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  • How Many Points Do You Need (S16)?

    I’ve updated my spreadsheet averaging out the number of points needed to win the title, avoid the sack, etc. across all seasons. As the number of seasons increase, each additional season’s stats make less and less difference to the average. So this time I’ve only include the last five seasons’ data (S11 to S15), on…

  • Marsden’s Red Shorts Drop Down

    Die Rothosen were relegated back into Division Three on goal difference on the final day of Season 15 despite winning 3-0 at St James’s Park against Newcastle’s reserve team. North German rivals Werder Bremen lost at Schalke, sealing der Dino’s humiliating fall. It was the culmination of a poor season overall, of course, even if…

  • Motivational North Sea Survival Training Camp for Hamburg

  • Youth Cup and Shield Quarter-Final History and Preview

    Youth Cup Genoa vs. Juventus Genoa have made the quarter-finals of the cup or the shield in six out of the last seven seasons (there was no Shield competition in S12), winning the Cup twice in S11 and S13. Juve are, of course, the reigning Youth Cup champions, and won the trophy back in S2…

  • Youth Cup and Shield S15 Knockout Stages

    Final Group Tables for the Youth Cup and all Knockout Stage fixtures can be seen on the Challonge tournament website. Winners of Groups A to H (Genoa, Stuttgart, Arsenal, Villa, Levante, Man City, Juventus, Sampdoria) get a bye into the 2nd Round. Winners of Groups I to L (Hamburg, Augsburg, Benfica, Newcastle), and all runners-up…

  • Top 100 Talk Podcast S15 E2 – Barca Boss

  • Top 100 Talk S15 E1 – SOS for SES

  • Top 100 Talk Podcast

    I put together a few general questions managers can use or adapt to produce their own audio messages to send in via the Anchor podcast app.

  • Hamburger U21 Development Squad

    Cristhian Cásseres Jr. Another uncontested cash pick-up from an external club in Top 100. Maxence Lacroix Another one picked up for cash from an external club in Top 100, while still at Sochaux irl. Probably my best ever find. Sead Haksabanovic Another lad signed from an external club in Top 100. Alessandro Plizzari A rare…

  • Youth Cup Groups and Fixtures S15

    The draw for the groups was completed at 10am today. Seeding for the groups, and tournament format is here. The tournament results, tables and knockout stage draw are now on the Challonge website. Groups and fixtures for all twelve groups are also shown below. All fixtures can be arranged now using the old UI. If…