To date the following lads have put in their proposals:

A couple of days let to get your bids in. 

For Division 2, we have received so far:

AI

FAL

ALB

HIB

SW Jordan Smith 

Thanks.

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 5:
Arbroath - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (wWw)
Partick Thistle - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (wwW)
Dundee FC - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (WWW)
Fraserburgh - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (wdW)

Fulham 1 - 1 Tottenham

Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham

Man. United 2 - 1 Crystal Palace

Brighton 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Burnley 0 - 2 Brentford

Bournemouth 1 - 1 Sunderland

Wolves 1 - 1 Aston Villa

Newcastle 1 - 2 Everton

Arsenal 3- 1 Chelsea

Leeds United 0 - 3 Man. City

Fulham 1 - 0 Tottenham

Liverpool 3 - 1 West Ham

Man. United 4 - 0 Crystal Palace

Brighton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Burnley 1 - 0 Brentford

Bournemouth 0 - 1 Sunderland

Wolves 0 - 0 Aston Villa

Newcastle 2 - 1 Everton

Arsenal 2- 1 Chelsea

Leeds United 0 - 5 Man. City

Fulham 1 - 0 Tottenham

Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham

Man. United 2 - 1 Crystal Palace

Brighton 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Burnley 0 - 2 Brentford

Bournemouth 2 - 1 Sunderland

Wolves 0 - 8 Aston Villa

Newcastle 2 - 0 Everton

Arsenal 2 - 1 Chelsea

Leeds United 1 - 2 Man. City

Fulham 1 - 1 Tottenham

Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham

Man. United 2 - 0 Crystal Palace

Brighton 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Burnley 1 - 2 Brentford

Bournemouth 2 - 1 Sunderland

Wolves 1 - 1 Aston Villa

Newcastle 2 - 0 Everton

Arsenal 3 - 1 Chelsea

Leeds United 1 - 2 Man. City

Fulham 2 - 2 Tottenham

Liverpool 3 - 1 West Ham

Man. United 4 - 0 Crystal Palace

Brighton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Burnley 1 - 0 Brentford

Bournemouth 0 - 1 Sunderland

Wolves 2 - 2 Aston Villa

Newcastle 2 - 1 Everton

Arsenal 2- 1 Chelsea

Leeds United 0 - 3 Man. City

Fulham 2 - 1 Tottenham

Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham

Man. United 2 - 0 Crystal Palace

Brighton 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Burnley 1 - 2 Brentford

Bournemouth 2 - 1 Sunderland

Wolves 1 - 2 Aston Villa

Newcastle 2 - 1 Everton

Arsenal 2 - 0 Chelsea

Leeds United 0 - 2 Man. City

Very close all around but Paul and I share the W.

Paul Cockyne                               8.5

Alon Atie                                       8.5

Andrew McCumiskey                    7.5

William Bushby                             6.5

David Blair                                    5.5

Andy Shaw                                   5.5

A reminder that the PL starts on Saturday.  Only one entrant so far.

My guess Willy is that we both went for the same player, Buddy,  I originally offered 201K.  Then Mark countered with the other player, Ruddy, for the price you offered and he had already accepted.  So all fair, we both paid the same. 

It frees up my 5/12 Winger for retirement and a new apprentice contribution.  Unless someone wants him for 160-180K?

What is interesting about our trades is that both of us, buying managers, decided to offer 205k when Mark posted "200+".

And then just funny that we went for a different one (unless James put offers for both players (I didn't))...

AYR sends 45k, 1 TP to EDI for Lars Holmgren (1/10 MF)

I see Mr.Good changed his name during his brief stay at Saint Johnstone....

Sorry, read it the wrong way round......it seems that the Saints have given up on a wing option for this season.....

Surely FOR and RR could have done a direct deal here? Something fishy with the Agents doubling their commission $$$ no doubt??

STJ sends Ruddy Good (5/16 WG) to RR for 205k

FOR sends 205k to STJ for Buddy Good (5/16 WG)

well. see title :-) 

It’s been good that time flies as I am not far from finishing my contract and getting back home. The downside is that I miss daft wee things like team bio updates - it can wait until next season as there is no change ;-)

Lads, remember you ONLY have to this coming Sunday (1st March) to get them in to your respective divisional manager - myself for 1st Division, Ricky for the 2nd division and Mark for the 3rd division. Cutoff time is 3pm GMT.

Now, which ones do I want to bid for?   :-)

If you go to the top right of the screen,  check:

Features -> Player Search -> Player value guide

From there, you can search the position and SL range for each on offer. I would try to look at the values from only the recent 10-20 seasons to ensure you aren't seeing outdated values. 

SESL Rules - seslwiki

There is a list of players value in Wiki rules.  Link on line above.
It does say ROUGH GUIDE.
Maybe need a refresh of valuations, but it is a guide. 
Auction players sell for several hundred higher or lower than these values often.
Bid high and hope for the best is only advice I can note.

