Welcome all to the BCFA Division. Here is the first installment of the Weekly Financial Management Report that reflects how well each manager drafted financially. A perfect financial draft obtained all players with 100 value in transfer fee, for a total of 1800. Anyone close to 1800 will not have to worry about using up salary cap as transfer fee and can build a transfer fee slush fund as they make their trades. 1800 Aviators 1800 Millville United FC 1774 Darcian Greywacke 1745 Midnights Children 1708 Top Shelf 1700 Bandeirantes Internacional 1600 Maccabees 1570 Guinness Gulpers F.C. 1565 Phoenix TS 1550 Shaolin Mystigods 1521 Cape Tribulation 1509 Surreywood Rangers 1455 Sehome Mariners 1402 FC Metrofan CP 1398 Alewive FC 1355 France F.C. 1324 Carabinas Real 1260 Pioneer Detasselers 1241 Abracadabra 1221 J.C. Comets 1179 The St. Louis Cure 1158 Real Hillsdale 1141 MurphDogs 961 Philadelphia Atoms
Wk 1 Adjusted Financial Management Reposting Week 1 BCFA Financial Management for: a) Inclusion of transfer fee for coaches b) Correction of having left out GK TF of 100 for Bandeirantes Internacional. c) Reflection of our division's first transfer: I am predicting David Thomas of Top Shelf traded Chacon and acquired Martinez. With coaches having transfer value, a perfect draft will be 1900 instead of 1800. If you need a quick 100 transfer fee and initially chose Bradley or Schmid as your coach, you can exercise the one time coach transfer option to Gansler and bank a quick 100 in your transfer slush fund since Gansler is still listed as 0 TF. Total Team Name Transfer Value 1900 Aviators 1900 Bandeirantes Internacional 1900 Millville United FC 1806 Darcian Greywacke 1777 Midnights Children 1768 Top Shelf 1700 Maccabees 1652 Guinness Gulpers F.C. 1624 Phoenix TS 1622 Shaolin Mystigods 1581 Surreywood Rangers 1580 Cape Tribulation 1502 FC Metrofan CP 1501 Sehome Mariners 1498 Alewive FC 1455 France F.C. 1396 Carabinas Real 1360 Pioneer Detasselers 1341 Abracadabra 1321 J.C. Comets 1241 MurphDogs 1217 Real Hillsdale 1211 The St. Louis Cure 1043 Philadelphia Atoms All teams except Top Shelf still have 33 transfers left; Top Shelf has 32 left. Top Shelf also added 59 to his transfer fee slush fund with his first trade. The rest of the teams still have a zero transfer fee slush fund.
The St. Louis Cure trades? A second manager has entered the trade world. Kirk Lodes, manager of The St. Louis Cure, has made two moves. He gained 30 K in salary available and banked 146K in his transfer slush fund. My guess on his moves: Dropped Bocanegra and Convey and picked up Martinez and Burciaga.
Carabinas Real burns 3 transfers And yet another manager enters the transfer market in week 1. Scott Foster, manager of Carabinas Real burned 3 transfers without banking any money in the transfer fee slush fund, but he did free up 110 K in salary. My guess of who he released: Chacon, Eskandarian, and Shak. Have no idea who he picked up. Have greater confidence in the Chacon and Eskandarian estimates and less about Shak.
Preston makes his first transfer Out intrepid divisioin administrator and conductor of all these competitions has made his first transfer for the season. He gained 50 K in salary available but nothing added to the transfer slush fund. My take is he dropped either Ralston or Henderson. Of those two, I think he dropped Ralston and picked up Chung.
Revision to Analysis of Kirk Lodes trades I miss-read the 146 K as gained transfer fund value and not what it actually was, a permanent loss of 146K of salary cap. This puts an entirely different spin on the two trades made by Kirk Lodes of The St. Louis Cure. My revised prediction is he dropped Vallow and Moreno and picked up two players with 100 K transfer fee values and a combined salary of 270 K. My guess of the acquisitions are Buddle and Henderson. BTW, permanently using up salary cap so early in the season is a desparation move.
