David Marsden

Admin Diary

New admin team, new appointments, squad cap and loans, new rule suggestion for player concerns, Youth Cup and Shield prizes,

At the start of Season 20, I had a team half full of 89, 90, 91 and even 92 rated players. Unfortunately, they had an average age of 93, and a tradeable value of about £94 each. And even with their decent ratings, my side’s average was still better than only four or five teams…

Gino’s Postbag

It’s a packed postbag this week! Cesar Loveboat writes: Dear Gino, I can feel it getting harder and harder to find the young boys I love so much. Help me! Dear “Cesar”,I understand your frustration. It can be difficult to sign young talents when other managers are unwilling to sell them. There are a few…

Back to the Future?

My summary of a two month old WhatsApp group chat discussion on Admin’s sudden decision to remove all contracts produced a stream of vile abuse, hysterical nonsense, and fact-starved diatribes from all the usual suspects on the Top 100 newsfeed. So much so that I had to delete the thread after a day. That said,…

Manager Contracts: What Next?

Almost two months ago, all manager contracts were terminated, and replaced by a new system whereby only managers finishing in the bottom four of their divisions will have their position up for review by the “secret panel” (bottom four, unless they won a contract-free season last season). The activity proposals were scrapped (for the time…

Dear Gino

Dear Gino, I am writing to you today to ask for your advice on a matter of great importance to me. I am a new coach in the esteemed custom game world “Top 100”, where – I’m told – only the best, most knowledgeable and expert fantasy soccer managers are worthy of residence. My team…