https://www.ttbl.de/news/post/69a02cbab82fb40001c20c9b
Today it has been announced that
13 clubs requested ttbl licenses for the upcoming season, the 12 clubs currently in the league plus the 2nd division leaders TSV Windsbach. Unlike the past season this means the
last position in TTBL will get relegated (if every license is granted). In theory the bottom 2 are always relegation spots, but unfortunately due to financial discrepancies between the leagues the 2.BL clubs are often unwilling/able to make the move up.
It looks like this season the relegation battle will be on again though, with
ASC Grünwettersbach currently on the hot seat. I hope the club can avoid this fate, Ric's vlogs being reason enough 😁 They've been on a big losing streak recently, with quite some things going against them: Shinozuka not always available when they had a winnable matchup, him and Apolonia performing well on different matchdays, not the same one, Jarvis not with the impact that they've maybe hoped from the mid season transfer, Hippler not proving to be ttbl caliber so far, Walther out for some time and then not reliable yet after slowly coming back from injury, in general a bunch of close 2:3 losses.
What they have going for them is only being 1 win behind 2 clubs that they're still to play (Grenzau, Bad Königshofen), both on away matches however. We're justs 5 matchdays before the end, so this will be a tight ordeal between these clubs.
For Windsbach it's going to be interesting to see their plan for ttbl, currently their best player is Chen Chien-An, but when making the move up they will have to strengthen their squad quite a bit of course. To actually promote they need to hang on to a top 2 position, if they finish in 3rd there will be a playoff vs the bottom ttbl club. To me their league situation looks comfortable enough to straight up make it though, so the danger of relegation in ttbl is getting very real.
