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[Damien]

Congrats on the win tonight @Damien

I've been waiting for this game for years. Forgot how strong your squad is though - very formidable.

 

[Big-Red]

I've been waiting for this game for years. Forgot how strong your squad is though - very formidable.

oh piss off

 

[BenitoSTARR]

Cardiff City - Transfer News​

• Jack Harrison (23) - 84 rated wide player has arrived for cash and Pokorny. The talented Englishman has his debut season in the PL with Leeds and has impressed so far. For essentially chairman valuation of a player who is looking very comfortable at this level I see him as a no brainer gamble.​
• Ronaldo Viera (22) - 85 rated central midfielder chairman value cash purchase. A previous player at Cardiff I am hoping this season he will break into the Sampdoria starting XI and fulfil his potential.​
• Alfredo Morelos (24) - 87 rated centre forward previously of Milton Keynes Dons in exchange for cash and Timothy Weah. Close to a move abroad I am hoping he’ll get the chance to prove his quality in a higher capped league. Weah appears to have stalled and the introduction of David to Lille makes it impossible for both to succeed simultaneously.​
• Marcos Acuña (28) - 89 rated left back a bit older than I wanted to bring in but when the opportunity arose to sign such versatile player for cash I couldn’t resist. For £15.1m from Bournemouth the fact he’s moved to Sevilla in real life to replace Reguilón made him worth the cash. I’m sure at Sevilla he has the ability to get to 90 and with his versatility he covers lots of key areas.​
• Lucas Ocampos (26) - 91 rated RW that can play anywhere in attacking positions. After much negotiation with Bury a deal was struck for Lafont, Lukebakio and £20m securing Bury financially, giving them a goalkeeper to last 10+ years and a replacement winger in hot form. This signing now completes what was missing from the side another 91 rated individual at his peak years. I now have a great balance in forward areas for a “smaller” club
  ​

 

[Damien]

Congrats on the deals.

Manchester United - Transfer News​

• Alejandro Gomez (18) - 70 rated centre back has arrived for £479k. The Mexican has played one game so far on loan at Boavista and was responsible for at least two of the three goals conceded. Joins Matheus Nascimento, Vinicius Junior and Josep Martinez in the "players who are impossible to search for on twitter due to the commonality of their name" stakes.

 

[Damien]

The shit thing about being in such a decent run presently is that I get the result semi-ruined each match before I can watch it. Even when I was 2:0 down after 24 minutes, I knew that I must have at least drawn the game due to the message:

However, my game bugged out and one of the goals didn't show up (Eriksen scored at 54') so I nearly crapped myself.

Knew I'd drop points to Spurs though. Congrats on the title MG.

 

[Damien]

2:2 draw against the formidable Spurs. Standard conceding 100% shots on target.

Oblak (95)

Trent (93) Ramos (95) Van Dijk (96) Gaya (91)↓
Goretzka (92)↓ Kroos (95)
Mbappe (95) -- Brandt (91)↓ -- Sterling (94)
Griezmann (94)​

Subs: Boateng (91), Alaba (93)↑, Elvedi (90), Eriksen (93)↑, Zakaria (91), Sancho (92)↑, Vinicius Jr (89)
Injured: Kovacic (91)
Did not travel: Pulisic (91), Christensen (90)

Key:
= Goal
= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on

Next three games:
MD05: Aston Villa (A)
CCGAG3: Paris Saint-Germain (A)
MD06: Liverpool (H)

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Tottenham Hotspur Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Tottenham Hotspur Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Tottenham Hotspur Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Tottenham Hotspur SoT Conv.
24th September: Utd v Tottenham Hotspur​	63%​	37%​	16 (8)​	6 (2)​	2​	2​	25%​	100%​
Combined​	63%​	37%​	16 (8)​	6 (2)​	2​	2​	25%​	100%​

 

[infamous7]

should have played a full strength side and not a mixed strength side bro

 

