The Top100 Administration, along with contract advisors "Big Sam" Allardyce and Harry Redknapp, have finished the grueling task of sorting out the contracts for those managers who were due a new contract for Season 19 ... and it was grueling ....

List of Division 1 Clubs due a new contract

Barcelona - Dan Wally

Bayern Munchen - Bojan H

Chelsea - James McKenzie

Real Madrid - Paddy D

RSC Anderlecht - Chris East

Tottenham Hotspur - Liam Piggott

TSG Hoffenheim - Carl Martin

List of Division 2 Clubs due a new contract

Ajax - Alessandro Loli

Aston Villa - Adam

Bayer Leverkusen - The Godfather

Dnipro - Dave 'Oz' Ozborne

Everton - RJ Alston

Leicester City - Doug Earle

Levante UD - Salvoz

RCD Espanyol - Glen Mullan

PSG - Andrew Kelly

Udinese - Alejandro Virgillo

List of Division 3 Clubs due a new contract

Celta Vigo - Paul Masters

FC Augsburg - Mister TRX

Feyenoord - Pedro Vilar

Internazionale - Gyan the Cat

Manchester United - Niall Taylor

Sporting CP - Joao Alves

Swansea City - Andy VH

Zenit Saint Petersburg - Mark Stewart

List of Division 4 Clubs due a new contract

Besiktas JK - yamil Mc02

Chievo Verona - Ricardo Ferreira

Dynamo Moskva - Paul Rimmer

FC Koln - Gursiman Brar

Malaga CF - Hasan Lika (aka Landucci)

Santos FC - Daniel Whyte

Sevilla - Feargal Hickey

Sunderland - Neil Frankland

US Sassuolo - Jimmy Gouldie

List of Division 5 Clubs due a new contract

ACF Fiorentina - Andy Martin

AS Saint-Etienne - Jena 'Snake' Plisken

Atalanta BC - Attila Olah

Athletic Club - Tharanidharan

Club Brugge - Davy Vandendriessche

Olympiacos - Master T

Olympique Lyonnais - Jack Oxford

Newcastle United - Norman Little

PSV - Padraig Corcoran

SS Lazio - Giuseppe Trovato

Villarreal CF - r cast

So what happens now ?

Alrighty .... so what happens now ...

If you and your club are listed above, please reach out to one of the following Admin's or Admin apprentices ... SM player profiles are linked. Or if you are lucky, one of them might reach out to you.

=> Salvatore Zerbo

=> Gav Harmer

=> Dan Wally

They will be able to give you your terms and conditions for your next contract

Once you have been informed of your new contract, and if you have any questions about your new contract, please let them know so that they can pass this information back into "Admin GCHB Central"

Good luck in Season 19 to all managers and their clubs, and thanks to all for keeping Top100 as one of the best leagues in SM

Cheers

The Admin Team

Last week we polled the visibility for the returning Managerial Contracts for Season 16, 17, 18 with the initial first season trial starting in Season 16 for Division 1 managers & reappointed or newly appointed managers.

We hope that with a successful first season in Season 15 for the 'Contracts' we can install a fair system across the board in Top 100, encouraging competitive but fair challenge to all clubs across the game world, ensuring that clubs can be attended to fittingly, dependant on the clubs needs. This may of course mean some contracts pushing elite, higher rated teams for trophies & high finishes within their divisions, although likely more so within the upper echelons of Division 1. This may mean contracts to enforce a building period for lower end Division 5 clubs that require time & attention to see them improve in the long term, but slowly encourage a sign of progression over seasons.

We aim to ensure that with this system, where some managers may believe they're building for the long term improvement of their side, the contract system may limit a period whereby failure to show a little improvement may eventually be judged by the secret panel for whether the long term build is heading in the right direction or simply stumbling along inefficiently. Of course, it's unlikely that all 100 teams can be heading in a positive trajectory at all times however we hope that the Contracts system enables a care & attention to be paid to all clubs so as to ensure no clubs fall away into insurmountable positions for returning to a competitive level.

The results of the polls can be found below;

A positive return of 79% of the game world voting over the 10 day voting period, a good turn out for the poll. The results, an 11 vote margin for having Contracts hidden to the public/general population, a near 14% difference.

As for the specifics of the Contracts & their potential for being made visible situation dependant;

An overall vote of 32 totalling for the Contracts being made public here, a 2 vote difference from the 34 that voted for the option of Public versus Hidden in the first poll. In regards to the more Hidden options but potentially being made visible, a split between being made public when a stipulation has not been achieved & being kept totally secret, with the latter being the slight winner between the two.

Results Summary

We, the admin team, therefore in support of the poll, will keep Contracts hidden.

We, the admin team, will herein only make stipulations where failed, known to the secret panel where required for voting on a managers future; Reappointment & new contract or Sacked upon failure of contract.

Thanks to all the managers whom voted in the polls for Contracts, we hope they will see a positive implementation in Top 100 & value within the community, good luck to all Top 100 managers in Season 16 whom are part of the first initial season trial.

For Season 16 & onwards in theory, we are introducing the concept of contracts in Top 100.

A contract is an agreed stipulation(s) for which managers must target particular finishes in competitions in the game world, otherwise they will face a final secret panel vote upon whether or not they should continue in their managerial role at their current club or not.

These contracts are agreed by both admin & the manager themselves with a loose suggestion based upon statistics collected from within the game world regarding the strength of squad, starting 11 & therein a rough objective view. Of course, further more subjective views are additionally taken into account for a longer term prospect within a club or its requirement of transition.

The idea of contracts is to encourage top division clubs to push for success rather than sit on laurels or previous achievement, consistently ensuring that new heights are pursued by clubs & managers alike.

In the outcome of a success for contracts, further contracts may be explored within Top 100 as within Season 16, contracts are only assigned to Division 1, re-appointed or newly appointed managers, roughly 33% of the game world.

At this moment in time, these contracts, negotiated by manager & admins are known only by those parties. We are however herein exploring whether or not the contracts assigned within the game world are to remain hidden as currently done so or made public to the viewing of all of Top 100 & Top 120 here on the blog.

Please before voting consider;

• Managers have negotiated contracts so in to encourage an increasing competitiveness in the game world for the better of the game world.
• All contracts are negotiated so as to ensure all parties are happy, we do not want to discourage or dissuade managers from competing/managing in Top 100.
• Whilst not all managers have contracts currently, in the future, all might. Think if you would be happy to have your stipulations made public or known only by yourself, admin & if required, the secret panel.

Please once again ensure you have read above prior to voting.

First a simple vote, followed by a more in-depth vote.

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 failed to achieve agreed targets he could then be asked to quit his job. Failure to do so could ultimately end his Top 100 career.



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Should we introduce contracts for managers when they take on new jobs?

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