Gaming The SM RedCafe League | Season 31 starts Sunday. One Division 1 team available (Gillingham). Let Damien know if interested.

Damien · Nov 12, 2023

DRAFT (PLYMOUTH ARGYLE)

# of players available: 26 (due to minimum squad size of 21, loans not included)

Rules

Refer to "Draft Order"
12 hours per pick, starts now. Miss out means you relinquish your pick
Declare your pick, then bid (doesn't have to wait until draft is finished)
Inform the next person in draft order
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
You can skip if you want to, and/or if you are unable to bid (skipping in advance is encouraged)
Must comply with FFP
NEW: Bid must be made within two weeks of your pick otherwise you forfeit the player
After draft is completed, Damien will check if rules are followed before accepting those bids
After all bids have gone through, Damien will withdraw from Plymouth Argyle

Draft Order

Derby County - £141.6M (Ollie Watkins, £9.05M)
Rochdale - £159.2M (Aimar Oroz, £6.5M)
Tottenham Hotspur - £186.1M (Skip)
Ipswich Town - £188.3M (Jack Clarke, £3.9M)
Gillingham - £197.6M (Emiliano Buendia, £9.1M)
Norwich City - £212.3M (Djibril Sow, £15M)
Bradford City - £221.5M (Dean Henderson, £15M)
Blackburn Rovers - £244.3M (Missed Out)
Darlington - £254.7M (Skip)
Manchester City - £263.9M (Skip)
Kidderminster Harriers - £264.7M
West Ham United - £266.9M
Bristol City - £275M
Leeds United - £276.2M (Skip)
Southampton - £280M
Barnsley - £292M (Skip)
Sunderland - £301.4M
Arsenal - £303.8M
Fulham - £320.1M
Liverpool - £321.6M
Leyton Orient - £329M
Milton Keynes Dons - £353.1M
Bournemouth - £353.1M
Chelsea - £363.9M
Hereford - £364.3M
Cardiff City - £374.7M
Middlesbrough - £390.6M (Skip)
Aston Villa - £402M (Skip)
Wolverhampton Wanderers - £402.2M
Newcastle United - £466.1M
Nottingham Forest - £485.7M
Everton - £513.9M
Southend United - £517.9M
Manchester United - £627.3M (Skip)

Kidderminster's turn. Is there anyone actually waiting for a pick in the draft?

Damien · Nov 12, 2023

Thursday's shock 2:1 victory against Nottingham Forest.

Oblak (93)

Trent (94) Van Dijk (94) Stones (93) Hakimi (92)
Rice (92)↓ Alaba (94)
Sancho (91)↓ -- Goretzka (93) -- Bellingham (94)

Mbappe (96)

Subs: Frimpong (90), Disasi (89), Kounde (92)↑, Zakaria (90), Eriksen (91), Pedri (92)↑, Pulisic (91)
Did not travel: Baku (89)

Key:

= Goal

= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on

Next three games:
MD37: Leyton Orient (H)
CCSFL2: Hereford (A)
MD38: Fulham (A)

Manchester United v Nottingham Forest fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Nottingham Forest Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Nottingham Forest Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Nottingham Forest Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Nottingham Forest SoT Conv.
3rd Sep: Utd v Nottingham Forest	51%	49%	15 (6)	8 (3)	1	2	16.7%	66.6%
9th Nov: Nottingham Forest v Utd	50%	50%	9 (4)	10 (2)	2	1	50%	50%
Combined	50.5%	49.5%	24 (10)	18 (5)	3	3	30%	60%

Damien · Nov 12, 2023

Latest table:

This time last season:

Alternate table where 2.5 SoT = one goal:

Damien · Nov 13, 2023

DRAFT (PLYMOUTH ARGYLE)

# of players available: 26 (due to minimum squad size of 21, loans not included)

Rules

Refer to "Draft Order"
12 hours per pick, starts now. Miss out means you relinquish your pick
Declare your pick, then bid (doesn't have to wait until draft is finished)
Inform the next person in draft order
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
You can skip if you want to, and/or if you are unable to bid (skipping in advance is encouraged)
Must comply with FFP
NEW: Bid must be made within two weeks of your pick otherwise you forfeit the player
After draft is completed, Damien will check if rules are followed before accepting those bids
After all bids have gone through, Damien will withdraw from Plymouth Argyle

Draft Order

Derby County - £141.6M (Ollie Watkins, £9.05M)
Rochdale - £159.2M (Aimar Oroz, £6.5M)
Tottenham Hotspur - £186.1M (Skip)
Ipswich Town - £188.3M (Jack Clarke, £3.9M)
Gillingham - £197.6M (Emiliano Buendia, £9.1M)
Norwich City - £212.3M (Djibril Sow, £15M)
Bradford City - £221.5M (Dean Henderson, £15M)
Blackburn Rovers - £244.3M (Missed Out)
Darlington - £254.7M (Skip)
Manchester City - £263.9M (Skip)
Kidderminster Harriers - £264.7M (Skip)
West Ham United - £266.9M (Skip)
Bristol City - £275M
Leeds United - £276.2M (Skip)
Southampton - £280M
Barnsley - £292M (Skip)
Sunderland - £301.4M
Arsenal - £303.8M
Fulham - £320.1M
Liverpool - £321.6M
Leyton Orient - £329M
Milton Keynes Dons - £353.1M
Bournemouth - £353.1M
Chelsea - £363.9M
Hereford - £364.3M
Cardiff City - £374.7M
Middlesbrough - £390.6M (Skip)
Aston Villa - £402M (Skip)
Wolverhampton Wanderers - £402.2M
Newcastle United - £466.1M
Nottingham Forest - £485.7M
Everton - £513.9M
Southend United - £517.9M
Manchester United - £627.3M (Skip)

@harshad

Damien · Nov 13, 2023

Unsurprisingly lost 2:1 against Leyton Orient.

