Gaming The SM RedCafe League

Was 1 single complicated deal tbh.

Pique + modric + lahm for Hummels + thiago + Kane + Anderson + de sciglio. I guess cash was involved too but I don't really remember, was quite some time back.

OAPs the lot of them.

How has anderson being this season?
 
OAPs the lot of them.

How has anderson being this season?
Had to check as I've got bored and stopped keeping track but he's been doing well. 2 goals, 8 assists and a very good average rating on whoscored
 
Current Top 10 Most Expensive Players in RM:
  1. Lionel Messi - £100,996,000
  2. Neymar - £72,081,000
  3. Cristiano Ronaldo - £66,757,000
  4. Luis Suárez - £63,813,000
  5. David Alaba - £59,346,000
  6. Robert Lewandowski - £58,000,000
  7. Antoine Griezmann - £55,291,000
  8. Thomas Müller - £50,018,000
  9. Gareth Bale - £49,613,000
  10. Marco Reus - £49,207,000
 
Morecambe - Andre Gray
Bolton - Skip
Middlesbrough - Skip
Charlton - Skip
Leeds Utd - Ciro Immobile
Sheffield Utd - Skip
Watford - Michael Keane
Leicester - Fabian Schar
Hereford - Gelson Martins
Bury -

@admrf
 
Current Top 10 Most Expensive Players in RM:
  1. Lionel Messi - £100,996,000
  2. Neymar - £72,081,000
  3. Cristiano Ronaldo - £66,757,000
  4. Luis Suárez - £63,813,000
  5. David Alaba - £59,346,000
  6. Robert Lewandowski - £58,000,000
  7. Antoine Griezmann - £55,291,000
  8. Thomas Müller - £50,018,000
  9. Gareth Bale - £49,613,000
  10. Marco Reus - £49,207,000

David Alabas valuation is slightly too high in my opinion, everything looks good otherwise. Can you not simply use Transfermarkts valuation? They're pretty accurate.
 
Been away over Christmas so have only just seen that I won the league. Didn't expect United to drop points against Arsenal so obviously pleased with that. Thanks for the congrats guys. :)

Had a few messages about Insigne due his concern level, I'll be keeping hold of him for next season and he'll obviously play more to get that level down. I will probably make a couple of players available for transfer but will have to take a look when I get chance, probably tomorrow.
 
Morecambe - Andre Gray
Bolton - Skip
Middlesbrough - Skip
Charlton - Skip
Leeds Utd - Ciro Immobile
Sheffield Utd - Skip
Watford - Michael Keane
Leicester - Fabian Schar
Hereford - Gelson Martins
Bury - Skip
Cardiff -
 
DRAFT (WEST HAM)

# of players available: 9 (due to minimum squad size of 21, loans not included)

Rules
  1. Refer to "Draft Order"
  2. 24 hours per pick, starts 2nd Jan 2017. Miss out means you relinquish your pick
  3. Declare your pick, then bid (doesn't have to wait until draft is finished)
  4. Inform the next person in draft order
  5. Cash only. No P/E
    • Squad value <100m: 1.1x FV
    • Squad value 100m-200m: 1.3x FV
    • Squad value 200m-400m: 1.5x FV
    • Squad value >400m: 2x FV
  6. You can skip if you want to, and/or if you are unable to bid
  7. Must comply with FFP
  8. After draft is completed, Damien will check if rules are followed before accepting those bids
  9. After all bids have gone through, Damien will withdraw from West Ham
Draft Order
This is based on squad value as of 1st Jan 2017

Morecambe (29.7m)
Bolton (61.6m)
Middlesbrough (72.3m)
Charlton (79.1m) - Skip
Leeds Utd (81.3m)
Sheffield Utd (82m)
Watford (83.5m)
Leicester City (86.9m)
Hereford (92.2m)
Bury (96.4m)
Cardiff City (129.9m)
Barnsley (130.5m)
Birmingham (135.4m)
AFC Bournemouth (158.7m)
Bristol City (178.8m)
Derby (198.8m)
Stoke City (199.5m)
Plymouth (216.6m)
Southend Utd (219.6m) - Skip
Wolverhampton (221.3m)
Ipswich (225.8m)
Norwich (261.6m)
Reading (261.7m)
Southampton (269.8m)
QPR (303.7m)
MKD (319.9m)
Fulham (340.9m)
Blackburn (343.7m)
Liverpool (365.6m)
Aston Villa (386.3m)
Chelsea (403.5m)
Sunderland (415.4m)
Newcastle (476.3m)
Darlington (476.7m)
Tottenham (492.7m)
Nottingham Forest (524.1m)
Everton (526.4m)
Arsenal (578.4m)
Manchester City (612.3m)
Manchester Utd (802.2m)
@harshad
 
