Is CUP competition worth playing???

In round 1 I've soundly beaten a rival from the previos season (he was 2nd, I was 1st in the League).

Last night in round 2, I was beaten 0-1 (me home, he was inactive) by a team which has less than 10 average rating than my team.

Even if I was lucky enough to avoid the 9-star team, the best I can win is 2nd place.

I have CL competition too. I can sell a player or 2 and save some money, if I'm not playing all 3 competitions.

Thoughts? Should I give up the 2nd match? Is CUP competition worth playing???

Well, The Shark Cup is certainly got that 'Best of the server' feel to it for anyone playing at the top of the server and there's a lot of big ties each round as some of the best teams by quality and history go head to head for battling to be the right for to be the "server champion"

But lower than the Shark Cup it's basically a 'Royal Rumble Cup' where it's just a fight all the way against similar quality teams and the object is just to try and survive to stay in the competition as best as you can.

At the end of the day, Your a Football Manager/Chairman of your team on this game, You have to decide what is best for your team and that includes forfeiting tournaments to concentrate elsewhere or to tank a season.

Personally I try and go out and win every game my team plays.I just couldnt throw any match,not in my dna i guess lol.

My opinion is that you should play the game, i already turned some matches in cup in my favor, even whend i was thinking i couldnt.

do the best every match, try to win every match, no matter the quality of your team

thats football :D

You will be very boring to play T11 without Cup matches.
Its a good competition to test all manager, one-match-tactic.
Fight for every competition make you busy at least.:p

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Originally Posted by Belgji

You will be very boring to play T11 without Cup matches.
Its a good competition to test all manager, one-match-tactic.
Fight for every competition make you busy at least.:p

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And getting your players to get injuries.......

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Originally Posted by Allan Mccormack

Personally I try and go out and win every game my team plays.I just couldnt throw any match,not in my dna i guess lol.

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This.

What's more, I find (on my level atleast) that more money can be gained in the later rounds of the Cup than in the later rounds of the Champions League. I think that's odd but still, worth playing to win every game IMO.

I agree with the others ! Fight until the end in cup ! Last season, I'd never thought I could be in SF. And in the end, I won it !
It brought me so much money for this season, allowing me to buy loads of good players.
Even if you just go in 8th or quarter, it's always a big money. I'm almost out of it and I will feel it next season :(

U should go for it... 1-0 defeat is nothing... People have turned the dice after 4-0 degeats:D And it is not only about winning..... Its about trying ur best to overcome both ur opponents and the Troll Engine:p

I HATE THE CUP!

It's the only reason I still play T11.

Yeah, I know! ;-)

Let me clarify:
I'm not a token buyer .. never have been. Yet, winning the league is trivially easy.
Champion's league is more challenging because one bad day (Nordeus troll result) can end your season, but still, I won 3 CLs in a row and usually make the quarterfinals at least. (Four firsts, two seconds, in nine tries.)

Cup is a nightmare. I've NEVER played in a cup less than three levels higher than my team. I've only had three seasons where I actually had ANY chance of winning the cup - ended up with two third place finishes, and last season, I got trolled in the quarterfinals.

I WILL win the cup ....even if I have to reverse the tactics used against me and go into a new season with just 1 star players after I save up 500 tokens ... which is just BUYING a win, so it would be particularly unsatisfying :-(
Anyway .. I WILL win the cup .. and then i will quit Top eleven.

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Originally Posted by Ian Myers

This.

What's more, I find (on my level atleast) that more money can be gained in the later rounds of the Cup than in the later rounds of the Champions League. I think that's odd but still, worth playing to win every game IMO.

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I find the opposite to be true.

level 14 cup vs level 14 champions league
QF---5.32M----10.6M
SF---6.92M----13.8M
F----9.00M-----18.0M
win--2.7M------5.4M

I lose money when I win early round away cup games since I use a win bonus (and it is the lowest one too.

It's hard to complete against 2-3 lvl higher opponents. I won Cup once and was 3rd last season. This season my first opponent had so much better players starting and some very low lvl players on the bench and reserves. Two draws and I was out. Better luck and more winning bonus next season, I guess.