[BenitoSTARR]

should have played a full strength side and not a mixed strength side bro

Pathetic weakened XI he’s got there

 

[Varun]

should have played a full strength side and not a mixed strength side bro

 

[Damien]

Race to 90 (III)

Name (Team): Player Name - Updated Rating (Start Rating)

1. 2mufc0 (Sunderland): Benoit Badiashile - 85 (73)
2. The Taurean (Nottingham Forest): Myron Boadu - 85 (76)
3. green_smiley (Southend Utd): Mohammed Ihattaren - 85 (70)
4. Litterbug (Blackburn): Victor Mollejo - 82 (70)
5. Big-Red (Spurs): Michael Obafemi - 80 (73)
6. Damien (Man Utd): Eddy Salcedo - 78 (73)
7. infamous7 (Fulham): Tiago Dantas - 78 (73)
8. RedSky (Hereford): Gianluca Gaetano - 78 (75)
9. Wino1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers): Jack Clarke - 77 (77)
10. christy87 (Chelsea): Luan Candido - 76 (70)
11. harshad (Bristol City): Angel Gomes - 75 (75)
12. dutza 90 (Middlesbrough): Ki-Jana Hoever - 73 (73)
13. BenitoSTARR (Cardiff): Erkan Eyibil - 70 (70)

 

[Damien]

Is the appetite there for a fourth one or is it still too early?

Here's the standard criteria:

• Player age: 18 or below
• Player rating: 78 or below
• Once your pick is made, you cannot change it
• Managers and players must remain with their original club to stay eligible for the race

If there is one, I'd be up for it.

 

[BenitoSTARR]

Is the appetite there for a fourth one or is it still too early?

Here's the standard criteria:

• Player age: 18 or below
• Player rating: 78 or below
• Once your pick is made, you cannot change it
• Managers and players must remain with their original club to stay eligible for the race

If there is one, I'd be up for it.

Yes and Joelson Fernandes

 

[RedSky]

Is the appetite there for a fourth one or is it still too early?

Here's the standard criteria:

• Player age: 18 or below
• Player rating: 78 or below
• Once your pick is made, you cannot change it
• Managers and players must remain with their original club to stay eligible for the race

If there is one, I'd be up for it.

Yeah, lets do it.

 

[The Taurean]

Sure.

 

[Damien]

Race to 90 (IV)

Name (Team): Player Name - Updated Rating (Start Rating)

1. L M (West Ham United): Bartosz Bialek - 78 (78)
2. LungiDevil (Leeds United): Nuno Mendes - 78 (78)
3. Sepukku (Southampton): Cristian Olivera - 78 (78)
4. CrackersJr (Newcastle United): Troy Parrott - 77 (77)
5. Gythio (Aston Villa): Florian Wirtz - 77 (77)
6. BenitoSTARR (Cardiff City): Joelson Fernandes - 76 (76)
7. Dans (Bournemouth): Luke Matheson - 76 (76)
8. dutza90 (Middlesbrough): Taylor Harwood-Bellis 76 (76)
9. P-Nut (Ipswich Town): Crysencio Summerville - 76 (76)
10. RedSky (Hereford): Noni Madueke - 76 (76)
11. spontaneus1 (Barnsley): Harvey Elliott - 76 (76)
12. The Taurean (Nottingham Forest): Eduardo Quaresma - 76 (76)
13. Wino1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers): Gabriel Veron - 76 (76)
14. 2mufc0 (Sunderland): Amad Traore - 73 (73)
15. Akash (Kidderminster Harriers): Lazar Samardzic - 73 (73)
16. Big-Red (Tottenham Hotspur): Mustafa Kapi - 73 (73)
17. infamous (Fulham): Jamal Musiala - 73 (73)
18. LitterBug (Blackburn Rovers): Becir Omeragic - 73 (73)
19. Ravelation (Darlington): Luis Henrique - 73 (73)
20. Springfield WildCats (Milton Keynes Dons): Naci Unuvar - 73 (73)
21. The Stain (Leyton Orient): Josko Gvardiol - 73 (73)
22. Varun (Arsenal): Adil Aouchiche - 73 (73)
23. Damien (Manchester United): Luka Sucic - 70 (70)
24. Dom Gill (Gillingham): Malachi Fagan-Walcott - 70 (70)
25. christy87 (Chelsea): Luka "Mexican Messi" Romero - 68 (68)

