Lower Leagues Rule Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Well I am pleased to see Ozkan move to the Championship, but he still needs to get more points on the board, especially because Richardson is running away now. Excellent update again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Good to see I've moved up to championship with Middlesborough, would have prefered Villa though KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikaelS Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 great move for me! How many matches did I reach for Frem? Did they got relegated? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesbeams Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Pretty rubbish at Colchester, could be worse though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dees-Blake Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 great move for me! How many matches did I reach for Frem? Did they got relegated? You played 16 matches for Frem before moving to Liverpool, and they are currently sitting last on 13 points with 18 games played. They will need 7 points to get out of the relegation zone and there are 12 games remaining - looks like you were jumping off the sinking ship! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikaelS Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 You played 16 matches for Frem before moving to Liverpool, and they are currently sitting last on 13 points with 18 games played. They will need 7 points to get out of the relegation zone and there are 12 games remaining - looks like you were jumping off the sinking ship! Whau looks like I leaved just in time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Well Faustino Perozo score 12 goals in 18 matches in Sevilla Young team, so i hope I made the sevilla Atletico next year as a started and some subs games for the first squad if not well a loan is not a bad thing ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1872 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 hope i start getting some games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Richardson is still leading and with over double points to my nearest competitor Hopefully at some point I will get to play with fellow welshmen Ryan Dunn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samb_95 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 up to 5th now, looking comfortable so far . only £65k, could prompt bigger clubs to start looking at me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
creigo Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Benjani needs to pull his socks up and dislodge this imbecile who has joined on loan from Scunny. Come on lad!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihsaan Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hoping to break into the team at some point and then reap the rewards of some top class training facilities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hall Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Pim Like Pim the manager, nobody wants him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dees-Blake Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 Update coming in a few hours, I will try to keep the updates flowing one every three days if possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dees-Blake Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 July 2010 --- In April, I guaranteed that this update there would be at least one player sent home. If anybody had still failed to find a club, they would be eliminated. After one year of gameplay, all of the promising 16 year olds should have been able to find a club. Many of the young players have succeeded and found good homes to further their footballing careers. Unfortunately, not everybody can be a success story and the players eliminated are... ... Ryan Andrews, Pim Park van der Bus, Cerneo Quam and Tomaldinho. And so, it stayed the same. None of the four who remained unemployed at January or April managed to find a club. Instead, they turned their focus to other things and gave up footballing entirely. In the end, no clubs wanted their services and it is with deep regret that these four, young promising players are eliminated from the competition on 0 points. I will no longer be following their careers. However, it was good times for the twenty-seven who remained as they celebrated at their individual clubs after the letter came through, letting them know where they finished and that their services would be required for six months more at the minimum. The first of July was a time for celebration for all of these players, as they will now get another opportunity to show what they can do. However, for one of the twenty-seven remaining, their dreams will be ending in six months. Our next elimination is in January 2011, but first of all let's take a look at the three months that passed. In the first two updates I have covered Will Richardson near the end, but seeing he is our leader for the third consecutive update I feel it is time to recognise him as the first player. And, for Richardson it was another good three months as he maintained his comfortable lead at the top of the table at Cork City. His game-time was limited through May and June as he tore his hamstring, but he is expected to recover and be back to full fitness just a few days after this update. Throughout Richardson's short career, he has already picked up four awards which is the most by any player. Twice he has been named in the Irish Premier Division Team of the Week and he was also named in Cork City's Best XI and won the Welsh Young Player of the Year award. He also remains the only player to be capped at youth level. It has been a fantastic start for Richardson, but for how long will he continue to dominate at the top? After Richardson, I feel we ought to cover our biggest risers of the update. Two players managed an eight-place leap up the leaderboard, and for one of these players it was a huge move as he jumped right into second position. This player was English striker Joe Tompkins from Brentford, who after earning a starting spot on their Best XI was rewarded with a good amount of points. The other player to rise greatly, after earning a spot on the bench in the Best XI for their club, was none other than Croatian keeper Zvonimir Uljarevic. This was undoubtedly a great three months for him - he had been staring at some real danger right at the bottom of the table before, but this big jump in the leaderboard ought to ensure him six more months of safety. Despite starting just five matches for his club Imotski, Uljarevic was rewarded as the second-choice goalkeeper and featured on the Best XI. At the other end we have the biggest fallers of the update - a category which nobody wants to win. Unfortunately, this update's biggest faller went to Matt Ferguson, who dropped seven positions after before establishing himself up the top end of the table after a good run with Valur. Ferguson had a cold spell out of the first team and watched as a few other competitors jumped ahead of him to knock him well out of the top ten. The next biggest fall went to the Spaniard Fernié, who