What do you guys think of this list? I've added a bonus to valuations depending on what club they're at. Higher the club rank = bigger the bonus. Alaba will always have a high value as he's the highest rated defender in the game fyi (along with Lamb and Ramos but they're a fair bit older).

Players Valued at 40m or More:
  1. Lionel Messi - £107,388,000
  2. Neymar - £80,011,000
  3. Cristiano Ronaldo - £77,704,000
  4. Luis Suárez - £73,091,000
  5. David Alaba - £66,724,000
  6. Robert Lewandowski - £66,006,000
  7. Antoine Griezmann - £63,059,000
  8. Gareth Bale - £60,328,000
  9. Thomas Müller - £58,261,000
  10. Jan Oblak - £56,968,000
  11. Manuel Neuer - £56,918,000
  12. Karim Benzema - £55,544,000
  13. Koke - £54,585,000
  14. Marco Reus - £53,327,000
  15. Toni Kroos - £52,103,000
  16. Sergio Ramos - £50,393,000
  17. Eden Hazard - £48,116,000
  18. Daniel Carvajal - £47,950,000
  19. Marcelo - £47,933,000
  20. Sergio Busquets - £47,376,000
  21. Mats Hummels - £47,123,000
  22. James Rodríguez - £46,985,000
  23. Keylor Navas - £44,655,000
  24. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - £44,350,000
  25. Thiago - £44,339,000
  26. Gerard Piqué - £43,801,000
  27. Arturo Vidal - £43,250,000
  28. Alexis Sánchez - £43,171,000
  29. Douglas Costa - £43,133,000
  30. Saúl Ñíguez - £43,042,000
  31. Mesut Özil - £42,873,000
  32. Paul Pogba - £42,819,000
  33. Diego Costa - £42,753,000
  34. Raphaël Varane - £42,715,000
  35. Sergio Agüero - £42,686,000
  36. Gonzalo Higuaín - £42,610,000
  37. Ángel Di María - £42,410,000
  38. Kevin De Bruyne - £41,767,000
  39. Álvaro Morata - £41,738,000
  40. Luka Modric - £41,676,000
  41. Jordi Alba - £41,317,000
  42. Yannick Carrasco - £41,284,000
  43. Leonardo Bonucci - £41,120,000
  44. Philipp Lahm - £40,968,000
  45. Isco - £40,957,000
  46. Raheem Sterling - £40,362,000
  47. Ilkay Gündogan - £40,320,000
  48. Juan Bernat - £40,296,000
  49. Diego Godín - £40,285,000
  50. Aaron Ramsey - £40,136,000
  51. Marc-André ter Stegen - £40,135,000
  52. Edinson Cavani - £40,026,000
 
What do you guys think of this list? I've added a bonus to valuations depending on what club they're at. Higher the club rank = bigger the bonus. Alaba will always have a high value as he's the highest rated defender in the game fyi (along with Lamb and Ramos but they're a fair bit older).

