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  • Youth Shield 1st Round Draw

    Now that 1st Round of the Youth Cup has completed, here is confirmation of the draw for the 1st Round of the Shield. All games to be played over one leg this Saturday 13 April, please. UPDATE: Chievo will get a bye into the 2nd Round due to Sporting forfeiting their Youth Cup game.

  • Youth Cup 1st Round Results

    I hope to do a live draw for the 2nd Round ties today or tomorrow. Losers drop into the Shield.

  • Draws for the 1st Rounds of the Youth Cup and Shield

    The draws for the 1st Rounds of the Youth Cup and Shield were done live on FB just now. If you’re in the FB group you can click on the links and watch. Youth Cup 1st Round Matches are one leg only and to be played on Saturday 6 April. Schalke vs Independiente Genoa vs…

  • Youth Cup and Shield Qualifiers

    The results are in! Saturday night saw the completion of the Group Stage games, so now we can move on to the knockout rounds. I had hoped to do the draws today, but it will more likely be tomorrow or Wednesday now. Knockout games don’t start until 6 April, so plenty of time still. In…

  • Half-time Teamtalk

    As we approach the halfway point in the season, let’s have a look at who is sucking oranges or lemons, and who is going to be getting the hairdryer treatment for their efforts so far. Division Five Partizan, Lyon, Feyenoord and Spartak currently occupy the bottom four places, three points adrift of Lazio after sixteen…

  • Youth Cup Groups

    I did the draw live on Facebook, but I can’t see a way to download the video to upload here. Sorry. Mind you, it’s 30 minutes long, so maybe for the best. This is how it all turned out. (Colours refer to the pots the teams were in – Pot 1 Orange, Pot 2 yellow,…

  • Youth Cup and Shield Format for S22

    62 63 teams entered this season. I’ve placed each team in one of four seeded pots for the draw, ranked in order of average team rating submitted by managers: Pot 1 No. Team Rat Grp 1 Genoa 87 2 Levante 86 3 Juventus 85 4 Barcelona 84 5 Hellas Verona 84 6 Leicester City 84…

  • New Player Concerns Rule

    Player Concerns From S22 starting Tuesday 23 January 2024, The new rule requiring the sale of players with Level 3 concerns adds a layer of strategic complexity to managing in Top 100. Here’s some advice based on the SM Game Help. Understanding Concerns Trigger Points Players develop (or reduce) concerns after three consecutive evaluations where…

  • RESULTS: Top 100 Managers of the Season

    Division One James Mckenzie, 5th D1 title with Chelsea (predicted to finish 1st) Rob Ryan, best PVA with Real Madrid Division 2 Scott Mckenzie, D2 Champions (predicted to finish 3rd), D5 to D1 in 7 seasons with Sao Paulo Salvatore Zerbo, record 4th Youth Cup Final win with Levante Andrew Bailey, Top 100 Cup and…

  • Der Dino Down

    Hamburger were relegated on the final day of the season, a creditable 0-0 draw at home to a very strong automatic promotion seeking Levante side wasn’t enough. In the end, even a win would not have saved us as both Sporting and Celta Vigo, the two teams above us both won. We return, again, to…