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Damien

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My predictions:

Title winner: Cardiff City

Rest of top four (no particular order):
Hereford
Everton
Nottingham Forest (sorry @Varun!)

Relegated (no particular order):
Bournemouth
Bradford City
Norwich City
 

BenitoSTARR

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The signing of Mane makes this last dance territory. I wasn’t sure about it but sometimes when life asks you do you want to take a gamble you need to decide what kind of man you are. So I asked myself Benito do you want to be the guy that trys to win with Saudi League players?


So I then asked myself how can I get the players to understand how much I want this.

 

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Top six mini-table at the halfway point:



@BenitoSTARR is in the best place to win the league with all five games in the second half of the season being played at Home. United are screwed, safe to say no chance of top four this season.

The record of those six teams against the other 14 teams in the league:

Cardiff City: PL14, W13, D0, L1, GF24, GA6, PTS39
Manchester United: PL14, W11, D2, L1, GF32, GA11, PTS35
Hereford: PL14, W10, D2, L2, GF29, GA15, PTS32
Everton: PL14, W10, D2, L2, GF27, GA15, PTS32
Aston Villa: PL14, W9, D1, L4, GF28, GA13, PTS28
Nottingham Forest: PL14, W7, D3, L4, GF23, GA14, PTS24

@BenitoSTARR is a monster, @The Taurean struggling.
Ridiculous % conversion and %conceded. Same each season.
 

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My predictions:

Title winner: Cardiff City

Rest of top four (no particular order):
Hereford
Everton
Nottingham Forest (sorry @Varun!)

Relegated (no particular order):
Bournemouth
Bradford City
Norwich City
Who's your div 2 promotion predictions? That is a tougher job imo.

The signing of Mane makes this last dance territory. I wasn’t sure about it but sometimes when life asks you do you want to take a gamble you need to decide what kind of man you are. So I asked myself Benito do you want to be the guy that trys to win with Saudi League players?


So I then asked myself how can I get the players to understand how much I want this.

Actually made me chuckle. The wife said "what the hell are you watching" on that second clip

:lol:
 

Varun

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My predictions:

Title winner: Cardiff City

Rest of top four (no particular order):
Hereford
Everton
Nottingham Forest (sorry @Varun!)

Relegated (no particular order):
Bournemouth
Bradford City
Norwich City
Na, that's fair. Kane's got a long injury last game so that's me done.
 

Damien

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Who's your div 2 promotion predictions? That is a tougher job imo.
Chelsea and Arsenal automatics. Gillingham play-offs... but I haven't done as much research as the Div 1 teams so the teams I've mentioned could end up being away for the big games which renders my predictions moot.
Na, that's fair. Kane's got a long injury last game so that's me done.
All hinges on your head to head against each other. You have no Kane and it is at Forest but anything could happen. Win that and you're in a great position.
 

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Thursday's 2:0 victory away to Leyton Orient. Need to get six points in my next two games before the inevitable loss to Cardiff City:

Oblak (93)

Disasi (89) Van Dijk (94) Alaba (94) Hakimi (92)
Zakaria (90) Trent (94)⚽
Sancho (90)➕ -- Eriksen (91) -- Pedri (92)➕
Mbappe (96)⚽⭐

Subs: Kounde (92), Stones (93), Rice (93), Goretzka (93), Pulisic (91), Bellingham (95), Williams (90)
Did not travel: Frimpong (91), Baku (89)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on


Next three games:
MD21: Bradford City (H)
MD22: Bournemouth (H)
MD23: Cardiff City (A)

Manchester United v Leyton Orient fixtures this season

GameUtd PossLeyton Orient PossUtd Shots (SoT)Leyton Orient Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsLeyton Orient GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Leyton Orient SoT Conv.
3rd Dec: Utd v Leyton Orient​
60%
40%​
15 (7)
11 (4)​
4
0​
57.1%
0%​
8th Feb: Leyton Orient v Utd​
55%
45%​
14 (6)
7 (3)​
2
0​
33.3%
0%​
Combined
57.5%
42.5%​
29 (13)
18 (7)​
6
0​
46.2%
0%​
 

Damien

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Beat Bradford City 2:0

Oblak (93)

Trent (94) Kounde (92) Van Dijk (94) Baku (89)
Zakaria (90) Eriksen (91)
Sancho (90) -- Goretzka (92)➕ -- Williams (90)⚽
Mbappe (96)⚽⭐

Subs: Alaba (94), Stones (93), Hakimi (92), Rice (93), Pulisic (91), Bellingham (95)➕, Pedri (92)
Did not travel: Frimpong (91), Disasi (89)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on


Next three games:
MD22: Bournemouth (H)
MD23: Cardiff City (A)
MD24: Hereford (H)

Manchester United v Bradford City fixtures this season

GameUtd PossBradford City PossUtd Shots (SoT)Bradford City Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsBradford City GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Bradford City SoT Conv.
7th Dec: Bradford City v Utd​
56%
44%​
15 (6)
11 (4)​
2
1​
33.3%
25%​
10th Feb: Utd v Bradford City​
59%
41%​
16 (9)
8 (2)​
2
0​
22.2%
0%​
Combined
57.5%
42.5%​
31 (15)
19 (6)​
4
1​
26.7%
16.7%​
 

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I'll up you one with my 86 rated GK, Lunin who's smashing it at Real Madrid and not been rated since the dawn of time.
He went up six months ago! You're a bit unfortunate in that he only started playing more when the reviews were already done for midseason but I can definitely see him getting a bump soon.
 

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@Damien I think Ipswich broke FFP by signing Zambrano before having sold Stengs.

Annoyingly I couldn’t bid until selling a player and missed out due to this.

Coming up as Stengs sold 3 hours ago but Zambrano moved 8 hours ago.
 

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5:1 victory on Thursday against Bournemouth:

Oblak (93)

Trent (94)⚽ Zakaria (90) Stones (93)⚽ Hakimi (92)
Rice (93) Eriksen (91)
Williams (90)⚽ -- Goretzka (92) -- Pedri (92)➕➕➕
Mbappe (96)⚽➕⭐

Subs: Alaba (94), Van Dijk (94), Frimpong (91), Kounde (92), Pulisic (91), Bellingham (95)⚽, Sancho (90)
Did not travel: Baku (89), Disasi (89)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on


Next three games:
MD23: Cardiff City (A)
MD24: Hereford (H)
MD25: Liverpool (A)

Manchester United v Bournemouth fixtures this season

GameUtd PossBournemouth PossUtd Shots (SoT)Bournemouth Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsBournemouth GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Bournemouth SoT Conv.
10th Dec: Bournemouth v Utd​
56%
44%​
12 (7)
9 (2)​
2
0​
28.6%
0%​
15th Feb: Utd v Bournemouth​
73%
27%​
26 (10)
5 (1)​
5
1​
50%​
100%
Combined
64.5%
35.5%​
38 (17)
14 (3)​
7
1​
41.2%
33.3%​
 

BenitoSTARR

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Transfer ban for being over the limit:

Gagan 06 - 18th February 2024 - 18th March 2024 - 1st violation
I’m being very selfish here but what happens with the offending player? It was a deal between managers on first come first served basis but Gagan wasn’t able to be first legally?
 

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I would have had the player space today to have offered the same deal legally and went about being in that position to do so the correct way by selling Roualt
 

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I’m being very selfish here but what happens with the offending player? It was a deal between managers on first come first served basis but Gagan wasn’t able to be first legally?
I would have had the player space today to have offered the same deal legally and went about being in that position to do so the correct way by selling Roualt
It's bad luck. The punishment is the transfer ban in accordance with the rules in the OP.