did absolutely nothing for the seniors in the three months. He fell five places but remains narrowly in the top ten, and doesn't have a whole deal to worry about. He is developing well at Athletic and has scored a blistering 13 goals in 14 games for their youth team. Not a great deal of concern about his fall, that's for sure. Carrying on with the Spanish flair and we have Gelmiro Navarrete, who dropped one position down to third after featuring only for Real Sociedad's youth team, much like Fernié. His value still remains a whopping £3,000,000 but his lack of matches has seen him fall a spot on the table. Just two places below him is fellow Spaniard Ihsaan Ahmed, who justified his fall last update with a solid rise this update to jump four places in the leaderboard. Ahmed has been performing superbly for the Villarreal youth team and was even earned with a starting spot in a Liga BBVA match. He performed excellently, finishing with a rating of 7.1 and has definitely impressed selectors for the future. His value almost doubled and it was definitely an excellent update for him. The final Spanish player, and also the one who sits second-lowest out of his fellow countrymen is Faustino Perozo. He remains in the top ten, but after his uninspiring two substitute performances for Sevilla they seem unwanting to call him back up for their senior team - and with good reason too, after he rated 5.8 in a league match and then 5.5 in the cup match following. He has returned to reasonable form with the youth team, however. Time to head over England, and in specific League One where we have the biggest battle of the competition with a number of players competing against each other with their clubs. As it turned out, none of the players' clubs were promoted nor relegated, and provided no player decides to move clubs we should see a similar battle next season. At the top of the battle was Charles Beams' Colchester, who were heartbroken after missing out on the playoffs by a single goal. They conceded the exact same amount as Swindon, earned the exact same amount of points and even won more games, however they scored one less goal and this saw them finishing one point away. Swindon ended up winning promotion from the bottom of the playoffs. For Beams himself, it was a fairly mediocre season as he made just a handful of appearances and finds himself struggling in the bottom half. Ashley Salisbury's Huddersfield also finished just one point below Colchester in 8th, ending a fairly good season for them. Unfortunately for Salisbury, he didn't play in a single league game and despite a good season for their youth team this has cost him extremely dearly. He has now slipped two places and finds himself in the exact position nobody wants to be with an elimination looming - dead last. He will need to justify himself in the upcoming half-season, and his survival will depend on him getting games for Huddersfield. Two places below Huddersfield in the league table were Leyton Orient, the home of Benjani Creigo. With Orient's loaned midfielder returning to his own club, Creigo should have a chance of starting a few more matches for his team. A spot on the bench for the Leyton Orient Best XI has seen Creigo rise rapidly up the table though, and he is now pressuring the top ten and is looking very comfortable. Down to the bottom end of the league table in League One and we find ourselves with a number of our players' teams, stacked in the bottom half. Finishing 15th we see Ricky Nakano's Yeovil. It wasn't such a good update for Nakano, who only managed a total of four starts and seven sub appearances over the course of the season for Yeovil. He finds himself third from the bottom and will want a better year to make up for that. Two spots below Yeovil we have Brentford, the home of Joe Tompkins who was this update's biggest riser and also Luke Swinson who had quite a respectable season. While missing out entirely on the Best XI, unlike his counterpart Joe Tompkins, Swinson started in a handy 12 matches and is one of only four competitors to win a Man of the Match award in a competitive game - behind Will Richardson, Joe Tompkins and Steveldinho. In Finland we see our versatile midfielder Steveldinho starting to make a rise in the table. Despite starting just one match for Tampere United, that was enough to win him a Man of the Match award as he played superbly. He has also been quite solid in the four sub appearances that he has made and his value has risen to £500,000. I'll head back to England now, so to keep this update reasonably organised - and this time it's to the Championship I will look at quickly. We only have two competitors there; soon to be just one after one of the players was promoted. Surprisingly enough it wasn't Alex Parker's Middlesbrough who failed in the play-offs, losing out to West Brom. Parker didn't have much of a say in this though as he made just the one sub appearance with a rating of 6.8 up front. Instead, being automatically promoted as champions, it was the surprise package midfielder Ferhat Özkan. Özkan isn't in a great position on the table but he will be earning a lot more points now after his Sheffield United pulled off a shock league win, beating Watford only by goal difference. In the end they will leave behind Middlesbrough and also Newcastle who failed to promote. Not a great season for the ex-Premier League teams. Özkan himself didn't have a huge contribution for Sheffield United, although he became the first player to score a goal in the Championship after coming on and scoring in one of his three substitute appearances over the season. In League Two, Bury had an excellent year finishing fourth and top of the playoff zone but heartbreakingly lost 1-0 thanks to a late second-half goal from Port Vale in the final to see them prepare for another season in League Two. Chip Butty did not play in the final, but he played an important role for the rest of the season, making an impressive 31 league starts for Bury. He sits well inside the top ten and looms as a real threat of the competition, although he will be disappointed after his Bury side failed to promote. Staying in England, we have our final competitor - though he is not a natural Englishman. Mikael Schøler, who made headlines after joining Liverpool six months ago hasn't found himself anywhere near the first team just yet. He is developing in the under 19 team however, and the future does hold some promise for him. He will be comforted at the club by fellow Danish stalwart Daniel Agger. Time to look near the bottom of the table again, and with Ashley Salisbury in last we move up a position to struggling goalkeeper Matt Collard of Landskrona. The Swedish goalkeeper has only made five senior appearances and failing to be rewarded with a Best XI spot has cost him dear points as he has watched his goalkeeping counterpart Uljarevic move ahead of him. Collard is in danger of being eliminated should Salisbury lift his game and suddenly he is under some serious pressure. Just two spots ahead of him we have the only other Swede in the competition - Uffe Johansson. Johansson hasn't started in a single league game for Assyriska yet in the first