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Damien · Dec 31, 2022

Race to 90 (III)

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

2mufc0 (Sunderland): Benoit Badiashile - 89 (73)
The Taurean (Nottingham Forest): Myron Boadu - 87 (76)
christy87 (Chelsea): Luan Candido - 85 (70)
harshad (Bristol City): Angel Gomes - 85 (75)
Litterbug (Blackburn): Victor Mollejo - 82 (70)
Damien (Man Utd): Eddie Salcedo - 82 (73)

Race to 90 winners

Edition	Player	Manager	Club
I	Gabriel Jesus	The Stain	Everton
II	Achraf Hakimi	It's a farce!	Norwich City
IV	Jamal Musiala	infamous7	Fulham

Damien · Dec 31, 2022

Race to 90 (V)

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

infamous7 (Fulham): Fabio Miretti - 85 (78)
CrackersJr (Newcastle United): Angelo Gabriel - 82 (73)
BenitoSTARR (Cardiff City): Romeo Lavia - 82 (73)
The Stain (Leyton Orient): Vitor Roque - 82 (76)
Ravelation (Bradford City): Cade Cowell - 80 (78)
harshad (Bristol City) Alejandro Garnacho - 80 (73)
Green_Red (Southampton): Mathys Tel - 80 (73)
RedSky (Hereford): Carney Chukwuemeka - 78 (78)
Big-Red (Tottenham Hotspur): Linus Gechter - 78 (78)
Dans (Bournemouth): Dragan Stoisavljevic - 78 (78)
Springfield WildCats (Milton Keynes Dons): Roony Bardghji - 77 (77)
The Taurean (Nottingham Forest): Moreira Savio - 76 (76)
LungiDevil (Leeds Utd): Arda Guler - 76 (76)
Wino1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers): Marko Milovanovic - 76 (76)
Damien (Manchester United): Matheus Nascimento - 76 (73)
coolredwine (Norwich City): Malcolm Ebiowei - 75 (70)
Mani (Darlington): Gabriel Vidovic - 75 (75)
dutza90 (Middlesbrough): Jeanuel Belocian - 73 (73)
TheReligion (West Ham United): Felipe Endrick - 73 (70)
Akash (Kidderminster Harriers): Isaac Babadi - 70 (65)
Dom Gill (Gillingham): Moustapha Cisse - 70 (70)
spontaneus1 (Barnsley): Amourricho van Axel Dongen - 67 (67)

Race to 90 winners

Edition	Player	Manager	Club
I	Gabriel Jesus	The Stain	Everton
II	Achraf Hakimi	It's a farce!	Norwich City
IV	Jamal Musiala	infamous7	Fulham

Damien · Jan 1, 2023

FFP Table (January 2023)

Div 1

Manchester United - 43/45
Arsenal - 39/48
Liverpool - 48/50
Newcastle United - 49/50
Sunderland - 50/51
Aston Villa - 51/52
Cardiff City - 47/52
Chelsea - 46/52
Darlington - 51/52
Everton - 52/52
Fulham - 50/52
Middlesbrough - 51/52
Nottingham Forest - 50/52
Norwich City - 52/52
Southend United - 52/52
Wolverhampton Wanderers - 51/52
Hereford - 52/53
Leyton Orient - 49/53
Kidderminster Harriers - 55/55
Gillingham - 55/57

Div 2

Tottenham Hotspur - 40/44
West Ham United - 49/50
Manchester City - 41/51
Barnsley - 48/54
Blackburn Rovers - 38/54
Bournemouth - 52/54
Milton Keynes Dons - 52/54
Southampton - 52/54
Bristol City - 47/55
Leeds United - 53/55
Burnley - 34/59

