CDZ Cup 6th Edition Sign-up Thread

[Melifluous]

That's Cool. (despite Shabbaman's recommendation)

You're in!

lowercaps guy...

Melifluous

PS. Is it too early to make Schwazzeneggar jokes?

[Mistfit]

OK we'll shoot you instead

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[Kingreno]

When does it start, or did I miss that somewhere?

[Kemal]

quote:
Welcome at the 6th edition of the CDZ Cup. We are now open for registration for the Cup which is scheduled to start after the 7th league game has been played in the HT season, resulting in 9 games total to be played in the CDZ Cup this time

Registration, btw, closes in 4 days from now.

[arne1]

I think I have small problem with loosing a few thousand euro. But then again People playing at my stadium will loose even more. In my onlu freindly at hoem i only got 106 people. So that sucks.

[socralynnek]

That was a national friendly, or? International ones bring you more attendance.

[Kingreno]

quote:Originally posted by arne1

I think I have small problem with loosing a few thousand euro. But then again People playing at my stadium will loose even more. In my onlu freindly at hoem i only got 106 people. So that sucks.

Though friendlies do provide some form of income I would not worry too much about them. One thing you can do is try to play away games as much as possible. Try challenging foreign teams that have a large stadium and have won their last match (so they have happy supporters and thus get a bigger crowd), the 6000 euro's for the airline tickets can be earned back fast enough, while your players enjoy a bit of extra experience gained.
As for the CDZ cup, well indeed 106 people attending is a very small crowd, but as said, you'll soon find out friendly income is just pennies compared to other income.

[Shabbaman]

Playing abroad v.s. the older teams is probably more profitable investment than something that costs you money. My guess would be that overall you won't loose any money over it. I understand that 6000 euro is a lot of money for a XI division team, but don't worry too much.

Besides, nothing beats cup glory.

[arne1]

quote:Originally posted by Shabbaman

Playing abroad v.s. the older teams is probably more profitable investment than something that costs you money. My guess would be that overall you won't loose any money over it. I understand that 6000 euro is a lot of money for a XI division team, but don't worry too much.

Besides, nothing beats cup glory.

I must say I think I'll manage money-wise, but if things keep going the way they are I will be in the poorhouse in the next season.
At the moment I am already loosing 5.000 on average. But a victory today could change things again.

That could be but I will probably finish last, but than again someone must be the last one.

So now I will stop nagging like a baby and just PLAY!

[Kemal]

Ok, time's up and registration is CLOSED.

This edition's CDZ Cup sees the following teams participate:

1. Meli's Manglers (Melifluous)
2. Wartham United (Dell19)
3. FC De Snaken (Kemal)
4. Shabba FC (Shabbaman)
5. Chemists (akots)
6. Chimica Târnaveni (Yndy)
7. Black Marlins (Thrawn)
8. Grasshoppers Elm (socralynnek)
9. Grünclub (grs)
10. FC Isak (meanisak)
11. Acorazado Fuerte (Schip)
12. PP SV (ProPain)
13. Crvena Zvezda Strijp (Stephko)
14. SwingStars (Swingue)
15. Disciples of Kipper (Donald Kipper)
16. Dom Ducks (Plux)
17. Mistfit's_Marauders (Mistfit)
18. FC Suca (ciuly)
19. Yorkie_Geezers (iggy_geezer)
20. de burchtheren (arne1)
21. Aristocats (Kingreno)

So, 21 teams which need to play 9 matches, 6 league and 3 KO stages. In short, we will need to overcome the 3 groups of 7 problem it seems. Unfortunately, since it is against the concept of everyone having a friendly to play in the cup at all times, I'm not sure how we will avoid the fact that with at least one team will be without opposition each round.

And what is even worse,'I'm at a loss how to solve the puzzle that is the KO stages with one team not having a match, since our final ranking is based on those KO stages. Of course we could do an either 3 team or 5 team poule system for, for instance, the bottom 3 or 5 teams out of the group stages, but then we need to solve the fact that the KO stages is only 3 rounds long, a bad number for groups of 3 or 5 teams.

Since I'd like the draw to take place before the end of this week, any input or ideas on this matter that could lead to a workable solution would be greatly appreciated.