six months of 2010, and has only played one match in his entire career. Factoring in that Assyriska are a relatively small club and we see Johansson in quite a bit of trouble. He will be out for four to six weeks further after this update with shin splints and he isn't in a great position right now. Still, that can all change very quickly. Still near the bottom of the table, but one of the big risers this week is the ex-last placed Jerome Hebert. After a fantastic career in France and then manag-... wait, wrong game, Jerome Hebert has lifted his early blues to move six places up the table at French team Balma Sporting Club. Playing a total of 19 matches throughout the season was enough to earn Hebert a spot in the Best XI and he has left the bottom of the table behind with an excellent rise up the table. Can he continue this run of form? Looking to Belgium we see Tom Vesters at Hoogstraten, where has become one of the fan favourites after making 23 appearances as an attacking winger. He remains the youngest player ever to play for Hoogstraten and has served the team well so far with some good statistics in the third tier of Belgium. He is currently sitting around the lower mid-table of the competition. Another player in the lower mid-table of the competition that I have not yet reviewed is English striker Adam Kerr who is currently enjoying a stint in Norway (well - perhaps not really enjoying). He has made just the two appearances this year, scoring one goal after braving the cold Scandinavian weather. He hasn't really performed enough yet to earn a great deal of recognition, but perhaps his time will come. Back to the United Kingdom finally (and Ireland) where we have our final four players. In Scotland we have the Irishman Sam Bellamy who has risen once more in the leaderboard after being named in the Cowdenbeath Best XI. He has made more league appearances at one club than any other player with 36 currently for his Scottish team Cowdenbeath and is in great shape in the leaderboard right now. Also in Scotland, we see fellow Irishman Shaneimus Maximus plying his trade at Partick Thistle, who had a good solid year by finishing second in 2009/10. The Irish defender remains in the upper half of the league table after a fair performance through the year as he started in 17 matches. Over to Northern Ireland now where we have just one competitor - it is the Welshman Ryan Dunn who is at Linfield, and a fine time indeed he is having there. He played twenty matches for the Northern Irish giants last season, and finds himself knocking right on the door of the top ten players. Finally we have one of the two players after Will Richardson that is currently competing in Ireland - the Scottish striker Thomas Weir. He has struggled for game time but has started in a couple of matches and as a result he finds himself just about smack bang in the middle of the table. We are now well and truly into the World Cup, with the Quarter Finals currently taking place. In Group A, Italy and Slovakia qualified while New Zealand picked up just the one point - a sign of things to come? Australia and Ireland were knocked out of their group by the surprise package of Tunisia alongside Germany, but it was Group E where the biggest shock of all lay. In a group where England, Russia, Chile and South Korea competed we looked set to see some fairly big matches. However, what one didn't expect was for Chile and South Korea to somehow progress with England astonishingly finishing last in their group, drawing 2-2 with Chile, 0-0 with South Korea and finally a 2-0 loss to the Russians to send them home. Mexico and Holland were the other big teams to drop out of the group stages, but they both had tough groups - Mexico finished behind Serbia and Spain, while Holland were forced to compete with Ivory Coast and France. The second round panned out as expected, with the favourites almost always winning - except for one occasion. The match between Italy and Ghana was heading along at a slow pace, until the 104th minute into extra time as Asamoah Gyan found the net to send Italy out in the second round. The quarter finals are currently running - Ghana will play Argentina, Brazil will clash with Germany, Spain will play France and South Korea will take on Portugal after the Koreans beat Serbia 1-0 last round. --- Top 5: League Team of the Week Awards Player Team of the Week Will Richardson 2 Sam Bellamy 2 Ryan Dunn 1 Thomas Weir 1 Tom Vesters 1 --- Leaderboard Player Team Value Points Will Richardson Cork City £100K 224.476 Joe Tompkins Brentford £150K 117.570 Gelmiro Navarrete Real Sociedad £3M 111.458 Sam Bellamy Cowdenbeath £50K 110.561 Ihsaan Ahmed Villarreal £1.4M 108.496 Chip Butty Bury £50K 105.913 Faustino Perozo Sevilla £1.1M 103.648 Mikael Schøler Liverpool £16K 93.280 Fernié Athletic £1.3M 91.165 Benjani Creigo Leyton Orient £120K 89.306 Shaneimus Maximus Partick Thistle £140K 82.228 Ryan Dunn Linfield £180K 77.503 Thomas Weir Shamrock Rovers £120K 77.291 Matt Ferguson Valur £110K 75.046 Luke Swinson Brentford £100K 69.939 Steveldinho Tampere Utd £500K 68.977 Tom Vesters Hoogstraten £26K 68.322 Zvonimir Uljarevic Imotski £0 68.298 Adam Kerr Viking £375K 66.781 Alex Parker Middlesbrough £120K 62.093 Jerome Hebert Balma SC £50K 61.894 Ferhat Özkan Sheff Utd £110K 60.504 Charles Beams Colchester £110K 60.175 Uffe Johansson Assyriska £230K 54.788 Ricky Nakano Yeovil £120K 53.090 Matt Collard Landskrona £1.5K 49.981 Ashley Salisbury Huddersfield £120K 44.029 --------------------------------------------------------- Ryan Andrews Eliminated July, 2010 Pim Park van der Bus Eliminated July, 2010 Cerneo Quam Eliminated July, 2010 Tomaldinho Eliminated July, 2010 --- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikaelS Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Decent run for me although I still lack first team matches. Good update DB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 We are now well and truly into the World Cup, with the Quarter Finals currently taking place. In Group A, Italy and Slovakia qualified while New Zealand picked up just the one point - a sign of things to come? Would be pretty happy with a single point for New Zealand...We need more top level football to be competitive, and I still believe if the European teams were willing to play us we should be well inside the top 50 in the World rankings not out in the 70s... As for this sign-up, I am pleased to gain promotion, but really Ozkan needs to be involved slightly more than he is currently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dees-Blake Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 Would be pretty happy with a single point for New Zealand...We need more top level football to be competitive, and I still believe if the European teams were willing to play us we should be well inside the top 50 in the World rankings not out in the 70s...As for this sign-up, I am pleased to gain promotion, but really Ozkan needs to be involved slightly more than he is currently. If all goes well for New Zealand though, this World Cup for them could be like the 2006 World Cup for Australia. I didn't follow any football at all until the 2006 World