Oblak (93)

Trent (94) Kounde (92) Stones (93)

Hakimi (92)
Rice (92)↓ Pedri (92)
Sancho (91)↓ -- Goretzka (93) -- Bellingham (94)
Mbappe (96)

Subs: Alaba (94), Disasi (89), Baku (89), Zakaria (90), Eriksen (91), Frimpong (90)↑, Pulisic (91)↑
Injured: Van Dijk (94)

Key:

= Goal

= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on

Next three games:
CCSFL2: Hereford (A)
MD38: Fulham (A)

Manchester United v Leyton Orient fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Leyton Orient Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Leyton Orient Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Leyton Orient Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Leyton Orient SoT Conv.
7th Sep: Leyton Orient v Utd	58%	42%	13 (5)	8 (0)	2	0	40%	N/A
12th Nov: Utd v Leyton Orient	57%	43%	14 (4)	10 (2)	1	2	25%	100%
Combined	57.5%	42.5%	27 (9)	18 (2)	3	2	33.3%	100%

Damien · Nov 13, 2023

2:2 draw against Hereford, gamble (rest my first team in hopes of qualifying) paid off. I'm in the Champions Cup final baby!

Oblak (93)

Frimpong (90) Kounde (92) Disasi (89) Baku (89)
Zakaria (90)

Rice (92)
Sancho (91)

-- Eriksen (91) -- Pedri (92)

Pulisic (91)

Subs: Alaba (94), Stones (93), Hakimi (92), Trent (94), Goretzka (93), Bellingham (94), Mbappe (96)
Injured: Van Dijk (94)

Key:

= Goal

= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on

Next three games:
MD38: Fulham (A)
CCF: Frankfurt (N)

Manchester United v Hereford fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Hereford Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Hereford Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Hereford Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Hereford SoT Conv.
6th Aug: Utd v Hereford	58%	42%	13 (6)	9 (5)	1	2	16.7%	40%
8th Aug: Hereford v Utd (Cup)	48%	52%	11 (7)	13 (4)	2	1	28.6%	25%
15th Aug: Hereford v Utd (Shield)	51%	49%	10 (3)	10 (6)	1	3	33.3%	50%
12th Oct: Utd v Hereford	56%	44%	12 (5)	11 (1)	1	0	20%	0%
6th Nov: Utd v Hereford (SMFA Cup)	68%	32%	23 (16)	7 (0)	4	0	25%	N/A
13th Nov: Hereford v Utd (SMFA Cup)	59%	41%	22 (12)	12 (2)	2	2	16.7%	100%
Combined	56.7%	43.3%	91 (49)	62 (18)	11	8	22.4%	44.4%

Damien · Nov 13, 2023

BenitoSTARR said:
1.6 last 5 season average for Damien is absolutely filthy!

Damien said:
The only way is down from here seriously though after the first 6-8 games I thought the 9th "worst finish" record was under threat. If you can get a top striker/goalscorer you definitely have a shot. Mbappe, Lewandowski, Kane - all the league winners had someone smashing the scoring charts.

You might need to put Sterling there but then you're in the awkward situation of not having a 91+ winger, though I'm sure it won't be long until Gakpo is there.. and then there's the issue of David's lack of versatility and Sterling probably going to continue to go down in rating with the way Chelsea are... tough situation.

37 league games later. Christ.

Damien · Nov 13, 2023

Congratulations to @JB7 on winning the league with Everton, @Varun for winning the Shield with Aston Villa and @Green_Red for winning the Cup with Southampton.

Weird that pretty much all of the clubs with 1 trophy (bar Bolton) won the Cup.

Two trophies left up for grabs this season.

SMFA Cup Final
(47) Manchester United v Eintracht Frankfurt (N/A)

SMFA Shield Final
(0) Leyton Orient v Cardiff City (4)

Cardiff City have won the SMFA Shield twice before and are rapidly closing in on Newcastle's record. Manchester United have won just the 12 SMFA Cups.

Varun · Nov 14, 2023

Cheers @Damien and all the best for the finals.

Congrats @JB7 and @Green_Red

harshad · Nov 14, 2023

Damien said:
DRAFT (PLYMOUTH ARGYLE)

# of players available: 26 (due to minimum squad size of 21, loans not included)

Rules

Refer to "Draft Order"

12 hours per pick, starts now. Miss out means you relinquish your pick

Declare your pick, then bid (doesn't have to wait until draft is finished)

Inform the next person in draft order

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

You can skip if you want to, and/or if you are unable to bid (skipping in advance is encouraged)

Must comply with FFP

NEW: Bid must be made within two weeks of your pick otherwise you forfeit the player

After draft is completed, Damien will check if rules are followed before accepting those bids

After all bids have gone through, Damien will withdraw from Plymouth Argyle

Draft Order

Derby County - £141.6M (Ollie Watkins, £9.05M)

Rochdale - £159.2M (Aimar Oroz, £6.5M)

Tottenham Hotspur - £186.1M (Skip)

Ipswich Town - £188.3M (Jack Clarke, £3.9M)

Gillingham - £197.6M (Emiliano Buendia, £9.1M)

Norwich City - £212.3M (Djibril Sow, £15M)

Bradford City - £221.5M (Dean Henderson, £15M)

