Newcastle already have Fatawu 'on hold' for you. Options are for him to sign 2-3 of the others then when their transfer bans expire, part exchange them with a couple of your players in a 2 for 1 deal - so e.g. Fatawu and Dovbyk for one player and Guendouzi and Johnson for another. Other option is to get the 12 months gold discount for £11.99 and just sign the other four yourself.
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If people can afford the £12 for a year (£1 a month) I think that’s a better long term solution.
Good job keeping the draft going, guys. Paying 12 quid for Gold for a year? Help the league by doing it.
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Surely watching Cardiff feck up every season is worth a £1 per month?
Wolves turn. @Wino1 did send me some picks in advance but they were both taken. He's not been on here since last December so will be 50/50 whether he'll be on SM in time.
Done the double over Middlesbrough. 3:2 victory on Thursday:
Oblak (93)
Frimpong (92) Van Dijk (94) Stones (93) Alaba (94)
Trent (94) Rice (93)
Pulisic (91)
↓ -- Bellingham (95) -- N. Williams (91)↓
Mbappe (96)
Subs: Kounde (92), Disasi (89), Zakaria (90), Goretzka (92)↑, Pedri (92)↑, Sancho (90), I. Williams (90)
Injured: Hakimi (92)
Did not travel: Gomes (89)
Key:
= Goal
= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on
Next three games:
MD21: Hereford (H)
LCQF: Southend United (A)
MD22: Darlington (H)
Manchester United v Middlesbrough fixtures this season
Oblak (93)
Frimpong (92) Van Dijk (94) Stones (93) Alaba (94)
Trent (94) Rice (93)
Pulisic (91)
↓ -- Bellingham (95) -- N. Williams (91)↓Mbappe (96)
Subs: Kounde (92), Disasi (89), Zakaria (90), Goretzka (92)↑, Pedri (92)
↑, Sancho (90), I. Williams (90)Injured: Hakimi (92)
Did not travel: Gomes (89)
Key:
= Goal = Assist = MOTM↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on
Next three games:
MD21: Hereford (H)
LCQF: Southend United (A)
MD22: Darlington (H)
Manchester United v Middlesbrough fixtures this season
| Game | Utd Poss | Middlesbrough Poss | Utd Shots (SoT) | Middlesbrough Shots (SoT) | Utd Goals | Middlesbrough Goals | Utd SoT Conv. | Middlesbrough SoT Conv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22nd Sep: Utd v Middlesbrough | 54% | 46% | 13 (3) | 11 (1) | 1 | 0 | 33.3% | 0% |
28th Nov: Middlesbrough v Utd | 53% | 47% | 15 (8) | 10 (4) | 3 | 2 | 37.5% | 50% |
Combined | 53.5% | 46.5% | 28 (11) | 21 (5) | 4 | 2 | 36.4% | 40% |
@TheReligion if you've got the cash you can just bid pure cash for those players, though I think you're at squad cap? I can give you a few days to sell the players you want to get rid of if you want first – thanks for getting Gold by the way. You didn't have to but will make things a lot easier with the workaround for others.
I’d budgeted in using the workaround so players going out in the deals but if you can accept the bids cash I’ve made I’ll clear out some space.
No problem mate. Makes it easier.
What’s the deal here now with buying players
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@Damien counter offers from external have messed up the CV bid limit.
Kevin Schade deal is a bit of a mess as a result
Kevin Schade deal is a bit of a mess as a result
fecksake. We need them to bring in option to disable Advanced AI pronto.
Yeah sorry it has been hectic. So which bids am I accepting?
Torres, Dovbyk and Johnson Please
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Yeah they’ve at least fixed the transfers coming through today but they are making it unnecessarily difficult without much consultation.
@Damien can you accept my bids. Big game tomorrow and want the new boys in!
Accepted two of them. Will accept the Dovbyk one once you've got rid of one more player as the three would take you to 49 which is just over FFP. If you'd prefer to have Dovbyk and Torres now with them being higher rated rather than Torres and Johnson I'll accept Dovbyk and collapse the Johnson bid.
Please. I need Dovbyk and Torres in. Will bid on Johnson when I get another out the door.
Same with Fatawa and Guendouzi however both are currently banned anyway.
Thanks
No problem.
