Sorry but i still don't see that having xball squads taking all three Fed Plates away from standard M5 teams was good for the sport, i understand that some teams don't always get the chance to play the Top UK Teams and im sure some enjoyed it but really,,, come on ...
XBALL as a whole should have been kept out of these divisions and given the chance to play off for another Fed Plate..
How do you expect to improve only playing the same level of teams as yourself??? The only way to get better in the long run is to play teams alot better than yourself. Speaking from experience here, playing teams that you get smashed by teaches you more than playing a team of equal level. You learn the hard way and means you have to make improvments quicker, make a mistake in a game against a hard team and you will notice it as they use it against you where as team that aren't so good wouldnt notice the mistake.
There is no point going on the field against any team thinking you have already lost...Go on the field thinking that you will take it to them, push them to their limits and if you win then people will notice! If you don't then oh well its just another team that got beat by a better one.
I'd rather play one game against a much better team than 10 against teams of equal or lower ability, simply as you will learn more.
If we (Birmingham Temper) had the attidude that we were just gonna get rolled by the teams we played then we would have, but we took the opportunity we had to play London Shock and HK army, even Reading Entity...and showed tham all what we were capable of...And we did
So all those who moan about playing harder teams don't bother moaning... why bother playing if you don't push yourself to the limits???
****B'Temper FTW****