Blackburn Rovers - £244.3M (Missed Out)

Darlington - £254.7M (Skip)

Manchester City - £263.9M (Skip)

Kidderminster Harriers - £264.7M (Skip)

West Ham United - £266.9M (Skip)

Bristol City - £275M

Leeds United - £276.2M (Skip)

Southampton - £280M

Barnsley - £292M (Skip)

Sunderland - £301.4M

Arsenal - £303.8M

Fulham - £320.1M

Liverpool - £321.6M

Leyton Orient - £329M

Milton Keynes Dons - £353.1M

Bournemouth - £353.1M

Chelsea - £363.9M

Hereford - £364.3M

Cardiff City - £374.7M

Middlesbrough - £390.6M (Skip)

Aston Villa - £402M (Skip)

Wolverhampton Wanderers - £402.2M

Newcastle United - £466.1M

Nottingham Forest - £485.7M

Everton - £513.9M

Southend United - £517.9M

Manchester United - £627.3M (Skip)

@harshad

Skip

Zarlak · Nov 14, 2023

Can't believe you're still playing the same league 12 years on.

BenitoSTARR · Nov 14, 2023

Zarlak said:
Can't believe you're still playing the same league 12 years on.

Interesting development is that we updated Damien to Windows Vista and he’s stopped winning.

Zarlak · Nov 15, 2023

BenitoSTARR said:
Interesting development is that we updated Damien to Windows Vista and he’s stopped winning.

Damien · Nov 15, 2023

Zarlak said:
Can't believe you're still playing the same league 12 years on.

An insane stat is that we are just 101 league games behind the total number of games in the Premier League. In the Prem there have been six teams who have played every season, in our league there have just been four teams who have been in the top flight all 29 seasons. I'm posting the full all-time table after tomorrow's loss to Fulham, and just like the real Premier League there's a team in the top 7 on all-time points with a negative goal difference.

RedSky and The Stain have seen a preview of the table and didn't comment, swines.

Damien · Nov 16, 2023

Latest table:

This time last season:

Alternate table where 2.5 SoT = one goal:

Good luck tonight everybody

CrackersJr · Nov 16, 2023

What a shit season

BenitoSTARR · Nov 16, 2023

CrackersJr said:
What a shit season

JB7 · Nov 16, 2023

CrackersJr said:
What a shit season

Couldn't have gone better, I thought.

Damien · Nov 17, 2023

CrackersJr said:
What a shit season

14 points ahead of fifth, they turn it around and finish 18 points ahead of you winning the title in the process. Ah well. Middlesbrough had an impressive turnaround too and could have finished fifth if they hadn't lost the last three games.

In the remaining 21 matches of the season your record was Won: 5, Drawn: 6, Lost: 10, Goals Scored: 22, Goals Conceded: 30. I had a better record (W: 8, D: 5, L: 8, GF: 30, GA: 27) and my season was disastrous.

Damien · Nov 17, 2023

3:1 victory away to Fulham to close the league season.

Oblak (93)

Kounde (92) Van Dijk (94) Stones (93) Hakimi (92)
Rice (92)↓ Alaba (94)
Bellingham (94)

-- Goretzka (93)

-- Pedri (92)
Mbappe (96)

Subs: Trent (94)↑, Disasi (89), Frimpong (90), Zakaria (90), Eriksen (91), Sancho (91), Pulisic (91)
Did not travel: Baku (89)

Key:

= Goal

= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on

Next three games:
CCF: Frankfurt (N)

Manchester United v Fulham fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Fulham Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Fulham Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Fulham Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Fulham SoT Conv.
10th Sep: Utd v Fulham	57%	43%	15 (8)	9 (1)	1	0	12.5%	0%
16th Nov: Fulham v Utd	57%	43%	14 (9)	8 (1)	3	1	33.3%	100%
Combined	57%	43%	29 (17)	17 (2)	4	1	23.5%	50%

Damien · Nov 17, 2023

Damien said:
14 points ahead of fifth, they turn it around and finish 18 points ahead of you winning the title in the process. Ah well. Middlesbrough had an impressive turnaround too and could have finished fifth if they hadn't lost the last three games.

In the remaining 21 matches of the season your record was Won: 5, Drawn: 6, Lost: 10, Goals Scored: 22, Goals Conceded: 30. I had a better record (W: 8, D: 5, L: 8, GF: 30, GA: 27) and my season was disastrous.

Following on from this, here is the final standings of the table but with the last 21 games played by each club so you can see how each team fared:

and here it is in order of points for the 21 games:

Pretty nuts. @CrackersJr was in title form for the first 17 and relegation form for the last 21

Damien · Nov 17, 2023

Final table:

This time last season:

Alternate table where 2.5 SoT = one goal:

Damien · Nov 17, 2023

Power Rankings and stuff will be posted some time next week as sorting out the Last Man Standing and Odds and Evens competitions in the meantime, but to give a bit of discussion here is something new - the all-time Division 1 standings.

