Season 14

johnnysmack

New leagues are up.

seanand

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay a bot

FewFew

Oh, mine hasn't been update yet.

mar-z

Fewcifur wrote: »

Oh, mine hasn't been update yet.

Go into archive on your league page and S 14 should be there.

FewFew

Mauling Bear?! Ah for fecksake!

eoferrall

Fewcifur wrote: »

Mauling Bear?! Ah for fecksake!

Going to be up against it in div II.4 but what other way would you want it!?

TheJims

got a season of wnwim teams in Div IV, thankfully in the Moon and Stars and the Boards league to keep me interested in the game! quite depressed with relegation now i must admit

crisco10

TheJims wrote: »

got a season of wnwim teams in Div IV, thankfully in the Moon and Stars and the Boards league to keep me interested in the game! quite depressed with relegation now i must admit

Puts you in a good position for a cup run though. Lots of Wednesday night ltnt I hope!

seanand

Fewcifur wrote: »

Mauling Bear?! Ah for fecksake!

i saw that earlier on and had a little chuckle to myself

yer all going to get beating by a girl

TheVoodoo

So having looked at working etc, and having a move to Korea rejected, i plucked for somewhere closer to home but 1/2 hours ahead, so i'll get the games at my night time, when i'm home.

I'm now in Poland, div.II. Ranked 11th in the nation, and most likely in a shoot off for 1st place and promotion to div I.

Yes, it won't be as competitive as Ireland, but its just for ease of access, as i actually want to keep playing the game when i move.

I'll be back to Ireland in 5 seasons, hopefully with a wealth of experience, and a few trophies to booth.

Best of luck to my old boards league mates, and the rest of the boardsies in Ireland too.

Gelio

eoferrall wrote: »

Going to be up against it in div II.4 but what other way would you want it!?

Welcome! Standard is even higher this season in II.4

bossa_nova

Thoughish leauge again 3.11, the relegated 2nd divisioner look likley to steamroll the league again, with 4 maybe 5 teams with a good chance of playoffs again

Trippie

3.15, the proverbial whipping boys it seems

ormond lad

first season in div 3, III.12, any tips to help me survive???

TheVoodoo

ormond lad wrote: »

first season in div 3, III.12, any tips to help me survive???

Pick your battles, WNWIM the no hopers, and save energy for LTNTs on close games!

FewFew

ormond lad wrote: »

first season in div 3, III.12, any tips to help me survive???

Look out for the absolute unbelievable underdog wins. There's always at least one in each league each season, where the top dog assumes he has it in the bag and takes eyes off the prize.
In a tooth and claw battle with the weaker teams, a risky gamble against a top team can give you the edge to avoid relegation.

Zagato

bossa_nova wrote: »

Thoughish leauge again 3.11, the relegated 2nd divisioner look likley to steamroll the league again, with 4 maybe 5 teams with a good chance of playoffs again

I'm playing the ex-2nd divisioner away for my first game
That'll be a wake up introduction to Div 3!

Looking very like it might be another single season up in Div 3 for me :mad: hopefully someone will turn bot to save me!!

FewFew

Zagato wrote: »

I'm playing the ex-2nd divisioner away for my first game
That'll be a wake up introduction to Div 3!

Looking very like it might be another single season up in Div 3 for me :mad: hopefully someone will turn bot to save me!!

People always aim for the stars, meaning you can attack them from the gutter as they pass.

Go for the underdog wins and you'll be solid.

Eireannach

ajeffares wrote: »

Welcome! Standard is even higher this season in II.4

Promoted to II.4 as well. Going to be tough to avoid relegation. Good luck lads.

eoferrall

Eireannach wrote: »

Promoted to II.4 as well. Going to be tough to avoid relegation. Good luck lads.

pity the 3 of us will be essentially fighting for 5/6 as the top four look very strong and will be too much for me anyway in first season here. hope for a sneaky win every now and then though!:cool:

Good luck lads!

daveharnett

All very tight from 3 to 8 in II.1

Pretty sure I've got the lowest first XV csr, but I'm hopeful of avoiding auto-relegation if I can play my cards right.

johnnysmack

daveharnett wrote: »

All very tight from 3 to 8 in II.1

Pretty sure I've got the lowest first XV csr, but I'm hopeful of avoiding auto-relegation if I can play my cards right.

Glad to have you with us dave. it was the same in the league last year, all very closely matched. cant say im too happy with fixture list either.

satory

I may just be able to get 3rd this season...