Div 4

Plymouth Argyle - 39/58
Bradford City - 61/62

Div 5

Rochdale - 57/67

January 2023 Youth Table

Position	Team	Points	# of Players
1	Leeds United	48.4	17
2	Bradford City	46.2	26
3	Kidderminster Harriers	44.2	19
4	Hereford	38.4	15
5	Nottingham Forest	38.2	13
6	Manchester United	37.8	13
7	Fulham	36	16
8	Middlesbrough	31.2	12
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30.7	12
10	Aston Villa	28.7	10
11	Leyton Orient	24	9
12	Rochdale	23.5	15
13	Barnsley	23.1	8
14	Cardiff City	21.5	10
15	Bournemouth	20.2	10
16	Chelsea	19.5	8
17	Newcastle United	18.6	7
18	Arsenal	18.2	8
19	Southend United	17.9	5
20	Southampton	15.2	8
21	Manchester City	14.9	6
22	Bristol City	14.4	7
23	Liverpool	14.3	8
24	Milton Keynes Dons	13.9	6
25	Darlington	12.5	7
26	Sunderland	9.9	4
27	Everton	7.8	3
28	Tottenham Hotspur	6.9	3
29	Blackburn Rovers	5.8	3
30	West Ham United	5.6	3
31	Gillingham	5.5	3
32	Burnley	2.5	1
33	Plymouth Argyle	1.5	1
34	Norwich City	1	1

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 January

Team	Player	Rating	Birthday	Points
West Ham United	Luiz Henrique	86	2nd	3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Odilon Kossounou	88	4th	4
Bradford City	David Costa	83	5th	1.5
Cardiff City	Mykhaylo Mudryk	85	5th	2.5
Chelsea	Bafode Diakite	84	6th	2
Rochdale	Jon Pacheco	84	8th	2
Rochdale	Yorbe Vertessen	83	8th	1.5
Hereford	Eric García	88	9th	4
Manchester City	Goes Rodrygo	91	9th	5.5
Rochdale	Lassina Traore	85	12th	2.5
Nottingham Forest	Myron Boadu	87	14th	3.5
Leeds United	Enzo Fernandez	88	17th	4
Blackburn Rovers	Victor Mollejo	82	21st	1
Bournemouth	Strahinja Erakovic	82	22nd	1
Fulham	Roberto Piccoli	82	27th	1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Curtis Jones	87	30th	3.5

Youngest managed players rated 82+

Rank	Team	Player	DOB	Age	Rating	Points
1	Leyton Orient	Vitor Roque	28 Feb 2005	17	82	2.2
2	Hereford	Facundo Buonanotte	23 Dec 2004	18	82	1.9
3	Newcastle United	Angelo Gabriel	21 Dec 2004	18	82	1.9
4	Middlesbrough	Youssoufa Moukoko	20 Nov 2004	18	85	3.4
5	Aston Villa	Pablo Gavi	5 Aug 2004	18	90	5.9
6	Leyton Orient	Gabriel Slonina	15 May 2004	18	82	1.9
7	Kidderminster Harriers	Julio Enciso	22 Jan 2004	18	82	1.9
8	Hereford	Mohamed Ali Cho	19 Jan 2004	18	85	3.4
9	Milton Keynes Dons	Kaiky Fernandes	12 Jan 2004	18	83	2.4
10	Cardiff City	Romeo Lavia	6 Jan 2004	18	82	1.9

Top 10 youth players by points

Rank	Team	Player	Age	Rating	Points
1	Manchester United	Jude Bellingham	19	92	6.6
2	Manchester United	Pedri Gonzalez	20	92	6.3
3	Fulham	Jamal Musiala	19	91	6.1
4	Chelsea	Bukayo Saka	21	92	6
5	Aston Villa	Pablo Gavi	18	90	5.9
6	Aston Villa	Florian Wirtz	19	90	5.6
7	Manchester City	Goes Rodrygo	21	91	5.5
8	Nottingham Forest	Eduardo Camavinga	20	90	5.3
=	Leeds United	Nuno Mendes	20	90	5.3
=	Leyton Orient	Josko Gvardiol	20	90	5.3

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

Damien · Jan 6, 2023

Damien · Jan 6, 2023

Update on potential Division 1 records being broken with six games left to go:

Cardiff City have conceded 18 goals in 32 games. If they concede six goals or fewer in the remaining six games, they'll be the outright holder, overtaking Everton (25) in season 24.
Fulham have got the outright record for most draws in a single season with 19, overtaking Plymouth Argyle (17) in season 17. There are six games left to go to extend this record further.
Middlesbrough's Diogo Jota has four red cards so far this season. They need just one more to get the outright record for most reds in a season.

Update on potential Division 4 records being broken with six games left to go:

Bradford City have scored 135 goals so far this season. They need just 24 more in the remaining six games (4 per game) to get the outright record from Kidderminster Harriers (158) in season 21.
Bradford City have conceded 10 goals so far this season. They need to not concede at all in the remaining six games to get the outright record from Gillingham and Mansfield Town (both 11) in seasons 21 and 15 respectively.
Bradford City have got 32 wins so far this season. They need to win all six remaining games to take the outright record from Kidderminster Harriers (37) in season 14.
Like above, they need to win all six remaining games to get the points record from Kidderminster Harriers (112) in season 14.
Bradford City have got a goal difference of 124 so far this season. They need to improve this by 24 in the remaining games to take the record from Kidderminster Harriers (147) in season 21.

