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scouse3465:

--- Quote from: PantsMan on March 16, 2011, 17:23:12 PM ---
Yet again the old myth about Walsall winning due to numbers comes up. Take a look at the top points scorers and Walsall had 7 out of the top 20 (Birmingham had 1 - Ant). Our top players were constantly scoring top points and that"s why we won the league. There are teams with more players than us but there points were spread out amongst many players.

The last game of the season there were 55 players. Only 8 of those were from Walsall and we went on to beat teams with more players. We may have lot of players signed up but it"s the core team that plays every week and scores the points.

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fair enough if it aint numbers as i said didnt play many of these last yr so aint sure . But to join 2 teams who finished 1st and 6th and all others in 1st div stay same. Only just noticed they joined and think its a bit wrong to make the best team last year better. At the end of the day it would be the same as disolving liverpool / manchester and callin it north west. And am sure few others too

Chipaccrual:
This is nothing to do with numbers, or making a "super" team.  There is little distinction between those players that live in Walsall and those that live in Birmingham.  In fact, a lot of people would argue that they are one in the same catchment area as far as the APAT online league goes.  This therefore made logical sense to create the West Midlands Poker club, as a lot of the Birmingham players were suggesting that they would play for Walsall, as it was just as close to their home.

Liverpool and Manchester is a different situation.  There are two distinct catchment areas within two large cities.  Very few players are going to suggest that they could have joined either when it comes to the league.

We always knew when the clubs were setup based on casino locations, not all clubs would generate large numbers, but with the shut down of both Bolton and Blackpool, I would expect both Liverpool and Manchester to pick up some players aswell.

Marty719:
All Ireland joint team ftw... ;D

Swinebag:
Have to say that Walsall are a superb team and thoroughly deserved their two titles. If the league was decided on points won divided by players playing, they would have probably won by a bigger margin.


--- Quote from: Chipaccrual on March 16, 2011, 18:21:25 PM ---
I would expect both Liverpool and Manchester to pick up some players aswell.

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well one of ours has joined swansea and another has joined WMPC.

scouse3465:
Surely players from your team cant change Rob and just to go in the super team ??
The point i was making though is walsall and birmingham had 2 decent teams and although a few players from birmingham played for walsall last year if they had moved to their closest team the league would be much tighter this year and would prob be much more interest in. But now most players will join west midlands and they will basically play off between themselves for the 4 seats. I hope this is not the case and i will be trying for liverpool both getting new players and encouraging them to play. I really think this is going to kill the league but really hope it does not. If it does i think there may be ways to amend it i.e. a certain amount of players nominated to only be allowed to score team points but obviously anyone can play and at end of each league top however many are then the nominated players. This would then negate any teams having a massive advantage by having so many more players(would still have advantage because more players to pick from). I was thinking 10 - 15 players each team. All players would still qualify for team shares etc and if were not in top 15 say, would then fight to get in top 15 for next league .

Good idea or shall i just stop moaning lol

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