Can someone give a summary of what auction 2 players may be sold for?

My bids were often lowest lodged in auction 1.

I would like my next auction bids to be competitive.

The following teams receive Bio & Team Updates through :
ALB(200)

The following teams receive Participation Bonus through Participation Thru Feb 15:
AI(10) ALO(50) ARB(10) BER(20) CEL(10) CLY(30) DEV(10) DUM(25) EF(10) EDI(20) FAL(15) FOR(30) FRA(15) GM(10) HEA(20) HIB(50) INV(20) LIV(15) MOT(10) PT(35) RR(45) RAN(15) STJ(20) SM(10) STE(15) STI(20) SRA(10)

The following teams receive Participation Bonus through Participation thru Feb 8:
ALO(50) ARB(10) CLY(20) COV(20) DUM(20) EST(10) EDI(25) FAL(10) FOR(10) FRA(25) GM(20) HEA(10) HIB(40) INV(20) LIV(20) MOT(10) PT(10) RR(20) STJ(20) STE(25) SRA(20)

Just done mine in last 5 minutes!   Can I be added.

The following teams receive Bio & Team Updates through :
ARB(200) AYR(200) COW(200) DUU(200) ELG(200) FOR(200) GM(200) HAM(200) HEA(200) LIV(200) RR(200) RAN(200) STJ(200) SM(200)

Never changed anything except maybe playing passive when really not wanting a suspension. Never play aggressive,  often play passive, but always naar the top of the DP lists.

....I can honestly say that SRA have never changed a team because of the Ref.......We have however changed the Ref because of the opposition......

To be honest - don't think I've ever changed a team line having spotted the referee turning up. Just like players who SHOUKD be scoring every game but don't, refs don't perform just as their attributes say they should.

i put out a team I want (or have to) and never because of a referee I am about to get. But that's me....🙄😉🤔

Ref in the limelight for sure.

Does anyone check the ref before their matches, and change their lineups according to which ref you have?  

.....totally without any incident. Same olde boring stuff.......

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 4:
Celtic - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (WwW)

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 3:
Airdrieonians FC - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (WWw)
Brechin City - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (WdW)
Dumbarton - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (wWw)
Hibernian - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (wWw)
Annan Athletic - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (wDw)
Dunfermline Athletic - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (WWd)

I have no decent age 0 or age 1 to TP, so had to bring in a top youth prospect.

AI sends Shamal George (1/18 GK) to SM for 5 CP, Nigel Spink (4/25 GK)

Not season defining trade I guess.

DUM sends 10k to SM for Alan Evans (7/1 DF)

The following teams receive Cup Draw Participation through CECIL CUP LAST 32 DRAW:
ABE(25) GM(25)

BER sends S_Loggins (1/17 DF) to STE for 200k, Jon (5/27 MF)

Good luck all.

ABE sends 25k, 1 TP to STE for Mason (1/8 MF)

The first round will be the match 6, Division 1 matches, to be played on Saturday 29th February.

The entry form is on the Notebook.

Good luck, all!

Everton 1 - 2 Man. United

Brentford 2 - 1 Brighton

Aston Villa 3 - 0 Leeds United

West Ham 3 - 1 Bournemouth

Crystal Palace 1 - 3 Wolves

Chelsea 3 - 0 Burnley

Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Liverpool

Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle

Tottenham 2 - 2 Arsenal

Sunderland 3 - 2 Fulham

Everton 1-2 Man. United

Brentford 2-1 Brighton

Aston Villa 1-0 Leeds United

West Ham 1-1 Bournemouth

Crystal Palace 2-1 Wolves

Chelsea 2-0 Burnley

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Liverpool

Man. City 3-1 Newcastle

Tottenham 0-1 Arsenal

Sunderland 2-1 Fulham

S61 Converting oldies for apprentice 7th March 26

Everton 0 - 2 Man. United

Brentford 1 - 1 Brighton

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Leeds United

West Ham 3 - 1 Bournemouth

Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Wolves

Chelsea 3 - 0 Burnley

Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Liverpool

Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle

Tottenham 1 - 2 Arsenal

Sunderland 3 - 1 Fulham

Everton 0 - 2 Man. United

Brentford 1 - 1 Brighton

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Leeds United

West Ham 3 - 1 Bournemouth

Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Wolves

Chelsea 3 - 0 Burnley

Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Liverpool

Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle

Tottenham 1 - 2 Arsenal

Sunderland 3 - 1 Fulham

Everton 1-1 Man United

Brentford 1-1 Brighton

Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United

West Ham 2-1 Bournemouth

Crystal Palace 2-1 Wolves

Chelsea 3-1 Burnley

Nottingham Forest 0-2 Liverpool

Man City 3-1 Newcastle

Tottenham 1-2 Arsenal

Sunderland 1-1 Fulham

Everton 1 - 1 Man. United

Brentford 2 - 1 Brighton

Aston Villa 3 - 0 Leeds United

West Ham 1 - 1 Bournemouth

Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Wolves

Chelsea 3 - 0 Burnley

Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Liverpool

Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle

Tottenham 0 - 3 Arsenal

Sunderland 1 - 1 Fulham

Everton 1 - 2 Man. United

Brentford 2 - 1 Brighton

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Leeds United

West Ham 1 - 1 Bournemouth

Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Wolves

Chelsea 2 - 0 Burnley

Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Liverpool

Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle

Tottenham 0 - 2 Arsenal

Sunderland 2 - 1 Fulham

Is there an oldies trade this season? I have plenty of them and will keep if there is a oldies swap again. 