Update on potential Division 5 records being broken with six games left to go:

Realistically not possible.

infamous7 · Jan 7, 2023

Damien said:
Update on potential Division 1 records being broken with six games left to go:

Fulham have got the outright record for most draws in a single season with 19, overtaking Plymouth Argyle (17) in season 17. There are six games left to go to extend this record further.

will finish on 25 draws

Damien · Jan 9, 2023

Five games to go and four teams are still involved in the title race.

Remaining fixtures:

Man Utd (72 pts, max 87)	Forest (65 pts, max 80)	Everton (63 pts, max 78)	Cardiff (62 pts, max 77)
Arsenal (A)	Liverpool (A)	Newcastle (H)	Sunderland (H)
Gillingham (H)	Hereford (H)	Darlington (A)	Leyton Orient (A)
Fulham (A)	Arsenal (A)	Southend (H)	Wolves (H)
Darlington (H)	Gillingham (H)	Aston Villa (A)	Newcastle (A)
Aston Villa (A)	Fulham (A)	Chelsea (H)	Southend (H)

Arsenal, Fulham and Gillingham all face the top 2 teams.

TheReligion · Jan 9, 2023

Damien said:
Five games to go and four teams are still involved in the title race.

Remaining fixtures:

Man Utd (72 pts, max 87) Forest (65 pts, max 80) Everton (63 pts, max 78) Cardiff (62 pts, max 77)
Arsenal (A)
Liverpool (A)
Newcastle (H)
Sunderland (H)
Gillingham (H)
Hereford (H)
Darlington (A)
Leyton Orient (A)
Fulham (A)
Arsenal (A)
Southend (H)
Wolves (H)
Darlington (H)
Gillingham (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Newcastle (A)
Aston Villa (A)
Fulham (A)
Chelsea (H)
Southend (H)

Arsenal, Fulham and Gillingham all face the top 2 teams.

Division 2 is where the action is

infamous7 · Jan 10, 2023

Damien said:
Arsenal, Fulham and Gillingham all face the top 2 teams.

i was hoping to go undefeated at home all season but seems impossible

Damien · Jan 10, 2023

SMFA Cup Semi Finals (major honours in brackets)
(41) Manchester United v Lazio (N/A)
(N/A) Benfica v Atalanta (N/A)

SMFA Shield Semi Finals (major honours in brackets)
(4) Southend United v Wolfsburg (N/A)
(10) Arsenal v Galatasaray (N/A)

Damien · Jan 10, 2023

TheReligion said:
Division 2 is where the action is

Eh, looks like you have it in the bag with four of your remaining five games being against AI. Congrats on the title

Damien · Jan 12, 2023

@Varun withdraw your bid on Shaqueel van Persie please. Says in OP that bids shouldn't be withdrawn and changed when player value goes up.

Varun · Jan 12, 2023

Damien said:
@Varun withdraw your bid on Shaqueel van Persie please. Says in OP that bids shouldn't be withdrawn and changed when player value goes up.

That's a shit rule, I should he rewarded for being online to catch the price change. He's mine.

spontaneus1 · Jan 12, 2023

Varun said:
That's a shit rule, I should he rewarded for being online to catch the price change. He's mine.

Hardly makes sense to be rewarded for being in a convenient timezone/work schedule. It's not a skill.

Varun · Jan 12, 2023

spontaneus1 said:
Hardly makes sense to be rewarded for being in a convenient timezone/work schedule. It's not a skill.

It's a soft skill but skill nonetheless

Damien · Jan 13, 2023

Remaining fixtures:

Man Utd (72 pts, max 84)	Forest (65 pts, max 77)	Everton (64 pts, max 76)	Cardiff (63 pts, max 75)
Gillingham (H)	Hereford (H)	Darlington (A)	Leyton Orient (A)
Fulham (A)	Arsenal (A)	Southend (H)	Wolves (H)
Darlington (H)	Gillingham (H)	Aston Villa (A)	Newcastle (A)
Aston Villa (A)	Fulham (A)	Chelsea (H)	Southend (H)

infamous7 · Jan 13, 2023

Looks like united will clinch with a win at craven cottage

Damien · Jan 15, 2023

Cardiff City now out of the title race.

