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mlthmp Veteran

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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:32 pm Post subject:
Learning your team. |
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A total n00b question.
Is it a good idea to play some games early on to help determin what your team needs the extra training in.. or is it better to just train without worrying about how they do in games?
MAYBE that will make some sense to someone lol  _________________ http://sbdevils.com/forum/ and http://smallball.info The only forums you'll ever need. |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:
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It's good to look at your games, no matter what sport it is. So yes.  _________________ 73298 l 4044
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yagadan05 Guest
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:10 pm Post subject:
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You'll really learn your team once they are starting to be competetive, but not yet maxed out in most skills.
Each season, experiment with new formations and different positions for players. For the past 4 seasons, I've been putting new formations for each of my teams to see how they respond. Some only work well with 4-4-2, while a couple of my teams really excel with 5-4-1, I have found though, that my teams are dreadful with 4-3-3 or 3-3-4 -- formation I think, is the biggest key to your team's success. If you have an aggressive forward who loves just taking the ball and driving with it, use a 5-4-1 to get him more of the scoring oppurtunities -- if you've got a pair of forwards that work well together and generate chances that way, use the 4-4-2. Again, finding your formation is what I feel is most important to your team's success. I had a team that was at 4-4-2 for 3 seasons, going nowhere, and when I switched them to 5-4-1, they lost only 1 big league game against 9*s, while winning 15 and got promoted to 2nd league. |
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mlthmp Veteran

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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject:
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thanks for the help guys.
again, Im new to footy, I've had teams and trained before but until now I've never wanted to do well in SBFB.. now I really want to have alot of fun playing and do whatever I can to help make the game more fun and better in general. _________________ http://sbdevils.com/forum/ and http://smallball.info The only forums you'll ever need. |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject:
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| mlthmp wrote: | thanks for the help guys.
again, Im new to footy, I've had teams and trained before but until now I've never wanted to do well in SBFB.. now I really want to have alot of fun playing and do whatever I can to help make the game more fun and better in general. |
Just that fact that it's quick is what makes it fun, in my opinion. I don't know about anyone else, but I hate that I have to sit through 45+ minutes of a BB game just to watch my team lose. In FB, I can watch them win in 10 minutes! Not to mention, it gives you more reason to watch your games since they're not as long and boring, thus, you get to learn your team much better.
It will most definitely be tough to win against high rated teams until you are in a good 40th spot or higher on the 8* list though. |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:57 pm Post subject:
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| yagadan05 wrote: | | Just that fact that it's quick is what makes it fun, in my opinion. I don't know about anyone else, but I hate that I have to sit through 45+ minutes of a BB game just to watch my team lose. In FB, I can watch them win in 10 minutes! Not to mention, it gives you more reason to watch your games since they're not as long and boring, thus, you get to learn your team much better. |
You're right about the game times. I love the fact its 10 minutes in comparison to anywhere from 30-50 for a BB game.. Makes it ALOT easier to want to sit there and watch instead of TS all the way through it. _________________ http://sbdevils.com/forum/ and http://smallball.info The only forums you'll ever need. |
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bth11 Forum Spammer

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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject:
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| should i train blind or with my eyes open? |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:
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| bth11 wrote: | | should i train blind or with my eyes open? |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject:
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| bth, how come you edited your post? Your analogy was surprisingly right-on the first time. |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject:
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| yagadan05 wrote: | | bth, how come you edited your post? Your analogy was surprisingly right-on the first time. |
He thought people wouldn't understand it. He forgot that there are complex minded thinkers on SB. _________________ XsT | TA# 1.1 | -.- | XXI | $2856.82 (10/27)
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