For the past few seasons, the CP/LR rivalry has dominated Division 1; it’s simple really – almost 60% of the top 30 players belong to one of these two clubs.
Consequently, if we look at the average points per alliance, only six alliances exceed the average: I can imagine the lack of motivation among the other alliances, who must pray at every draft not to end up with a CP or LR
In short, we’ve raised this issue often, but isn’t it time to accept that there aren’t enough top-class players to sustain a 16-team D1, and since the vast majority of top players want to team up with one another (and that’s their right), we should go all the way and create an 8-team D1 with just one relegation spot.

You're right, it's been a while since we last talked about it. 😆

There are already several suggestions here:
#forum?topic=168074

For several months now, some have been pointing out the excessive gap in quality within the division, which makes the fixture list decisive.
Having more evenly matched games and direct clashes would make the league more competitive and more interesting. But that’s just my opinion.

The gap wasn’t as wide just four or five seasons ago; we still had teams or divisions that could challenge for the title, and there were two or three sides pulling ahead; now we easily have six (with all due respect to them). It’s a bloodbath that, apart from scaring players away, serves no purpose.
It’s like the real world: 90% of wealth and success is held by 2%, and it’s getting worse and worse – except that in this world, we can walk away. And do we really want to end up with just 100 players left in this game?
So let’s leave the champions to their own devices and allow the others to develop, so that they only reach the final stage once they’re ready and equipped to fight.

Don’t worry, FYM will be back to sort everything out!

That doesn’t stop us from getting thrashed by the ELU. 😁

Joking aside, sorry lads, but I’m still against it. I’ve got IE requests that sometimes sit there for two days. Once, nobody picked it up. I’d really like to find some opponents again. 😬 Especially as reducing D1 won’t push the good clubs towards leagues other than CP, LR, LV and Cercle – quite the opposite!

Misha: Ça nous empêche pas de nous faire taper par les ÉLU. 😁

Blague à part, désolé les gars mais je suis toujours contre. J’ai des demandes d’IE qui restent parfois 2 jours. Une fois personne l’a prise. J’aimerais bien encore trouver des adversaires. 😬 D’autant que réduire la D1 ne fera pas glisser les bons clubs vers d’autres ententes que CP, LR, LV et Cercle, au contraire !

Do you think that was a joke?
An ELU player beat an LR player just today 😁 The ELU players are on their way – watch out, everyone!

Joking aside 😄 if any top players are looking to play elsewhere, the ELU is recruiting 😉

zejl: Le fossé n'était pas aussi grand il y a encore 4 ou 5 saisons , on pouvait encore avoir le cercle ou les lv qui pouvaient chatouiller le titre et il y avait 2 ou 3 ententes qui decrochaient maintenant on en a facilement 6 (avec tout le respect qu on leur doit) c'est une boucherie qui a part faire fuir les joueurs n a plus d'intérêt.
C est comme le monde reel 90% de richesses et résultats sont détenus par 2% et c'est de pire en pire sauf que ce monde on peut le quitter , et veut on vraiment s...

I don’t particularly agree that the league is competitive, and we’ve seen periods of dominance for 60 seasons (that’s over 9 years!) now:
#ranking?type=entente&div=1&history

S 75–95: LV crushing almost everything
S 95–110: 50–50 LV/LR duel at the top
S 110–125: LR crushing almost everything
S 125–147: CP/LR duel only, with CP dominance (2/3 vs 1/3 of titles)

For 20 seasons now, CP and LR have been performing at ratios of 2.2 (minimum) to 2.6 (220 to 260 points per season), whilst the chasing pack struggles to exceed 200–210 points.