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I disagree. I think he'll do so well that it is pointless for Conor to have Reyna and Pedri.
I think Pedri and Reyna will never make it either. Pedri is just a BTEC Pedro and Reyna smells.

Again both should just move to Cardiff.
 
I disagree. I think he'll do so well that it is pointless for Conor to have Reyna and Pedri.
Be willing to risk it to continue my march of trying to have a home grown team.

Dembele

Pedri. Reyna. Odegaard

Puiq. Guendouzi

Nuno Tavares. Rice. Bednarek. Tomiyasu

Kelleher
Honorable mentions: Ander Barrenetxea, Aaron Connolly, Tomas Tavares, Sinaly Diomonde, Andy Pelmard, Albert Sambi-Lokonga and Modibo Sagnan.

Am counting Bednarek as home grown but thats a bit dubious....
 
I think martial won't make it either, will end up at a team like West ham or something, he's like a faster but slower version of berbatov without the goals.
Can't disagree with that really :lol: Looking shite at the moment
 
There is now a Soccer Manager text channel on the official caf Discord if anyone wants to discuss stuff on there. As you can see, there's engaging chat

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Server link: PM Damien for link
 
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Gillingham Prem review.

I have a lot of youth and doubt all this will happen.

Pope was called before predictions.

Nick Pope (28/88) +1 to 89
Zak Steffen (25/85) +2 to 87
Rob Holding (25/86) +2 to 88 (+1 to 87)
Wilfried Zaha (28/90) no change (no change)
Demerai Gray (24/87) no change (no change)
Rhys Williams (19/73) +5 to 78 (+7 to 80)
Max Taylor (21/70) +2 to 72
Malachi Fagan-Walcott (18/70) no change (no change)
Jake Vokins (20/70) +3 to 73 (+3 to 73)
Owen Otasowie (20/70) no change (+3 to 73)
Leighton Clarkson (19/62) +7 to 72 (no change)
Cody Drameh (19/67) +3 to 70 (no change)
Will Smallbone (20/76) +2 to 78 (+2 to 78)
Thomas Hill (18/65) +5 to 70 (no change)
Jake Cain (19/65) +5 to 70 (no change)
Keyendrah Simmonds (19/67) +3 to 70 (no change)
Folarin Balogun (19/70) no change (+3 to 70)
 
Visualisations

Cumulative Division 1 points

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  • Arsenal overtake City into third thanks to City's relegation.
  • Forest has overtaken Villa into sixth. Both are certain to overtake Newcastle next season after their relegation.
  • Darlington have overtaken Spurs into the top 10.
  • Twelve teams have passed the 1000 point mark. Spurs is 11th on 1053 and Sunderland is 12th on 1046.
  • 45 teams have contended in Division 1 since its inception, with Cardiff City being the latest.
  • Manchester United have been top on cumulative points since Season 6.
Cumulative Division 1 goals

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  • Arsenal become the third team to pass the 1500 goal mark.
  • Eleven teams have passed the 1000 goal mark with Sunderland being the 11th passing 1000 goals this season.
  • Forest has overtaken Newcastle into fifth, Aston Villa has overtaken Chelsea into seventh and Darlington has overtaken Spurs into ninth.
  • Manchester United have been top on cumulative goals since Season 1, though Everton aim to overtake this next season.
Cumulative Division 1 Top 4 finishes

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  • Everton had the longest streak of cumulative Top 4 finishes with 9 from Season 12 to Season 20 inclusive.
  • 18 teams have finished in the Top 4, with Cardiff City being the latest in Season 21.
  • Manchester United have been top/joint top on Top 4 finishes since Season 1.
Cumulative major honours

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  • 27 teams have won at least one major honour. Middlesbrough being the latest side to do so this season.
  • Manchester United have been top/joint top on major honours won since Season 8.
 
Race to 90 (III)

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

  1. 2mufc0 (Sunderland): Benoit Badiashile - 87 (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. Damien (Man Utd): Eddy Salcedo - 80 (73)
  6. harshad (Bristol City): Angel Gomes - 78 (75)
  7. infamous7 (Fulham): Tiago Dantas - 78 (73)
  8. christy87 (Chelsea): Luan Candido - 78 (70)
  9. Wino1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers): Jack Clarke - 77 (77)
  10. dutza 90 (Middlesbrough): Ki-Jana Hoever - 76 (73)
  11. BenitoSTARR (Cardiff): Erkan Eyibil - 73 (70)

@Big-Red and @RedSky sold their players, so they're off the list.
 