Abracadabra's First Trade Ron Gerard has made his first trade of the season without using up any salary cap or gaining any transfer slush fund. He did spend 5 K more in salary. This suggests he traded for someone that cost 5 K more in salary with the same transfer fee. Trading Thornton for either Howard or Beasley would work, but my guess is he traded Stewart for NYM Ricardo Clark.
Wow, what an honor to have made the first Brew City transfer. Obviously it was predetermined, and you are dead on. Planning on making one more this week, just need to do a little more research and pull the trigger at the right time.
Bandeirantes Internacional's First Trade Bandeirantes Internacional, managed by Zack Lennon, has made his first move. He's cleared up 35K in salary while banking 93 K in the transfer slush fund. Zack, with a perfect financial draft of 1900, must be positioning for another move as well. Predict Zack dropped Hejduk and acquired Col defender Stewart. It was a tough choice. He also could have dropped Hendrickson or Lalas. Of those three, I'm guessing he dropped surfer boy.
Darcian Greywacke's First Transfer Jason Dudakis, manager of Darcian Greywacke, has made his first transfer of the season. He gained 50 K in salary cap available and did not bank anything in the transfer fee slush fund. Prediction: Dropped McBride and acquired Wolff.
First Transfer for Maccabees and Midnights Children Scott Blinder, manager of Maccabees, and Jay Jones, manager of Midnights Children have made their first transfer. For Scott's Maccabees, predict he dropped McBride and added Wolff. Scott made 50 K more available under the salary cap and did not bank anything in the Transfer Fee Slush Fund. For Jay's Midnights Children, predict he dropped Cunningham and added Simutenkov. Jay made 10K more available under the salary cap and banked 80 K in the Transfer Slush Fund.
More Week 1 Transfer predictions: Kird Lodes, manager of The St. Louis Cure, made a third transfer. Prediction: Dropped Bocanegra and Acquired Harris. John Lore, manager of Millville United, made his first transfer: Predict John dropped Chacon and acquire Bo-Mong Hong. Dave Thomas, manager of Top Shelf, made his second transfer for Week 1. Predict he dropped Corrales for Gutierrez.
Wk 1 Transfer Prediction Scorecard Week 1 Transfer Prediction Scorecard: Maccabees: Predicted drop McBride, add Wolff - CORRECT Darcian Greywacke: Predicted drop McBride, add Wolff - CORRECT Bandeirantes Internacional: Predicted drop Hejduk, add Stewart (COL) - HALF CREDIT; actually dropped Hendrickson and added Stewart, Col Def. The St. Louis Cure: Predicted drop Vallow, Moreno, and Bocanegra; add Buddle, Henderson, and Harris. 1/3 CREDIT dropped Moreno and added Buddle, but other moves were to drop Hejduk and Paule and add Kreis and Morrow. Carabinas Real: Predicted drop Shak, Eskandarian, and Chacon; add Martino and 2 unknown. 1/3 CREDIT He did drop Chacon and add Martino. Other moves were to drop Countess and Wolff and add Busch and Buddle. Millville United: Predicted drop Countess, add Martinez. NO CREDIT. Actually, he dropped Conrad and added Whitfield. Top Shelf: Predicted drop Chacon and Corrales, add Martinez and Gutierrez. 1/2 CREDIT. He did drop Chacon for Martinez, but actual second trade was to drop Victorine and add Carrieri. Alewive F.C.: Predicted drop Ralston, add Chung. NO CREDIT. Actual trade was to drop Howard and add Hejduk. Midnights Children: Predicted drop Cunningham, add Simutenkov. CORRECT Abracadabra: Predicted drop Stewart, add Ricardo Clark. NO CREDIT. Actual trade was to drop Swenda and add Nugent. Total score 4 2/3 correct out of predictions for 10 teams. Total transfers 16; only 7 correctly predicted. Ugly first week of trade predictions. It would help if managers only made one trade at a time and allow me time to notice the trade and try to figure it out before making a second transfer or more that same week. Multiple transfers get complicated. LOL