Sunday's 3:0 victory against Hereford:
Oblak (93)
Frimpong (92) Kounde (92) Stones (93)↓ Hakimi (92)
Goretzka (92) Zakaria (90)
Sancho (90) -- Pedri (92)↓ -- N. Williams (91)
I. Williams (90)↓
Subs: Van Dijk (94)↑, Alaba (94), Trent (94), Rice (93), Bellingham (95)↑, Pulisic (91), Mbappe (96)↑
Did not travel: Disasi (89), Gomes (89)
Key:
= Goal
= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on
Next three games:
LCQF: Southend United (A)
MD22: Darlington (H)
MD23: Newcastle United (H)
Manchester United v Hereford fixtures this season
Oblak (93)
Frimpong (92) Kounde (92) Stones (93)↓ Hakimi (92)
Goretzka (92) Zakaria (90)
Sancho (90)
-- Pedri (92)↓ -- N. Williams (91)I. Williams (90)
↓Subs: Van Dijk (94)↑, Alaba (94), Trent (94), Rice (93), Bellingham (95)
↑, Pulisic (91), Mbappe (96)↑Did not travel: Disasi (89), Gomes (89)
Key:
= Goal = Assist = MOTM↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on
Next three games:
LCQF: Southend United (A)
MD22: Darlington (H)
MD23: Newcastle United (H)
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26th Sep: Hereford v Utd | 54% | 46% | 13 (6) | 7 (1) | 2 | 0 | 33.3% | 0% |
1st Dec: Utd v Hereford | 59% | 41% | 13 (6) | 8 (3) | 3 | 0 | 50% | 0% |
Combined | 56.5% | 43.5% | 26 (12) | 15 (4) | 5 | 0 | 41.7% | 0% |
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I am unashamedly happy about Griezmann in particular.
McAtee & Geertruida for me please mate
McAtee's on loan there from another club. Geertruida is fine. Deadline has passed for you unfortunately so you can't pick another to replace McAtee but Geertruida will still be fine.
I'll be making a pick by the time the 12 hours is gone, just need a bit of time to think.
No worries, McAtee was only a punt anyway. Cheers.
Finlay Gorman (Leeds United). Draft over, will work out details for the non-Golds at some point over the next few days. If there are any Gold teams who'd like to volunteer to hold a player or two for the non-Golds let me know.
Alright, situation with counter offers for newly added players: it sounds like the counter offer happens roughly when the bids would normally be accepted (24 hours after initial bid). When the counter offer happens, those clubs who initially bid should withdraw their offers and bid again at the counter offer price – or if the value goes up they bid at the new face value. After this time any other clubs cannot bid (so it is treated the same as if player values go up).
If anyone notices new clubs bidding, please let me know and ask them to withdraw. If they don't withdraw AND they win the player, it'll be treated as FFP violation.
If anyone notices new clubs bidding, please let me know and ask them to withdraw. If they don't withdraw AND they win the player, it'll be treated as FFP violation.
Tuesday's 1:0 victory against Southend United:
Oblak (93)
Trent (94) Disasi (89) Stones (93) Alaba (94)
Gomes (89) Rice (93)
Reyna (87) -- Pedri (92)↓ -- Pulisic (91)↓
Mbappe (96)↓
Subs: Debast (87), Santos (87), Bella-Kotchap (86), Martinelli (85)↑, Sucic (85)↑, Sancho (90), I. Williams (90)↑
Suspended: Bellingham (95), Van Dijk (94)
Did not travel: Kounde (92), Hakimi (92), Frimpong (92), Goretzka (91), N. Williams (91), Zakaria (90)
Key:
= Goal
= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on
Next three games:
MD22: Darlington (H)
MD23: Newcastle United (A)
LSQF: Newcastle United (H)
Manchester United v Southend Utd fixtures this season
Oblak (93)
Trent (94) Disasi (89) Stones (93) Alaba (94)
Gomes (89) Rice (93)
Reyna (87) -- Pedri (92)↓ -- Pulisic (91)
↓Mbappe (96)
↓Subs: Debast (87), Santos (87), Bella-Kotchap (86), Martinelli (85)↑, Sucic (85)↑, Sancho (90), I. Williams (90)↑
Suspended: Bellingham (95), Van Dijk (94)
Did not travel: Kounde (92), Hakimi (92), Frimpong (92), Goretzka (91), N. Williams (91), Zakaria (90)
Key:
= Goal = Assist = MOTM↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on
Next three games:
MD22: Darlington (H)
MD23: Newcastle United (A)
LSQF: Newcastle United (H)
Manchester United v Southend Utd fixtures this season
| Game | Utd Poss | Southend Utd Poss | Utd Shots (SoT) | Southend Utd Shots (SoT) | Utd Goals | Southend Utd Goals | Utd SoT Conv. | Southend Utd SoT Conv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24th Oct: Utd v Southend Utd | 63% | 37% | 22 (10) | 5 (2) | 2 | 2 | 20% | 100% |
24th Oct: Southend Utd v Utd (Cup) | 45% | 55% | 9 (4) | 10 (4) | 1 | 0 | 25% | 0% |
Combined | 54% | 46% | 31 (14) | 15 (6) | 3 | 2 | 21.4% | 33.3% |
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@Damien Sheffield have accepted two counter offers from external without going through the correct new process.
They should have rejected and re bid at 600k like I did but they just accepted the counter.
I know it’s an extra pain for you but this isn’t one that we can just let go as fine.
They should have rejected and re bid at 600k like I did but they just accepted the counter.