Race to 90 (III)

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

  1. 2mufc0 (Sunderland): Benoit Badiashile - 87 (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. Damien (Man Utd): Eddy Salcedo - 80 (73)
  6. harshad (Bristol City): Angel Gomes - 78 (75)
  7. infamous7 (Fulham): Tiago Dantas - 78 (73)
  8. christy87 (Chelsea): Luan Candido - 78 (70)
  9. Wino1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers): Jack Clarke - 77 (77)
  10. dutza 90 (Middlesbrough): Ki-Jana Hoever - 76 (73)
  11. BenitoSTARR (Cardiff): Erkan Eyibil - 73 (70)

@Big-Red and @RedSky sold their players, so they're off the list.

Who was my player? Gaetano?
 
Visualisations

Cumulative Division 1 points

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  • Arsenal overtake City into third thanks to City's relegation.
  • Forest has overtaken Villa into sixth. Both are certain to overtake Newcastle next season after their relegation.
  • Darlington have overtaken Spurs into the top 10.
  • Twelve teams have passed the 1000 point mark. Spurs is 11th on 1053 and Sunderland is 12th on 1046.
  • 45 teams have contended in Division 1 since its inception, with Cardiff City being the latest.
  • Manchester United have been top on cumulative points since Season 6.
Cumulative Division 1 goals

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  • Arsenal become the third team to pass the 1500 goal mark.
  • Eleven teams have passed the 1000 goal mark with Sunderland being the 11th passing 1000 goals this season.
  • Forest has overtaken Newcastle into fifth, Aston Villa has overtaken Chelsea into seventh and Darlington has overtaken Spurs into ninth.
  • Manchester United have been top on cumulative goals since Season 1, though Everton aim to overtake this next season.
Cumulative Division 1 Top 4 finishes

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  • Everton had the longest streak of cumulative Top 4 finishes with 9 from Season 12 to Season 20 inclusive.
  • 18 teams have finished in the Top 4, with Cardiff City being the latest in Season 21.
  • Manchester United have been top/joint top on Top 4 finishes since Season 1.
Cumulative major honours

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  • 27 teams have won at least one major honour. Middlesbrough being the latest side to do so this season.
  • Manchester United have been top/joint top on major honours won since Season 8.
This is a great timeline visual tbf
 
Race to 90 (IV)

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

  1. Gythio (Aston Villa): Florian Wirtz - 85 (77)
  2. LungiDevil (Leeds United): Nuno Mendes - 82 (78)
  3. Wino1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers): Gabriel Veron - 82 (76)
  4. spontaneus1 (Barnsley): Harvey Elliott - 82 (76)
  5. infamous (Fulham): Jamal Musiala - 82 (73)
  6. The Stain (Leyton Orient): Josko Gvardiol - 82 (73)
  7. Varun (Arsenal): Adil Aouchiche - 82 (73)
  8. RedSky (Hereford): Noni Madueke - 80 (76)
  9. LitterBug (Blackburn Rovers): Becir Omeragic - 79 (73)
  10. L M (West Ham United): Bartosz Bialek - 78 (78)
  11. Sepukku (Southampton): Cristian Olivera - 78 (78)
  12. CrackersJr (Newcastle United): Troy Parrott - 78 (77)
  13. Ravelation (Darlington): Luis Henrique - 77 (73)
  14. BenitoSTARR (Cardiff City): Joelson Fernandes - 76 (76)
  15. Dans (Bournemouth): Luke Matheson - 76 (76)
  16. dutza90 (Middlesbrough): Taylor Harwood-Bellis 76 (76)
  17. P-Nut (Ipswich Town): Crysencio Summerville - 76 (76)
  18. The Taurean (Nottingham Forest): Eduardo Quaresma - 76 (76)
  19. Akash (Kidderminster Harriers): Lazar Samardzic - 76 (73)
  20. Damien (Manchester United): Luka Sucic - 75 (70)
  21. 2mufc0 (Sunderland): Amad Traore - 73 (73)
  22. Big-Red (Tottenham Hotspur): Mustafa Kapi - 73 (73)
  23. Springfield WildCats (Milton Keynes Dons): Naci Unuvar - 73 (73)
  24. christy87 (Chelsea): Luka "Mexican Messi" Romero - 68 (68)

@Dom Gill sold his player already, so he's off the list.

Since Szos has been sold to Leipzig, Sucic has been playing a fair bit more. But I'll be stunned if anyone beats Wirtz to 90.
 
