Gaming The SM RedCafe League

[Damien]

So what's the deal here?
I barely check in anymore
Is the league dying? What's the end result of sm's changes

Need a bit more time to see but six managers haven't logged in for over a week, and less than half of the managers have Gold.

 

[Damien]

Yesterday's 0:0 draw against Fulham. Of course Diogo Costa got MOTM on SM, when he was shit when he played us in real life.

Oblak (93)

Frimpong (92) Stones (93) Kounde (92)↓ Alaba (94)
Zakaria (90)↓ Trent (94)
Sancho (90)↓ -- Goretzka (92) -- Pedri (92)
Mbappe (96)​

Subs: Van Dijk (94)↑, Hakimi (92), Rice (93), N. Williams (91), Pulisic (91)↑, Bellingham (95)↑, I. Williams (90)
Did not travel: Disasi (89), Gomes (89)

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

Next three games:
CCGAG3: Barcelona (H)
MD06: Bournemouth (H)
MD07: Leyton Orient (A)

Manchester United v Fulham fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Fulham Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Fulham Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Fulham Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Fulham SoT Conv.
6th Oct: Fulham v Utd​	56%​	44%​	15 (6)​	9 (3)​	0​	0​	0%​	0%​
Combined​	56%​	44%​	15 (6)​	9 (3)​	0​	0​	0%​	0%​

 

[Damien]

Monday's 5:0 victory against Barcelona:

Oblak (93)

Disasi (89) Stones (93) Kounde (92)↓ Hakimi (92)
Zakaria (90)↓ Trent (94)
Sancho (90) -- Bellingham (95)↓ -- N. Williams (91)
Mbappe (96)​

Subs: Van Dijk (94), Alaba (94)↑, Rice (93)↑, Pedri (92), Pulisic (91), Goretzka (92)↑, I. Williams (90)
Did not travel: Frimpong (92), Gomes (89)

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

Next three games:
MD06: Bournemouth (H)
MD07: Leyton Orient (A)
CCGAG4: Fenerbahce (H)

Manchester United v Barcelona fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Barcelona Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Barcelona Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Barcelona Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Barcelona SoT Conv.
7th Oct: Utd v Barcelona​	74%​	26%​	23 (16)​	5 (0)​	5​	0​	31.3%​	N/A​
Combined​	74%​	26%​	23 (16)​	5 (0)​	5​	0​	31.3%​	N/A​

 

[Damien]

Latest table:

This time last season:

Spoiler

Alternate table where 2.5 SoT = one goal:

Spoiler

 

[Damien]

Thursday's 1:1 draw against Bournemouth:

Oblak (93)

Disasi (89) Kounde (92) Zakaria (90) Hakimi (92)
Gomes (89)↓ Trent (94)
Sancho (90)↓ -- Goretzka (92) -- N. Williams (91)
I. Williams (90)↓​

Subs: Van Dijk (94), Stones (93), Alaba (94), Rice (93), Pedri (92)↑, Bellingham (95)↑, Mbappe (96)↑
Did not travel: Frimpong (92), Pulisic (91)

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

Next three games:
MD07: Leyton Orient (A)
CCGAG4: Fenerbahce (H)
MD08: Everton (H)

Manchester United v Bournemouth fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Bournemouth Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Bournemouth Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Bournemouth Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Bournemouth SoT Conv.
10th Oct: Utd v Bournemouth​	61%​	39%​	22 (7)​	6 (3)​	1​	1​	14.3%​	33.3%​
Combined​	61%​	39%​	22 (7)​	6 (3)​	1​	1​	14.3%​	33.3%​

 

[Ajr]

Damn I just remembered I had a team on here over 10 years ago

 

[Damien]

Damn I just remembered I had a team on here over 10 years ago

And nobody managed Brighton since! They're in Division 2.

The developers changing transfers and subs to Gold Members only a couple of months ago has been the greatest thing that is threatening the continuation of the league, but generally I've got a decent track record of longevity at running caf related stuff - we have a Clash of Clans clan that has been going for 10 years too (@harshad and @2mufc0 are the only two others who've stayed in both all these years).

