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Old 08-11-2014, 04:45 PM   #506
NoSkillz
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: St. Catharines, Canada
Dover Fans' Player of the Year

-- This was pretty much a foregone conclusion but the supporters rightfully name striker Paul Moses as their choice for player of the year.



Dover Best Eleven for 2023-24

-- As usual, there are a couple of major surprises here but that’s what happens when average rating seems to trump games played or other stats:

GK - Manuel Perez - 19 apps 0g 7.23 avg
DL - Renato Gaucho - 47 apps 2g 7.25 avg
DC - Rayane Hamon - 37 apps 6g 7.34 avg
DC - Saber Nasri - 35 apps 5g 7.41 avg
DR - Salim Loucif - 48 apps 0g 7.17 avg
MC - Jose - 43 apps 2g 7.37 avg
MC - Neil Cairney - 42 apps 7g 7.28 avg
ML - Arsene Bamba - 46 apps 14g 7.57 avg
MR - Gianluca Bolis - 33 apps 4g 7.19 avg
ST - Paul Moses - 49 apps 59g 7.95 avg
ST - Zoltan Bardi - 26 apps 12g 7.42 avg

Other notables: GK Ingo Wilke 39 apps 0g 7.05; DC Claudio Contreras 46 apps 7g 7.30; DC Mohamed Lamine Yilmaz 11 apps 5g 7.61; DC Andrea Rocca 35 apps 4g 7.19; MC Emmerson Harvey 14 apps 2g 7.17; ST Chiquinho 41 apps 23g 7.38; ST Shanon Andrea 18 apps 8g 7.13

A bit surprising to see Contreras and Chiquinho only make the backup squad but again, their average rating was below Nasri’s and Bardi’s, hence their inclusion in the starting eleven.

Let's take a look at our overall Best Eleven since I took over management of the franchise:

Dover Best Eleven - Overall

GK - Ingo Wilke - 335 apps 0g 7.02 avg
DL - Renato Gaucho - 202 apps 4g 7.14 avg
DC - Olly Schulz - 120 apps 18g 7.32 avg
DC - Rayane Hamon - 151 apps 10g 7.16 avg
DR - Salim Loucif - 178 apps 1g 7.16 avg
ML - Arsene Bamba - 282 apps 56g 7.28 avg
MC - Neil Cairney - 184 apps 32g 7.27 avg
MC - Andrea Rocca - 260 apps 44g 7.25 avg
MR - Abdeltareck Sakali - 176 apps 50g 7.14 avg
ST - Alexander Rattke - 125 apps 55g 7.13 avg
ST - Aaron Green - 141 apps 65g 7.18 avg

Rayane Hamon is the only newcomer to the best overall eleven, replacing long-time favourite Oliver Nicholas.

Substitutes:
GK - Liam O'Brien - 219 apps 0g 6.84 avg
DC - Oliver Nicholas - 316 apps 28g 7.14 avg
DC - Claudio Contreras - 148 apps 14g 7.12 avg
ML - Ismael Fofana - 206 apps 38g 6.98 avg
MR - Gianluca Bolis - 194 apps 43g 7.13 avg
ST - Ben Hunt - 156 apps 70g 7.12 avg
ST - Zoltan Bardi - 244 apps 86g 7.09 avg

Claudio Contreras gets onto the list for the first time as a substitute.


2024-25 Barclays Premier League Fixture List Announced

-- We’ll open the Premier League season as big favourites on the road versus newly promoted Sheffield United. Our first home match will be against Newcastle. We’ll play Arsenal on Boxing Day and also close out our season against the Gunners.

-- As usual, we are given £40,000,000 spread over 12 months for Premier League television rights.



Start of Season Expectations

-- The board’s minimum expectation is that we qualify for Europe again. Screw that - we’re gunning for another title so they bump up the money a bit. For that they'll offer the following:

2024/25 TRANSFER BUDGET - £52,000,000 (Last Year: £23,500,000)
2024/25 WAGE BUDGET - £1,000,000 (Last Year: £950,000/week)

HUGE increase to our transfer budget! We don’t need an awful lot but I can go hard after a few key players now.



Community Shield

-- Another perk to winning the Premier League sees us take part in the Community Shield, essentially a high-profile preseason friendly that kicks off the Premier League season. We’ll face FA Cup winners Manchester City at Wembley and look forward to another big payday!



Youth Intake - U18 Club

-- I simply don’t understand how all of these years into the dynasty, I still have NEVER produced a good-looking youth player from our academy. All 0.5 star guys again this year. Very disappointing.



Transfer OUT

-- Well, it’s with a bit of sadness that we bid adieu to striker Shanon Andrea, who accepts a contract with Evian TG FC in French Ligue 1 in a transfer deal worth £8,250,000. We picked up Andrea from FC Bayern in July 2021 for £5.5 million and he played three seasons with our club, providing many goals and lots of delight for our supporters. He scored 24 goals and added 10 assists in his first year with us, 21 goals and 15 assists in year two but started regressing severely last year, with 8 goals and 2 assists. Overall, in 92 games with our club, he produced 53 goals and 27 assists and we wish the 28 year old the best in France. We will need to find a replacement for him, although we do have Andy Broomes along with two loanees on their way back to Dover in Giorgos Gesios and Orlando Scolari



Transfer Clause Activated

-- We sold fine young DC Abdallaye Kokaina back in 2022 for £6 million to SK Rapid Wien and smartly built in a sell-on clause. He’s just been sold to AS Monaco FC for £7.5 million and we will collect 20% of that (!!), so we’ll be getting about £1.475 million spread out over the next 20 months. Super cool.
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