Hi there companion of Top Eleven misfortune, how goes the battle? Well, I have a really good story for you and the dodos that still think it's all training and preparation and being a better manager. Top Eleven this time topped itself this time, It was so incredible I couldn't even get angry, today Nordeus finally completely shattered every and any hope in thinking that there is even a shred of fairness and reality in this game. I played a game against a team that was 125% against 119.5 % mine. Now the difference is not great and the hope of winning was good, playing away though often puts you at a disadvantage but I have won some games away against slightly stronger teams, so I was hopeful. I prepared as best I could, had all my best players, a 40% training bonus, 99% rested, and morale superb with the striker on fire. I tried to find the right formation as close as possible to the counter because a lot of people play with odd formations that even do not exist in the counter formation lists so it's hard to find the right formation and tactics, however, it was as close as I could get. So I keep them at a 1-0 for them until the 87' when my MC ties the game. Oh, before I forget his form was W-D-W-D-W-D so usually you can, not always, but often predict the result of the game by looking at the form. I'm thinking positive ( TODAY I LEARNED NEVER DO IN TOP ELEVEN), anyway, I'm thinking a L sits right for him at this point but since it seems that he draws a lot I would be happy with a 1-1 result.
Now mind you it's almost the end of the game, 87' 1-1, right? So the clock strikes 89' I'm thinking come one clock end, but no...get this, a long pass from their box to their player lonely one on one player, perfect long pass on his feet, steps in the box fires and it's 2-1 and the match ends right there. Now I'm like frozen, dumbfounded really. I could not believe what I just saw. It was surreal. So this is what I learned from this experience. Number one I will continue to train and prepare but from this time forward I will no longer focus on wins, I cannot because it's really pointless to try to hope to win in this game. I will play my young weaker players as well regularly and see what happens, I now realize that the end result is better acceptable when you do not strive to get it. Second I learned that my team, as well as yours, and I am sure many others as well are destined to be the victims in this game. This is the evidence at this point because the averages do not lie. They lie when you confront them in support, but the results and the evidence are what tell the story, when all the odds are 95% going the other way in decisive games and moments it's purposeful and planned there is no way anyone can tell me otherwise. The positive thing about this last loss is that at least the computer changed methods, instead of losing on a free kick at the last minute, happened often by the way, it changed it to a long pass. The end is the same though and that is the evidence. So if I decide to keep playing I better just celebrate the wins when I get them by simply expecting to lose every game. Period. This really took all the wind out of my sails and it gave me the final evidence that teams like ours are simply here to be beaten as much as possible. Good day