Gaming The SM RedCafe League

From 19th in the table to being 1 favourable result away from European football. Cmon you Gunners!!

What a season it has been.

Insane title race. Check.
Insane top 4 battle. Check
Insane competition for European places. Check.
Mindblasting relegation fight. Check.
 
Well had my first game where I made tactical changes and won 3-1 away to Norwich, not happy with conceding so the back four will take a bollocking but happy with my first win.
 
Damien said:
and @RedSky said there's no financial advantage to being in the top 4 to the other places between 5-12th apart from the prize money for place finished.
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Yeah, I think all Europe games have the same income variables, so it doesn't actually make any difference for next season. I don't think I had enough data to confirm that though. Being out of Europe though isn't a big financial disadvantage though.

If we take Chelsea as an example... you get 3 home games from the group stages so lets say his stadium is 90% filled. So 37,850 attend the game, that results in an income of £1,260,500 and ground maintenance (more in Europe) of £378,500). So a profit of £882,000 per home game and therefore a minimum income of £2,646,000 if he gets knocked out at group stages.

I made £1,894,140 from my 3 European Home games this season. Still... every penny counts.
 
I've had a good run in Europe the past couple of seasons. I need to win tonight to make it to the final though.

Tonight's fixtures:

SMFA Cup
Fenerbahçe - Manchester United (first leg was a 1:1 draw)
Newcastle United - Shakhtar Donetsk (first leg was a 4:4 draw, what the hell?)

SMFA Shield
Sampdoria - MK Dons (Sampdoria won the first leg 2:1)
Besiktas - Fulham (first leg was a 0:0 draw)

My predictions for the finals:

Fenerbahçe - Newcastle United
Sampdoria - Fulham
 
Are there any rules concerning player loans? I couldn't find any but someone was saying that we should not accept loans anymore because the season is close to an end? I couldn't see the logic in that so i thought i might ask.
 
Sepukku said:
Are there any rules concerning player loans? I couldn't find any but someone was saying that we should not accept loans anymore because the season is close to an end? I couldn't see the logic in that so i thought i might ask.
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Its just because the season is ending and those players will be returned to you in a couple of games. Much better off waiting for the new season to begin, then accepting those loan bids if they are still there.
 
So are we all agreeing that next season (s10 of SM). We should adopt the following FFP:

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In regards to loans restrictions, personally i'll not be loaning any of my 70-79 rated players as a show of good faith. I don't expect or demand others follow my example mind, just a personal preference.
 
RedSky said:
So are we all agreeing that next season (s10 of SM). We should adopt the following FFP
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Yes.
RedSky said:
In regards to loans restrictions, personally i'll not be loaning any of my 70-79 rated players as a show of good faith. I don't expect or demand others follow my example mind, just a personal preference.
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Same. Should be standard, at least for the top 10 clubs (squad value).
 
Yes to FFP.

RedSky said:
In regards to loans restrictions, personally i'll not be loaning any of my 70-79 rated players as a show of good faith. I don't expect or demand others follow my example mind, just a personal preference.
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Actually, this should be made a rule. No Division 1 Club should be allowed to loan out 70-79 rated players. A better idea than the loan cap which was being discussed.
 
RedSky said:
So are we all agreeing that next season (s10 of SM). We should adopt the following FFP:

new_ffp_plan.jpg


In regards to loans restrictions, personally i'll not be loaning any of my 70-79 rated players as a show of good faith. I don't expect or demand others follow my example mind, just a personal preference.
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Yes, looks good.
 
I only loan out players because I don't like looking through the squad anyway.
 
One-sided victories this season won by at least a five goal margin featuring two Division 1 teams:

Queens Park Rangers 0:7 Manchester United (Sun 11 Oct League)
Milton Keynes Dons 0:7 Newcastle United (Sun 28 Jun League)
Manchester United 7:1 Nottingham Forest (Tue 22 Sep Shield Final)
Newcastle United 1:7 Manchester City (Thu 1 Oct League)
Nottingham Forest 6:1 Darlington 1883 (Sun 26 Jul League)
Manchester City 5:0 Newcastle United (Sun 26 Jul League)
Queens Park Rangers 0:5 Southampton (Thu 2 Jul League)

City did the double over Newcastle with an aggregate of 12 goals scored to 1 conceded. Nice.
 
