Season Over - what now?

In my league the first place team (BL) has not lost a game, and last night beat me the second time. BL is on 63 points, I'm on 57, third place is on 41.

BL also knocked me out of the Cup in the semi-final.

BL will win the CL, although a different team knock me out of the quarter-final.

Five games left in the league, no chance of gaining/losing a place. I saw this coming so have been farming rests for most of this season.

Do I play my lowest level players in the league games? Do they gain more skill points in games than in training? Would they gain more skill points as they're lower overall compared to my first team?

Play your normal team, store up rests and manipulate the draw in order to avoid BL next season . search the forum for tips and keep building your team and when you feel you are strong enough to face him go back and defeat him.

Post the skills of his players and his team quality

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Originally Posted by Spartan117

Play your normal team, store up rests and manipulate the draw in order to avoid BL next season . search the forum for tips and keep building your team and when you feel you are strong enough to face him go back and defeat him.

Post the skills of his players and his team quality

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Thanks. Overall quality is 145% but several players are 150-160%. No mutants, as far as I can tell, just a lot of time/rests spent training up the team.

I feel too lazy to search, I assume you mean have my worst players in the first team for the end of the season? Hell, I could do that NOW and still finish second.

He has this in mind. https://forum.topeleven.com/tutorial...w-win-cup.html

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Originally Posted by Neno

He has this in mind. https://forum.topeleven.com/tutorial...w-win-cup.html

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Ah okay, thanks. I managed to sell 3 of my 28 players as they either are going to be too old or their age/skill ratio was off. The other 25 I kept. 13 players are 18/19, those 20-23 are in my 1st 11 or subs except a 24 y/o who's #2 goalie.

I'm leaving 3-8 *, 2-7 * my core for next season and 11-2 *, 3 * for 40% bonus and for lowering the team. At the end of the season my team was 77%, 78%. You may also have a 7-7 * player that you have trained from 3 * -18-year-olds. Variants a lot.

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I'm leaving 3-8 *, 2-7 * my core for next season and 11-2 *, 3 * for 40% bonus and for lowering the team. At the end of the season my team was 77%, 78%. You may also have a 7-7 * player that you have trained from 3 * -18-year-olds. Variants a lot.

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Here's a crazy thought... try to win without manipulating the draw... then your season finishes at the last day... I already played top 4, now they are all gonna play between them till the last game.

All teams, except bottom 4 are over 140% in my league. It's the first time for a while we didnt get a manipulator that starts the season with sudden 80% to 160% from day 1 to day 3, so I particularly dislike teams who do it.

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You are right, but this season in Cl there are players who play like me and that is not easy. Does not mean that teams with average quality 145% are good. A and 1+ level teams have a great advantage.

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Originally Posted by Neno

You are right, but this season in Cl there are players who play like me and that is not easy. Does not mean that teams with average quality 145% are good. A and 1+ level teams have a great advantage.

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Well, I think like this: this a game, and I play how I want to, and dont let other players restrict how I play. I knew I woulndt win CL this year, had just too many +1 level teams in the groups. All groups had at least 1. No worries, there's always the next season. Nobody pays me if I win. If I would let others restrict the way I want to play I would had quit in 2015. I play because many in my work and family also, if something else comes up that unites that bunch around something else, bye bye TE. So, no big deal, just play your way.

In the Associations, the victories against managers with a triple crown at the 40+ level are the best. the rest is about getting good workouts. :)

I managed to trim my team of 4 players, now I've got a 2*, 2 x 3*, a 4*, 5 x 5*, 7 x 6*, 12 x 7*. Obviously the average is still too high to really affect the draw, but all of my 5 and 6* players (except the 2nd goalie) are 18/19 y/o and it's too soon to drop them. Hopefully It'll become clearer next season who's worth keeping and who's worth replacing with a dud 30-year old, lol. This is quite a balancing act which takes some effort, it might become clearer that it isn't for me and I'll aim for strength in depth again.

Ah well, it's all fun and games, eh?

We need to analyze his team, how he trains the players, what formations he plays. Write them, there are experienced players who will help you build a good strategy for success.

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Originally Posted by Neno

We need to analyze his team, how he trains the players, what formations he plays. Write them, there are experienced players who will help you build a good strategy for success.

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How do you tell how he trains players?

Oh great. BL won the treble last season, this season BL is in my CL group and also my opponent in the 1st knockout stage of the Cup. Their Average Quality is 126.8%.

I wouldn't be surprised to see BL in my league either. Looks like it's another season farming rests.

Check his players day by day. When watching, you can see if he highlights the white skills 200% +. This is important in general you will understand a lot about his game.

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Check his players day by day. When watching, you can see if he highlights the white skills 200% +. This is important in general you will understand a lot about his game.

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I already checked, in one of my earlier posts I said he has no mutants.

First game of the season ~ Home to BL
First knockout of the cup ~ Home to BL

Lol, farming of rests commences!