Players Valued at 40m or More:
  1. Lionel Messi - £107,388,000
  2. Neymar - £80,011,000
  3. Cristiano Ronaldo - £77,704,000
  4. Luis Suárez - £73,091,000
  5. David Alaba - £66,724,000
  6. Robert Lewandowski - £66,006,000
  7. Antoine Griezmann - £63,059,000
  8. Gareth Bale - £60,328,000
  9. Thomas Müller - £58,261,000
  10. Jan Oblak - £56,968,000
  11. Manuel Neuer - £56,918,000
  12. Karim Benzema - £55,544,000
  13. Koke - £54,585,000
  14. Marco Reus - £53,327,000
  15. Toni Kroos - £52,103,000
  16. Sergio Ramos - £50,393,000
  17. Eden Hazard - £48,116,000
  18. Daniel Carvajal - £47,950,000
  19. Marcelo - £47,933,000
  20. Sergio Busquets - £47,376,000
  21. Mats Hummels - £47,123,000
  22. James Rodríguez - £46,985,000
  23. Keylor Navas - £44,655,000
  24. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - £44,350,000
  25. Thiago - £44,339,000
  26. Gerard Piqué - £43,801,000
  27. Arturo Vidal - £43,250,000
  28. Alexis Sánchez - £43,171,000
  29. Douglas Costa - £43,133,000
  30. Saúl Ñíguez - £43,042,000
  31. Mesut Özil - £42,873,000
  32. Paul Pogba - £42,819,000
  33. Diego Costa - £42,753,000
  34. Raphaël Varane - £42,715,000
  35. Sergio Agüero - £42,686,000
  36. Gonzalo Higuaín - £42,610,000
  37. Ángel Di María - £42,410,000
  38. Kevin De Bruyne - £41,767,000
  39. Álvaro Morata - £41,738,000
  40. Luka Modric - £41,676,000
  41. Jordi Alba - £41,317,000
  42. Yannick Carrasco - £41,284,000
  43. Leonardo Bonucci - £41,120,000
  44. Philipp Lahm - £40,968,000
  45. Isco - £40,957,000
  46. Raheem Sterling - £40,362,000
  47. Ilkay Gündogan - £40,320,000
  48. Juan Bernat - £40,296,000
  49. Diego Godín - £40,285,000
  50. Aaron Ramsey - £40,136,000
  51. Marc-André ter Stegen - £40,135,000
  52. Edinson Cavani - £40,026,000

Mmm Lamb. Looks better.
 
What do you guys think of this list? I've added a bonus to valuations depending on what club they're at. Higher the club rank = bigger the bonus. Alaba will always have a high value as he's the highest rated defender in the game fyi (along with Lamb and Ramos but they're a fair bit older).

Players Valued at 40m or More:
  1. Lionel Messi - £107,388,000
  2. Neymar - £80,011,000
  3. Cristiano Ronaldo - £77,704,000
  4. Luis Suárez - £73,091,000
  5. David Alaba - £66,724,000
  6. Robert Lewandowski - £66,006,000
  7. Antoine Griezmann - £63,059,000
  8. Gareth Bale - £60,328,000
  9. Thomas Müller - £58,261,000
  10. Jan Oblak - £56,968,000
  11. Manuel Neuer - £56,918,000
  12. Karim Benzema - £55,544,000
  13. Koke - £54,585,000
  14. Marco Reus - £53,327,000
  15. Toni Kroos - £52,103,000
  16. Sergio Ramos - £50,393,000
  17. Eden Hazard - £48,116,000
  18. Daniel Carvajal - £47,950,000
  19. Marcelo - £47,933,000
  20. Sergio Busquets - £47,376,000
  21. Mats Hummels - £47,123,000
  22. James Rodríguez - £46,985,000
  23. Keylor Navas - £44,655,000
  24. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - £44,350,000
  25. Thiago - £44,339,000
  26. Gerard Piqué - £43,801,000
  27. Arturo Vidal - £43,250,000
  28. Alexis Sánchez - £43,171,000
  29. Douglas Costa - £43,133,000
  30. Saúl Ñíguez - £43,042,000
  31. Mesut Özil - £42,873,000
  32. Paul Pogba - £42,819,000
  33. Diego Costa - £42,753,000
  34. Raphaël Varane - £42,715,000
  35. Sergio Agüero - £42,686,000
  36. Gonzalo Higuaín - £42,610,000
  37. Ángel Di María - £42,410,000
  38. Kevin De Bruyne - £41,767,000
  39. Álvaro Morata - £41,738,000
  40. Luka Modric - £41,676,000
  41. Jordi Alba - £41,317,000
  42. Yannick Carrasco - £41,284,000
  43. Leonardo Bonucci - £41,120,000
  44. Philipp Lahm - £40,968,000
  45. Isco - £40,957,000
  46. Raheem Sterling - £40,362,000
  47. Ilkay Gündogan - £40,320,000
  48. Juan Bernat - £40,296,000
  49. Diego Godín - £40,285,000
  50. Aaron Ramsey - £40,136,000
  51. Marc-André ter Stegen - £40,135,000
  52. Edinson Cavani - £40,026,000
Surprised to see Oblak above Neuer and De Gea not even making top 50. Also there's Ramsey but no Mikhy.
 