 

[Damien]

Latest table:

This time last season:

Spoiler

Alternate table where 2.5 SoT = one goal:

Spoiler

 

[Damien]

Three consecutive draws in the league. Latest a 1:1 draw against Leyton Orient:

Oblak (93)

Frimpong (92) Van Dijk (94) Stones (93) Hakimi (92)↓
Rice (93)↓ Trent (94)
Pulisic (91)↓ -- Bellingham (95) -- Pedri (92)
Mbappe (96)​

Subs: Kounde (92), Alaba (94)↑, Zakaria (90), Goretzka (92), Sancho (90)↑, N. Williams (91)↑, I. Williams (90)
Did not travel: Disasi (89), Gomes (89)

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

Next three games:
CCGAG4: Fenerbahce (H)
MD08: Everton (H)
MD09: Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)

Manchester United v Leyton Orient fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Leyton Orient Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Leyton Orient Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Leyton Orient Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Leyton Orient SoT Conv.
13th Oct: Leyton Orient v Utd​	56%​	44%​	14 (4)​	10 (5)​	1​	1​	25%​	20%​
Combined​	56%​	44%​	14 (4)​	10 (5)​	1​	1​	25%​	20%​

 

[Mani]

Congrats on your first coin flip!

Nice and easy one.

If @Mani wants to play him then let him. I just wanted the 50/50 chance sorted that’s all. No sense making things more awkward.

Cheers mate.Sorry it had to be sorted this way.

 

[BenitoSTARR]

Cheers mate.Sorry it had to be sorted this way.

No worries

 

[Damien]

Another 1:1 draw against Fenerbahce on Monday. Will definitely lose against Everton tonight, completely lost the ability to dominate games:

Oblak (93)

Hakimi (92)↓ Van Dijk (94) Stones (93) Alaba (94)
Rice (93)↓ Trent (94)
Sancho (90)↓ -- Bellingham (95) -- Pedri (92)
I. Williams (90)​

Subs: Kounde (92)↑, Frimpong (92), Zakaria (90), Goretzka (92), Pulisic (91)↑, N. Williams (91)↑, Mbappe (96)
Did not travel: Disasi (89), Gomes (89)

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

Next three games:
MD08: Everton (H)
MD09: Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)
CCGAG5: Roma (A)

Manchester United v Fenerbahce fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Fenerbahce Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Fenerbahce Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Fenerbahce Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Fenerbahce SoT Conv.
23rd Sep: Fenerbahce v Utd​	64%​	36%​	23 (13)​	8 (1)​	2​	0​	15.4%​	0%​
14th Oct: Utd v Fenerbahce​	69%​	31%​	19 (7)​	6 (2)​	1​	1​	14.3%​	50%​
Combined​	66.5%​	33.5%​	42 (20)​	14 (3)​	3​	1​	15%​	33.3%​

 

[Damien]

Latest table:

This time last season:

Spoiler

Alternate table where 2.5 SoT = one goal:

Spoiler

 

[Damien]

Knew it. 2:0 loss to Everton, 5 point gap too much to make up at this stage of the season.

Oblak (93)

Stones (93) Van Dijk (94) Alaba (94) Hakimi (92)↓
Rice (93) Trent (94)
N. Williams (91)↓ -- Bellingham (95) -- Pedri (92)
Mbappe (96)​

Subs: Kounde (92)↑, Frimpong (92), Zakaria (90), Goretzka (92), Pulisic (91)↑, N. Williams (91)↑, Mbappe (96)
Did not travel: Disasi (89), Gomes (89)

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

Next three games:
MD09: Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)
CCGAG5: Roma (A)
LCR2: Liverpool (A)

Manchester United v Everton fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Everton Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Everton Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Everton Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Everton SoT Conv.
17th Oct: Utd v Everton​	51%​	49%​	12 (4)​	11 (5)​	0​	2​	0%​	40%​
Combined​	51%​	49%​	12 (4)​	11 (5)​	0​	2​	0%​	40%​

 

[Damien]

Latest table:

This time last season:

Spoiler

Alternate table where 2.5 SoT = one goal:

Spoiler

 

[Damien]

