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[Mr Big]

Yeah, Shockwave lost to two novice teams and I think their one win was against an am team. There are some great players on that team, but they don't seem to know what each other are doing on the field. Hence bunkering own players...twice.

SC Men are looking pretty confident at the moment. Dave Youngblood also told me that he's been thinking about training himself up again and actually trying out for the ironmen. They just can't keep away.

Erik Felix has quit and gone back to washing hair.

Ed Poorman and Richmond Italia have just sold all their shares in PSP cos they didn't like they way it was going, and they now plan to go in together to run the XBall league next year. With the help of one other partner...WDP. Could be quite a show. Anyway, I'm off to the site now so check out the front page very late tonight or first thing tomorrow for all the other gossip and to find out who made it to the semis.

 

[Buddha 3]

WDP, huh.
Would make sense. Seems like they're the only major manufacturer without their own tournament.

 

[Al Woods]

Tough enough

I think Matski got it right with the ruthlessness bit, if you don't get pushed you don't improve and if you think you're spot is always there for you then you aint gonna up your game. Captains need to be more in control of the teams' destiny and have an idea in their minds of what they want from the team, otherwise the team will go nowhere fast.

Shockwave confuse me. I mean, at simply the best this year they were absolutely awesome. They were literally mowing through teams but then choked when they played the Tigers who played a very conservative, slow game all day....don't make sense.

I just wished they could cut it coz I rate them mo'fos.

 

[Collier]

Tough enough

Originally posted by Al Woods
I think Matski got it right with the ruthlessness bit, if you don't get pushed you don't improve and if you think you're spot is always there for you then you aint gonna up your game. Captains need to be more in control of the teams' destiny and have an idea in their minds of what they want from the team, otherwise the team will go nowhere fast.

Shockwave confuse me. I mean, at simply the best this year they were absolutely awesome. They were literally mowing through teams but then choked when they played the Tigers who played a very conservative, slow game all day....don't make sense.

I just wished they could cut it coz I rate them mo'fos.

At shoot the rainbow they were awesome as well, they went through us (Dyehard) in 35 seconds including hanging the flag, 4 of us on the break!
Paul.

 

[TJ Lambini]

But

didb;t they finish like 5th, behind some Novice teams?

Not dissing Shock or anyone else there, but the top teams, whilst they'll have tha odd bad eevnt, will consistently make finals and semis at NPPL and Millennium level, whilst Shockwave have struggled both at these levels and below.

 

[Collier]

But

Originally posted by TJ Lambini
didb;t they finish like 5th, behind some Novice teams?

Day One \Day Two
Div A \Div A
The Kelly's 692 \The Kelly's 592
Swat 506 \Planet X 578
Nitro 458 \UK Jaguars 408
DV8 429 \Tremmor 402
UK Chameleons 232 \Shockwave 333
Legion 126 \K2 261
SAD Too 41 \Swat 239
---------- \Storm YG 95

Got to hand it to ya you remember your 'ball! (ok 1 place out but close enough)

Paul.

 

[TJ Lambini]

OK, and with respect to all those teams

above Shock, they'd be rookie in tha NPPL - and they finished above you best Pro team.

Now if that was any US Pro side, that just would not have happened...

 

[Matski]

Al - Playing the Tigers is always a hard hard game, they have excellent back guys, their sweetspotting is very good and they can lock up the game really really well, anyone see them play sc ironmen at campaign? If you did you know what I mean! I aint making excuses for shock by the way, tigers have a different attitude to the game and are a better team as a result, simple as.

Mr Big-Bunkering their own players? For once, im speechless.

 

[cjohns]

It comes down to training. Most of the U.K. teams I have seen don't train as hard as the U.S. teams because either they don't have the time or can't afford it. The teams that I am in current discussion on playing with when I go back to the U.S., train at least every other weekend with 1 tournament a month. Some U.S. teams train every weekend all weekend long and drive and fly great distances to do so. Plus, the talent pool is soooo much larger in the States because there are so many more ballers over there. How many times have we had this discussion

 

[sjt19]

chip

who are you going to be playing with on your return to the states?