Surprised to see Oblak above Neuer and De Gea not even making top 50. Also there's Ramsey but no Mikhy.

Yeah, that's mainly due to the club ranking system which means that Manchester United are currently in 19th place. Thats the system that helps drive the Rating System which is based on the last 3 seasons of club form. Mikhy was at 94 while at Dormund but got a -2 this rating window (which was from 1st July to 31st October) as he barely played at United during that period. So not only did his rating get owned hard but his value did too. Poor lad. That will rebound however in the March review.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan - (92 rated valued at £28,806,000).
 
Been away over Christmas so have only just seen that I won the league. Didn't expect United to drop points against Arsenal so obviously pleased with that. Thanks for the congrats guys. :)

Had a few messages about Insigne due his concern level, I'll be keeping hold of him for next season and he'll obviously play more to get that level down. I will probably make a couple of players available for transfer but will have to take a look when I get chance, probably tomorrow.
That's just mean. :(
 
I wish they'd go back to having a few more highly rated players again. Seems like they're trying to lower the standard of world class to around 94/95 when a few years ago it wasn't uncommon for many players to hit 96 or higher. It seemed like 96 was the standard for a top level international player.

I've been playing this since around 2007, and players like Modric or Godin would have been 96 without a doubt in years gone by. Not long ago it was common to see 96 rated players all over the place.

Cassillas 96
Cech 96
Buffon 96
Julio Cesar 96

Puyol 96
Rio 96
Vidic 96
Nesta 96
Cannavaro 97
Lahm 95

Gerrard 97
Kaka 98
Ronaldinho 99

Henry 97
Eto'o 97
Rooney 96
L. Ronaldo 98

Anyone remember any more? I realise that just looking at the calibre of those players there's an argument for the standard having dropped in real life, but it does feel they're a tad reluctant to rise players to the top echelons again.

Now you have to really set the world alight like Robben did a couple years back to even get close to it. I guess on a rating scale of 60-99 it just leaves them with less wiggle room.
 
I wish they'd go back to having a few more highly rated players again. Seems like they're trying to lower the standard of world class to around 94/95 when a few years ago it wasn't uncommon for many players to hit 96 or higher. It seemed like 96 was the standard for a top level international player.

I've been playing this since around 2007, and players like Modric or Godin would have been 96 without a doubt in years gone by. Not long ago it was common to see 96 rated players all over the place.

Cassillas 96
Cech 96
Buffon 96
Julio Cesar 96

Puyol 96
Rio 96
Vidic 96
Nesta 96
Cannavaro 97
Lahm 95

Gerrard 97
Kaka 98
Ronaldinho 99

Henry 97
Eto'o 97
Rooney 96
L. Ronaldo 98

Anyone remember any more? I realise that just looking at the calibre of those players there's an argument for the standard having dropped in real life, but it does feel they're a tad reluctant to rise players to the top echelons again.

Now you have to really set the world alight like Robben did a couple years back to even get close to it. I guess on a rating scale of 60-99 it just leaves them with less wiggle room.

I think the issue was that Messi and Ronaldo were simply so good a few years back (feck even now) that only have 1 rating difference between them took the piss somewhat.
 
I think the issue was that Messi and Ronaldo were simply so good a few years back (feck even now) that only have 1 rating difference between them took the piss somewhat.

Yeah i think they left themselves too little room, and they felt they needed to better emphasise the distance between them and the rest. They seem so reluctant now though that deserving players top out around 95, unless they're a forward it would seem.
 
Agree with all of that. There is always going to be romanticizing about older players but the fact is that most of those guys were better than todays players. Godin and Modric though are arguably the best at what they do in todays football and ratings really shouldn't be based around Messi and Ronaldo when they play in different positions. They should probably have at least 2+ each (at the very least + 1 for Modric).