I can only dream of having age 4/20's and 1/17's in my squad. So that rules out AYR from asking for that trade :). No money no players but a determination to try to win :)

.....despite not conceeding any goals......

I stress I didn't make the offer!  Conventional wisdom suggests a 4/25 or 26 would be the standard pitch.  3 levels for each year of age difference.  Maybe a 3/23, the age down.  

1/17s are quite difficult to shift in my experience.  If training them is unappealing,  then others may also think so.  A 4/26 is a decent player and without coaching/training is a better player than the 1/17 all season, and the same level for half of nexts.  Buying a 1/17 is commitment to 10TPs and 10 training slots at not much improvement to the squad, at least this season.  Still anything less than 4/25 without cash balance is definitely on the unbalanced side.

Yes, it is and very likely had you accepted it, it would have been reversed pdq (pretty d**n quick).👍 😉

Yes, it is and very likely had you accepted it, it would have been reversed pdq (pretty d**n quick).👍 😉

Among the recent crazy trades I have been offered last few days is today an age 4 for an age 1! 

That is indeed crazy surely.

5 div 1 teams submitted lineups already a week before league kicks off.

Impatient?  Or impressively organised!

The following teams receive Bio & Team Updates through :
AI(200) ALO(200) BRE(200) CLY(200) COV(200) DEV(200) DEE(200) EF(200) EDI(200) FAL(200) FRA(200) HIB(200) INV(200) MOT(200) PT(200) QP(200) ROS(200) STE(200) STI(200) SRA(200)

Thanks to Paul for running this so well.

STE sends 50k, 1 TP to STJ for Paul McStay (1/10 MF)

We are off today at 3pm and everyone has submitted their team lines well in time.

The 1st division lads will be sitting on their hands for 7 more days but for us "lower league" clubs today is the start of season 61. 
Good luck to all (except my opponents of course -I'm not THAT nice.. 😂😂

I am in the same boat, Andrew.

Fear not Leon - DUM are not the team they once were. No way you will lose all 3 matches. I predict at least one draw ;-)

Have these been added? I notice MOT are on 7 OTF, and I seem to remember us placing high enough to get some bonus OTF. But, I may be mistaken.

Although I never had to play them three times I always dreaded the start of the league season because it was always Dumbarton first in the league.

next 3 games: 

Dumbarton
Dumbarton
Dumbarton

that can't be right, right? Right!

oh my...

Elgin to Stranraer is about 10 minutes longer but a couple of miles less.

Berwick may feature in this.
Berwick is in England!

SRA have got FRA away this season. Google map puts it at 5:24 and 275 miles each way.........any improvement on this?

I get my CPing on the run, or get my CPing on the wing.

Decent patter from James at RR. 
You should blog more often James as you may rival Andrew at SRA for clever comic comments to lighten our days.

I don't know what is involved, but if it take up a lot of work then go with the easy option.

10 player conditional lines seems generous as it is.  

Time and Goal combination requests works well.

I like the common instruction is G>=2, T >= 60 then sub off Star Striker for Bench Warmer.

No changes needed for me Steve.

Time going backwards sounds a hard stretch to code that James.  But that is my guess.

Disappointingly Steve didn't write the rest of the blog to echo The Joker. ;-) 

I'm tinkerer, not a coder
I'm an Olmec player
I get my CPing on the run

Anyway while tinkering if we could get T= or even T<= that would be great.  A common instruction is G>=2, T >=75 (or 60) then sub off Star Striker for Bench Warmer.  But if the goal condition is met after the time selected then an EL point is lost for Star and Sub.  It would be great if the "equals" were available.  

I had a "quality of life" idea for these games. A couple of times I've accidentally selected aT>45 rather than T>=45 which messes up EL and maybe CP. Also, especially with newer managers, it might help if T>= was the only option. The "easy" way to do this is make the first T/G option just T and the second just G with the relevant comparisons. I was going to see what was thought here but decided to test something first.

I entered nothing in the first 3 boxes then G>0 S in the last 4. Saved and it wipes out the whole line. I don't know if ut's a load or save "error". Maybe it's in the database and will run in the program. The same thing happens with player and team tactics. In manager comments the comment loads but the condionals don't.

It might be fixable the same way the marking bug was but might take up a lot of work so before I bother looking what do you lot think? 

As an aside T= might also be possible in the future for those that like to micromanage EL.