Just had a look at the league table and the fixture lists, and I dont have to play the top 2 until rounds 5/6 and I start my campaign with a bot.

The new teams in the league this season all seem fairly average, and so I think I can pick up a few more wins than I did last season...

corny

It doesn't rain it pours. After struggling for team form all last season half of my team now have little green arrows with not a red arrow in sight!

TheVoodoo

Had a bit of a chuckle reading the old threads on this, this morning; back when everyone was starting out, ranting and raving about 3kcsr players picked up for 500$.. Funny to see how all the teams have developed at different rates, considering everyone seems to have started at a similar time... I started a season after most of you lot, and seem to be in the middle-ish.

satory

Noooo!!!!

The Newbliss Marlins are only 107 points behind, after scoring a try with 5 mins left on the clock

eoferrall

satory wrote: »

Noooo!!!!

The Newbliss Marlins are only 107 points behind, after scoring a try with 5 mins left on the clock

shame on you for letting a bot score on you. next member to do this gets a week on the touchline.

seanand

eoferrall wrote: »

shame on you for letting a bot score on you. next member to do this gets a week on the touchline.

whats a week on the touchline

eoferrall

seanand wrote: »

whats a week on the touchline

zero posting privilages, must watch from the stands!:p

seanand

eoferrall wrote: »

zero posting privilages, must watch from the stands!:p

good thing i kept a clean sheet so:p

eoferrall

seanand wrote: »

good thing i kept a clean sheet so:p

atta boy seanand!!


anyone else get promoted up a division and looking at the league match on sat and going... not a chance of a sniff of a win!

mar-z

eoferrall wrote: »

anyone else get promoted up a division and looking at the league match on sat and going... not a chance of a sniff of a win!

Not this year but my first season in div II was probably my best performance in that division. It was also the season I was most outclassed having been promoted in the 1st(?) bot flush. Teams will underestimate you and a ltnt with the right tactics works wonders!

My simple plan was boost up my numbers to 30 and have two full teams. As this was back when intensity affected contentment I threw a lot of ltnts with both 1sts (while trying to win) and with 2nds (while not caring but preserving contentment). Surprisingly my 2nds almost got as many wins as my firsts!

Anyway, the intensity changes should be a real boost as you should be able to almost ignore the top 1 or 2 teams in the league who may just be too far beyond you without risking contentment.

Long story short, the same thing we say to newer members applies, choose your battles, but don't always pick the obvious battles. Their confidence is your friend!

Unfortunately the 2nd season is often as case of once bitten twice shy* and the teams you surprise wont take you for granted

*I have now used up my days worth of cliches

eoferrall

mar-z wrote: »

Not this year but my first season in div II was probably my best performance in that division. It was also the season I was most outclassed having been promoted in the 1st(?) bot flush. Teams will underestimate you and a ltnt with the right tactics works wonders!

My simple plan was boost up my numbers to 30 and have two full teams. As this was back when intensity affected contentment I threw a lot of ltnts with both 1sts (while trying to win) and with 2nds (while not caring but preserving contentment). Surprisingly my 2nds almost got as many wins as my firsts!

Anyway, the intensity changes should be a real boost as you should be able to almost ignore the top 1 or 2 teams in the league who may just be too far beyond you without risking contentment.

Long story short, the same thing we say to newer members applies, choose your battles, but don't always pick the obvious battles. Their confidence is your friend!

Unfortunately the 2nd season is often as case of once bitten twice shy* and the teams you surprise wont take you for granted

*I have now used up my days worth of cliches

Yeah it will be the first season in a long time I will have to plan from scratch to ensure I have energy up. need couple extra players alright to fill out squad, but hoping that I can do this with academy players for the cup teams for a while.

Sure see how it goes, Galway chiefs will be a bridge too far for me I reckon, but thinking of throwing a cheeky LTNT and some crazy tactics in there and see what happens. but sense will prevail and i'll likely wnwim to keep energy up and try get decent cup run with odd league win to hopefully get in 5/6th.

shall be challanging but think I can stay up and in a season or two have a much improved squad.