Criteria

• Player age: 18 or below
• Player rating: 78 or below
• Once your pick is made, you cannot change it
• Managers and players must remain with their original club to stay eligible for the race
• Deadline: Sunday 4th October 16:12 BST

Post nominations below.

 

[The Taurean]

Rto90 IV
Eduardo Quaresma

 

[Gythio]

feck i missed the third one it seems like

My pick for the IV edition is Florian Wirtz! He’s the truth

 

[The Taurean]

feck i missed the third one it seems like

My pick for the IV edition is Florian Wirtz! He’s the truth

Didnt you just look to transfer him out for other youth players?

 

[christy87]

Race to 90 (IV)

Name (Team): Player Name - Updated Rating (Start Rating)

1. BenitoSTARR (Cardiff City): Joelson Fernandes - 76 (76)
2. The Taurean (Nottingham Forest): Eduardo Quaresma - 76 (76)
3. Damien (Manchester United): Luka Sucic - 70 (70)

Criteria

• Player age: 18 or below
• Player rating: 78 or below
• Once your pick is made, you cannot change it
• Managers and players must remain with their original club to stay eligible for the race
• Deadline: Sunday 4th October 16:12 BST

Post nominations below.

Luka "Mexican Messi" Romero, inevitably this will be the kiss of death to his future career

 

[Gythio]

Didnt you just look to transfer him out for other youth players?

No was thinking about swapping Fiete Arp for someone else. Not because i don’t believe in him, but just tired of his slow progress, have had him for 3 years now

 

[Gythio]

Dias to City it seems like! Good move for him, should be an automatic starter there

 

[Damien]

Dias to City it seems like! Good move for him, should be an automatic starter there

My luck is horrific. Dias had been linked to City and Spurs, but had gone cold for months before our deal. Then City's deal for Koulibaly fails, they fail with a bid for Kounde and here we are. Congrats.

 

[Gythio]

My luck is horrific. Dias had been linked to City and Spurs, but had gone cold for months before our deal. Then City's deal for Koulibaly fails, they fail with a bid for Kounde and here we are. Congrats.

Yeah it's nice he's getting the move, but you probably still got the better end of the deal. VVD is best in the world, and Pogba is playing at championship-level right now

 

[LungiDevil]

The only guy who has a chance in my team: Nuno Mendes (my pick)

 

[Damien]

Yeah it's nice he's getting the move, but you probably still got the better end of the deal. VVD is best in the world, and Pogba is playing at championship-level right now

Yeah, I know objectively the deal was the right thing to do but the timing still stings.

Thanks @LungiDevil

 

[spontaneus1]

Harvey Elliot @Damien

 

[RedSky]

My options are:
Herculano Nabian (16/65)
Mohamed Ali Cho (16/70)
Bright Arrey-Mbi (17/70)
Malik Tillman (18/73)
Nathanaël Mbuku (18/77)
Marques Lazaro (18/73)
Noni Madueke (18/76)

Madueke is probably the obvious one as he's getting decent game time at PSV. I'll go with him.

 

[Damien]

2:1 victory away to Villa. Obviously both Van Dijk and Pogba were on the scoresheet. Good thing Dias wasn't involved.