Cup when I watched Australia play Croatia and Italy... and I've come a fair way from there. Already I know many New Zealanders are starting to watch their team play after never watching a game before - all because of that win against Bahrain. Anyway, I probably shouldn't get too carried away because this belongs more in the Football Forum but I wouldn't worry too much about Özkan - he will be earning good points for every month he stays at Sheffield United. I've devised a system so that players at big clubs don't get punished by not participating - points are earned each month that a player stays at a club, which is calculated using the club's reputation and a few formulas. My Excel booklet that I'm using to track this is very detailed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 If all goes well for New Zealand though, this World Cup for them could be like the 2006 World Cup for Australia. I didn't follow any football at all until the 2006 World Cup when I watched Australia play Croatia and Italy... and I've come a fair way from there. Already I know many New Zealanders are starting to watch their team play after never watching a game before - all because of that win against Bahrain. We should get some great following here finally, I was born about 2 weeks after we were knocked out of the last appearance we made in the World Cup, but I have always watched Football, in particular the World Cup, so I am looking forward to this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Anyway, I probably shouldn't get too carried away because this belongs more in the Football Forum but I wouldn't worry too much about Özkan - he will be earning good points for every month he stays at Sheffield United. I've devised a system so that players at big clubs don't get punished by not participating - points are earned each month that a player stays at a club, which is calculated using the club's reputation and a few formulas. My Excel booklet that I'm using to track this is very detailed. Well that makes me feel a bit better about the move up to the Premier League then we should be able to build a good team and then Ozkan can take over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBA4LIFE Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Fernié seems to have a fantastic goalscoring rate at youth level, i hope he can get some first team experience somewhere soon I think it may have been mentioned earlier in the thread, but is there any chance of us being able to see one-off screenshots of the players? I'd love to see how good they actually are, and if anyone in particular looks like they have fantastic potential. Anyway, another fantastic update! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetheref Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Great update and good to see Tompkins doing well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
creigo Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Brilliant update as per, good to see Benjani Creigo pushing the top 10. Subs bench for team of the year, i'll settle for that for the first season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesbeams Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Near the bottom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Well im in the top 7 which is good..... i have to step up next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1872 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 right in the middle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondo Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 still in the top 5 which is good. and with the highest value still Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uffe Johansson Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Ouch. Better get som matches or change club if not to be eliminated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlUoReScEnT aDoLeScEnT Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Well this isn't good, i think my player made the wrong move to huddersfield, should have started lower i think but whatever he will get games next season...well be better do -.- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samb_95 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 fourth ont he leaderboard, great, although I've gone down in price . Still, joint most team of the weeks too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergtaur Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Huzzah, still not worth a darn thing, but in a Best XI!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 WOW!! Richardson's been on form this season although a tore hamstring is never a good thing:( Hopefully I can get a full Cap next season KUTGW Dees-Blake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoAC Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Well, that was quick. And here I thought I was being smart picking Switzerland. Ah well. C'est la vie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihsaan Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Staying around the top, although Richardson seems to be the early favourite. Good to finally look like breaking the first team though, could be a few seasons of top flight football ahead of me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dees-Blake Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 January 2011 Took a couple of hours to write. --- Welcome to January 2011 where we see our next update and elimination take place. We are at the start of a new year, in a year which will bring new hopes and aspirations for many of our competitors. Unfortunately, we must say goodbye to one of them now. As we take a quick flashback to July 2010, we see that Ashley Salisbury is in last place after a quiet season at Huddersfield - however, Matt Collard is not even 6 points clear of him. A few league games, a value rise and suddenly Salisbury would be safe from this elimination... ... It wasn't to be. Unfortunately for poor Ashley Salisbury, he simply didn't bring his A-game and made just three appearances over the six months for League One club Huddersfield. It was a brave effort but not enough for Ashley Salisbury, who becomes our first proper elimination and the fifth competitor overall to be sent home, after Salisbury amassed 72.909 points - almost 11 points clear from safety. Surprisingly enough though, it wasn't Collard who was in second-last; the Swedish goalkeeper had a superb six months and played in quite a few league games for his Superettans team Landskrona. He also earned a spot on the bench in the seasonal Best XI for Landskrona which capped off a superb half-season. He moved up no less than eight places in the table which should see him sitting in a very comfortable position for the next elimination. However, he may be disadvantaged by the season structure - in Sweden and a few other European countries the season runs through a single calendar year with a big Winter break in comparison to most nations where the season runs from August to April. Nonetheless, he won't be complaining now with his new position and it is all good signs for the media-friendly goalkeeper. Following Salisbury's departure, there