Not sure where I start picking my U21 team:

Nordi Mukiele (21/87)

Matias Vargas (21/87)
Kelvin Amian (21/86)
Guus Til (21/85)
Alban Lafont (20/87)
Nicolás Domínguez (20/86)
Kevin Danso (20/84)
Tomás Chancalay (20/83)
Andriy Lunin (20/83)
Victor Nelsson (20/80)
Diego Palacios (19/82)
Andreas Skov Olsen (19/82)
Paulinho (19/82)
Vladimir Screciu (19/80)
Jean Clair Todibo (19/80)
Moussa Sylla (19/80)
Stanley N'Soki (19/80)
Facundo Medina (19/78)
Oumar Solet (19/78)
Álex Collado (19/77)
Amine Gouiri (19/76)
Jan Carlos Hurtado (19/76)
Diego Pampin (19/76)
Sebastian Walukiewicz (19/76)
Maxence Lacroix (19/68)
Pietro Pellegri (18/80)
Erling Braut Haland (18/80)

Julián Carranza (18/80)
Jayden Bogle (18/78)
Mikkel Damsgaard (18/77)
William Bianda (18/76)
Sofiane Diop (18/76)
Valentín Burgoa (18/76)
Pedro De La Vega (18/76)
Gianluca Gaetano (18/75)
Jonathan Panzo (18/73)
Eric García (18/73)

Nicolò Fagioli (18/73)
Vincenzo Millico (18/73)
Lewis Gibson (18/70)
Sergio Camello (18/70)
Gastón Verón (17/76)

This was back when I picked Gaetano. 30 of these players have been sold since. :lol:
 
Race to 90 (IV)

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

  1. Gythio (Aston Villa): Florian Wirtz - 85 (77)
  2. LungiDevil (Leeds United): Nuno Mendes - 82 (78)
  3. Wino1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers): Gabriel Veron - 82 (76)
  4. spontaneus1 (Barnsley): Harvey Elliott - 82 (76)
  5. infamous (Fulham): Jamal Musiala - 82 (73)
  6. The Stain (Leyton Orient): Josko Gvardiol - 82 (73)
  7. Varun (Arsenal): Adil Aouchiche - 82 (73)
  8. RedSky (Hereford): Noni Madueke - 80 (76)
  9. LitterBug (Blackburn Rovers): Becir Omeragic - 79 (73)
  10. L M (West Ham United): Bartosz Bialek - 78 (78)
  11. Sepukku (Southampton): Cristian Olivera - 78 (78)
  12. CrackersJr (Newcastle United): Troy Parrott - 78 (77)
  13. Ravelation (Darlington): Luis Henrique - 77 (73)
  14. BenitoSTARR (Cardiff City): Joelson Fernandes - 76 (76)
  15. Dans (Bournemouth): Luke Matheson - 76 (76)
  16. dutza90 (Middlesbrough): Taylor Harwood-Bellis 76 (76)
  17. P-Nut (Ipswich Town): Crysencio Summerville - 76 (76)
  18. The Taurean (Nottingham Forest): Eduardo Quaresma - 76 (76)
  19. Akash (Kidderminster Harriers): Lazar Samardzic - 76 (73)
  20. Damien (Manchester United): Luka Sucic - 75 (70)
  21. 2mufc0 (Sunderland): Amad Traore - 73 (73)
  22. Big-Red (Tottenham Hotspur): Mustafa Kapi - 73 (73)
  23. Springfield WildCats (Milton Keynes Dons): Naci Unuvar - 73 (73)
  24. christy87 (Chelsea): Luka "Mexican Messi" Romero - 68 (68)

@Dom Gill sold his player already, so he's off the list.

Since Szos has been sold to Leipzig, Sucic has been playing a fair bit more. But I'll be stunned if anyone beats Wirtz to 90.

Yeah, was never going to win based on timings. My youth is so much stronger now, and I have a better view at who could actually make it.
 
FFP and Youth Table February 2021
FFP Status (1 February 2021)

Div 1

  1. Tottenham Hotspur - 37/42
  2. Manchester United - 44/45
  3. Arsenal - 47/48
  4. Liverpool - 50/50
  5. Sunderland - 49/51
  6. AFC Bournemouth - 52/52
  7. Aston Villa - 47/52
  8. Barnsley - 50/52
  9. Chelsea - 52/52
  10. Darlington 1883 - 51/52
  11. Everton - 51/52
  12. Fulham - 52/52
  13. Middlesbrough - 50/52
  14. Nottingham Forest - 50/52
  15. Southend United - 51/52
  16. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 52/52
  17. Cardiff City - 50/53
  18. Ipswich Town - 48/53
  19. Bristol City - 53/54
  20. Hereford - 54/55
Div 2
  1. West Ham - 49/50
  2. Manchester City - 43/51
  3. Newcastle United - 49/52
  4. Blackburn Rovers - 49/54
  5. Milton Keynes Dons - 49/54
  6. Norwich City - 46/54
  7. Southampton - 50/54
  8. Leeds United - 48/55
  9. Derby County - 40/56
  10. Leicester City - 37/56
  11. Charlton - 48/58
  12. Preston North End - 28/58
  13. Bury - 39/59
  14. Kidderminster - 57/60
  15. Gillingham - 57/61
  16. Leyton Orient - 58/61

