“SWL CIV PREMIER- Game #3

Death spiral continued for the Canetoads, now sporting 4 deaths in two games, all to important positionals.


Learnings


1. FOUL

After 0 fouls last game, and holding 80k of TV dedicated to the boot, we aim to foul more.

But, we lose a valuable ghoul on T1 due to ref send off. Should have used zombie, or not fouled at all.

Mathematically a good foul, reducing AV to 4, but outcome was poor and gained us no position or numbers advantage.

Must improve timing of fouls, not just mathematical odds.


2. BLITZ!

We were fortunate, yet cursed, but the BLITZ! event. It enabled us to be in a position to pressure the ball, in rainy conditions.

We continued with the pressure after going down to 9 players, also using 2 re-rolls for a successful sack.

By T3, this line of defence has resulted in 2 more CAS and our team is down to 7 and unable to compete, attempting to defend 5 turns.

Perhaps, had just one pick up failed, or one ghoul survived, it may have worked.

In a nutshell, we were cornered dogs and lashed out, but were eventually put down.


Summary

This should have been a loss, but it does spell the end of our season.

No longer do we have a team to compete in the SWL, and are bloated with useless skills.

Fouling skills, with no bench... Stand Firm with no bodies to support them... rookie positionals...

We will be easy pickings in next 4 games, demoted to face vamps, and even if promotion is successful (doubtful with agents fees) we will face vamps in premier.

It has been a fun ride, full of mistakes and learnings. We shall try again in the next season with a new team.

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