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Hello everybody,

Dartreb, thank you for this fine introduction to the coming season !

And wellcome to all the promoting teams of this season.
One word of advice for the BBBL "freshmen", prepare yourself for a challenging season, as most teams that make their debut in the BBBL generally have a tough first season. So you can call your season a big success if you can avoid relegation in your first season.
As the situation is now, i have to agree with Dartreb that AmenRa looks all set for a possible three-peat, something that only few teams in the past were capable of doing.
But also Joe accomplished an amazing thing in winning the Cup while he has a team that's in a rebuilding phase.

As for me personally, my team is in training mode. The Eagles currently have 4 prospects in training, 3 of which are Belgian players, one is Latvian. So don't expect anything crazy of me this season, as i will just try to make the best of it with my current roster, meaning you will see the same starting five as the last season. Nonetheless, this is a very strong starting five, that is even able to compete with AmenRa, if it weren't for the high number of fouls my team is committing in those important games. In fact Eagles' problem lies more in the depth of its roster, more than anything else.
And training 4 prospects is also gonna cost us a lot of victories in the championship, so our goal this season is just securing a playoff spot, getting as far as possible in the cup, and getting maximum training for our prospects.

Everyone, good luck in the coming season, and may the Gods be with you ;-)

Last edited by Eagle at 2/19/2016 10:48:16 PM

Asingratitos is an experienced manager who already had a top team in Greece, and I'm absolutely delighted they land in the very same conference then Paros Bulls. To all other blue sides : don't hesitate to TIE both of them after they have played each other, you should be fine xD

You are not the first one from whom i've read about this big rivalry between Paros Bulls and Asingratitos.
Is it really that fierce between those two managers ??
For me, this is a new thing, since i knew nothing about this until recently.

Many thanks for this in depth preview Dartreb and glad to be here in the elite category among the best managers!

For me the goal is of course to avoid last place which is going to be difficult as even the other promoted team has experience in the category... I need to sign some players and at the same time invest in my arena and as the market is currently on an upward trend, buying might be very difficult. But the main objective is to have fun. I was also given a tough first game against AmenRa so I guess in a couple of hours I will be with -60

Saying that there is a rivalry with the cows of Paros is exaggerated, I think our head to head is something like 25-4. He was a good training opponent though . Unfortunately this time he has a head start in the game... He is even awaiting our games whereas in the past he was telling me that he was too busy to set the line-up correctly, that he had got a cold and could not focus ect.

My prediction is that no major change will happen this season, the teams that competed last year will remain in the top. AmenRa has a good chance at threepeat but there wil be fierce competition....I am also awaiting the return of Joe, when it happens that's gonna hurt!

Enjoy the game and have all a good first game

Yep I'm searching a level 6 but impossible to find under 1.5M. Moreover mine is "carreer extension" which is very useful for a player like Beeusaert. Actually my trainer costs me 73k, I've also a doctor level 6 (27k, I should replace him), and a PR level 5 (23k).

Your doctor and PR man seem at a reasonable salary level, although your doctor could be replaced. Another doctor for a good price and salary is pretty easy to find. Its particularly your trainer that's doing the hurting there, and a new trainer for a reasonable price is not easy to find at all these days! I was searching for a new one for a long time, until fortunately the right opportunity came by. A level 6 trainer is costly though, i was once searching for one but decided to go with a level 5 because of my need for cash.

Last edited by Eagle at 2/20/2016 5:55:58 AM

Prices have gone totally crazy, not just for players but also for trainers which seems to indicate that the teams have too much cash (yes, that's possible).

With the luxury hoarding tax, teams will be encouraged to spend even more money, meaning that prices should go up even more this season before things stabilize.

That's really difficult to plan anything with such a market, when a single good player will cost you 5 M (unless 34 yos of course).

Prices have gone totally crazy, not just for players but also for trainers which seems to indicate that the teams have too much cash (yes, that's possible).

Well Dartreb, I can assure you i am certainly not one of those "rich" teams. I just have enough cash to safely come by each week, but i can't afford new players for more than 500k for the moment.

At the beginning of this season, revenue for the TV contract went down again (after last year's drop),
this time with more than $ 4000
How come the TV contract already dropped 2 seasons in a row now ?

In 2 seasons time, that's about $ 9000 less in fixed income / week.

How is this number calculated, does anyone know ? Is this the same for all countries, or is this different per country ? And if it's different per country, does anyone know the viariables taken into account to calculate it ?

Joe, maybe you know this ?

Last edited by Eagle at 2/23/2016 9:36:34 PM

It's calculated with the 1st economic update of the season

I can't remember the right forumla but it has to do with the players salaries in the whole league. I think they take the somme of all salaries and divide it by the number of teams. As said i don't know if this formula is 100% accurate bit I am sure that it's calculated on players salaries.
As you know many teams on the red side are rebuilding and trying to save money, so I guess this is the main cause