Season 128 - Are you ready?

[Der_Ryan_M]

I realised abit late that we have to keep 1 star players. And when i did realise, i did not know i could use their SA and multi position players to keep quality low so they were gaining almost as much as they were losing in rating every season. So for now, till my players quality get lower, i will have to endure selling and buying more players for now. Yes it is stressful and i often buy very weak players 1st and waste tokens buying replacements later so I definitely spend more than 60 tokens per season on average.

Frankly i still track the associations i left previously. One got demoted after last season and the other looks likely to get demoted after this season. They both have alot of inactive players with training maintained at very low percentages. So I definitely made the right choice in leaving. I agree that i might be able to stay or join a platinum association but from what i see, it takes an association with an average of at least 115 from week 1 to retain their platinum division status. Not easy. Also must have well trained and active members.

What do you mean by average of 115? There are many associations with 90-100% average and they are doing fine. The most important things are activity and also that the members are fairly close to each other in terms of quality to avoid bad draws and being vulnerable to people who "manipulate", so put their bench in and the high guys get the low opponents.
This weekend for example we were very unlucky with the draw, as opponents were approaching draw with bench on the field. But it is our own fault, one member is 140%, I am 129% and another is 117% and all others are around 100%, it's too big of a margin. The 100% guys had the toughest opponents and all lost their matches, so all it takes is one of us slipping in his "easy" matchup and he did...

[Sillybq]

What do you mean by average of 115? There are many associations with 90-100% average and they are doing fine. The most important things are activity and also that the members are fairly close to each other in terms of quality to avoid bad draws and being vulnerable to people who "manipulate", so put their bench in and the high guys get the low opponents.
This weekend for example we were very unlucky with the draw, as opponents were approaching draw with bench on the field. But it is our own fault, one member is 140%, I am 129% and another is 117% and all others are around 100%, it's too big of a margin. The 100% guys had the toughest opponents and all lost their matches, so all it takes is one of us slipping in his "easy" matchup and he did...

What i meant by average of 115 is to add up all the best 11 players average of all 6 teams and the result is around 115? But i have to admit that what i mentioned is an opinion formed through observation and might not be representative.

I do that too. That manipulate bit. I actually did it unknowingly at first as I usually place my B team in the lineup so my opponents cannot take screenshots asking experts for formation/tactical advice. I also noticed people tend to play less friendlies with me when they notice my B team listed. It took awhile before i realised i was always facing the weakest competitor. So far, no one has asked me to stop doing so or had anything negative to say about it but some have joined me. I do not try to be the weakest but i just leave my B team as starters.

What you mentioned does make sense regarding the wide gap in qualities between association mates creating a disadvantage. What i noticed is the associations i have been in do not actively change their association match time. No captain discusses this with its members on a weekly basis or even adjust it when they face associations in other continents. Like it is an obvious advantage for a european association to adjust the time to as late as possible when facing an asian association.