is a new player occupying the bottom position - although it is one who is already familiar with the surroundings. Jerome Hebert, who showed promise with a brief rise up the ranks last update finds himself dropping back down to the bottom after a quiet half-season with French minnows Balma SC. He has started in seven league games with three sub appearances, but the small nature of his club sees him earning minimal points and he is in the danger spot for the next elimination in July. That said, there is a huge potential for him to fight his way to survival for the next elimination with his nearest competitor Uffe Johansson under three and a half points away. Johansson, who is one of only two Swedes competing in the competition, has made a mere two starts in his entire career at Assyriska. The club aren't world beaters themselves and so this is really hurting Johansson. He finds himself in quite a bit of trouble and will want to either start playing or move to a club that has space for him if he wants to survive this next update. Speaking of moving clubs - we saw quite a few players head out on loan, and one even moved permanently on a transfer worth a handy £150K. The player on the end of this deal being none other than Shaneimus Maximus. The volatile Irish defender announced himself disgusted with his team Partick's Thistle performance in the First Division of Scotland after they failed to win promotion against Dundee. Maximus instead signed for Premier League club Birmingham in quite a big move. He is now one of the joint top earners of the competition, with his contract worth a casual £1100 per week. Maximus has already made a sub appearance for Birmingham and looked quite confident on the pitch. Maximus also earned himself a youth cap for Ireland, becoming one of just six players currently to win a youth cap for their country. Three other players went on loan deals over the six month period. Charles Beams was struggling a bit and making limited first team appearances at Colchester, so he made quite a sensible move on loan to Forest Green in the Blue Square Premier. At Forest Green he has had an excellent six months, making 26 appearances and earning 3 Man of the Match awards. The move seems to have inspired him and he rose six places up the leaderboard to find himself into the lower mid-table. Forest Green are currently sitting outside the playoff zone on goal difference alone. One team that is in the playoffs zone in the Blue Square Premier is Mansfield, which is where Liverpool's new signing Mikael Schøler found himself. Schøler was evidently not quite ready for first-team football at Liverpool, and so the English giants made a sensible move by sending him out on loan to Mansfield. Schøler has made 21 appearances for Mansfield to date and seems quite happy at the club. The experience will certainly be good for the young Danish attacking winger in aiding his development. Finally, the third and last player to be sent out on loan during the six months was Spanish striker Fernié. Athletic decided to loan out their young striker to Burgos C.F., S.A.D. who compete in the Segunda División B1. Fernié has so far made 16 appearances for Burgos, scoring 6 goals. It isn't the best return ever, but just like Schøler he is gaining precious first-team experience for when he returns to his home club. Now it's time cover our biggest riser of the update, and boy is this a massive rise! This week's award goes to English midfielder Ricky Nakano at Yeovil. Nakano burst on to the scene at League One - and after making a dismal four starts last season he has suddenly become their first-choice midfielder, making 25 competitive starts in six months with 3 sub appearances. Nakano's value has risen to £350K and he was offered a new contract on £625 per week. For Ricky Nakano, he has gone from a position which would see him in second-last for this update to inside the top ten with a rise of sixteen places. Great stuff from Nakano. Ricky Nakano wasn't the only one to make a huge charge though, with Scotsman Matt Ferguson moving no less than twelve places right into second position. Ferguson has had a dream six months and has really stepped into the spotlight at Valur, making a total of 28 competitive appearances over the season. Matt Ferguson also was given a huge accolade after being named as the 2010 Icelandic Young Player of the Year runner-up. Despite not being Icelandic, the award goes to any young player competing in Iceland. It is a fantastic effort from Ferguson and he will be delighted with his new position of second. Still on top of the table, however, is Will Richardson, who has extended his already massive lead even further. Nobody looks close to catching the Welsh centre-back who continues to dominate for Cork City. He has also earned a few more call-ups to the Wales youth team and now has made 4 youth appearances for his country. Will Richardson has now made a total of 45 appearances for Cork City over his career and continues to dominate. He has passed 300 points and he is really showing the competition what he is made of. The question is - how long can he hold his lead for? He is showing no signs of slowing down but it could get very interesting once the competition heats up a few more years in. In third and fourth place we have two Spanish competitors in Ihsaan Ahmed and Faustino Perozo. Ihsaan Ahmed won a huge call-up and highlight of his career as the full-back was called up for the Spanish youth team where he made his first ever youth appearance for Spain. He made two more appearances for the Villarreal senior team in the Liga BBVA and his team sits only one point off league leaders Barcelona. Ahmed has looked superb in both outings that he has made for Villarreal, with an average rating of 7 so far. He has also made 20 reserve appearances with an average rating of 7.36. Looking over to Faustino Perozo and he hasn't quite been performing as well as Ihsaan Ahmed. However, with Perozo at Sevilla he is being rewarded with big points and despite not making any more first team appearances or youth matches for Spain, he has been in excellent form in the Sevilla Under 19 team with 12 goals and 5 assists from 20 matches. Gelmiro Navarrete remains the most expensive player in this competition with a value of £2.9M, however he has slipped four places in the leaderboard to seventh after an uneventful six months with Real Sociedad in the Liga Adelante. Fortunately for him, Real Sociedad are currently sitting first in the league and stand a good chance of winning promotion - but the league remains incredibly tight. From 1st to 9th place there is just two points difference and it is really anyone's league to take out right now. Promotion for Navarrete would see him rewarded with more points through a higher reputation of his club, as well as significantly more points for starting - though he has not yet made a first team appearance for Real Sociedad, instead scoring 11 goals in 24 games for the Under 19s. Over to England now and we will take a look at the battle taking place in England. At the moment it is Benjani Creigo's Leyton Orient who are leading. They sit a point outside the playoffs in 7th position, although