DRAFT (IPSWICH TOWN & QUEENS PARK RANGERS)

# of players available: 34 at Ipswich Town, 40 at Queens Park Rangers (due to minimum squad size of 21, loans not included)

Rules

1. Refer to "Draft Order"
2. 12 hours per pick, starts now. Miss out means you relinquish your pick
3. Declare your picks (pick one player from Ipswich Town and one from QPR simultaneously), then bid (doesn't have to wait until draft is finished)
4. Inform the next person in draft order
5. Cash only. No P/E. Bids MUST be Face Value. If you don't have Gold Management, you can still take part with one of the following options:
   1. Get 3 months Gold Membership
   2. Have a Gold Manager "delegate" get the players then when their transfer ban expires, they will part exchange with a player of your choice at similar value at your club. Any Gold Manager who would like to be a delegate, please inform Damien in advance. Current clubs who have put their name forwards: Manchester United, Newcastle United, Barnsley, Kidderminster Harriers.
6. You can skip if you want to, and/or if you are unable to bid (skipping in advance is encouraged)
7. Must comply with FFP
8. Bid must be made within two weeks of your pick otherwise you forfeit the player
9. Damien will check if rules are followed before accepting those bids
10. After all bids have gone through, Damien will withdraw from Ipswich Town and Queens Park Rangers

Draft Order

Spoiler

1. Bury - £46.9M
2. Reading - £76.6M
3. Torquay United - £115.7M
4. Sheffield United - £148.5M
5. Norwich City - £170.9M
6. Tottenham Hotspur - £199.3M
7. Blackburn Rovers - £209M
8. Bradford City - £238.6M
9. Bristol City - £243.3M
10. Darlington - £245M
11. Manchester City - £262.7M
12. Southampton - £279.5M

13. Leeds United

    -

    £280M

14. Kidderminster Harriers - £282.9M
15. Rochdale - £285.8M
16. Sunderland - £288.1M
17. Cardiff City - £296.6M
18. Liverpool - £301.4M
19. Milton Keynes Dons - £302.4M
20. Bournemouth - £304.2M
21. Fulham - £310.7M
22. Arsenal - £311.3M
23. Derby County - £315.7M
24. West Ham United - £332.3M
25. Barnsley - £340.8M
26. Chelsea - £369.8M
27. Hereford - £372.1M
28. Wolverhampton Wanderers - £393.1M
29. Leyton Orient - £413M
30. Middlesbrough - £413.4M
31. Aston Villa - £421.1M
32. Southend United - £429.9M
33. Newcastle United - £460.6M
34. Everton - £534.9M
35. Manchester United - £636.6M

First up: Bury.

 

[RedSky]

Why am I even in the list? I can't bid for anyone. You can speed it up by simply only including Gold members.

 

[Damien]

I've got a full list including Gold, but some of the non-Gold may decide to either get Gold for short period or use the work around. Probably not going to be a big number of people but worth a shot.

Anyone who definitely doesn't want to take part, let me know.

SMW October Update: https://www.soccermanager.com/games/soccer-manager-worlds-october-update/

 

[Damien]

Yesterday's 2:0 loss against Wolves. Now not far from midtable...

Oblak (93)

Frimpong (92) Van Dijk (94) Stones (93) Alaba (94)
Gomes (89)↓ Rice (93)
I. Williams (90)↓ -- Goretzka (92)↓ -- Pulisic (91)
Mbappe (96)​

Subs: Kounde (92), Hakimi (92), Zakaria (90)↑, Disasi (89)↑, Pedri (92), Sancho (90)↑, N. Williams (91)
Did not travel: Bellingham (95), Trent (94)

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

Next three games:
CCGAG5: Roma (A)
LCR2: Liverpool (A)
MD10: Southend United (H)

Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Wolves Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Wolves Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Wolves Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Wolves SoT Conv.
20th Oct: Wolves v Utd​	56%​	44%​	12 (5)​	9 (3)​	0​	2​	0%​	66.6%​
Combined​	56%​	44%​	12 (5)​	9 (3)​	0​	2​	0%​	66.6%​

 

[Damien]

Mani's appeal for the Forest job - he's the only one to put his name forward so he's the new Forest manager. If anyone would like the Darlington job, let me know.