Most

Games Played: 1102 (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton and Manchester United)
Overall Wins: 627 (Manchester United)
Overall Draws: 277 (Arsenal)
Overall Losses: 411 (Aston Villa)
Overall Goals For: 2143 (Manchester United)
Overall Goals Against: 1554 (Aston Villa)
Overall Goal Difference: +845 (Manchester United)
Overall Points: 2097 (Manchester United)
Home Wins: 318 (Manchester United)
Home Draws: 142 (Arsenal)
Home Losses: 202 (Aston Villa)
Home Goals For: 1126 (Everton)
Home Goals Against: 775 (Aston Villa)
Home Goal Difference: +477 (Everton)
Home Points: 1061 (Manchester United)
Away Wins: 309 (Manchester United)
Away Draws: 135 (Arsenal)
Away Losses: 209 (Aston Villa)
Away Goals For: 1059 (Manchester United)
Away Goals Against: 779 (Aston Villa)
Away Goal Difference: +422 (Manchester United)
Away Points: 1036 (Manchester United)

Top 5 Overall Win %

Manchester United - 56.90% (627/1102)
Everton - 54.17% (597/1102)
Manchester City - 50.63% (404/798)
Nottingham Forest - 48.79% (482/988)
Arsenal - 45.83% (505/1102)

Varun · Nov 17, 2023

Going to win the next 1k with Villa and sort these stats out

Damien · Nov 17, 2023

DRAFT (PLYMOUTH ARGYLE)

# of players available: 26 (due to minimum squad size of 21, loans not included)

Rules

Refer to "Draft Order"
12 hours per pick, starts now. Miss out means you relinquish your pick
Declare your pick, then bid (doesn't have to wait until draft is finished)
Inform the next person in draft order
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
You can skip if you want to, and/or if you are unable to bid (skipping in advance is encouraged)
Must comply with FFP
NEW: Bid must be made within two weeks of your pick otherwise you forfeit the player
After draft is completed, Damien will check if rules are followed before accepting those bids
After all bids have gone through, Damien will withdraw from Plymouth Argyle

Draft Order

Derby County - £141.6M (Ollie Watkins, £9.05M)
Rochdale - £159.2M (Aimar Oroz, £6.5M)
Tottenham Hotspur - £186.1M (Skip)
Ipswich Town - £188.3M (Jack Clarke, £3.9M)
Gillingham - £197.6M (Emiliano Buendia, £9.1M)
Norwich City - £212.3M (Djibril Sow, £15M)
Bradford City - £221.5M (Dean Henderson, £15M)
Blackburn Rovers - £244.3M (Missed Out)
Darlington - £254.7M (Skip)
Manchester City - £263.9M (Skip)
Kidderminster Harriers - £264.7M (Skip)
West Ham United - £266.9M (Skip)
Bristol City - £275M (Skip)
Leeds United - £276.2M (Skip)
Southampton - £280M
Barnsley - £292M (Skip)
Sunderland - £301.4M
Arsenal - £303.8M
Fulham - £320.1M
Liverpool - £321.6M
Leyton Orient - £329M (Skip)
Milton Keynes Dons - £353.1M
Bournemouth - £353.1M
Chelsea - £363.9M
Hereford - £364.3M
Cardiff City - £374.7M
Middlesbrough - £390.6M (Skip)
Aston Villa - £402M (Skip)
Wolverhampton Wanderers - £402.2M
Newcastle United - £466.1M
Nottingham Forest - £485.7M
Everton - £513.9M
Southend United - £517.9M
Manchester United - £627.3M (Skip)

Southampton's turn.

BenitoSTARR · Nov 17, 2023

Damien said:
Power Rankings and stuff will be posted some time next week as sorting out the Last Man Standing and Odds and Evens competitions in the meantime, but to give a bit of discussion here is something new - the all-time Division 1 standings.

Most

Games Played: 1102 (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton and Manchester United)
Overall Wins: 627 (Manchester United)
Overall Draws: 277 (Arsenal)
Overall Losses: 411 (Aston Villa)
Overall Goals For: 2143 (Manchester United)
Overall Goals Against: 1554 (Aston Villa)
Overall Goal Difference: +845 (Manchester United)
Overall Points: 2097 (Manchester United)
Home Wins: 318 (Manchester United)
Home Draws: 142 (Arsenal)
Home Losses: 202 (Aston Villa)
Home Goals For: 1126 (Everton)
Home Goals Against: 775 (Aston Villa)
Home Goal Difference: +477 (Everton)
Home Points: 1061 (Manchester United)
Away Wins: 309 (Manchester United)
Away Draws: 135 (Arsenal)
Away Losses: 209 (Aston Villa)
Away Goals For: 1059 (Manchester United)
Away Goals Against: 779 (Aston Villa)
Away Goal Difference: +422 (Manchester United)
Away Points: 1036 (Manchester United)

Top 5 Overall Win %

Manchester United - 56.90% (627/1102)

Everton - 54.17% (597/1102)

Manchester City - 50.63% (404/798)

Nottingham Forest - 48.79% (482/988)

Arsenal - 45.83% (505/1102)

Cardiff City win% is 45% exactly at the moment.

We’re coming for the big boys!

BenitoSTARR · Nov 17, 2023

@Damien whats the points per game rank?

Damien · Nov 17, 2023

BenitoSTARR said:
@Damien whats the points per game rank?

I can see why you've asked - you've done brilliantly!

