plavidevet said:
AS I can see, you have no rivals..... they are loosing stamina

sicox86 said:

This may well be true of CaDiz, but I think both they and BENFICA tried to hit each other hard today. I also slammed my effort today as it's Friday and have 2 days to recover.
Still, this is good for me - if CaDiz can beat BENFICA with lower stamina, it may not be so tough for me on Monday. That's the theory, anyway.

sicox86 said:
http://en.strikermanager.com/partido.php?id=15030570&accion=datos

Big congrats to vgates today for a sterling effort against promotion rivals DSC Arminia. While the draw does nothing to help either team, DSC Arminia have a slightly harder fixture list remaining. Good luck vgates, you can still get them!

I hammered what was, at the start of the season one of my on-paper rivals. As it happens, their results have not materialized as I predicted, and now their morale and stamina is lagging. 6-0 the final score over Rio Stars helps to maintain my very useful best GD.

The 2nd v 3rd match today was a win-win for me. If the game had resulted in a draw, I think my chances of winning the league would have increased. If there was a winner, my chances of promoting increased. As it happens, then 3rd-placed CaDiz won 2-0, reaffirming my evaluation of them as my nearest rival. I play downtrodden BENFICA on Monday. A win for me and I am 2 points from promotion, otherwise I will need 9 from 12 to be sure. A draw would leave me needing 5 from the last 9 points, and I will still be top on GD. A loss...things start to get very, very close! I lost to BENFICA last time as I was generously/stupidly playing PL tactics for most of the game. Since then I have only dropped 2 points in 18 games, a draw against CaDiz.

I am not taking anything for granted on Monday. I will take a draw, but I really want the win as CaDiz could still take the title from me. Wish me luck!