Hi Damien,

Reasons for my interest in managing Nottingham Forest.

Over the past eight seasons, I have managing Darlington with a record of 330 games played, achieving 596 points at an average of 1.81 points per game. I consider this a solid accomplishment, especially given the challenges I had inherited.Through strategic recruitment and careful player sales, I worked to strengthen the squad.

During my tenure, Darlington was relegated twice, but on both occasions, we fought back strongly, regaining our place in Division 1 and stabilizing the team at the top level. This resilience in difficult circumstances speaks to my ability to manage adversity and build a competitive team.

Nottingham Forest has a strong legacy of success and has been managed well in recent years. I believe my experience and proven track record make me the right candidate to continue that success and to help guide the club toward even greater achievements.

Thanks.

 

[Damien]

Caf firewall is stopping me from posting full updates to the draft, so if anyone wants to see the rules etc, look here: https://www.redcafe.net/threads/the-sm-redcafe-league.349538/post-32543934

Bury - Mateo Retegui (QPR) and Valentin Atangana (Ipswich)

Reading's turn.

 

[Damien]

Reading - Conor Bradley (QPR) and Malik Tillman (Ipswich)
Torquay United - Hector Fort (QPR) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (Ipswich)

Sheffield United's turn next.

 

[The Taurean]

Mani's appeal for the Forest job - he's the only one to put his name forward so he's the new Forest manager. If anyone would like the Darlington job, let me know.

If he gets the club, Good luck to Mani!

 

[LungiDevil]

Just tried logging in after a while.. and I was kicked off the GW. Guessing it's the 21 day rule?

 

[Mani]

If he gets the club, Good luck to Mani!

Thanks mate.

 

[Dom Gill]

Just tried logging in after a while.. and I was kicked off the GW. Guessing it's the 21 day rule?

Yeah, the Gameworld kicked you for inactivity. Not been set for a draft yet though, and temp manager in control. The non gold people seem to be doing better than the gold members too

 

[LungiDevil]

Yeah, the Gameworld kicked you for inactivity. Not been set for a draft yet though, and temp manager in control. The non gold people seem to be doing better than the gold members too

Anyway I get the team back? at least temporarily to keep it running w/ the current team?

 

[Dom Gill]

Anyway I get the team back? at least temporarily to keep it running w/ the current team?

@Damien

 

[Damien]

Just tried logging in after a while.. and I was kicked off the GW. Guessing it's the 21 day rule?

Anyway I get the team back? at least temporarily to keep it running w/ the current team?

Awesome. Yeah, I'll resign so you can reapply

 

[Damien]

Sorry for no activity on draft today, had dog issues which are sort of sorted now. Will resume things once I quickly set tactics for the cup

 

[BenitoSTARR]

Sorry for no activity on draft today, had dog issues which are sort of sorted now. Will resume things once I quickly set tactics for the cup

How is your dog?

 

[Damien]

^^ TT thanks for everything. If you do ever want to come back in the future we'll welcome you with open arms, though can understand that the current state makes things pointless. Will keep posting updates here of any additions to the game... so far they've been doing monthly update blogs but nothing of note has happened yet.

@LungiDevil you can reapply whenever.

How is your dog?

Got an ulcer on his eye... for the third time. Going to have to give him special eye drops and the vet said he'll need to be on normal eye drops too as him getting it on the same eye so many times is an indication his eye is too dry.

 

[Damien]

Bury - Mateo Retegui (QPR) and Valentin Atangana (Ipswich)
Reading - Conor Bradley (QPR) and Malik Tillman (Ipswich)
Torquay United - Hector Fort (QPR) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (Ipswich)
Sheffield United - Sam Beukema (QPR) and Joey Veerman (Ipswich)

Norwich City's turn next @coolredwine

You don't have Gold but have the option of selecting a player at one, or both clubs, then an existing Gold club gets the players and when their transfer ban expires in a few months they can then part exchange directly for one of your existing players (of your choice, similar value to what the player you want is worth). Let me know whatever you decide, whether you want to pass, get Gold and the players directly, or get a player or two later on via the "surrogate" route from a Gold manager helping out.

