Niko, doesn't feel like "cheating" when keeping 1* players to fool the game engine that your squad is weaker just to get lower lvl opponents in the cup?

[nikolgiorgos]

Top Eleven it’s a strategy/managerial game based on Football.
There is no “sportsman” spirit here. You just making tactics to have an advantage and fulfil your goals whatever are they.
There are many ways to play the game or to set your targets.

As I ‘m an old school player and started playing Tomb Rider in PS, it’s the difference between clicking Square/Triangle/Circle/R1/R2/Circle/Circle and Lara was invulnerable or got unlimited ammo and when Lara could climb in a rock and shot from there some dinos without they could reach and harm her.

As I chose to go for the treble, I ‘m following this tactic.
It’s not so easy as it looks as you have to do also with League opponents (playing in leagues were all my opponents had the same quality) or in CH.L. were half the oppo are +1 level .
Also needs clever managerial moves and playing with a very small roster. And of course a lot of concentration, watching your games and luck too.

But I had some success without dropping the quality (finishing the season with a 5*-6* players team) and playing vs opponents from above levels, with better q teams
Here :
#36 I won (the treble too)
http://forum.topeleven.com/team-show...-greece-4.html

#59 Lost in the final
http://forum.topeleven.com/team-show...-greece-6.html

#130 Lost in the semi final from goal avg
http://forum.topeleven.com/team-show...greece-13.html

So, I completed this challenge too.
If you ask my opinion , I prefer a more “equal” draw and I made suggestions about that (I agree with the suggestion to count only the stars per level, like association matches).
Till then, I ‘ll swim with the flow and I ‘ll keep searing my experience and knowledge with other members of the forum so to have their own success too.

[ingineru]

Is this strategy of lowering average value still working? I thought it was fixed lately...i didn't try it so i dunno...

[nikolgiorgos]

Level 25
At lv 23, I sacrifice the league title to avoid a +1 lv CH.L. , I played with teams from the same level
http://forum.topeleven.com/top-eleve...-system-3.html

Also this season I made an interesting experiment, playing almost all the games with a 1* GK.
The games and comments are here
http://forum.topeleven.com/%CE%93%CE...mystery-4.html

I won the league




the CH.L


and the Cup


the games of the finals are in the thread above

So, it's the 8th treble of the team.
Need two more

[Bunzo]

You keep "fixing" that cup draw pal

9-0 in the final… I watched the 1st half
what was the quality difference there ?

[nikolgiorgos]

Yes, till I 'll get the 10th treble

vs tiger Woods



yea, you flo, macdaniel, Teda, Bary, Buffs mad (that makes two Scottish), two Greeks and some others
Thanks for the support

[Bunzo]

You´re welcome pal….
Im mostly extra time for a cup win …not a 9-0 romp lol

[Al Svanberg]

Great win Nik!

Really impressing stats despite playing a better team by what 5%? 27-12 in shots for you!!

[nikolgiorgos]

This was a very god season for my finance too.
Day 1


Day 28 , after selling some players the last days



Goodbye Danilo, Dunga, Douglas Costa (thanks for the money guys) and Thamnidis, a 0T academy player being in the team for 14 seasons, contribute with his low quality and helping to win some trebles

[nikolgiorgos]

Season 30, Level 25
Last season won the treble and my other team RINOKEROS the league ( I 'm not so active there so last season didn't play in CH.L.).


No nordgen the first day so I bought some experienced players with s.a. and 2 guys with extra roles, Sharp and Hachani, very useful for rotation and keep a small "active" roster.
As i started with 8 high q players and 6 1*, the Cup draw was good, the CH.L. draw is with teams of my level and the league doesn't have any "monster" teams.
So, it's a good opportunity for another treble.
Let's see



Tsiolis and Stratilatis, ex-academy players retiring this season.