zeus (Cyclist) is coming back to captain, and his team names are as weird as ever. First, St.James Infirwormy, and now Cyclists? What's next, a team name that has to do with the name Alex? Maybe Alexander the Gate or something. Who knows anymore?

zeus just came off a solid season where he had the 78 ONISH and came 2nd in hold, but is he going to be able to lead an offense? From what I saw in the playoffs, I think he could. He was pulling off some great grabs, and he was one of the main reasons why his team beat TTAN in the E8. His O partner will either be Helen Keller or bibo (ChrisBall). Helen Keller is an old ball that hasn't played since MLTP S8, which was like a few years ago, so the question of rust always comes up. I think HK is a pretty decent two-way ball, so he might fit better on the B-Team for flexibility. bibo is a very old ball, with his last minutes coming in mLTP S8, so the same season as HK. He is also known for being on the undefeated Sphere Factor team in NLTP S4 that won the Nuperball. But does he still have it? I think he's not at that level that he was, but he's still a pretty decent holder. Since zeus is the grabby guy, all HK or bibo have to do is just get out of base and hold. Seems doable enough.

Gram Parsons has been a solid A-Team defender for a bit. Usually his defensive partners have been great, like FK, BTY, and 2Nutz, but GP himself has shown his talent. I should know, I've been solo'ed by him too many times to count. This was a solid piece to start the defense. His D partner will be Irony, who I had the pleasure of being on the same team with last season. Irony's honestly really good as an offender, but I think as a defender he sometimes feels all over the place. He's also pretty inconsistent with his play ; at times he'll be a returning machine but at other times he'll keep swiping and missing and letting enemy FCs go right past him. If Irony can tone down on those periods of instability and remain focused and steady, then I think this defense will be good. But I don't think he'll be able to, and I think the defense will suffer for that.

I think the offense and defense have good starting pieces, but the supporting pieces might be just decent. If one of HK, bibo, or Irony steps up, then I see this team doing well, but at the moment, I'm not really seeing a gamechanger here.

GRADE : 7.0 / 10