Damien · Nov 19, 2023

DRAFT (PLYMOUTH ARGYLE)

# of players available: 26 (due to minimum squad size of 21, loans not included)

Rules

Refer to "Draft Order"
12 hours per pick, starts now. Miss out means you relinquish your pick
Declare your pick, then bid (doesn't have to wait until draft is finished)
Inform the next person in draft order
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
You can skip if you want to, and/or if you are unable to bid (skipping in advance is encouraged)
Must comply with FFP
NEW: Bid must be made within two weeks of your pick otherwise you forfeit the player
After draft is completed, Damien will check if rules are followed before accepting those bids
After all bids have gone through, Damien will withdraw from Plymouth Argyle

Draft Order

Derby County - £141.6M (Ollie Watkins, £9.05M)
Rochdale - £159.2M (Aimar Oroz, £6.5M)
Tottenham Hotspur - £186.1M (Skip)
Ipswich Town - £188.3M (Jack Clarke, £3.9M)
Gillingham - £197.6M (Emiliano Buendia, £9.1M)
Norwich City - £212.3M (Djibril Sow, £15M)
Bradford City - £221.5M (Dean Henderson, £15M)
Blackburn Rovers - £244.3M (Missed Out)
Darlington - £254.7M (Skip)
Manchester City - £263.9M (Skip)
Kidderminster Harriers - £264.7M (Skip)
West Ham United - £266.9M (Skip)
Bristol City - £275M (Skip)
Leeds United - £276.2M (Skip)
Southampton - £280M (Missed Out)
Barnsley - £292M (Skip)
Sunderland - £301.4M
Arsenal - £303.8M
Fulham - £320.1M
Liverpool - £321.6M
Leyton Orient - £329M (Skip)
Milton Keynes Dons - £353.1M (Skip)
Bournemouth - £353.1M
Chelsea - £363.9M
Hereford - £364.3M
Cardiff City - £374.7M
Middlesbrough - £390.6M (Skip)
Aston Villa - £402M (Skip)
Wolverhampton Wanderers - £402.2M
Newcastle United - £466.1M (Skip)
Nottingham Forest - £485.7M
Everton - £513.9M
Southend United - £517.9M
Manchester United - £627.3M (Skip)

@2mufc0

2mufc0 · Nov 20, 2023

Skip.

Damien · Nov 20, 2023

DRAFT (PLYMOUTH ARGYLE)

# of players available: 26 (due to minimum squad size of 21, loans not included)

Rules

Refer to "Draft Order"
12 hours per pick, starts now. Miss out means you relinquish your pick
Declare your pick, then bid (doesn't have to wait until draft is finished)
Inform the next person in draft order
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
You can skip if you want to, and/or if you are unable to bid (skipping in advance is encouraged)
Must comply with FFP
NEW: Bid must be made within two weeks of your pick otherwise you forfeit the player
After draft is completed, Damien will check if rules are followed before accepting those bids
After all bids have gone through, Damien will withdraw from Plymouth Argyle

Draft Order

Derby County - £141.6M (Ollie Watkins, £9.05M)
Rochdale - £159.2M (Aimar Oroz, £6.5M)
Tottenham Hotspur - £186.1M (Skip)
Ipswich Town - £188.3M (Jack Clarke, £3.9M)
Gillingham - £197.6M (Emiliano Buendia, £9.1M)
Norwich City - £212.3M (Djibril Sow, £15M)
Bradford City - £221.5M (Dean Henderson, £15M)
Blackburn Rovers - £244.3M (Missed Out)
Darlington - £254.7M (Skip)
Manchester City - £263.9M (Skip)
Kidderminster Harriers - £264.7M (Skip)
West Ham United - £266.9M (Skip)
Bristol City - £275M (Skip)
Leeds United - £276.2M (Skip)
Southampton - £280M (Missed Out)
Barnsley - £292M (Skip)
Sunderland - £301.4M (Missed Out)
Arsenal - £303.8M
Fulham - £320.1M
Liverpool - £321.6M (Skip)
Leyton Orient - £329M (Skip)
Milton Keynes Dons - £353.1M (Skip)
Bournemouth - £353.1M
Chelsea - £363.9M
Hereford - £364.3M
Cardiff City - £374.7M
Middlesbrough - £390.6M (Skip)
Aston Villa - £402M (Skip)
Wolverhampton Wanderers - £402.2M (Skip)
Newcastle United - £466.1M (Skip)
Nottingham Forest - £485.7M
Everton - £513.9M
Southend United - £517.9M
Manchester United - £627.3M (Skip)

@Sepukku your turn

Damien · Nov 21, 2023

DRAFT (PLYMOUTH ARGYLE)

# of players available: 26 (due to minimum squad size of 21, loans not included)

Rules

Refer to "Draft Order"
12 hours per pick, starts now. Miss out means you relinquish your pick
Declare your pick, then bid (doesn't have to wait until draft is finished)
Inform the next person in draft order
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
You can skip if you want to, and/or if you are unable to bid (skipping in advance is encouraged)
Must comply with FFP
NEW: Bid must be made within two weeks of your pick otherwise you forfeit the player
After draft is completed, Damien will check if rules are followed before accepting those bids
After all bids have gone through, Damien will withdraw from Plymouth Argyle

Draft Order

Derby County - £141.6M (Ollie Watkins, £9.05M)
Rochdale - £159.2M (Aimar Oroz, £6.5M)
Tottenham Hotspur - £186.1M (Skip)
Ipswich Town - £188.3M (Jack Clarke, £3.9M)
Gillingham - £197.6M (Emiliano Buendia, £9.1M)
Norwich City - £212.3M (Djibril Sow, £15M)
Bradford City - £221.5M (Dean Henderson, £15M)
Blackburn Rovers - £244.3M (Missed Out)
Darlington - £254.7M (Skip)
Manchester City - £263.9M (Skip)
Kidderminster Harriers - £264.7M (Skip)
West Ham United - £266.9M (Skip)
Bristol City - £275M (Skip)
Leeds United - £276.2M (Skip)
Southampton - £280M (Missed Out)
Barnsley - £292M (Skip)
Sunderland - £301.4M (Missed Out)
Arsenal - £303.8M (Missed Out)
Fulham - £320.1M ("That team fecking sucks")
Liverpool - £321.6M (Skip)
Leyton Orient - £329M (Skip)
Milton Keynes Dons - £353.1M (Skip)
Bournemouth - £353.1M
Chelsea - £363.9M
Hereford - £364.3M
Cardiff City - £374.7M (Skip)
Middlesbrough - £390.6M (Skip)
Aston Villa - £402M (Skip)
Wolverhampton Wanderers - £402.2M (Skip)
Newcastle United - £466.1M (Skip)
Nottingham Forest - £485.7M
Everton - £513.9M
Southend United - £517.9M
Manchester United - £627.3M (Skip)

@Dans your go

Damien · Nov 21, 2023

No matter what happens tonight, Everton, Southend United, Cardiff City and Nottingham Forest have qualified for next season's Champions Cup.

