I had a day off from work today. I am tired, so I was very happy with that fact. I also made a brief analysis of the situation in Luxembourg.
First division
-> 4 top squads: FC Graoully, Real Luxemburg, Dudelange F91 and Elder Scrolls
-> Good mid table teams from places 5-8 who won't end up very high, but also have the certainty to stay in the highest class for a couple of seasons.
-> Struggling teams: KL-FC, Atiker Konyaspor, White pudding and a bot squad.
-> Definately too weak for first division: me (Vianden) and Ferencvàros.
Second division
-> FC Vichten (alarcon) will promote to first division. If the manager has money to spend, he will have to chose to spend it on facilities or a few decent reinforcements to try and fight to stay in upper class with teams like Atiker Konyaspor, White pudding and the bot.
-> Go Ahead Eagles Beaufort and FC Hauntstetten are teams that has similar facilities and popularity (maybe very little less....) as the top squads in first. But I think they invest far more less in their players. Look for example at the number of players in the first squad of Newlachka (Hauntstetten).
-> The squad of L'equipedubled is not that strong, but it's manager mariane is taking the game serious and makes the most out of it when looking at points to gain. She will also receive nice tv money. Good work.
-> Diablo is slowly getting stronger when looking at facilities. Aston Villa is a new starting team. So a lot of activity going on in second division, again.
Third division
-> Two human teams left: Rocking Soccer (and the weird signs in the name) and FC Itzig. Both of them do exist for a couple of seasons now. RockingSoccer has a lot of club popularity and good facilities. But the players are (very) weak, so they stay in third. FC Itzig wants to make the step to second division with less facilities, but slightly better players. I think they will save themselves in second for sure.
Total number of human players in Luxembourg: 21
My team will be very weak now, maybe even drop down to third division. But with the money I will earn I can upgrade fast to stadion 8. My fans will have to suck it up...Also, the office upgrade (ongoing) was very necessary.