there is still plenty of time for anyone to take out the league - although Southampton are looking good for future champions with a fairly big gap over the rest of the competition. Creigo himself has been solid with eleven starts this season, but he finds himself dropping outside of the top ten. That said, he is still in a very comfortable position and is content to sit in the upper mid-table. We have already reviewed this week's biggest riser in Ricky Nakano but his Yeovil team sits dead last and are favourites for relegation - that is not a good sign. Charles Beams is on loan but his home club Colchester sits in 10th, while six places below them sits Brentford. Brentford are the home of both Joe Tompkins and Luke Swinson, but neither of them experienced good half-seasons as both made drops down the table. Tompkins, who was in second position last update now finds himself down to fifth place after starting in only 12 league matches for Brentford. Luke Swinson isn't faring any better himself though, as he has made only 4 appearances for Brentford all season. Things are not good for the pair at Brentford, but with a bit of luck they could be able to turn it around and get back up the leaderboard. It will be interesting to see if they can both make it into the Best XI this year. Looking to the Championship and we see Alex Parker's Middlesbrough in first position, tied with points with Q.P.R. Alex Parker has made just the one start himself though throughout the year but he hasn't been expected to contribute strongly for the first team - the focus is instead on his future. Promotion there will definitely do him good though. Parker is also earning the joint most amount alongside Shaneimus Maximus, with his Middlesbrough contract earning him £1100 per week until June 2012. Taking a look at the Barclays Premier League now and we have quite a shock - although Mikael Schøler is currently on loan to Mansfield, his home club Liverpool sits in 14th position. They are in some real strife in the league and this is definitely not what they wanted. Rafa Benitez is still holding on to his job, although speculation is suggesting a new manager might be needed for the Reds. In last place we see Ferhat Özkan's Sheffield United. They are looking set for a relegation, but not much was expected for them after their big win in the Coca-Cola Championship last year. Özkan has become the first player to play in the Premier League, narrowly beating Shaneimus Maximus to the record after appearing as a subsitute for Sheffield United and earning a rating of 5.8. Hopping back down a few leagues we have fans favourite Chip 'Greasy' Butty over at Bury in League Two. Chip Butty hasn't had quite as much luck this season though with an extended run out of the first team. He has made just the ten starting appearances and sees himself dropping two positions down to eighth. He's still in a very good position overall though and will be extremely content with where he is. And, with that we have summed up our players competing in England, although we have one Englishman playing abroad. That player is striker Adam Kerr at Norwegian club Viking. Unfortunately for Adam Kerr, however, he has really been struggling at Viking. Kerr made just two starting appearances in the entire 2010 for Viking and is starting to find himself in a bit of trouble well down the table. A move back to England might be on the cards for Kerr if he wants to survive. One position below Adam Kerr on the table we see Zvonimir Uljarevic, who is back in a bit of trouble after a very quiet six months. The Croatian goalkeeper is just three spots from the bottom and has only made one appearance this year for Imotski - and after conceding three goals, he doesn't look much like getting his place back just yet. He really needs to work hard to get his first-team spot back, or else he could fade out into elimination very easily. Moving over to Belgium now where we see Dutch winger and striker Tom Vesters plying his trade at Hoogstraten. It wasn't a great few months but Vesters sees himself move up a position in the table after making 12 appearances with 6 assists to his name so far for Hoogstraten. Despite not being a particularly luxurious club, Vesters is starting to settle in at Hoogstraten and it is a good place to get some first-team experience for him. He should be considering a move though after not too long - he doesn't want to get tied down at this third-tier Belgian club. Steveldinho was another one to earn a youth cap for his country, Finland. He started just two games at Tampere United but with five substitute appearances he is slowly starting to gain experience and work his way into the team which is a good sign for him. Tampere United are quite a respected team in the Veikkausliiga, which is the top tier of Finland. That means it is also not a bad achievement to earn a spot in the first team, which the versatile midfielder Steveldinho has managed to do. He finds himself around the middle of the pack and doesn't have too many worries just yet. Moving back to the United Kingdom where we see Linfield's Ryan Dunn working hard in Northern Ireland. It was a very quiet six months for Dunn, however, as he started in just two matches. Dunn did make his youth debut for Wales, however, joining his Welsh teammate Will Richardson in being capped for his country at youth level. Overall though it wasn't a brilliant few months for him and he will want to work his way back into Linfield's senior team - which might not be the easiest thing to do. Linfield are undoubtedly a very big club with a fair bit of money so if they sign a good replacement it could be tough for Dunn to find his way back into the team. Over to Ireland where we look at Scottish striker Thomas Weir who has fallen into a bit of a rut after dislocating his left shoulder which should keep him out for at least the rest of January and possibly half of February. Before that, Weir made five starts and five sub appearances for Shamrock Rovers but was largely unimpressive, scoring just the one goal in the eircom Premier League. Shamrock Rovers were definitely less than impressed with his performance and he will have to train very hard to work his way back into the first team after those statistics. Finally, as the last but definitely not least player in this update, we have Sam Bellamy who is a complete opposite of Weir - a Scotsman playing in Ireland. Bellamy instead is an Irishman playing in Scotland, at Cowdenbeath. Cowdenbeath themselves are a tiny club but Bellamy has managed to do quite well for himself through sheer number of appearances. He has made 57 competitive starts for Cowdenbeath, the most out of any player at their current clubs, in the 17 months that he has played there. Cowdenbeath find themselves in a little bit of danger though in 9th position, currently occupying the relegation playoff spot in the Second Division. Bellamy will want to lift them out of that, for sure. The World Cup was something we looked at last update in July. We were up to the quarter finals with the following matches to look forward to - a clash between the African nation Ghana and the home of Lionel Messi in Argentina, a