SMFA Cup Final
(47) Manchester United v Eintracht Frankfurt (N/A)

SMFA Shield Final
(0) Leyton Orient v Cardiff City (4)

SMFA Shield participants next season:

If Manchester United and Leyton Orient win
Newcastle United
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Middlesbrough
Hereford
Norwich City
Leyton Orient
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sunderland

If Manchester United and Cardiff City win
Newcastle United
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Middlesbrough
Hereford
Norwich City
Leyton Orient
Wolverhampton Wanderers

If Eintracht Frankfurt and Leyton Orient win
Newcastle United
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Middlesbrough
Hereford
Norwich City
Leyton Orient
Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers

If Eintracht Frankfurt and Cardiff City win
Newcastle United
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Middlesbrough
Hereford
Norwich City
Leyton Orient
Manchester United

Damien · Nov 21, 2023

End of the league season means updated Power Rankings! Power Rankings are where all 100 clubs in the league system are placed based on their average finishing position over the past five seasons. Here are where the managed clubs below 20th in PR are ranked now:

Curr PR	Prev PR	Chng	Team Name	Worst Finish	Best Finish	Last 5 Season Avg.	29 Season Average
21	24	▲ 3	Milton Keynes Dons	63	4	21.6	22.0
22	21	▼ 1	Southampton	45	10	22.0	22.5
23	22	▼ 1	Bournemouth	69	7	22.4	28.5
24	26	▲ 2	Bristol City	43	13	25.0	27.0
25	27	▲ 2	Leeds United	42	8	25.0	28.1
26	23	▼ 3	Tottenham Hotspur	32	2	25.4	14.0
27	25	▼ 2	Gillingham	75	19	25.4	55.1
28	28	-	Blackburn Rovers	41	1	26.8	22.0
29	29	-	Barnsley	57	5	27.0	30.3
30	30	-	Manchester City	32	1	28.6	11.9
47	45	▼ 2	Ipswich Town	54	15	48.0	29.6
50	50	-	Derby County	57	6	50.4	34.5
58	66	▲ 8	Bradford City	81	21	57.0	60.8
74	81	▲ 7	Rochdale	89	43	72.0	70.4

Over the next two hours I'll be posting 16-20, 11-15, 6-10 and 1-5 respectively to add a tiny bit of suspense. When 1-5 are posted, I'll also be posting the link to the full spreadsheet for your perusal.

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Cardiff City
Chelsea
Darlington
Everton
Fulham
Hereford
Kidderminster Harriers
Leyton Orient
Liverpool
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Southend United
Sunderland
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Damien · Nov 21, 2023

Curr PR	Prev PR	Chng	Team Name	Worst Finish	Best Finish	Last 5 Season Avg.	29 Season Average
16	15	▼ 1	Chelsea	28	1	16.0	12.2
17	17	-	Sunderland	31	3	16.0	12.6
18	19	▲ 1	West Ham United	41	15	18.6	25.9
19	20	▲ 1	Kidderminster Harriers	99	12	18.8	55.5
20	18	▼ 2	Darlington	81	1	19.8	16.2
21	24	▲ 3	Milton Keynes Dons	63	4	21.6	22.0
22	21	▼ 1	Southampton	45	10	22.0	22.5
23	22	▼ 1	Bournemouth	69	7	22.4	28.5
24	26	▲ 2	Bristol City	43	13	25.0	27.0
25	27	▲ 2	Leeds United	42	8	25.0	28.1
26	23	▼ 3	Tottenham Hotspur	32	2	25.4	14.0
27	25	▼ 2	Gillingham	75	19	25.4	55.1
28	28	-	Blackburn Rovers	41	1	26.8	22.0
29	29	-	Barnsley	57	5	27.0	30.3
30	30	-	Manchester City	32	1	28.6	11.9
47	45	▼ 2	Ipswich Town	54	15	48.0	29.6
50	50	-	Derby County	57	6	50.4	34.5
58	66	▲ 8	Bradford City	81	21	57.0	60.8
74	81	▲ 7	Rochdale	89	43	72.0	70.4

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Cardiff City
Everton
Fulham
Hereford
Leyton Orient
Liverpool
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Southend United
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Damien · Nov 21, 2023

