As posted in my other thread. It also seems to agree well with what people thought here in this thread.
Randy03Texags
online Sep 23, 2008 06:57:23Quote | Edit
Also if you want a ranking of the top 10
1. SGA - Until someone proves otherwise, Barger Hill beat them, but they made the CCG 2 Seasons in a row and only lost 1 game last season, to Dubai
2. Prague - Id figure that we are about here, we pounded GCP twice recently, pounded Detroit, pounded Dubai .. Lafayette .. NFL .. so basically everyone besides Vilnius and the two new Zeta teams. So if we could just beat SGA (we lost twice last season) then we could move up, but until then, we are their bitches .. plain and simple and I probably would have put Scotch in front of us had they not gutted, because they were a hell of a team.
3. Detroit - Yeah sure, Prague beat them, but they beat GCP and have a hell of a lot of talent, including some elite level players (Top level in all GLB -1 or -2 levels), very good team, coinflip if them or GCP represents Alpha this season in my mind, I think that has to do with who boosts and team activity/adapting
4. Dogdandy - Won their league last season, highly active team and all boosted and ready to kick some ass. They dont have as much top shelf talent as Detroit and Im waiting for them to beat Prague or SGA to show that they are for real, but looks like a really good team.
5. Vilnius - When they boost they will be a real force, average level will be about 32, which is pretty good considering that Prague is about 33 and thats the best in EE Pro. Their tactics are solid, they can win when they are at a level disadvantage and they are a solid team which sticks to its guns, which is important for longenvity. I see them making a run and if they can beat GCP or Detroit, they could also win Alpha.
6. GCP - I figure GCP is also right around here, honestly they are at a bit of a disadvantage because they actually played someone already, same with Lafayette. They barely lost to Detroit, I think they are right up there, somewhere 3-7 or so in the league and a top 3 team in Alpha, they might even be better than Vilnius and Dogdandy, but as I said, I cant help but be biased with the early close loss.
7. Demoniak - Good levels, though the tight loss to Vilnius in their scrimmage says that even with their levels they got outplayed by a team with lower average level than them (a Vilnius specialty). Long term inactives and lack of CB depth are an issue if they really want to run with the best teams.
8. Dubai - I only put Dubai here because they are just so up and down, also long term inactives, no boosting this season makes them look less powerful than they are. Im not sure why they are holding off boosting, they made a great run last season and if not for getting taken apart a few times late in the season and going away from what works (this is a similar team to Kazan, both via all the passing and the knee jerk reactions), they might have done better. After they thought too much for Prague and got stomped last season, they lost something, then having to play Scotch in the 2nd round and getting just flattened shows they have work to do .. but still a very good team, just needs to keep with it and recruit some more players.
9. Lafayette - Also a top tier team, could be anywhere from 3rd to 9th here depending on the day. Im a little biased again because they had to play Prague early and got flattened, but I think that would be competitive with everyone on this list and on a good day could beat any of them.
Past that to be honest, I dont believe there are many teams that would compete depth and overall talent wise with these teams, NFL might be next if I really wanted to list a 10th, or maybe RAR .. but honestly outside the Top 6 in Zeta and the Top 3 in Alpha .. the rest of the league has a lot of work to do.
They shouldn't get any love unless they earn it this year. Five or six teams easily better than them or damn close in Zeta. But I'm not predicting any finish for them, they could surprise me (again) and pull off a good season.
