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Dean Gripton

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  1. Coleman's sacking was after data lock for CU2. As with all your posts above, we'll look into then for FM25. Note that you do not need to post latest news as it happens.
  2. He was a relatively high CA player who had had no club in 22/23, and by October 2023 had no club. Therefore, it was considered as he was no longer active as a player. We have to tidy the database up to ensure that obsolete players who are not active re not available. In his case, we weren't to know he would finally, after 18 months at the age of 33, become active again.
  3. Femi Seriki is another we have right and your claim is wrong.
  4. Fourth player in list, proof that we have it right and your claim - from the German version of transfermarkt - is again wrong: That's two of the first four listed above that we already have right and you have wrong. How many more that you have listed will already be right? Again I must explain that Transfermarkt is not a reliable source, and that you must provide more personal sources. I won't post anymore corrections to your corrections, but I do hope that this proves the point. You genuinely do not need to go through every player in the database checking their date of birth. By all means list any you find, but it is clear you are looking at every single player and you do not have to do that. Spend your time playing the game!
  5. Some of these continue to be wrong. Elliot Osborne is 16/05/96, as we have it already set, and not a made-up date of 12/05/96 that you have posted that it "probably" is. We need you to deal in absolute definites. If you only think that a date is "probably" different, then DO NOT POST IT. Only if you have proof, verified by the person themselves either on their own social media, or of them reacting to a story elsewhere, then I am happy to make the changes. Osborne's birthday is hidden deep within his replies on his twitter feed = more time wasted checking data that is already right. Going to have to insist on links to a player's own social media from now on, @Ente35.
  6. Thanks. I was not aware of those changes until today, so the changes are not included in the winter update, but will be in FM25. Apologies about that.
  7. "We" check additional sources? "We" go step by step through it... Who is this "we" that you are referring to, Ente35?
  8. We don't want "is probably" We need "is definitely". Until you can find definitive proof of a birthday we have being 100% wrong, then DO NOT POST! Transfermarkt is NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE.
  9. Technically, Martin is still chair. So can only be removed once the takeover is completed.
  10. You must double-check these before postings, as I am finding too many of your claims to be plain incorrect. The very first one you post in the opening post states that we have Fogarty's DOB wrong. You even provide a link to the BCFC website for it, where it clearly proves we have it right. The very second one you post is about Tommy Watson. he signed a pro deal in Sept 2023, which would be impossible if he was born Oct 2006 as you claim, as he would still be 16. In the news article about his pro deal it states he is 17 already - Tommy Watson signs first professional contract - SAFC. Therefore, that's the very first two you have got wrong. Can you understand how frustrating that is, and gives me little confidence in the rest of this work? There are more errors. Adam Mayor is reported widely everywhere as 19 on signing for Millwall, so must be 2004 not 2005. And others, but I have gone through all of these and found some to be fair, those were often where the database didn't have a date of birth at all. It's time-consuming to go through these to find out that you are insisting we change correct info to incorrect info. Transfermarket IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE so do not keep stating it. We have told you this time and time and time again. You know you mean well, but your posts on birth dates are not helpful unless you provide TWO reliable sources, NONE OF THEM TO BE TRANSFERMARKT. Clubs often wish players a Happy Birthday on their birthday, so that can be a reliable source. Please link to such evidence in future.
  11. Which club do you hold expert knowledge on, Aaron? ie, the club you are a regular attender of, which you live and breathe all news at the news etc. Let me know which club that is, for you, and I'll let you know if there is a vacancy.
  12. He's 41, and was registered for emergency purposes to sit on the bench in an injury crisis. He is not a full-time player these days, but a full-time coach.
  13. Thank you. Those names were originally listed as we have them when they joined - https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2023/july/08/2023-24-scholar-introduction-night/. But further investigation finds the use of Mohamud on several occasions, rather than Mahamud, used just twice on their club website.
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