Curr PR	Prev PR	Chng	Team Name	Worst Finish	Best Finish	Last 5 Season Avg.	29 Season Average
11	7	▼ 4	Arsenal	19	1	11.4	7.0
12	16	▲ 4	Norwich City	37	5	11.4	21.7
13	9	▼ 4	Leyton Orient	97	7	11.6	57.6
14	13	▼ 1	Fulham	22	2	13.2	11.7
15	14	▼ 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	3	13.8	13.8
16	15	▼ 1	Chelsea	28	1	16.0	12.2
17	17	-	Sunderland	31	3	16.0	12.6
18	19	▲ 1	West Ham United	41	15	18.6	25.9
19	20	▲ 1	Kidderminster Harriers	99	12	18.8	55.5
20	18	▼ 2	Darlington	81	1	19.8	16.2
21	24	▲ 3	Milton Keynes Dons	63	4	21.6	22.0
22	21	▼ 1	Southampton	45	10	22.0	22.5
23	22	▼ 1	Bournemouth	69	7	22.4	28.5
24	26	▲ 2	Bristol City	43	13	25.0	27.0
25	27	▲ 2	Leeds United	42	8	25.0	28.1
26	23	▼ 3	Tottenham Hotspur	32	2	25.4	14.0
27	25	▼ 2	Gillingham	75	19	25.4	55.1
28	28	-	Blackburn Rovers	41	1	26.8	22.0
29	29	-	Barnsley	57	5	27.0	30.3
30	30	-	Manchester City	32	1	28.6	11.9
47	45	▼ 2	Ipswich Town	54	15	48.0	29.6
50	50	-	Derby County	57	6	50.4	34.5
58	66	▲ 8	Bradford City	81	21	57.0	60.8
74	81	▲ 7	Rochdale	89	43	72.0	70.4

Aston Villa
Cardiff City
Everton
Hereford
Liverpool
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
Southend United

Damien · Nov 21, 2023

Curr PR	Prev PR	Chng	Team Name	Worst Finish	Best Finish	Last 5 Season Avg.	29 Season Average
6	5	▼ 1	Cardiff City	43	3	6.8	23.5
7	8	▲ 1	Liverpool	26	2	8.2	13.0
8	10	▲ 2	Hereford	100	4	8.8	49.1
9	12	▲ 3	Newcastle United	23	2	9.4	10.7
10	11	▲ 1	Middlesbrough	42	6	10.6	21.6
11	7	▼ 4	Arsenal	19	1	11.4	7.0
12	16	▲ 4	Norwich City	37	5	11.4	21.7
13	9	▼ 4	Leyton Orient	97	7	11.6	57.6
14	13	▼ 1	Fulham	22	2	13.2	11.7
15	14	▼ 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	3	13.8	13.8
16	15	▼ 1	Chelsea	28	1	16.0	12.2
17	17	-	Sunderland	31	3	16.0	12.6
18	19	▲ 1	West Ham United	41	15	18.6	25.9
19	20	▲ 1	Kidderminster Harriers	99	12	18.8	55.5
20	18	▼ 2	Darlington	81	1	19.8	16.2
21	24	▲ 3	Milton Keynes Dons	63	4	21.6	22.0
22	21	▼ 1	Southampton	45	10	22.0	22.5
23	22	▼ 1	Bournemouth	69	7	22.4	28.5
24	26	▲ 2	Bristol City	43	13	25.0	27.0
25	27	▲ 2	Leeds United	42	8	25.0	28.1
26	23	▼ 3	Tottenham Hotspur	32	2	25.4	14.0
27	25	▼ 2	Gillingham	75	19	25.4	55.1
28	28	-	Blackburn Rovers	41	1	26.8	22.0
29	29	-	Barnsley	57	5	27.0	30.3
30	30	-	Manchester City	32	1	28.6	11.9
47	45	▼ 2	Ipswich Town	54	15	48.0	29.6
50	50	-	Derby County	57	6	50.4	34.5
58	66	▲ 8	Bradford City	81	21	57.0	60.8
74	81	▲ 7	Rochdale	89	43	72.0	70.4

Aston Villa
Everton
Manchester United
Nottingham Forest
Southend United

Damien · Nov 21, 2023

Curr PR	Prev PR	Chng	Team Name	Worst Finish	Best Finish	Last 5 Season Avg.	29 Season Average
1	2	▲ 1	Nottingham Forest	28	1	3.2	7.6
2	1	▼ 1	Manchester United	12	1	3.4	3.5
3	3	-	Everton	16	1	4.4	5.3
4	4	-	Aston Villa	17	1	6.0	9.4
5	6	▲ 1	Southend United	81	2	6.6	33.0
6	5	▼ 1	Cardiff City	43	3	6.8	23.5
7	8	▲ 1	Liverpool	26	2	8.2	13.0
8	10	▲ 2	Hereford	100	4	8.8	49.1
9	12	▲ 3	Newcastle United	23	2	9.4	10.7
10	11	▲ 1	Middlesbrough	42	6	10.6	21.6
11	7	▼ 4	Arsenal	19	1	11.4	7.0
12	16	▲ 4	Norwich City	37	5	11.4	21.7
13	9	▼ 4	Leyton Orient	97	7	11.6	57.6
14	13	▼ 1	Fulham	22	2	13.2	11.7
15	14	▼ 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	3	13.8	13.8
16	15	▼ 1	Chelsea	28	1	16.0	12.2
17	17	-	Sunderland	31	3	16.0	12.6
18	19	▲ 1	West Ham United	41	15	18.6	25.9
19	20	▲ 1	Kidderminster Harriers	99	12	18.8	55.5
20	18	▼ 2	Darlington	81	1	19.8	16.2
21	24	▲ 3	Milton Keynes Dons	63	4	21.6	22.0
22	21	▼ 1	Southampton	45	10	22.0	22.5
23	22	▼ 1	Bournemouth	69	7	22.4	28.5
24	26	▲ 2	Bristol City	43	13	25.0	27.0
25	27	▲ 2	Leeds United	42	8	25.0	28.1
26	23	▼ 3	Tottenham Hotspur	32	2	25.4	14.0
27	25	▼ 2	Gillingham	75	19	25.4	55.1
28	28	-	Blackburn Rovers	41	1	26.8	22.0
29	29	-	Barnsley	57	5	27.0	30.3
30	30	-	Manchester City	32	1	28.6	11.9
47	45	▼ 2	Ipswich Town	54	15	48.0	29.6
50	50	-	Derby County	57	6	50.4	34.5
58	66	▲ 8	Bradford City	81	21	57.0	60.8
74	81	▲ 7	Rochdale	89	43	72.0	70.4