Oblak (95)

Christensen (90)↓ Van Dijk (96) Boateng (91) Alaba (93)
Zakaria (91)↓ Eriksen (93)
Pulisic (91)↓ -- Sancho (92) -- Mbappe (95)
Griezmann (94)​

Subs: Trent (93)↑, Gaya (91), Ramos (95), Elvedi (90), Kroos (95), Goretzka (92)↑, Brandt (91)↑
Did not travel: Sterling (94), Kovacic (91), Vinicius Jr (89)

Key:
= Goal
= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on

Next three games:
CCGAG3: Paris Saint-Germain (A)
MD06: Liverpool (H)
MD07: Middlesbrough (A)

Manchester United v Aston Villa fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Aston Villa Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Aston Villa Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Aston Villa Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Aston Villa SoT Conv.
27th September: Aston Villa v Utd​	56%​	44%​	12 (5)​	7 (6)​	2​	1​	40%​	16.7%​
Combined​	56%​	44%​	12 (5)​	7 (6)​	2​	1​	40%​	16.7%​

 

[Damien]

5:0 victory away to PSG.

Oblak (95)

Trent (93) Van Dijk (96) Boateng (91) Alaba (93)
Zakaria (91)↓ Kovacic (91)↓
Vinicius Jr (89)↓ -- Griezmann (94) -- Sterling (94)
Mbappe (95)​

Subs: Christensen (90), Gaya (91)↑, Ramos (95), Elvedi (90), Kroos (95), Sancho (92)↑, Brandt (91)↑
Did not travel: Eriksen (93), Goretzka (92), Pulisic (91)

Key:
= Goal
= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on

Next three games:
MD06: Liverpool (H)
MD07: Middlesbrough (A)
CCGAG4: AC Milan (A)

Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	PSG Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	PSG Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	PSG Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	PSG SoT Conv.
29th September: PSG v Utd​	74%​	26%​	24 (13)​	5 (0)​	5​	0​	38.5%​	0%​
Combined​	74%​	26%​	24 (13)​	5 (0)​	5​	0​	38.5%​	0%​

 

[Big-Red]

Beat Portsmouth in the shield with my reserves.

AI keeper had a 10 rating and I won on penalties....

Team	Portsmouth	Spurs
Possession	30%	70%
Shots	4	23
Shots o/t	3	12

This feckin game man.

 

[Damien]

Beat Portsmouth in the shield with my reserves.

AI keeper had a 10 rating and I won on penalties....

Team	Portsmouth	Spurs
Possession	30%	70%
Shots	4	23
Shots o/t	3	12

This feckin game man.

Been there. Hate it when that happens

 

[BenitoSTARR]

Alex Iwobi is off to external beat the offer and he’s yours

 

[Damien]

 

[Damien]

FFP Status (1 October 2020)

Div 1

1. Tottenham Hotspur - 39/42
2. Manchester United - 45/45
3. Arsenal - 48/48
4. Liverpool - 50/50
5. Newcastle United - 50/50
6. Sunderland - 50/51
7. AFC Bournemouth - 51/52
8. Aston Villa - 49/52
9. Darlington 1883 - 52/52
10. Everton - 51/52
11. Fulham - 51/52
12. Middlesbrough - 50/52
13. Milton Keynes Dons - 50/52
14. Norwich City - 46/52
15. Nottingham Forest - 51/52
16. Southend United - 52/52
17. Cardiff City - 52/53
18. Ipswich Town - 51/53
19. Bristol City - 52/54
20. Hereford - 54/55

Div 2

1. West Ham - 50/50
2. Manchester City - 47/51
3. Barnsley - 51/54
4. Blackburn Rovers - 50/54
5. Chelsea - 50/54
6. Southampton - 50/54
7. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 53/54
8. Leeds United - 47/55
9. Charlton - 35/58
10. Preston North End - 38/58
11. Bury - 39/59

Div 3

1. Kidderminster - 58/62
2. Gillingham - 52/63
3. Leyton Orient - 61/63

Thanks to @green_smiley for access to the spreadsheet for calculating team FFP.