Wk 2 Fin Mgt and Trade Predictions Total Team Name (Gain/Loss) Transfer Value 1900 Bandeirantes Internacional (0) 1899 Aviators (-1) 1886 Millville United FC (-14) 1799 Darcian Greywacke (-7) 1771 Midnights Children (-6) 1753 Top Shelf (-15) 1709 Maccabees (+9) 1645 Guinness Gulpers F.C. (-7) 1616 Phoenix TS (-8) 1603 Shaolin Mystigods (-19) 1580 Cape Tribulation (0) 1564 Surreywood Rangers (-17) 1489 Sehome Mariners (-12) 1480 FC Metrofan CP (-22) 1461 Alewive FC (-38) 1430 France F.C. (-25) 1386 Carabinas Real (-10) 1360 The St. Louis Cure (+149, 146 from salary cap) 1358 Pioneer Detasselers (-2) 1314 Abracadabra (-27) 1285 J.C. Comets (-36) 1233 Real Hillsdale (+16) 1229 MurphDogs (-12) 1038 Philadelphia Atoms (-5) Transfers Team Name Remaining 32 Bandeirantes Internacional 31 Aviators 32 Millville United FC 32 Darcian Greywacke 32 Midnights Children 31 Top Shelf 30 Maccabees 33 Guinness Gulpers F.C. 33 Phoenix TS 33 Shaolin Mystigods 33 Cape Tribulation 32 Surreywood Rangers 33 Sehome Mariners 33 FC Metrofan CP 32 Alewive FC 33 France F.C. 28 Carabinas Real 30 The St. Louis Cure 33 Pioneer Detasselers 32 Abracadabra 31 J.C. Comets 33 Real Hillsdale 33 MurphDogs 33 Philadelphia Atoms Transfer Team Name Fee Slush Fund 93 Bandeirantes Internacional 168 Aviators 69 Millville United FC 0 Darcian Greywacke 80 Midnights Children 102 Top Shelf 0 Maccabees 0 Guinness Gulpers F.C. 0 Phoenix TS 0 Shaolin Mystigods 0 Cape Tribulation 45 Surreywood Rangers 0 Sehome Mariners 0 FC Metrofan CP 0 Alewive FC 0 France F.C. 0 Carabinas Real 92 The St. Louis Cure 0 Pioneer Detasselers 0 Abracadabra 0 J.C. Comets 0 Real Hillsdale 0 MurphDogs 0 Philadelphia Atoms Used Team Name Salary Cap 146 The St. Louis Cure
Early Week 2 Trade Predictions: Maccabees: Est drop Garcia and Faria and add Cunningham and Martinez. Surreywood Rangers: est drop Cienfuegos and add Guevara. (This prediction has been confirmed as accurate by the manager.) Carabinas Real: 2 unknown trades. Predict they include dropping Kotschau and adding Guevara. J.C. Comets: Est drop Ekelund and Gafer and add OBrien and Gomez. Abracadabra: Est drop DeRosario and Stewart and add Ching and Hejduk.
More Wk 2 Transfers Phoenix TS 2 trades, no transfer fee slush fund build up and made extra 50 K available of salary cap. Still analyzing possible combinations before predicting these trades. Cape Tribulation: Est drop Mathis, add Ching. Millville United: Est drop Chacon, add Lagos.
More Wk 2 Transfer Predictions Phoenix TS: est drop McBride and Lagos, add O'Brien and Quaranta. The St. Louis Cure: 2 more trades gaining 104 K in transfer fee slush fund and gaining 70 K more in salary cap available. Carabinas Real: 2 more trades gaining 9 K in transfer fee slush fund and losing 45 K in salary cap available. Guiness Gulpers: 3 trades: gaining 18 K in transfer fee slush fund and gaining 25 K in available salary cap. Shaolin Mystigods: Est drop Franchino and add Jaqua. Midnights Childresn: Est drop Simutenkov, add Ching. Philadelphia Atoms: Est. drop Moreno and add Buddle.