Remaining fixtures:

Man Utd (75 pts, max 84)	Forest (68 pts, max 77)	Everton (67 pts, max 76)
Fulham (A)	Arsenal (A)	Southend (H)
Darlington (H)	Gillingham (H)	Aston Villa (A)
Aston Villa (A)	Fulham (A)	Chelsea (H)

LungiDevil · Jan 19, 2023

The goal for Leeds is to build an Under 30 or even an Under 25 team of 90+ in a couple of years, so that playing in Division - 1 can be a relative constant.
Here's the predicted line-up for 2025. Looks like I need some wide forwards.

The ones is blue are still a question mark for 90. Which players am I overestimating to come good?

infamous7 · Jan 19, 2023

congrats damien on another league title

Damien · Jan 19, 2023

infamous7 said:
congrats damien on another league title

thank you

LungiDevil said:
The goal for Leeds is to build an Under 30 or even an Under 25 team of 90+ in a couple of years, so that playing in Division - 1 can be a relative constant.
Here's the predicted line-up for 2025. Looks like I need some wide forwards.

The ones is blue are still a question mark for 90. Which players am I overestimating to come good?

I really doubt Martial will still be able to play wide by 2025, and with his injury issues, staying 90 will be hard to call. Lewis' breakthrough is great for you but think you're still lacking something at RB. Mendes and Enzo are the stars for sure.

And great goal to aim towards. Darlington and Southend United started that way and they've been pretty much Division 1 constants for a while. Hereford are a more recent version to aspire to, and while not completely under 30, Leyton Orient are almost there.

Crackers · Jan 19, 2023

Tried some experiments today as I'm totally stuck in midtable. My GK and DM are probably my biggest concerns right now, but I can realistically only afford one of them and keep funds for growth.

Aim for next season is top 8 and some building more of a squad.

Damien · Jan 19, 2023

Crackers said:
Tried some experiments today as I'm totally stuck in midtable. My GK and DM are probably my biggest concerns right now, but I can realistically only afford one of them and keep funds for growth.

Aim for next season is top 8 and some building more of a squad.

GK is definitely an issue but wouldn't think DM is a problem for you with two players I've sent to you plus Rabiot returning to form.

Crackers · Jan 19, 2023

Damien said:
GK is definitely an issue but wouldn't think DM is a problem for you with two players I've sent to you plus Rabiot returning to form.

While I agree, it means that I end up with a depth crisis at fullback then. I don't expect to have my loans forever either, but GK is definitely the more pressing need when I factor in my loans.

TheReligion · Jan 19, 2023

Crackers said:
While I agree, it means that I end up with a depth crisis at fullback then. I don't expect to have my loans forever either, but GK is definitely the more pressing need when I factor in my loans.

I have some 89 CMs you can loan. I also have a better GK you can have on loan too.

Should have come to The Iron Factory from the start.

Crackers · Jan 19, 2023

TheReligion said:
I have some 89 CMs you can loan. I also have a better GK you can have on loan too.

Should have come to The Iron Factory from the start.

I am at loan capacity already. What I need is a new permanent GK but willing to wait

TheReligion · Jan 19, 2023

Crackers said:
I am at loan capacity already. What I need is a new permanent GK but willing to wait

Cancel some of them?

The Div One big boys have fobbed you off with rubbish.

LungiDevil · Jan 20, 2023

Damien said:
thank you

I really doubt Martial will still be able to play wide by 2025, and with his injury issues, staying 90 will be hard to call. Lewis' breakthrough is great for you but think you're still lacking something at RB. Mendes and Enzo are the stars for sure.

And great goal to aim towards. Darlington and Southend United started that way and they've been pretty much Division 1 constants for a while. Hereford are a more recent version to aspire to, and while not completely under 30, Leyton Orient are almost there.

Thanks for commenting & congrats on your title!

Wide attackers are a real concern. I have a bunch of 'unknown' quantities in my squad, hopefully a couple of them kick-on.
On the RB side, I have high hopes for Geertruida. Hoping he gets a move, focuses on his RB spot and stays fit.
Or you could give me Frimpong.