I know it’s an extra pain for you but this isn’t one that we can just let go as fine.
I know. I'll send them a message. Hope you did too
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You bid on both Alves and Torrents, right? Shall I do same approach as with the situation you had with Mani(?) and do a coinflip on them individually?
Really wish the messaging function and interface on SM was so much better. Impossible to display or convene rules, especially to those not on the caf which I don't think Sheffield United is. For now I'm just going to keep bumping up the counter-offer rule message on SM
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I was mainly after Torrents so I’m happy enough to do a 50/50 split where he keeps Alves if he’d prefer?
Or we can leave both up to coin chance?
SM really are making everything so difficult. Appreciate everything you’re trying to do with our GW though.
Yeah, it's maddening. I bet if half the people who voted for "improved unmanaged club AI" read the description of what it meant in the September update they would have voted for one of the other two options.
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I’ll have Torrents and he can keep Alves then.
Alright, I've let him know.
Thursday's 4:0 victory against Darlington. Now a double header against Newcastle where I'm fairly confident I'll lose both games:
Oblak (93)
Frimpong (92) Van Dijk (94) Kounde (92) Hakimi (92)
Goretzka (91) Zakaria (90)↓
I. Williams (90)↓ -- Bellingham (95) -- Pedri (92)↓
Mbappe (96)
Subs: Alaba (94), Trent (94), Stones (93), Rice (93), N. Williams (91)↑, Sancho (90)↑, Pulisic (91)↑
Did not travel: Disasi (89), Gomes (89)
Key:
= Goal
= Assist
= MOTM
↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on
Next three games:
MD23: Newcastle United (A)
LSQF: Newcastle United (H)
MD24: Fulham (H)
Manchester United v Darlington fixtures this season
Oblak (93)
Frimpong (92) Van Dijk (94) Kounde (92) Hakimi (92)
Goretzka (91) Zakaria (90)↓
I. Williams (90)
↓ -- Bellingham (95) -- Pedri (92)↓Mbappe (96)
Subs: Alaba (94), Trent (94), Stones (93), Rice (93), N. Williams (91)↑, Sancho (90)↑, Pulisic (91)
↑Did not travel: Disasi (89), Gomes (89)
Key:
= Goal = Assist = MOTM↓ = Subbed off
↑ = Subbed on
Next three games:
MD23: Newcastle United (A)
LSQF: Newcastle United (H)
MD24: Fulham (H)
Manchester United v Darlington fixtures this season
| Game | Utd Poss | Darlington Poss | Utd Shots (SoT) | Darlington Shots (SoT) | Utd Goals | Darlington Goals | Utd SoT Conv. | Darlington SoT Conv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29th Sep: Darlington v Utd | 58% | 42% | 18 (4) | 11 (3) | 2 | 0 | 50% | 0% |
5th Dec: Utd v Darlington | 72% | 28% | 24 (11) | 8 (0) | 4 | 0 | 36.4% | N/A |
Combined | 65% | 35% | 42 (15) | 19 (3) | 6 | 0 | 40% | 0% |
QPR and Ipswich players moving in January
Doing calculations for the other teams...
@CrackersJr can you sign Samu Aghehowa, Sael Kumbedi and Chido Obi, and exchange them with @harshad's Bristol City once their transfer bans expire?
I'll sign Santiago Castro and Adam Aznou for Southend United, Ilias Akhomach, Radu Dragusin and Lutsharel Geertruida for Everton, and Piero Hincapie for Bournemouth.
If Barnsley @Dom Gill can sign Finlay Gorman for me (with the signings above I've hit the 3 signings limit from Leeds), I'll give you cash when his TB expires.
| Players | From | To | Date TB Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quim Junyent (QPR) and Stefanos Tzimas (Ipswich) | Manchester United | Hereford | 13th Jan 2025 |
| Almugera Kabar (QPR) and Lucas Stassin (Ipswich) | Barnsley | Wolves | 14th Jan 2025 |
| Giuliano Simeone (QPR) and Georges Mikautadze (Ipswich) | Manchester United | Southend United | 15th Jan 2025 |
| Nathaniel Brown (QPR) and John McGinn (Ipswich) | Manchester United | Everton | 16th Jan 2025 |
| Issahaku Fatawu (Ipswich) | Newcastle United | West Ham United | 17th Jan 2025 |
Doing calculations for the other teams...
@CrackersJr can you sign Samu Aghehowa, Sael Kumbedi and Chido Obi, and exchange them with @harshad's Bristol City once their transfer bans expire?
I'll sign Santiago Castro and Adam Aznou for Southend United, Ilias Akhomach, Radu Dragusin and Lutsharel Geertruida for Everton, and Piero Hincapie for Bournemouth.
If Barnsley @Dom Gill can sign Finlay Gorman for me (with the signings above I've hit the 3 signings limit from Leeds), I'll give you cash when his TB expires.