CLUB31 wrote:is it to late for Solar Red to move down to d2 this year???

whatthe wrote:Seriously, someone is trying to give way too much credit to Gall. The explanation is 2 or 3 of the best players on that team now started on the team right before Gall took over. If they did not scholarship or partially scholarship most if not all kids that whole thing was going to crater with the departure of Marcio. This is for the 00's.

Seinfeld4 wrote:My bb's team stayed in the same hotel as Solar Red. Their meeting the following morning was not very pleasant for the players. I was not in the meeting but was waiting for the elevator outside the meeting room.

Axxman wrote:I'm not sure how many of the top teams actually got stronger, but time will tell. My guess is that D1 will be a 3 or 4 pony show, with 2 or 3 tweeners and 2 or 3 bottom dwellers.

My very early predictions as to how the year ends as per the above would be something like this;

Andro - New coach, strong team, may take time to gel.
DT - New coach, bust or take them to the next level?
DTS - Solid team, new strong players.

Barca - Can they surprise? Players from Chivas should help.
Gunners - Where's Waldo?
Titans - Team was getting more consistent, can they maintain with new org?

Comets - Headed South for the winter.
FCD - Saw them scrimmage the other day, not looking good early.
Solar Blue - Loss of players will hurt, but can still surprise top teams.
Solar Red - The verdict is out, recent tourny showing very disappointing.

4D-Record wrote:

arsenalfan wrote:

4D-Record wrote:Pomykal's teams always come ready to play and the ball movement is quite good. Just give the team a year of "Galling" and watch most of that start to decline. Pomykal will panic and look to change things...........and since he has Hassan's ear, well, just wait and see.

Then how do you explain the increase in level of play since Gall took over Craft's team?

You know nothing.

Sounds like a nerve was struck.

Clearly you must be talking about the 99 team where I am referring to the 00 team. To my knowledge, Craft never had the 00 team, and was part of the reason Pomykal pushed hard and threatened to take the team elsewhere if Craft was to take the 00s (I wonder why). The wrench got thrown in when Marcio was designated to take over but decided to leave for "greener" pastures. Pomykal did not keep his word to Marcio and decided to keep the team with Gall, but that's a different story.

And to specifically answer your question, whether it relates to the 00s or 99s, the explanation is quite easy, Craft sucks and any decent coach that took the team over would mark an improvement.

But since I know nothing and you have the answers, why don't you enlighten us all.

CLUB31 wrote:Axxman- Your top three are no brainers.
The next two would be Barca and I would not underestimate FCD.That would be my top five.

The next five are up in the air. Both Solar teams look mediocre. Titans seem to have a chance to improve. Have no clue abou the Gunners and heard the Comets lost three or four good players.