Season 78 - Are you ready?

[talisman]

I never go more than 10T in the Transfer Market, and only for high-Quality players (x4/x9). Others I set a 5T limit, but if I think that one more might win the player will go to the 6th T.

[Tactician]

I never go more than 10T in the Transfer Market, and only for high-Quality players (x4/x9). Others I set a 5T limit, but if I think that one more might win the player will go to the 6th T.

Today, all the bids that I participated in went above round 10, except one which I let the other user win after 7 rounds as he was looking stubborn. The bids that I won costed 14T, 14T and 12T. Nordeus also contributed to this situation by not sending 5-star 'nordgens' today. This could be an intentional 'move' from them.

Never mind. I accept that I have lost 25T. I still had the chance to opt out earlier, but I wanted this player. He had one of the combination of positions that I was looking for, all the necessary attributes to a required level, except one, he was very close to the next star, and he appeared to be a fast-trainer. Currently, I have a LB and CB, both on the lower 4 stars, and I have only 1 player capabale of playing at LB and 2 player's capable of playing at CB in my team. So, this player would probably have been a great addition.

[Tactician]

I have noticed lost of connections lately. Also, the match today seems to be slow.

[talisman]

Day 1 - Palace Terriers Cup report.

Palace Terriers got one foot in the next round with a 4-1 away 1st Leg victory, doubles for Samir Gross and Nikolay Radev.



Midfielder Lukasz Sapela made his 50th appearance for the Terriers in this match

[Tactician]

Frankly, today was frustrating and discouraging, especially due to the fact that no 5-star 'nordgens' were listed, hence dissapointing for a first day of a season. Now, I understand what Gert might have felt after having a market of 3-star 'nordgens' for quit a while. I expect that many users who depended on 'nordgens' in the past would be disappointed, frustrated and discouraged. If it continues like this, while some users might turn to the scout and recommendations list, for sure some users will quit, or they will abandon their team or the competitions' challenges every season. Some users won't be able to afford to spend so much tokens fighting for 5-star players in such a scarce auction market.

[Tactician]

Gert, how are you dealing with such a situation. I have noticed your post concerning the signing of 18 year old players from the academy. But, is that enough? Those that cost tokens are relatively more expensive. How about the negociations' list? Is there is a lack of players there too?

[Arion]

That's why I plan to tank soon. I'm just a lot attached to my players

[Tactician]

That's why I plan to tank soon. I'm just a lot attached to my players

Haha .
You might well need more than a season's tanking to boost the quality of some of your players to a competitive level.

On the other side, you might stay among the lower quality batches, where you will likely stay competitive, especially in the league and cup.

That is one of the problems of this game; you always have to improve your team's quality every season, especially if you made an improvement in the previous season as the next season you might be with among a higher quality batch.

[Arion]

Haha .
You might well need more than a season's tanking to boost the quality of some of your players to a competitive level.

On the other side, you might stay among the lower quality batches, where you will likely stay competitive, especially in the league and cup.

Well my CL seems easy, we have a good record in the Cup, and I hope to break the league jinx this season there's no harm in being ambitious I guess

[Tactician]

Well my CL seems easy, we have a good record in the Cup, and I hope to break the league jinx this season there's no harm in being ambitious I guess

That is the good side; there is a lower quality batch. But, sometimes, lower quality teams (especially, if they have been winners of competition(s) the previous season) are put in the higher quality batches, and this where you are 'forced' to up the quality of your team if you want to win the competitions, and when you made such an improvement, the next season you are likely to be put with even better teams. It seems that it is one of the way the business part of this game functions.