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Assassins!!! (22/09/2006 00:12)

Game 1, everyone was healthy. And that has been the only time this season I have had that. I am playing against a group of asassins with no chance to get away except to demote.

First game was a nice simple victory that took down my main midfielder. The cup match took out my keeper, and immediately after that, my main striker wnet down in league play. Since then, I have had 12 injuries in 15 games. And I have had a good bit more that didn't get qualified as injuries. Things like my main keeper getting knocked from 100 health to 82 in the opening minutes of a game. 4 goals went past before a sub came in for him.

I don't know what it is. None of this has happened during the training camps because I have hired people to keep them healthy. But I can't seem to get away from reports where "ohh, X player felt that tackle." and "X player can't continue."

And that is why I am labeling everyone in my division 'Assassins'. I could take a sporadic injury here and there. But I bought 80 credits before the first game was played so I could partake in some fun friendly matches. But I can barely field a team for league matches, let alone wear out my players in friendlies. And it wouldb't be so bad if they would just get injured and I could sub someone else into the match. Instead, they knock them down to the low 80s and force them to hobble across the pitch for another 70 minutes.

And therein lies my frustrations. After a near miss at promotion last season, I thought that for sure I would have another chance. All I would need is a bit more experience and I would be in. But today I am sitting just above relegation and will likely have to fight my way to remain in Div 4. No fun friendlies, no time spent trying to figure out formations and maximizing my strikers. Instead, I am trying to figure out how to keep a playable team on the field.

My only saving grace this season is that I will have another stadium expansion done right at the beginning of next season. But will slahing through a div 5 team really make the larger stadium that much more fun. At least I can promote when I am at the bottom. I just hope I can keep the players out of the grave.

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Spinner wrote:
00:20 22/09 2006

Rest, laddie, rest! :)

Spinner wrote:
00:21 22/09 2006

Serisouly though
1: Never play them to under 90 in fitness, which means just a few friendlies every round
2: Consider going SOFT on tackle in ALL matches
3: Train stamina when not resting
4: Allocate 2 slots on team-training for rest if you have to
just my 2 cents (-:

Zz00000843 wrote:
02:32 22/09 2006

ninjas are worse, the have swords...

i've played loads of friendlies and have only had injuries from playing too many. have had 1 player injured from them (down to 45 ish) but that is is. maybe im the doppleganger of your team and i have the good luck, whilst you have the bad..

Qiel wrote:
16:53 22/09 2006

Thanks for the kind words, mates. Were it something I could use. I play every match on Soft Tackles, and no plays if they are under 95 Fitness. Most of the team I have already trained up to 70 minimum stamina (which is why they rarely get knocked below 70 fitness). And I have at least 1 team training on rest every cycle.

My problem stems not from being prepared for matches, but from getting hacked to pieces during the matches. And so many times it happens in such subtle ways. Sure, my opponents get lots of yellow and red cards against me, but a lot of the injuries don't generate a booking at all.

And nothing is harder on a team to see a perfectly healthy person drop to an 80 fitness in the opening minutes of a match. Because you just know they are going to play horribly for the rest of the match. It seems my team is just fit enough to get a bullet in the brain and still finish the game. Too bad they sucked.