Pfft, no achievement by City. I have like the 2nd worst goals against in the league! Well last time I looked at least. Ever since I flogged Valdes, I've had an absolute disaster of a season.
 
Most goals in a single Division 1 season to date:

S4: 1319 (Chelsea highest scorers with 99 (7.5%))
S3: 1316 (Arsenal + Chelsea highest scorers with 92 (7%))
S8: 1273 (Manchester United highest scorers with 110 (8.6%))
S9: 1254 (Manchester City currently highest scorers with 84 (6.7%))* 1 game to go
S5: 1243 (Manchester United highest scorers with 99 (8%))
S7: 1213 (Milton Keynes Dons highest scorers with 90 (7.4%))
S1: 1209 (Manchester United highest scorers with 82 (6.8%))
S6: 1180 (Nottingham Forest highest scorers with 92 (7.8%)
S2: 1161 (Manchester United highest scorers with 83 (7.2%))
 
Ben does have a point actually. I didn't look at the finances spreadsheet before doing this revised FFP.

If each club in Div 1 maxed out their stadiums for every home game then this would be the results:

Manchester United - £92,631,232
Arsenal - £76,971,432
Newcastle United - £69,092,132
Sunderland - £65,745,776
Manchester City - £64,487,064
Liverpool - £62,309,512
Aston Villa - £59,608,320
Chelsea - £58,884,116
Everton - £57,415,948
Tottenham Hotspur - £53,208,056
West Ham United - £52,553,012
Southampton - £49,630,508
Wolverhampton Wanderers - £48,653,376
Blackburn Rovers - £48,324,372
Nottingham Forest - £47,568,552
Milton Keynes Dons - £47,467,776
Stoke City - £45,377,168
Fulham - £43,614,576
Darlington - £42,464,544
Queens Park Rangers - £42,326,224

So Barney with Liverpool would have 48 players under the new scheme but would earn a possible £14,740,960 more than the clubs with 50 players (30k stadiums). That seems a bit off actually :/
 
RedSky said:
Ben does have a point actually. I didn't look at the finances spreadsheet before doing this revised FFP.

If each club in Div 1 maxed out their stadiums for every home game then this would be the results:

Manchester United - £92,631,232
Arsenal - £76,971,432
Newcastle United - £69,092,132
Sunderland - £65,745,776
Manchester City - £64,487,064
Liverpool - £62,309,512
Aston Villa - £59,608,320
Chelsea - £58,884,116
Everton - £57,415,948
Tottenham Hotspur - £53,208,056
West Ham United - £52,553,012
Southampton - £49,630,508
Wolverhampton Wanderers - £48,653,376
Blackburn Rovers - £48,324,372
Nottingham Forest - £47,568,552
Milton Keynes Dons - £47,467,776
Stoke City - £45,377,168
Fulham - £43,614,576
Darlington - £42,464,544
Queens Park Rangers - £42,326,224

So Barney with Liverpool would have 48 players under the new scheme but would earn a possible £14,740,960 more than the clubs with 50 players (30k stadiums). That seems a bit off actually :/
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Sad lol.
 
MJJ said:
Sad lol.
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Yeah, you've made just under 51m instead. But, being in the bottom half of the table does reduce attendance, but the odd thing about your club is that most of the clubs in Div 1 (except MK Dons) nearly maxed their grounds for the first 3 home games. You and MK Dons didn't, very odd.
 
RedSky said:
Yeah, you've made just under 51m instead. But, being in the bottom half of the table does reduce attendance, but the odd thing about your club is that most of the clubs in Div 1 (except MK Dons) nearly maxed their grounds for the first 3 home games. You and MK Dons didn't, very odd.
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45m actually, excluding transfer income.
 
RedSky said:
Yeah, you've made just under 51m instead. But, being in the bottom half of the table does reduce attendance, but the odd thing about your club is that most of the clubs in Div 1 (except MK Dons) nearly maxed their grounds for the first 3 home games. You and MK Dons didn't, very odd.
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When I was getting promoted from Div2, I was getting around 25k attendance but you would imagine getting into Div1 would mean increased attendance. It wasn't the case. Flirting in the bottom half has its effect but dropping to 20k isn't what i had in mind. Still feeling its effect.
 
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