Author: David Marsden

  • Poll: What Sanctions Should There Be For Managers Who Go Over The Squad Cap?

    Another popular, yet contentious, issue. Managers going over the squad cap tends to become an issue only when new (usually young, possibly future star) players are added to the database, with most of the game world bidding and clubs having…

  • Poll: Should We Change The Squad Cap?

    Reducing the squad cap from the current 50 limit to, say 40, is perhaps one of the most popular – and contentious – suggestions to help stimulate the transfer market in Top 100. So please read the blog summary of…

  • Poll: Sacking Managers

    A very straightforward one, this. Should we increase the number of managers who are sacked at the end of each season from just the bottom two to the maximum allowed, which is three? Should we increase the number of sackings…

  • Poll: Dealing With Manager Inactivity – Introducing Contracts

    Should we ask managers to commit to achieving certain targets before giving them a new job, and give then a contract from, say, 1 – 6 seasons in length depending on what kind of job it is? If a manager…

  • Poll: Improving The Top 100 Social Experience

    Following on from the devastating news that TOP 100 IS DEAD! here is the weather. I mean, a poll. What can we do to spark this beast back into life? What should we do to improve activity on the newsfeed,…

  • Top 100 Is Dead! Long Live Top 100!

    Mike’s addiction to transfer deals led to the most productive and active newsfeed discussion in, well, ever: Like an extended Dead Parrot sketch, many Top 100 managers complained like Mike that their parrot wasn’t just not very active, or a…

  • How Many Points Do You Need For Season 9?

    A revision, update and simplification of the “How Many Points?” series… Based on the average points need to win the title (1st place), automatic promotion (3rd), the final playoff place (7th), to avoid relegation (16th) and the sack (18th), unless…

  • How Many Points Did You Need To Win The Title?

    At the start of Season 8, I published seasonal history stats showing how many points teams could expect to need to avoid the sack, avoid relegation, get into the playoffs (or the top ten in D1), win automatic promotion (top four in D1) or the title. Now…

  • How Many Points Did You Need For Automatic Promotion?

    At the start of Season 8, I published seasonal history stats showing how many points teams could expect to need to avoid the sack, avoid relegation, get into the playoffs (or the top ten in D1), win automatic promotion (top four in D1) or the title. Now…

  • How Many Points Did You Need To Get Into The Playoffs?

    At the start of Season 8, I published seasonal history stats showing how many points teams could expect to need to avoid the sack, avoid relegation, get into the playoffs (or the top ten in D1), win automatic promotion (top four in D1) or the title. Now…