Games scheduled too close to each other

[Sillybq]

Hello fellow forumers,

I noticed since the start of the new season my games are grouped together in quick succession:
Most of the days the games have 3 hours between them.
On 5 of 8 days with two games scheduled (6 UCL group games and 2 Cup games), the games are 3 hours apart, for the rest it's 4 and 5 hours respectively.

It did not happen to me in the previous seasons, I usually had 8-9 hours between games, by default, I now have to spend tokens to change the time when I can, otherwise it is not easy to prepare the team between games with all the greens and blues required and no automatic 6% condition gains!

Anyone else experiencing this aggressive scheduling behavior?

Yes I face this too and I feel they do this on purpose to force us to watch videos for greens. I watch the videos anyway but I am forced to use them. I got so sick of wasting my greens that I now have a full 2nd team that plays whichever team is weaker for the day. Only on days where both matches are crucial do I play my first team twice.

[SuperDunk]

Yes I face this too and I feel they do this on purpose to force us to watch videos for greens. I watch the videos anyway but I am forced to use them. I got so sick of wasting my greens that I now have a full 2nd team that plays whichever team is weaker for the day. Only on days where both matches are crucial do I play my first team twice.

And you are what, level 5? Same level as me, and i doubt you re having a tougher season than i do...
soooo....who s right here?

[Sillybq]

And you are what, level 5? Same level as me, and i doubt you re having a tougher season than i do...
soooo....who s right here?

What do you mean? I only said I feel they put matches close to each other to pressure us into watching video for greens. And I explained that I did not want to waste my greens so I started a second team to play one of the matches. Why do you sound so aggressive? I am not out here for an argument

And quite frankly, my response was to the thread starter

[SuperDunk]

What do you mean? I only said I feel they put matches close to each other to pressure us into watching video for greens. And I explained that I did not want to waste my greens so I started a second team to play one of the matches. Why do you sound so aggressive? I am not out here for an argument

And quite frankly, my response was to the thread starter

So i m not trying to start an argument here but i think i ve faced enough games with low and high conditions against tougher opponents to have my own version of the story.
Second of all, you said " I watch the videos anyway but I am forced to use them" you also said that you started to get sick wasting them and then bought another 11 to play the weaker teams.
And my question is this one: Why do you think i am aggresive and wanna start an argument? Because i am quoting literally the words you are saying?

I also realised for the last couple of seasons that the league game is fixed at a specific hour with the rest of the teams in the league.
CL and Cup games differ from the timezone you and your opponent have.

[Sillybq]

So i m not trying to start an argument here but i think i ve faced enough games with low and high conditions against tougher opponents to have my own version of the story.
Second of all, you said " I watch the videos anyway but I am forced to use them" you also said that you started to get sick wasting them and then bought another 11 to play the weaker teams.
And my question is this one: Why do you think i am aggresive and wanna start an argument? Because i am quoting literally the words you are saying?

I also realised for the last couple of seasons that the league game is fixed at a specific hour with the rest of the teams in the league.
CL and Cup games differ from the timezone you and your opponent have.

Firstly, how you want to play is up to you. I feel it is a waste to use greens when I feel my team is sufficiently strong after power training hence my response. How I play is up to me, I might play MTM and High Press to concede less and win by bigger margins. What has this have to do with our levels and our competition?

I never said you were wrong but you obviously think your opinion is the only correct one.

[SuperDunk]

Firstly, how you want to play is up to you. I feel it is a waste to use greens when I feel my team is sufficiently strong after power training hence my response. How I play is up to me, I might play MTM and High Press to concede less and win by bigger margins. What has this have to do with our levels and our competition?

I never said you were wrong but you obviously think your opinion is the only correct one.

Short answer, lower levels-less active managers, higher levels- more active managers.
That s what i said what i said because on the lower levels you can get away with a lot of things.

[Sillybq]

Short answer, lower levels-less active managers, higher levels- more active managers.
That s what i said what i said because on the lower levels you can get away with a lot of things.

I do not disagree with that. I have mentioned before that many Low level teams do not need to put in much effort to win. But i think it’s unrelated to why games are scheduled so close to each other.

[HeavensAAA]

Yes I face this too and I feel they do this on purpose to force us to watch videos for greens. I watch the videos anyway but I am forced to use them. I got so sick of wasting my greens that I now have a full 2nd team that plays whichever team is weaker for the day. Only on days where both matches are crucial do I play my first team twice.

@Sillybq That’s true. We need to watch ads to earn enough to recover regulars for important matches in a row, and save up for power training as well.

As much as I also dislike using greens to recover conditions for matches, I won’t view it as a ‘waste’. If we use 1 green to recover 1 of our regulars to play the 2nd game which takes place just 3-4 hours after the 1st game, the player should generally gain 1-2 skills points for playing the match. That is about the same amount of skill points gained when we use those same 16% to 20% for training drills when it comes to high-star players. Motm 4% is even more important, so for me, all best 3 or 4 players should start all matches even if greens are needed. (Typically for power-trained players, gaining 1% skill point may take a green, so 4% motm gain with only a green is a no-brainer, assuming that we can win the match and top players perform like they usually would ;p )

My 2nd team is typically 1* worse than 1st team. They have 3 main uses:
1) Save greens in closely-timed matches
2) Come in as sub when first-11 gets a yellow card. Usually at half-time if yellow was issued before half-time, and always immediately anytime in the 2nd half when yellow is received
3) Come in as starting players in Cup/CL semi-finals 2nd leg to prevent all previously yellow-carded regular players from possible suspension in the Cup/CL final when we have already secured a healthy 1st leg win

[Sillybq]

@Sillybq That’s true. We need to watch ads to earn enough to recover regulars for important matches in a row, and save up for power training as well.

As much as I also dislike using greens to recover conditions for matches, I won’t view it as a ‘waste’. If we use 1 green to recover 1 of our regulars to play the 2nd game which takes place just 3-4 hours after the 1st game, the player should generally gain 1-2 skills points for playing the match. That is about the same amount of skill points gained when we use those same 16% to 20% for training drills when it comes to high-star players. Motm 4% is even more important, so for me, all best 3 or 4 players should start all matches even if greens are needed. (Typically for power-trained players, gaining 1% skill point may take a green, so 4% motm gain with only a green is a no-brainer, assuming that we can win the match and top players perform like they usually would ;p )

My 2nd team is typically 1* worse than 1st team. They have 3 main uses:
1) Save greens in closely-timed matches
2) Come in as sub when first-11 gets a yellow card. Usually at half-time if yellow was issued before half-time, and always immediately anytime in the 2nd half when yellow is received
3) Come in as starting players in Cup/CL semi-finals 2nd leg to prevent all previously yellow-carded regular players from possible suspension in the Cup/CL final when we have already secured a healthy 1st leg win

Very true. I do most of what you mentioned and will probably add on what I am missing. Good info. For the MOM, I try to manipulate it so the players I am keeping for next season win it. So I mix my starters with my bench. But no player in my teams plays twice a day except on those days where both opponents are strong.