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A one point 96-95 win, exactly as I planned it! (whew)

Yeah, err, that was a bit close! I feel like I've had a few of those in past few seasons where they've just gone my way...Watched most of the 2nd half, really decent contest. I'm a bit surprised Sweden used less effort than me, especially as like us they have their easier of the 2 seeding games 2nd, but given their scrimmage win, and the fact they only lost by 1 I'd say it was good management by Decke really. Just bad luck.

I'm not used to having a team that's that efficient offensively, basically 50% on our FG shots taken, and generated so many FT attempts as well. The only downsides I can really find are the (starting) guards being a combined 6-16 from the line, and Needham being 0-5 FGwise.

Also @ Grandma, what does Kim need to do to start? Apparently nothing. He useful just as he is ;)

Danson didn't quite get 30/15, but 24 and 11 will do just fine for an MVP award. Farr 2nd as he was quiet but efficient in the boxscore, held their C to 10 pts on 13 shots and 3 TOs as well. Despite the FT woes McKee gets 3rd place for better defence than Bujalska (disclaimer: I know SG is an easier position to defend than SF, especially at u21 level)

Actually, on the SFs, I think that's kind've the strength of our team currently. Between Needham, Bujalska, Sobiechowska and Graves I can do different things depending on opponent/tactic, etc. I doubt anyone beyond those 4 get minutes there this season.

At home to Azerbaijan next week should be an easy enough victory, then we'll see what the draw throws out after that.

Great win mate!

Great result congratz.
TBH I had almost a heart attack when GE draw Kim for a def foul when regulation ended, thanks BB God for two misses.

Kim another green arrow in OD plus the best GS.

He is starting next week:)

Nicely done!!

Just a quick message to say - congrats and thanks for the game shape this week everyone! To have 5 of the 11 current players in 9 GS at this stage of the season is fantastic (I've only got 7 myself between my two teams...), two more are on very high 8s.

Due to the good GS + no injuries I might leave any new callups for another week...I'm gonna try to message managers of all my backup list though today (I've got 13 on there fwiw)

England 127 - Denmark 112

A solid performance for the boys, we had good shape overall with some managing to get players into the 9 zone so early into the season. We managed to slide past the Danes with less effort used and put ourselves in a good position for the next few games. Top performances from Lathlane and Grierson this week! Things get progressively harder from here on in, with Finland in 2 weeks and Lithuania (number 1 in the world) in 3 weeks time. I hope we can keep the GS up, that would make me a very happy NT coach and put us in a strong position to shock a few folks! Being the underdog is not always easy as the lower teams don't save enth on you, but when it comes to playing the stronger teams... It's a wonderful place to be!

I'm confident about this team, lets see if we can make the most of them!

Thanks man, a solid win considering the enthusiasm use

Montenegro 98 - 91 England

Well, that was just one of those games where I was left scratching my head. Looking at the box score I am still left wondering how we got beaten when we on paper outclassed them. But there we go, BB does this sometimes and this is the first NT game when I walk away feeling at a slight loss for words. With two minutes to go we are up 89 to 85 and then in the final 2 minutes they score 13 points and we score 2....

So... next is Finland... lalalalala

Thanks for the game! What a thriller! Best of luck to the rest of the games!