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Massive" gets my vote

Actually no more suggestions for names are required for Wang or Sercombe.

I will "unveil" them in the write up of next weeks game


Still deliberating on Birss


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Looks like no major stuffups with game minutes for our squad.

Cant recall anyone getting over 70. There was a few around the 50 minute mark which should be fine.

Hopefully the bad boy Tic Tac can get back into some decent game shape

Might make the "delayed telecast" of the game a tad more interesting for me to watch if Williams is lucky enough to get back in the team


Last edited by Sid Vicious at 7/18/2013 8:57:12 AM

Players range form 49 to 69 mins with only a few at the bottom end of range. Most early to mid 60s. Well done all.

I had a GS drop with 65 last week, so trying mid 50s this week to see if it suits my guy better. Itll lower the 2 week avg too, which im hoping will bring him back to proficient. Does that sound right?

it might. but each player can be different. some want more others less.
and there is also a random factor in it also most believe

Yeah, im struggling with my trainees staying below 65, in the blowout games, the bench is getting around 20mins, then 48 in specific position the following game. If I set a reserve in the lineup to spread the backup mins, then the trainee at PG get subbed for around 5mins, and i dont get 48mins for my trainee.

Only other thing i can see is to set them for 2 pos training as starters for 2 gzmes (30 mins x2)

Yeah, im struggling with my trainees staying below 65, in the blowout games, the bench is getting around 20mins, then 48 in specific position the following game. If I set a reserve in the lineup to spread the backup mins, then the trainee at PG get subbed for around 5mins, and i dont get 48mins for my trainee.

Only other thing i can see is to set them for 2 pos training as starters for 2 gzmes (30 mins x2)

Ive been competitive in Div 2 the last 3 seasons whilst giving single position training to a young trainee each game.

Try running with 7 players in each game, with your trainee getting 48 mins and having the 2 bench players covering 2 of the other back up positions each.

Occasionally a player will get injured or fouled out but generally it works well

thanks sid, its not getting 48mins thats the problem. Its the next game after that to get my trainee 55-60mins. If i play a weaker team that week (this week ill play 2), if i set my trainee as a backup, he gets around 20mins instead of around 10-12mins. The added minutes seem to be knocking his game shape back to strong, indicating to me that he cant handle 65mins a week.

65 minutes is fine. Gameshape is a bit random like that.

Side for our our tomorrow is up on off site forum.

Big night tonight in our group of the Asian Cup

1 Australia U21 (3-0) v 4 Kazakhstan U21 (1-2)
2 Indonesia U21 (3-0) v 3 Iran U21 (3-0)

At most 2 undefeated sides left in our group.
Next 2 games we take on Iran and Indonesia.

Match Report Australia V Kazakhstan 22/7/13 (4th game of U21 Asian Championship)

After 3 straight victories in the first pool stage of this seasons Asian Championships, the standings ladder had tightened up leading into our Aussie Under 21s game against Kazakhstan.

Wins and point margins had become extremely important with Australia, Indonesia and Iran all unbeaten and holding the top 3 positions and with these teams to play each other and also Kazakhstan, who were in 4th spot, during the next 3 weeks.

Australias task tonight at GM Koopasaurus’s “Stronghold” arena was to win big and try to extend their “one points difference margin” from 2nd on the ladder Indonesia who tonight were drawn to play 3rd placed Iran.

Kazakhstan who had had only one win from 3 games was clinging to the 4th and final qualification spot in the pool, and as their last 2 games after tonight were to be played against the higher ranked Iran and Indonesian teams there was concern in the offsite forum that they might target us with a crunch time in a desperate bid to sneak into the next stage of this tournament.

The Wombat King had during the weekend leading into tonights game, expressed his pride in his squad of 14 players who all had either strong or Proficient game shape, which on paper appeared to be a huge advantage against the 60th ranked Kazakhstan team who only had 8 of their 18 players in strong or proficient game shapes.

Finished their warm ups the Wombat King sprung the first surprise of the night by starting Sercombe (Combover) at PG, Bath Water (Barth) at SG and the Hessian Bag (Sacks) at SF.

The Duke won the tip off and it didn’t take long for the Combover to get a great pass off to the Hessian bag to enable the first points to be scored.

Kazakhstan were playing a possession style game and soon found Nil Zuev, their star shooting guard, in space who hit a 3 despite the best defensive efforts of the Hessian Bag.

Sacks (Hessian Bag) had widely been criticized last week for his poor shooting, certainly begun to make amends hitting his first 3 shots before missing a shot with 10 seconds left in the quarter.

Quarter time and despite restricting Zuev to 2 out of 12 for the quarter the Australians trailed the Kazakhstans 13 to 12 in a low scoring quarter

In the second and Zuev was everywhere, jumping between PG, SG and SF positions and quickly extended his teams lead with a couple of free throws after drawing a 3rd foul on the Hessian Bag.

3 minutes in and Ted brought the crowd to their feet when he hit a huge 3 pointer to put the Aussies back in front.

The Wombat King who at this stage was quite concerned about his teams low scoring was getting regular updates on the Iran v Indonesia game which was being played around the corner at the Crockers home court.

Six minutes in and the scores were tied on 27 points and it was noticeable that the Bath Water had gone stagnant with his shooting having missed all 6 of his attempts, 4 of which had been taken outside the arc

2 minutes left in the quarter and the crowd was again brought to its feet, this time by Possum Petes other contribution to the team, the Chico Roll showing that like Ted he could also hit a 3 pointer.

Inspired by the Chico, Bath Water, Polar Bear, Tic Tac all quickly hit shots in quick succession which saw Australia get the first real break on the Kazakhstans and go to half time with a 46 to 36 lead.

Ted and the Duke had begun to assert their dominance with 16 rebounds with 18 points between them, whilst for the Kazakhstans Zuev had managed to jack up 21 shots for the half to be leading scorer with 20 points and he was also at this stage his teams leading rebounder with 5.




Last edited by Sid Vicious at 7/22/2013 10:26:30 AM