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

February 2021 Youth Table

PositionTeamPoints# of Players
1​
Southend United​
72.7​
21​
2​
Nottingham Forest​
39.3​
15​
3​
Hereford​
35.3​
16​
4​
Wolverhampton Wanderers​
35​
13​
5​
Fulham​
33.3​
15​
6​
Sunderland​
31.2​
12​
7​
Barnsley​
28.9​
14​
8​
Newcastle United​
26.6​
12​
9​
Middlesbrough​
25.7​
11​
10​
Manchester United​
25.6​
7​
11​
Leyton Orient​
25​
14​
12​
Arsenal​
23​
10​
13​
Manchester City​
19.6​
7​
14​
Aston Villa​
19.4​
7​
15​
Everton​
18.6​
9​
=​
Chelsea​
18.6​
8​
17​
Blackburn Rovers​
16.9​
9​
18​
Liverpool​
16.3​
9​
19​
West Ham United​
15.6​
9​
20​
Kidderminster Harriers​
14.4​
8​
21​
Cardiff City​
13.5​
5​
22​
Bristol City​
13.3​
6​
23​
Bury​
13​
6​
24​
Norwich City​
11.1​
5​
=​
Milton Keynes Dons​
11.1​
6​
26​
Bournemouth​
9.5​
7​
27​
Tottenham Hotspur​
8.9​
3​
28​
Darlington​
8.5​
6​
29​
Southampton​
6.5​
3​
30​
Charlton Athletic​
5.8​
2​
31​
Leeds United​
5.3​
3​
32​
Ipswich Town​
3.1​
2​
33​
Gillingham​
2.8​
1​
34​
Derby County​
0​
0​
=​
Leicester City​
0​
0​
=​
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 February

TeamPlayerRatingBirthdayPoints
Leyton Orient​
Edmond Tapsoba​
89​
2​
4.5​
Wolverhampton Wanderers​
Martin Zubimendi​
85​
2​
2.5​
Bournemouth​
Fran Beltran​
87​
3​
3.5​
Hereford​
Andriy Lunin​
83​
11​
1.5​
Blackburn Rovers​
Tyler Adams​
87​
14​
3.5​
Southampton​
Ignatius Ganago​
85​
16​
2.5​
Liverpool​
Alex Pozo​
85​
22​
2.5​
Bury​
Roman Evgenyev​
82​
23​
1​
Southampton​
Krepin Diatta​
86​
25​
3​
Southend United​
Gianluigi Donnarumma​
92​
25​
6​
Southend United​
Matvey Safonov​
85​
25​
2.5​
West Ham United​
Adolfo Gaich​
83​
26​
1.5​
Milton Keynes Dons​
Boubakary Soumare​
87​
27​
3.5​

Youngest managed players rated 82+

RankTeamPlayerDOBAgeRatingPoints
1​
Manchester City​
Rayan Cherki​
17 Aug 2003​
17​
82​
2.2​
2​
Manchester United​
Jude Bellingham​
29 Jun 2003​
17​
86​
4.2​
3​
Aston Villa​
Florian Wirtz​
3 May 2003​
17​
85​
3.7​
4​
Barnsley​
Harvey Elliott​
4 Apr 2003​
17​
82​
2.2​
5​
Fulham​
Jamal Musiala​
26 Feb 2003​
17​
82​
2.2​
6​
Tottenham Hotspur​
Yunus Musah​
29 Nov 2002​
18​
83​
2.4​
7​
Newcastle United​
Pedri Gonzalez​
25 Nov 2002​
18​
87​
4.4​
8​
Southend United​
Matias Arezo​
21 Nov 2002​
18​
82​
1.9​
9​
Newcastle United​
Giovanni Reyna​
13 Nov 2002​
18​
86​
3.9​
10​
Nottingham Forest​
Eduardo Camavinga​
10 Nov 2002​
18​
88​
4.9​

Top 10 youth players by points

RankTeamPlayerAgeRatingPoints
1​
Manchester United​
Jadon Sancho​
20​
92​
6.3​
=​
Hereford​
Erling Braut Haland​
20​
92​
6.3​
3​
Southend United​
Gianluigi Donnarumma​
21​
92​
6​
=​
Southend United​
Matthijs de Ligt​
21​
92​
6​
5​
Southend United​
Alphonso Davies​
20​
91​
5.8​
6​
Southend United​
Kai Havertz​
21​
91​
5.5​
=​
Tottenham Hotspur​
Joao Felix​
21​
91​
5.5​
8​
Chelsea​
Ferran Torres​
20​
90​
5.3​
9​
Southend United​
Alessandro Bastoni​
21​
90​
5​
10​
Nottingham Forest​
Ansu Fati​
18​
88​
4.9​
=​
Nottingham Forest​
Eduardo Camavinga​
18​
88​
4.9​

A full breakdown of the youth table can be viewed HERE.
 