October 2020 Youth Table

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Position	Team	Points	# of Players
1​	Southend United​	74.8​	22​
2​	Manchester United​	41.9​	11​
3​	Leyton Orient​	33.5​	19​
4​	Nottingham Forest​	31.5​	10​
5​	Sunderland​	30​	12​
6​	Fulham​	29.2​	13​
7​	Newcastle United​	28.1​	11​
8​	Hereford​	27.7​	13​
9​	Barnsley​	26.7​	11​
10​	Wolverhampton Wanderers​	25​	11​
11​	Manchester City​	24.1​	8​
12​	Blackburn Rovers​	19.2​	12​
13​	Chelsea​	18.8​	9​
14​	Bury​	17.8​	7​
15​	Arsenal​	17.1​	7​
16​	Norwich City​	15.9​	6​
17​	Middlesbrough​	15.2​	8​
18​	Aston Villa​	15.1​	7​
19​	West Ham United​	15​	9​
=​	Kidderminster Harriers​	15​	8​
=​	Liverpool​	15​	9​
22​	Everton​	11.9​	8​
23​	Bristol City​	10.9​	5​
24​	Southampton​	9.8​	4​
25​	Bournemouth​	9.3​	6​
26​	Cardiff City​	9.2​	4​
27​	Tottenham Hotspur​	7.8​	2​
28​	Milton Keynes Dons​	7.6​	4​
29​	Charlton Athletic​	4.8​	2​
30​	Leeds United​	4.2​	3​
31​	Ipswich Town​	3.4​	2​
32​	Darlington​	2.3​	2​
33​	Gillingham​	1.8​	1​
34​	Preston North End​	0​	0​

Formula
Age: 21yrs = 0pts; 20yrs = 0.3pts; 19yrs = 0.6pts ...
Rating: 82 = 1pts; 83 = 1.5pts; 84 = 2pts ...

And add them up

Players turning 22 in October

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Team	Player	Rating	Birthday	Points
Bury​	Mykola Shaparenko​	83​	4th​	1.5​
Sunderland​	Exequiel Palacios​	87​	5th​	3.5​
Manchester United​	Trent Alexander-Arnold​	93​	7th​	6.5​
Leyton Orient​	Patson Daka​	85​	9th​	2.5​
Kidderminster Harriers​	Victor Nelsson​	83​	14th​	1.5​
Blackburn Rovers​	Ianis Hagi​	83​	22nd​	1.5​
Leyton Orient​	Josh Dasilva​	83​	23rd​	1.5​
Bournemouth​	Peru Nolaskoain​	82​	25th​	1​
Southend United​	Dayot Upamecano​	90​	27th​	5​

Youngest managed players rated 82+

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Rank	Team	Player	DOB	Age	Rating	Points
1​	Manchester United​	Jude Bellingham​	29 Jun 2003​	17​	82​	2.2​
2​	Newcastle United​	Pedri Gonzalez​	25 Nov 2002​	17​	82​	2.2​
3​	Nottingham Forest​	Eduardo Camavinga​	10 Nov 2002​	17​	86​	4.2​
4​	Nottingham Forest​	Ansu Fati​	31 Oct 2002​	17​	86​	4.2​
5​	Southend United​	Adam Hlozek​	25 Jul 2002​	18​	82​	1.9​
6​	Middlesbrough​	Jeremy Doku​	27 May 2002​	18​	82​	1.9​
7​	Southend United​	Ryan Gravenberch​	16 May 2002​	18​	82​	1.9​
8​	Southend United​	Mohammed Ihattaren​	12 Feb 2002​	18​	85​	3.4​
9​	Sunderland​	Carvalho Reinier​	19 Jan 2002​	18​	82​	1.9​
10​	Newcastle United​	Ander Barrenetxea​	27 Dec 2001​	18​	82​	1.9​