 

[Damien]

Bury - Mateo Retegui (QPR) and Valentin Atangana (Ipswich)
Reading - Conor Bradley (QPR) and Malik Tillman (Ipswich)
Torquay United - Hector Fort (QPR) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (Ipswich)
Sheffield United - Sam Beukema (QPR) and Joey Veerman (Ipswich)
Norwich City - Missed out

Tottenham's turn @Big-Red. Text in the post above applies to you too.

 

[RedSky]

Got an ulcer on his eye... for the third time. Going to have to give him special eye drops and the vet said he'll need to be on normal eye drops too as him getting it on the same eye so many times is an indication his eye is too dry.

Poor fella. One of my dogs had this issue too, eye drops fixed it no problem.

 

[Damien]

Poor fella. One of my dogs had this issue too, eye drops fixed it no problem.

Yeah, the last two times he had it he was just on an eye drop serum taken from his blood. This time he's got that every two hours as well as some antibiotic eye drops four times a day – now he runs away from me when I get his cone out as he knows he's getting the eye drop treatment. Still currently on me licking my stomach so he doesn't hate me too much. It's been a right bastard trying to get the drops in his right eye, he uses all his force to shut it.

 

[Damien]

Bury - Mateo Retegui (QPR) and Valentin Atangana (Ipswich)
Reading - Conor Bradley (QPR) and Malik Tillman (Ipswich)
Torquay United - Hector Fort (QPR) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (Ipswich)
Sheffield United - Sam Beukema (QPR) and Joey Veerman (Ipswich)
Norwich City - Missed out
Tottenham Hotspur - Missed out

Blackburn Rovers' turn

 

[Damien]

Monday's 5:0 victory against Roma:

Oblak (93)

Hakimi (92)↓ Van Dijk (94) Stones (93) Alaba (94)
Goretzka (92)↓ Rice (93)
Frimpong (92)↓ -- Bellingham (95) -- Pedri (92)
Mbappe (96)​

Subs: Kounde (92), Trent (94)↑, Zakaria (90)↑, N. Williams (91)↑, Pulisic (91), Sancho (90), I. Williams (90)
Did not travel: Disasi (89), Gomes (89)

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

Manchester United v Roma fixtures this season

Game	Utd Poss	Roma Poss	Utd Shots (SoT)	Roma Shots (SoT)	Utd Goals	Roma Goals	Utd SoT Conv.	Roma SoT Conv.
30th Sep: Utd v Roma​	71%​	29%​	19 (11)​	4 (0)​	2​	0​	18.2%​	0%​
21st Oct: Roma v Utd​	72%​	28%​	26 (11)​	9 (0)​	5​	0​	45.5%​	N/A​
Combined​	71.5%​	28.5%​	45 (22)​	13 (0)​	7​	0​	31.8%​	0%​

 

[Damien]

Tuesday's 2:0 Cup win against Liverpool:

Oblak (93)

Disasi (89) Kounde (92)↓ Zakaria (90) Hakimi (92)
Gomes (89) Goretzka (92)↓
N. Williams (91)↓ -- Sancho (90) -- Pulisic (91)
I. Williams (90)​

Subs: Debast (87), Santos (87)↑, Bella-Kotchap (86), Martinelli (84), Sucic (85)↑, Reyna (87)↑, Pedri (92)
Did not travel: Mbappe (96), Bellingham (95), Van Dijk (94), Alaba (94), Trent (94), Stones (93), Rice (93), Frimpong (92)

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

Next three games:
MD10: Southend United (H)
MD11: Sunderland (A)
CCGAG6: Barcelona (A)

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.
22nd Oct: Liverpool v Utd (Cup)​	60%​	40%​	22 (9)​	7 (1)​	2​	0​	22.2%​	0%​
Combined​	60%​	40%​	22 (9)​	7 (1)​	2​	0​	22.2%​	0%​

 

[Damien]

Latest table:

This time last season:

Spoiler

Alternate table where 2.5 SoT = one goal:

Spoiler