Manchester United Season 23 agreed loans

Cengiz Under (23/89) => Ipswich Town
Vinicius Junior (20/89) => Newcastle United

Available for loan to anyone interested

Ibrahima Konate (21/88)
Sander Berge (22/87)
Sergino Dest (20/87)
Ridle Baku (22/87)
 
The following clubs have stadium capacity increased

Div 1
Southend United: 42999 -> 43586
Middlesbrough: 42449 -> 43391
Cardiff City: 39617 -> 42237
Ipswich Town: 36492 -> 41284
Bristol City: 33130 -> 37804
Hereford: 30788 -> 35008
 
New FFP (S23)

Div 1

  1. Tottenham Hotspur - 42
  2. Manchester United - 45
  3. Arsenal - 48
  4. Liverpool - 50
  5. Sunderland - 51
  6. Aston Villa - 52
  7. Barnsley - 52
  8. Bournemouth - 52
  9. Cardiff City - 52
  10. Chelsea - 52
  11. Darlington - 52
  12. Everton - 52
  13. Fulham - 52
  14. Ipswich Town - 52
  15. Middlesbrough - 52
  16. Nottingham Forest - 52
  17. Southend United - 52
  18. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 52
  19. Bristol City - 53
  20. Hereford - 54
Div 2
  1. West Ham United - 50
  2. Manchester City - 51
  3. Newcastle United - 52
  4. Blackburn Rovers - 54
  5. Milton Keynes Dons - 54
  6. Norwich City - 54
  7. Southampton - 54
  8. Leeds United - 55
  9. Derby County - 56
  10. Leicester City - 56
  11. Charlton Athletic - 58
  12. Preston North End - 58
  13. Bury - 59
  14. Kidderminster Harriers - 60
  15. Gillingham - 61
  16. Leyton Orient - 61
 
New FFP Status (2 Feb 2021)

Div 1

  1. Tottenham Hotspur - 37/42
  2. Manchester United - 45/45
  3. Arsenal - 47/48
  4. Liverpool - 50/50
  5. Sunderland - 49/51
  6. Aston Villa - 48/52
  7. Barnsley - 50/52
  8. Bournemouth - 52/52
  9. Cardiff City - 50/52
  10. Chelsea - 52/52
  11. Darlington - 51/52
  12. Everton - 51/52
  13. Fulham - 52/52
  14. Ipswich Town - 47/52
  15. Middlesbrough - 49/52
  16. Nottingham Forest - 50/52
  17. Southend United - 51/52
  18. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 53/52
  19. Bristol City - 53/53
  20. Hereford - 54/54
Div 2
  1. West Ham United - 49/50
  2. Manchester City - 43/51
  3. Newcastle United - 50/52
  4. Blackburn Rovers - 49/54
  5. Milton Keynes Dons - 49/54
  6. Norwich City - 46/54
  7. Southampton - 50/54
  8. Leeds United - 49/55
  9. Derby County - 40/56
  10. Leicester City - 37/56
  11. Charlton Athletic - 48/58
  12. Preston North End - 27/58
  13. Bury - 39/59
  14. Kidderminster Harriers - 57/60
  15. Gillingham - 56/61
  16. Leyton Orient - 59/61
DISCLAIMER: With FFPs changing due to division changes etc, teams have until the end of the month to be FFP compliant with no restrictions. If anyone who is currently under/at FFP takes the piss by bidding on multiple players that would take them over FFP, they will be sanctioned
 
Loan Cap (S14 and onwards)
  1. Applies to unmanaged clubs only
  2. Loan cap = FFP minus 40, first come first serve (e.g. if your FFP aka squad limit is 50, your loan cap = 50 - 40 = 10, which means you can only loan 10 players out to unmanaged clubs)
  3. Duration for the above - until Turn 2 every season. After Turn 2, it is free-for-all
  4. HARD RULE: Only players with rating 75 and/or above are allowed to be loaned out - if you spot someone breaking this, tell them to recall the player
 
So with loans you can loan more if they are going to managed clubs?