Top 10 youth players by points

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Rank	Team	Player	Age	Rating	Points
1​	Manchester United​	Kylian Mbappe​	21​	95​	7.5​
2​	Manchester United​	Trent Alexander-Arnold​	21​	93​	6.5​
3​	Manchester United​	Jadon Sancho​	20​	92​	6.3​
4​	Southend United​	Matthijs de Ligt​	21​	92​	6​
5​	Southend United​	Alphonso Davies​	19​	90​	5.6​
6​	Norwich City​	Achraf Hakimi​	21​	91​	5.5​
=​	Southend United​	Gianluigi Donnarumma​	21​	91​	5.5​
=​	Southend United​	Kai Havertz​	21​	91​	5.5​
9​	Hereford​	Erling Braut Haland​	20​	90​	5.3​
=​	Tottenham Hotspur​	Joao Felix​	20​	90​	5.3​

A full breakdown of the youth table can be viewed HERE.

Trent turns 22 this month, Mbappe turns 22 in December. Goodbye second place.

 

[Gythio]

Spoiler: Ready to unleash

 

[Damien]

4:0 victory at home to Liverpool. Ramos got sent off though so I'm definitely going to lose to Middlesbrough next.

Oblak (95)

Trent (93) Van Dijk (96) Ramos (95) Elvedi (90)↓
Goretzka (92)↓ Kroos (95)
Mbappe (95) -- Kovacic (91)↓ -- Sterling (94)
Griezmann (94)​

Subs: Alaba (93)↑, Gaya (91), Boateng (91), Zakaria (91), Eriksen (93)↑, Brandt (91)↑, Sancho (92)
Did not travel: Pulisic (91), Christensen (90), Vinicius Jr (89)

Key:
= Goal
= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on

Next three games:
MD07: Middlesbrough (A)
CCGAG4: AC Milan (A)
LSR1: Everton (H) (they'll win)

Manchester United v Liverpool fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Liverpool Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Liverpool Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Liverpool Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Liverpool SoT Conv.
1st October: Utd v Liverpool​	69%​	31%​	20 (10)​	4 (3)​	4​	0​	40%​	0%​
Combined​	69%​	31%​	20 (10)​	4 (3)​	4​	0​	40%​	0%​

 

[christy87]

Chelsea transfer summer 2020

Gabriel magalhaes	Lille	Arsenal
Oscar Rodriguez	Real Madrid (levante)	Sevilla
Lucas Paqueta	AC Milan	Lyon
Ferran Torres	Valencia	Man City
Deyovaisio Zeefuik	Groningen	Hertha Berlin

Dani Ceballos	Real Madrid (Arsenal)	Arsenal (loan)
Luca Waldschmidt	SC Freiburg	Benfica
Ismael Gutierrez	Réal Betis (Alaves)	Atletico Madrid (Alaves)??

Last one was today and is a bit strange Madrid paid a million for 50% of his rights

Rumours
Bafode diakate to replace saint Étienne
Unai Nunez linked but doubtful will probably run down his contract or sign a new one

 

[Damien]

^ Not bad.

United transfers summer 2020

Player	Club From	Club To	Date
Jude Bellingham (17/82)	Birmingham	Borussia Dortmund	20th July
Axel Disasi (22/85)	Reims	Monaco	7th August
Malang Sarr (21/87)	Free Agent	Chelsea	27th August
Alejandro Gomez (18/70)	Atlas	Boavista (loan)	27th August
Eddie Salcedo (19/78)	Inter Milan	Hellas Verona (loan)	25th September
Ridle Baku (22/85)	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg	1st October
Sergino Dest (19/85)	Ajax	Barcelona	1st October

Rumours
Diogo Leite from Porto to Valencia (doubt it'll happen, been going on all summer)
Malang Sarr to Sampdoria on loan

 

[Damien]

Oh, and just found out Ferhat Cogalan has got a cruciate ligament injury. Great.

 

[christy87]

Oh, and just found out Ferhat Cogalan has got a cruciate ligament injury. Great.

Pretty bad, I found out faitout done his ankle and is out till late December just as he was in fine form