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General Transfer Discussion (2019)
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 29-09-2019 20:54
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matt17br wrote:
So, transfers went ok enough, do people think I'm surviving? I think staying up even though I'll be hanging around the bottom 8-10 all season long is the most realistic expectation tbh.
Managed to adapt decently to missing out on a crucial deal that fell through hours before it was posted, and I couldn't quite get the money I hoped for a few of my riders, but free agency wasn't too harsh on my plan either so overall I'm very satisfied. Looking forward to the season.
I honestly love your squad Matt. While you don't have the big time leaders, Gesink works very well with PCM18. You've got one of the deepest outfits in PT and will benefit from that. I think you've got big upside to surprise, and even though I always tend to overrate your squad (had you winning PCT in 2017 already  ), I believe you even have a shot for the Top10 if you get your planning for Gesink right. I'll root for you, even if you refused to sell me Roglic. I'd feel very sorry if you'd relegate, but again, I doubt it. |
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| Azerbaijan |
Posted on 29-09-2019 21:02
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My first team. I still need to add two draft riders, but they are unlikely to make a huge splash.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 29-09-2019 21:06
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cio93 wrote:
viking90 wrote:
Decent wage you got on a 80 COB (with better backup stats then bakari  ) guy there matt!
That might be because he wasn't an 80 COB guy yet until today
Well, it was that I tried to point out a bit discret. Maybe to discret... |
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| redordead |
Posted on 29-09-2019 21:09
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Azerbaijan wrote:
My first team. I still need to add two draft riders, but they are unlikely to make a huge splash.
I'm hoping Tauble can produce despite his low sprint and acc 
My two draftees scored almost 200 pts, you never know what quality is still out there
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| cio93 |
Posted on 29-09-2019 21:11
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viking90 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
viking90 wrote:
Decent wage you got on a 80 COB (with better backup stats then bakari ) guy there matt!
That might be because he wasn't an 80 COB guy yet until today
Well, it was that I tried to point out a bit discret. Maybe to discret...
I haven't slept much this week to stay on top of the PM game. 
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 29-09-2019 21:18
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redordead wrote:
Azerbaijan wrote:
My first team. I still need to add two draft riders, but they are unlikely to make a huge splash.
I'm hoping Tauble can produce despite his low sprint and acc
My two draftees scored almost 200 pts, you never know what quality is still out there
One of mine came 7th at Dunkirk and the other came 10th in De Panne Tour last year, a C1 event at that so there is going to be quality out there again, you just need to work hard to find the right guy for you team.
Oh and I do like how you have made sure your squad has a nice chunk of riders from focus nations, always nice to see. Hopefully your 2 former Sauber riders can do well for you, if the cobbles aren't too selective Young will do really well for you, he's a nice pickup.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 29-09-2019 21:24
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I really like your squad Azerbaijan. You can score anywhere, Weiss is an underrated scorer and you have a great sprinters and cobblers section. I am missing a punchy climber hybrid and a TT hybrid though, as both could be awesome with the choices in CT.
Also I gotta love the regional focus and I hope Pavlic does very well for you! |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 29-09-2019 22:12
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Croatia14 wrote:
matt17br wrote:
So, transfers went ok enough, do people think I'm surviving? I think staying up even though I'll be hanging around the bottom 8-10 all season long is the most realistic expectation tbh.
Managed to adapt decently to missing out on a crucial deal that fell through hours before it was posted, and I couldn't quite get the money I hoped for a few of my riders, but free agency wasn't too harsh on my plan either so overall I'm very satisfied. Looking forward to the season.
I'll root for you, even if you refused to sell me Roglic.
That sells the amount of talks we had a bit short! 
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| fintas |
Posted on 29-09-2019 22:22
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My team is finally complete and ready for another season
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 29-09-2019 22:28
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This redefines the concept of depth. Every team is superficial compared to yours!
Good luck in the PT!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 29-09-2019 22:41
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wow jaxika rips off D2B on a one sided deal out of his trouble only then to pay 3 times that money on a worse deal with SotD |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 30-09-2019 01:48
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Well, this is Repsol - Netflix 2019. The squad with which i'll try to survive to my first PT season. A strong duo of super climbers, together with massive climbing depth should secure us most of our points in the GTs and the mountanious stage races.
Our third "big" scorer could be Zmorka, defining "big" as between 500 and 700 points. Not sure how Vanmarcke can score nice enough, as some late additions and known trainings can hurt him a lot. Then Nizzolo is a big what if, can't know if he's ever going to sprint during the season, as his climbing abilities at least won't help much.
No puncheur will hurt us, but we didn't have the PTHC for them, so that's why we took this drastic decision. Hopefully Mosca and Barbero are great in KoM/breakaway, as they are suited to.
Overall we should at the very least fight until the end for the safety, i can see some teams clearly worse than us, but we'll see
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 30-09-2019 02:19
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Yay Kimathi with a home
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT]  Xero Racing
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-09-2019 02:30
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Our Stagiare combo will see him to Level 2! 
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| Bikex |
Posted on 30-09-2019 06:18
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Not impressed at all MGAdmin
I’m very interested in how CrueTrue could give you clear instructions for that Bouhanni overbid when he hasn’t been online since over a week (=no access to transfers sub forum) |
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 30-09-2019 07:55
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Okay... trying to do my race planner... CT hurts anytime I have an overlap... especially a freaking Cobbles/Sprint overlap... where neither Eastman or Chaves are going (or Squire)...
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-09-2019 08:09
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Bikex wrote:
Not impressed at all MGAdmin
I’m very interested in how CrueTrue could give you clear instructions for that Bouhanni overbid when he hasn’t been online since over a week (=no access to transfers sub forum)
Twitter DMs is how.
CT asked for help last night, in response to my message sent a couple of days prior. So I provided some information, and then acted on his instructions.
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 30-09-2019 16:41
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My turn, late to the party but here's my PCT battalion. 3 riders loaned out and Novak loaned in.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 30-09-2019 16:49
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Well, we did not cheer here att Volvo acc. by Spotify when Summerhill ended up at PCT! Stallaert sure needs to be stubborn and follow Dannys wheel on those cobbles and sprint past him the last meters |
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 30-09-2019 16:50
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Will make sure I sprint train him 
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