Zagato

Guy I'm playing first up is >11 rating points above me (and I'm over rated after promotion) Going to be a tough season, and of course the only 2 teams I have a hope of beating, I'm playing back to back, so there's no way I'll win both of them, can't see a way out of finishing 7th or worse and auto relegation again.

mar-z

Zagato wrote: »

Guy I'm playing first up is >11 rating points above me (and I'm over rated after promotion) Going to be a tough season, and of course the only 2 teams I have a hope of beating, I'm playing back to back, so there's no way I'll win both of them, can't see a way out of finishing 7th or worse and auto relegation again.

As I said, try to judge your opposition and see if a team is a bit cocky against weaker sides. If your team is that much weaker than others they may well decide to ltnt 1-2 matches before yours and play you with a weakened side on a lower intensity. Wont help much till mid-way through the season when energy gets hit hard.

You may also be able to sneak a couple of wins against teams in the cup. When in div II I threw cup games to try and take stronger teams who were trying to juggle league and cup.

Or if you decide to go for the cup run route and not pay attention to the league you have the benefit of playing teams >11 points better than you so no loss of contentment when your teams lose.

Overall you should be in a much stronger position no matter what at the end of the season!

mar-z

eoferrall wrote: »

but thinking of throwing a cheeky LTNT and some crazy tactics in there and see what happens.

Feels great when it works, but as happened to me a few times it can be a bit crushing when your, for want of a better word crushed by a team when you ltnt

Also think teams expect it more in week 1 than any other week

shall be challanging but think I can stay up and in a season or two have a much improved squad.

The challenge makes the game more enjoyable, I got more satisfaction scraping above the auto-relegate line in a tough league than I ever did doing well in a lower league. That with the improvement in my team while in a higher division always leads me to encourage promotion when the inevitable throwing the qualifier/final question comes up at the end of the season!

seanand

ill get 5th no question about it, was thinking of normalling for the first game but the next three are wnwnm anyway so better not chance it. might as well try to get a good run in the cup:D

Phonehead

Time to take my club team serious and get back to Div II! the signing of a 23 year old class hooker for over a million before the end of last season and the selling of over 2 million worth of reserves should leave me in a position to sign a World Class backrow player at the end of the season. Small steps butI am really happy with how my team is developing.

johnnysmack

Took a risk and went normal against the cork coyotes, usually id LTNT him but judging by the stars im slightly ahead so fingers crossed. Think he may have normalled too.

seanand

johnnysmack wrote: »

Took a risk and went normal against the cork coyotes, usually id LTNT him but judging by the stars im slightly ahead so fingers crossed. Think he may have normalled too.

same here but it wasnt as much a risk as yours tho and also think he went normal aswell so easy win for me

johnnysmack

17-0 up after 10mins. Better then i could have hoped. FOTG better not fcuk me up now.

johnnysmack

johnnysmack wrote: »

17-0 up after 10mins. Better then i could have hoped. FOTG better not fcuk me up now.

Damn it spoke too soon 17-7 now

corny

4 tries within 23 mins and you're thinking easy day at the office. Not a hope. When are they going to change this letting sides back into it ****e.

FewFew

Damn. Playing Couch Potatoes, only a try in it after 50+ minutes... looking at the stats I figure I could come back into it. Wrong. 47-21 with a few minutes to go. Damn.

johnnysmack

the good news is my normal well beat his LTNT. excellant start to league

ormond lad

Great win to start my first season in div 3, ltnt'd to win by 2 with a conversion as last kick of the game

Orizio

Lost 3-30 going WNWIM against someone going normal. Thought I was going to get hammered regardless so didn't bother trying, probably should have LTNT'ed.

eoferrall

Orizio wrote: »

Lost 3-30 going WNWIM against someone going normal. Thought I was going to get hammered regardless so didn't bother trying, probably should have LTNT'ed.

me too... wnwim'd as was going to get pasted... and yup lost 68-10 against his normal!

welcome to Div II ELAT!

TheVoodoo

92-0 win in my first div II game!

johnnysmack

TheVoodoo wrote: »

92-0 win in my first div II game!

Nice one. Living it up in Poland!! Are you in with a chance of getting to div 1?

TheVoodoo

Maybe within a few seasons.. I'm in the easiest of the 4 div II leagues..
TBH, i'm not overly 'bouncy' about wins this season as a few of the other teams would only be higher end div IIIish standard in Ireland.

I can see a few more cricket scores coming in DIV II.

Either way, it'll be nice to squad rotate and get a few young lads trained up. And I'll get to see matches 'live' as they'll be happening when i'm in from work at night time. Only real benefit of Poland tbh. Wish I hadn't been rejected from Korea/ Russia.