Crackers · Jan 26, 2023

Sadly I do not have the budget for same kind of announcement

Ravelation · Jan 27, 2023

Damien said:
...Update on potential Division 4 records being broken with six games left to go:

Bradford City have scored 135 goals so far this season. They need just 24 more in the remaining six games (4 per game) to get the outright record from Kidderminster Harriers (158) in season 21.

Bradford City have conceded 10 goals so far this season. They need to not concede at all in the remaining six games to get the outright record from Gillingham and Mansfield Town (both 11) in seasons 21 and 15 respectively.

Bradford City have got 32 wins so far this season. They need to win all six remaining games to take the outright record from Kidderminster Harriers (37) in season 14.

Like above, they need to win all six remaining games to get the points record from Kidderminster Harriers (112) in season 14.

Bradford City have got a goal difference of 124 so far this season. They need to improve this by 24 in the remaining games to take the record from Kidderminster Harriers (147) in season 21...

All Div4 records belong to me.
Div 3... Where you at?

Damien · Jan 27, 2023

SM RedCafe League Power Rankings (ordered by last 5 seasons avg)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uAlBi9UJtU2zf9dwr-9NMWG8E1oHfuJoj6hPok91klc/edit?usp=sharing

Not much movement in the top 7. Sad to see Mansfield Town drop into the bottom division - last time they were there was Season 14. @RedRazor did such a good job with them before disappearing.

Damien · Jan 27, 2023

Division 1 top flight records tables (new entries this season in light purple)

Division 4 records table (new entries this season in light purple)

Division 5 records table (new entries this season in light purple)

I'll do a Division 2 and 3 one at some point in the future.

Thank you to each and every one of you for being part of the league. Without you all, this wouldn't have lasted as long as it has done so far - here's to another 10 seasons if SM doesn't feck things up further.

The Taurean · Jan 27, 2023

Liverpool update for the RC list with 3 players

Damien · Jan 27, 2023

The Taurean said:
Liverpool update for the RC list with 3 players

Yeah they've had at least one new entrant in the RC/YC list for every season since S23. Dirtiest team for sure.

BenitoSTARR · Jan 27, 2023

Damien said:
Division 1 top flight records tables (new entries this season in light purple)

Division 4 records table (new entries this season in light purple)

Division 5 records table (new entries this season in light purple)

I'll do a Division 2 and 3 one at some point in the future.

Thank you to each and every one of you for being part of the league. Without you all, this wouldn't have lasted as long as it has done so far - here's to another 10 seasons if SM doesn't feck things up further.

Once again tremendous work Damien! Appreciate all you do for the league!

Sandyman · Jan 28, 2023

Damien said:
Yeah they've had at least one new entrant in the RC/YC list for every season since S23. Dirtiest team for sure.

That's probably when I took over. I demand pashun on the pitch!

BenitoSTARR · Jan 28, 2023

Sandyman said:
That's probably when I took over. I demand pashun on the pitch!

Tackling style: Pashun

Damien · Feb 1, 2023

Ravelation · Feb 1, 2023

Damien said:

Tbf, it's a Major Honour that you guys get to play in the same league as my Bradford city , so +1 to everyone.

Da dum tss

Damien · Feb 6, 2023

Visualisations

Cumulative Division 1 points

Gillingham were the 48th side to compete in Division 1, though it was shortlived as they were relegated the same season.
Manchester United have been top on cumulative points since Season 6 and look set to be the first side to break the 2000 point mark next season.

Cumulative Division 1 goals

Aston Villa have overtaken Manchester City into fifth place and Fulham have overtaken Tottenham Hotspur into tenth place.
Manchester United have been top on cumulative goals since Season 1, though Everton aim to overtake this in the next couple of seasons.

Cumulative Division 1 Top 4 finishes

Everton had the longest streak of cumulative Top 4 finishes with 9 from Season 12 to Season 20 inclusive.
Nottingham Forest have overtaken Arsenal into fourth on number of Top 4 finishes.
20 teams have finished in the Top 4, with Hereford being the latest in Season 26.
Manchester United have been top/joint top on Top 4 finishes since Season 1.

Cumulative major honours

29 teams have won at least one major honour with Southend United being the latest side to do so in Season 24.
Aston Villa have equalled Chelsea's haul of 7 this season.
Southend United are the joint ninth most successful team having earned their fourth trophy this season.
Manchester United have been top/joint top on major honours won since Season 9, earning more trophies (43) than 20 sides on the above graphic combined (41).

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