big name game with Brazil up against Germany, another huge match with the Spanish taking on France and finally the South Korean surprise package up against the Portuguese. Let's take a look at how the World Cup panned out. The first game between Ghana and Argentina was an exciting contest. It was the 20 year old Dominic Adiyiah who stunned Argentina early, getting on the end of a good cross to find the net from a few yards out with an excellent header unmarked to give Ghana the lead in just the tenth minute. But, they couldn't hold on to it as Argentina struck back through Lucho González just eleven minutes later - an amazing goal from the midfielder after he received a pass from Messi, went on to dribble from only just past the halfway line through the midfield and around a defender before scoring from long range into the far bottom corner. The rest of the match remained in a deadlock, as did extra time, and so we went to penalties. For Ghana it was Sulley Muntari who stepped up keenly, but he sent the Ghana fans into shock after spraying his penalty badly. They were quickly rejuvenated though, after Lionel Messi himself hit the post with the rebound claimed by Owu. From there, both teams proceeded to score four in a row each. Quartey stepped up for Ghana and converted it for them to give them a 5-4 lead, but there was disaster for Argentina as Cristian Ansaldi's shot was saved by Owu. Ghana's fans went into raptures as the African nation progressed to the semi finals - a 5-4 win on penalties over Argentina. The next match didn't have quite the same level of excitement, despite it being a huge clash between Brazil and Germany. There were a few half-chances early, but Brazil's best hopes came in the 33rd minute after a brilliant run from Luis Fabiano into the box saw him brought down in a poor tackle from Per Mertesacker. The referee pointed to the spot and it was Kaká who stepped up to take it. Brazil's raucous fans were silenced though after Kaká's effort bounced straight off the post, but Luis Fabiano snatched up the rebound and found the net, putting Brazil ahead. Germany never managed to grab the equaliser despite the rest of the game being played in a fierce contest, with 15 shots each. In the end it was Brazil progressing following their 1-0 victory. The next game saw Spain taking on France in what looked set to be an exciting contest. France didn't get off to the best of starts though after ruthless Liverpool striker Fernando Torres found the back of the net in just the 21st minute to put the French well on to the back foot following a good ball from Xavi. After half-time it was Gerard Piqué who all but sealed it after his header following a corner bounced off the post and went into the back of the net, giving Spain a 2-0 advantage. Late in the match it was Thierry Henry who gave the French a sniff and Spain a bit of a scare with a good strike in the 82nd minute, but Spain held out well and the match finished 2-1. The last quarter-final saw South Korea, the underdogs, taking on Portugal. South Korea had done exceptionally well making it this far but nobody saw them going any further up against the Portuguese. This appeared to be true straight from kick-off - immediately the Portuguese went on to the attack, but couldn't score. In the end, neither team could manage to find the net in regular time or extra time and with the score a dull nil-all (despite Portugal's 25 shots), the match went to penalties. It wasn't to be this time, though, for South Korea. Two poor misses and some solid conversions for Portugal saw the Europeans winning 4-2 on penalties to send the South Koreans back home after a hard-fought tournament and an honourable display. In the semi-finals, Ghana were first up, playing Portugal who had just knocked out South Korea on penalties. Ghana were looking for another big upset to see them into the final; but this one was just a bit too much to ask for. Despite both teams having ten shots each throughout the match, Ghana's shooting was wasteful and it was Portugal who made their one good chance count. In the 76th minute, it was veteran Simão who scored from a one on one with Ghana's keeper Adam Larsen. Ghana couldn't pull one back and it was Portugal who would be progressing to the final - but up against who? Spain or Brazil. This was the mouth-watering clash that we had been waiting for. The free-flowing flair-packed Spanish up against the equally skilled Brazil. These two teams both loved to play flowing football, and a great match with plenty of chances looked to be in store. Immediately it was Brazil who came out on top early, looking more dangerous with the most possession. But, unfortunately for them, their defending was slack and in the 23rd minute on the counter attack it was Valencia's David Villa who scored to give Spain a 1-0 advantage. Could Brazil fight back? Many thought they could - but despite having plenty of chances, Spain somehow held on. Brazil had 17 shots to Spain's 8, but it wasn't enough for Brazil. In the end it was Spain progressing after a 1-0 win, with David Villa sending them through to the final. The third placed playoff saw Ghana taking on Brazil in what was a huge match for the African nation. This was a real test for them - could they match the mighty Brazilians? It seemed they could early, with Prince Tagoe rocketing one into the back of the net in just the 11th minute to leave Brazil stunned. However, they worked with excellent efficiency and managed to find the equaliser - something they couldn't do against Spain. Kaká scored in the 24th minute for Brazil and suddenly they were back. Brazil continued to play well throughout the game and had more shots than their African counterparts - but still, they couldn't score and the match was headed for penalties. Ghana already had won a penalty shootout, but could they win two? You bet they could. A display of woeful shooting from Brazil and some excellent goalkeeping from Adam Larsen saw Brazil fail to convert every single one of their penalties and in the end it was a scrappy two penalties that found their way into the net from Essien and Muntari that gave Ghana a 2-0 win on penalties. The final was expected to be a cracker of a game with Portugal coming up against Spain. And, once more the Spanish were dominated and were beaten convincingly on possession and shots with the Portuguese looking far more dangerous. However, at the end of 90 minutes the scores were deadlocked at 0-0 and we were heading to extra-time. Could Spain hold out to penalties? Evidently not, as Nani finally managed to find the net to Portugal's joy in the 91st minute, straight after kick-off. He then sealed the deal himself in the 116th minute, sending Portugal into ecstasy with a 2-0 win to seal the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Will any of the competitors be competing in the 2014 World Cup themselves? That remains to be seen. --- International Youth Caps Player Yth Caps Country Will Richardson 4 Wales Ihsaan Ahmed 1 Spain Shaneimus Maximus 1 Ireland Steveldinho 1 Finland Ryan Dunn 1 Wales Uffe Johansson 1 Sweden --- Leaderboard Player Team Value Points Will Richardson Cork City £0 315.675 Matt Ferguson