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Post by evild on Sept 24, 2019 18:40:58 GMT 1
same poblem for me Bosko, a fall for Rijssegem ruined my GC ambitions. Sunday I was surprised by the big time gap, and now this. Don't really know what to do now. Rijssegem was my only egg in the basket. De clippel and Niculaie are in the line up, only for not losing much time in the TTT.
Maybe I have to go for the YJ, go for a battle against Leonard and Panucci
Meanwhile, I still don't get it what makes Rios suddenly so good... His stats don't seem that impressive, his wage proves that, but still, he keeps going and going.
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Post by evild on Aug 30, 2019 16:25:52 GMT 1
well, reading Punkska's post now, and looking at the differences after today's stage, I think we have our winner. If I knew this before (Strauss not going for GC), I might have used another tactic for this race. Winning this giro would be wishful thinking, but it would change my tactics completely. Nevertheless Gik will probably win the TTT also, so victory will be close.
Anyway happy with this stage win, at least something earned in this tour:-)
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Post by evild on Aug 29, 2019 9:35:23 GMT 1
no, really Chakra, no real ambition for giro. Havent even figured out my line up yet. My guys just aren't ready yet. I hope to score with niculaie and Veller every now and then, but that will depend on other teams line up's. We'll see. I still have to make some room in my squad, the upcoming weeks I have to analyze with who I want to continue
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Post by evild on Aug 28, 2019 10:23:32 GMT 1
i was hoping for a result for Moretto, well, that didn't go as planned:D Carpi seems to one to beat in the future, certainly flat sprint stages
I would say Arsenal is gone already, and Gik seems certain to take the 2nd promotion spot. Joop lost too much quality the passed couple of weeks. Still can't believe he received 5m for buglia :S
my goals the upcoming weeks: none. Haha:-)
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Post by evild on Aug 24, 2019 16:15:32 GMT 1
.. the increase of wage correlates in an exponential way to the increase of skills. You can have the opinion that this is not correct, but it has always been in the Peloton as one of the important game choices one has to make. Is training at skill 20 affordable and worth the costs? what you wrote, if it is true, is not strategy, it is just a programming error ... in two weeks the training 20 will become 15 and therefore I will surely know what's wrong, then i know I'm confused... what is wrong according to you? Seems logical to me that the higher your skill becomes the more you pay for it?
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Post by evild on Aug 24, 2019 16:02:57 GMT 1
first of all, welcome Angelo. I have never spoken with you before, nice to see you chatting in our Division thread. However, your first post here is not a very sympathetic one. I feel that you are full of anger. But I have to go with bosko here. No one ever said or hoped that Rios would get injured. No one ever complained about fitness training. We all share different opinions. We all play the game the way we decide and we want it. This forum helps everyone to ventilate his ideas or frustrations in a respective way. The way you react here to chakra doesn't make you very popular. He just asked if the risk is bigger now while using fitness training, which really is after some modifications done by the GM. Lucky for you it doesn't really effect Rios. What are you so mad about anyway? You have 5 victories, 5 jerseys so far? Place 2 on GC. You are one lucky guy Rios is still there. Chakra lost his best cyclist during the update, same with bosko, Headcase lost Branco, I sold mine last season, Joop is selling them this season. So dame fortune is on your side this season, he is one of the last men standing. Instead of being annoyed you should be happy with every victorie you can pull out of him. It's up to us to find a way to beat him. In the end, it's only a stupid internet game people... If tomorrow this game is gone, I wouldn't leave any sleep for it. Being annoyed for not winning a race, or missing a transfer... I will never understand it Chakra, about the form influence. Did they attack at the same point? I assume Vits was the form 10? Strauss did what I expected, take the win at 85%. I really wonder how far he will come against Rios. And Bosko, the two mountain stages at the end of the Giro will not be decisive I think. The gap will be too big for the real mountaineers to strike back in those last 2 stages. By then I expect that the differences will already be made. Ogh and yes Quiller, Nice win. congrats. That only leaves Dan to take at least 1 victorie this season. Go for it stallion
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Post by evild on Aug 22, 2019 12:48:20 GMT 1
well, looking at the race schedule, I would say it is going to be a battle between Strauss and Rios for the Giro GC. Skill against fitness, 3 updates for Gik. I am curious to see if it will be enough to keep Strauss behind.
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Post by evild on Aug 15, 2019 10:28:28 GMT 1
I expected this to be honest, Strauss was at 95% fitness, I never believed punkska would play him at 100%. The upcoming weeks are far more important and he already proved that he can win races at 75%. So yes, I expected Grilo, Zoeters and De Clippel to be in front.
For today, no real ambitions. My flat youngster who might be able to get a good result got injured. My back up is even younger, so it will be hard for him to get even in the Top10
I'm also somewhat impressed by Rios. At his 38y, he is in his best shape ever it seems. I'm looking at the fact that most of the teams lost their oldies and continue with youngsters. Apparently a good oldie is still a better choice for winning stages. His TT and sprint are still at a high level i suppose. Comparable to Bolzonis last season. I wonder where and if the point will come were our youngsters pass him. The decreasing must be going fast now. He really is one lucky guy, many of us lost cyclists at 35-36, he is 38 now. The only emperor left in div2.1, that's why he rules us all:-)
And also this; I will not leave the game guys. It took me many years to understand this game, and now that I'm close to harvesting with my own trained youth, I will not retire. I still do think that a cyclists' career takes way too long in this game, but that's an other and old discussion :-)
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Post by evild on Aug 11, 2019 11:02:52 GMT 1
15 15 15, dont think that is possible to achieve that.
You pay too much attention to the main skill, it just takes too long. Certainly for Hill and flat. Mountain, we can discuss about this, but Hill and flat i would stop around 14. In div1 you dont get away with 10-10 sp TT
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Post by evild on Aug 11, 2019 10:52:23 GMT 1
Nah, i wont give up or retire. It would be a shame for all the effort i put into the yougsters. I will stick around:)
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Post by evild on Aug 9, 2019 17:23:52 GMT 1
Niculaie is idd a hill specialist, with some DH and mountain. Currently 51 visible skill points. Getting one more level of TT and then sprint. But, he is not as good as Strauss
Today I totally forgot to put together a team, been busy in life. I'm not that dedicated at this moment, don't care much. Maybe because of the poor results, maybe the good weather. Don't know. Fact is that I'm kinda walking the same path as Chakra. There are some good youngsters in my squad, 22-28, but it's clear that they are too weak to compete with the big guys. Still need some seasons to earn some extra training.
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Post by evild on Aug 9, 2019 17:13:29 GMT 1
i prefer more sprint mike, something like
7 7 15 3 12 12
17 takes too much time IMO, I rather go for those extra lvls sprint or dh
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Post by evild on Aug 7, 2019 15:46:18 GMT 1
well, the 8mil transfer fee starts paying off we could say:-) We all know he his one of the best hillers in the game. He is Div1 material. I assume arsenal is giving him TT at the moment. That was his only weakness left. So he is only getting stronger. If you see that he wins races at 75% fitness... well, that says it all.
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Post by evild on Aug 3, 2019 12:30:57 GMT 1
Always been, not the most active division here. Arsenal and gik read the forum, but they dont post much. No idea where the others are
Good win today for you. I took the gamble and let niculaie stay in the group at AP1. He had 3 helpers to control the paste in the peloton. At the 2nd AP he went alone, no one joined him. But the gap was already more then 2mins. Couldnt catch Grilo anymore
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Post by evild on Aug 1, 2019 9:24:47 GMT 1
I agree, not enough flat I guess. You are already 43sec behind van Besien after part 1 His sprint skill I well developed I assume?
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