There we go! Full spreadsheet here

Complete list of clubs who have been #1 in PR (last 5 season average placing):

S05: Manchester United
S06: Manchester City
S07: Manchester United
S08: Manchester United
S09: Manchester United
S10: Tottenham Hotspur
S11: Manchester United
S12: Manchester City & Manchester United (joint 1st)
S13: Manchester City
S14: Manchester City
S15: Manchester United
S16: Everton
S17: Everton
S18: Everton
S19: Darlington
S20: Darlington
S21: Darlington
S22: Everton
S23: Everton
S24: Everton & Manchester United (joint 1st)
S25: Manchester United
S26: Everton
S27: Manchester United
S28: Manchester United
S29: Nottingham Forest

The lowest Manchester United have ever been in the Power Rankings is 3 (S14 - City was 1st and Everton was 2nd, S19 & S20 - Darlington was 1st and Everton was 2nd). Tottenham Hotspur remain the only side to be 1st in the power rankings without winning the league.

Congrats @The Taurean

BenitoSTARR · Nov 21, 2023

Damien said:
Curr PR Prev PR Chng Team Name Worst Finish Best Finish Last 5 Season Avg. 29 Season Average
1
2
▲ 1
Nottingham Forest
28
1
3.2
7.6
2
1
▼ 1
Manchester United
12
1
3.4
3.5
3
3
-
Everton
16
1
4.4
5.3
4
4
-
Aston Villa
17
1
6.0
9.4
5
6
▲ 1
Southend United
81
2
6.6
33.0
6
5
▼ 1
Cardiff City
43
3
6.8
23.5
7
8
▲ 1
Liverpool
26
2
8.2
13.0
8
10
▲ 2
Hereford
100
4
8.8
49.1
9
12
▲ 3
Newcastle United
23
2
9.4
10.7
10
11
▲ 1
Middlesbrough
42
6
10.6
21.6
11
7
▼ 4
Arsenal
19
1
11.4
7.0
12
16
▲ 4
Norwich City
37
5
11.4
21.7
13
9
▼ 4
Leyton Orient
97
7
11.6
57.6
14
13
▼ 1
Fulham
22
2
13.2
11.7
15
14
▼ 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers
24
3
13.8
13.8
16
15
▼ 1
Chelsea
28
1
16.0
12.2
17
17
-
Sunderland
31
3
16.0
12.6
18
19
▲ 1
West Ham United
41
15
18.6
25.9
19
20
▲ 1
Kidderminster Harriers
99
12
18.8
55.5
20
18
▼ 2
Darlington
81
1
19.8
16.2
21
24
▲ 3
Milton Keynes Dons
63
4
21.6
22.0
22
21
▼ 1
Southampton
45
10
22.0
22.5
23
22
▼ 1
Bournemouth
69
7
22.4
28.5
24
26
▲ 2
Bristol City
43
13
25.0
27.0
25
27
▲ 2
Leeds United
42
8
25.0
28.1
26
23
▼ 3
Tottenham Hotspur
32
2
25.4
14.0
27
25
▼ 2
Gillingham
75
19
25.4
55.1
28
28
-
Blackburn Rovers
41
1
26.8
22.0
29
29
-
Barnsley
57
5
27.0
30.3
30
30
-
Manchester City
32
1
28.6
11.9
47
45
▼ 2
Ipswich Town
54
15
48.0
29.6
50
50
-
Derby County
57
6
50.4
34.5
58
66
▲ 8
Bradford City
81
21
57.0
60.8
74
81
▲ 7
Rochdale
89
43
72.0
70.4

There we go! Full spreadsheet here

Complete list of clubs who have been #1 in PR (last 5 season average placing):

S05: Manchester United
S06: Manchester City
S07: Manchester United
S08: Manchester United
S09: Manchester United
S10: Tottenham Hotspur
S11: Manchester United
S12: Manchester City & Manchester United (joint 1st)
S13: Manchester City
S14: Manchester City
S15: Manchester United
S16: Everton
S17: Everton
S18: Everton
S19: Darlington
S20: Darlington
S21: Darlington
S22: Everton
S23: Everton
S24: Everton & Manchester United (joint 1st)
S25: Manchester United
S26: Everton
S27: Manchester United
S28: Manchester United
S29: Nottingham Forest

The lowest Manchester United have ever been in the Power Rankings is 3 (S14 - City was 1st and Everton was 2nd, S19 & S20 - Darlington was 1st and Everton was 2nd). Tottenham Hotspur remain the only side to be 1st in the power rankings without winning the league.

Congrats @The Taurean

Herculean effort here. Absolutely love reading these rankings and the SS.

I fully maintain that given the vastly inferior squad compared to the top 5 that had I had a Benzema earlier in the season a league win and a top 5 ranking would be secured.

Southend however absolutely smashing it!

Congratulations @The Taurean that consistency is no mean feat!

BenitoSTARR · Nov 21, 2023

I think we should do a 1 season club swap @Damien see if you can beat a 3rd place finish with Cardiff and I’ll see if I can win a league title

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