Trophies are highly overrated,
But hey,
I've got plenty too.
and I have an association that has already secured platinum for next season,
In all honesty, here is the deal: I joined the game over 4 years and joined the forum around the same Nikolgiorgios, Buffs Mad among a couple others did. Madflo joined later I think. The problem is, we joined a TE community that was giving misleading information. It wasn't deliberately misleading, most managers here have good intentions and most still do. The problem is, nordeus is not transparent which leaves several managers to fend for themselves when learning this game. Smart players will go to help groups such as an english speaking forum to pick up points, but when the information isn't entirely accurate and nordeus doesn't step in to provide assistance, you get the picture. I didn't realize the information was off, until a previous association captain Noel Carroll gave me orders to use head-to-head against Nikolgiorgios in an association duel. Nik was probably the most influential manager in teaching me this game, early on, so I knew what he would setup with tactically, before we even kicked off and Noel Carroll gave me the correct orders to use (we actually had the systems of both Khris and Niko and none of the other 4 teams and we had them at kickoff). I was stunned by the result; I did enjoy a signficant quality advantage, and the 1st leg was competitive, but 2nd leg I erupted for 7 goals. It turned out my association captain learned the game in the Indonesian community (on facebook), he probably picked up other pointers elsewhere, i'm not sure. But he clearly knew how to counter Nik's orders, so at this point I started to realize that something was off around these parts. But it isn't the fault of anybody, this place has been focusing on counter-formations, instead of correct orders long before any of us joined, including both managers that played in that match, I was just fortunate to have an experienced and skilled association captain.