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Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
What’s up with Madlax 2024? Went 1-1-1 last weekend losing to Denver Elite and a tie against a team out of Texas?

Football.

Great excuse. Eye-roll. Lost in first round of playoffs at the NLF National Championship to a team from Illinois. Fact is, the benefit of all those holdbacks just ain’t what it use to be now is it? Just not enough of an advantage anymore. Just can’t complete with top teams anymore which is exactly what I told ya’ll. Remember? Yeah, knew you would.

Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. If you want to play D1, you chances are way better if you are a holdback . I dont like it or even think grade based leagues/tournaments should be in youth sports, but it is what it is .
Madlax 24 fell apart when the heavy hitters left. Most went to Next Level.


The recent rankings that came out had Madlax in the top 3 (from memory). The rankings are managed by Madlax so they are always on the high end. But if you notice they have not played anyone of substance, and continue to loose to lesser teams (yet remain in the top tier). Quite honestly that are not even a top 5 team in DMV...... They are living off of the 3rd to 7th grade years reputation, and they have built the machine to keep that reputation alive.

I would love to see them set up a short playoff with Madlax vs Crabs & NL vs DCE winner takes the T-shirts....


Great idea! But wait. They just did that!

It was called the NLF National Championship. All of the holdback teams on your list, except that the Crabs combined with OldBay to create one super holdback team that was built to win it all. Yeah, that’s cheating, I know, but hey what’s new right??

Funny thing is, the best 2024 team since day one rolled through all of them to take the title, NLF National Champion.

Same team that holds the #1 National Ranking for both rankings. Same team that has held that same distinction more than any other 2024 team, since the rankings began. Same team that has never had a single holdback. Never. Ever.

Guess that means, Wolfpack, which is realistically playing up a year (or more??) “takes the t-shirt”. Gotta hand it to those kids. After all these years, still the best and still 100% on-age, playing 100% off-age teams.

Wolfpack has 4 holdbacks on their team. Get your facts straight. And on top of that, they wont be # 1 soon, Crabs , ML are both better, Only problem is that WP is in hiding in LI

Stooping to flat out lies now. Congrats Mr holdback Dad. Knowing all the birthdays of 21 boys that live 800 miles from you would be very creepy, if the whole idea wasn’t so absurd. Hope you aren’t stalking them like you make it appear. No holdbacks is like a foreign language to you I’m sure. But here on the island it’s not unusual. Admittedly, most good teams do have a couple (not a few) but WP has never had any. Gotta hand it to those kids, top team in the country, for all these years, and never one single holdback. Serious gentlemen, our coach develops players. He doesn’t steal them. That’s the secret to success.

Sure they are. We all know about the 4 holdbacks. Oh thats right they started school late, so they technically weren't held back, just that they are older by a year than anyone else. LOL You are ducking the big boys, How about coming out and playing someone beside LI B teams, We are waiting for you.

Having a hard time accepting that every MD holdback team is inferior to an all on-age team? I would think that after 9 years you’d be use to the idea. Same ole same ole. I’m sure it is embarrassing and makes you question that decision about holding your kid back that second time. If making up lies helps you sleep at night, then by all means keep up the lies. It suits your cheating character well. But everyone associated with 2024 knows this team has never, ever, ever had a single holdback. As far as driving to MD to play inferior teams… get real. Already beat the best your area has to offer. Next time we head south on 95, it will be to play some 2023 teams. That would make those boys 2 and 3 years older than our kids. Yeah. That’s prob a better fit for us.

You know what I judge? Parking etiquette. I can tell you that the most obnoxious park jobs with the biggest most obnoxious vehicles that I see at tournaments all have NY plates. New Jersey plates are always sprinkled in too mind you. Do us a favor and skip that drive down I95.