Valur £240K 180.203 Ihsaan Ahmed Villarreal £1.6M 172.096 Faustino Perozo Sevilla £1.9M 166.617 Joe Tompkins Brentford £60K 165.391 Sam Bellamy Cowdenbeath £80K 160.390 Gelmiro Navarrete Real Sociedad £2.9M 139.206 Chip Butty Bury £50K 137.917 Ricky Nakano Yeovil £350K 137.768 Benjani Creigo Leyton Orient £60K 135.857 Mikael Schøler [i]Mansfield[/i] £50K 133.183 Fernié [i]Burgos[/i] £675K 123.239 Shaneimus Maximus Birmingham £150K 119.338 Steveldinho Tampere Utd £475K 119.073 Ryan Dunn Linfield £110K 113.723 Tom Vesters Hoogstraten £40K 110.356 Charles Beams [i]Forest Green[/i] £160K 109.646 Matt Collard Landskrona £50K 108.023 Thomas Weir Shamrock Rovers £0 106.788 Alex Parker Middlesbrough £600K 106.774 Luke Swinson Brentford £35K 99.728 Ferhat Özkan Sheffield Utd £300K 97.823 Adam Kerr Viking £375K 93.077 Zvonimir Uljarevic Imotski £0 89.428 Uffe Johansson Assyriska £140K 87.040 Jerome Hebert Balma SC £50K 83.886 --------------------------------------------------------- Ashley Salisbury Eliminated January, 2011 Ryan Andrews Eliminated July, 2010 Pim Park van der Bus Eliminated July, 2010 Cerneo Quam Eliminated July, 2010 Tomaldinho Eliminated July, 2010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFergie Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Ferguson is breathing down Richardson's back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBA4LIFE Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Fernié seems to be plummeting down the leaderboard a bit, and his value is dropping, but still should be easily safe for the next few eliminations, I hope this loan move pays off in the long term! KUTGW, another great update! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihsaan Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I'm in third and my career is slowly starting to take off. Looking good . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlUoReScEnT aDoLeScEnT Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Damn, guess he didn't pull his finger out in time. Shouldn't have opted for the highest team he could have but never mind By next time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetheref Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Nie update, KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samb_95 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 gone down but still going strong, shame about Cowdenbeaths league positon though. Its funny that Richardson is coasting ahead yet he is worth zilch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1872 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 a want a move:( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesbeams Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 On loan to Forest Green probably going to keep me in this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uffe Johansson Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Not good at all with Assyriska. Really should move and since I have a youth cap there is some promise for the future... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Still not playing regularly but earning a lot of money Another great update KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikaelS Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Not a bad idea with some playing time at Mansfield. I just hope I can build on it. KUTGW on a massive report Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Richardson is still going strong....nice to see someone who is worth so little is doing so well KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dees-Blake Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 My apologies on missing out on the three-day mark for updates, I managed to do the leaderboard but I have a big exam tomorrow and being an Australian I watched State of Origin of course... (Queenslander). Will hopefully get the update in tomorrow. Not up for it right now as it's getting late and I still need to study a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dees-Blake Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 July 2011 (Part 1) --- To start off the update we must first of all take care of the serious business - somebody will soon become the sixth player to head home out of this competition. At January it was Ashley Salisbury who was eliminated, leaving Jerome Hebert in last position with Uffe Johansson, Zvonimir Uljarevic and even Adam Kerr all nearby him and having a chance for elimination. So, Jerome Hebert know he needed a good six months to survive at Balma SC, the lowly French club. Hebert was sitting in effectively last place in April 2010, only ahead of the four clubless players, however a strong surge saw him reach relative safety in July before he plunged back down the leaderboard. However, now, with Hebert in all sorts of trouble, he managed to play 22 league games with 5 sub appearances throughout this year. He was then rewarded with a starting spot on the Best XI, giving him a surge of points. Hebert earned over 58 points in this update alone and I can confirm he will not be going home, finishing with 142.056 points. Another escape from danger for Hebert and he will find himself with another six months to show what he can do. A quality effort from the only Frenchman in the competition. But, if Jerome Hebert wasn't going home, then who was? Instantly, the new candidate became Uffe Johansson. He had been in second-last position at January, only ahead of Hebert at the end of the last update - and that was only by just over three points. Adding further to his woes, he didn't play a single game in the entirety of the six months for Assyriska, although he made one youth appearance for Sweden. This was a disastrous effort from Johansson, and almost certain to send him home. Unless... Zvonimir Uljarevic was sitting in third-last at the start of January; not a great position for the Croatian goalkeeper. After Johansson's horror run which saw him not even playing a single league game, Uljarevic would have thought that he was comfortably safe. However, his luck turned against him as his club Imotski went on a terrible streak and ended up being relegated from the 2. HNL in Croatia. Uljarevic made just the two appearances over the season, but after being in a dreadful position his hopes were boosted after he was named as a substitute on the Imotski Best Eleven team list for 2010/11. The Best Eleven had proved to be a good points earner for struggling competitors, with Uljarevic himself taking a big rise last July after being named on the bench for Imotski's Best Eleven in 09/10. But, this challenge seems determined to provide entertainment. The two competitors scores were within three and a half points of each other. One of the players finished safe, on 115.448 points. One of the players was not so fortunate, as they finished on 112.128 points and were eliminated. It was a tough call to make and a harsh elimination, but the competitor going home is... ... To be continued. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Oh now thats just mean, glad that its not Ozkan though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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