A Look At Each Position- Highlighting the drastic amounts of mismanagement in every position on the field since 2013.
Manchester United and a Positional Mess
Edit* I will edit the formatting to make it more readable soon United’s transfer window has shown that the club is a mess from the recruitment standpoint for years but if you look at the team positional it’s been years of management and ineptitude since Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill left the club in 2013. *The transfer figures aren't correct because I listed estimates in $USD, will update later *apologies for any spelling errors Goalkeeper When Ferguson left in 2013 United were in a good position in the goalkeeper department. David De Gea was 23 and the hype around was finally starting to show. In 2014, under Louis Van Gaal De Gea’s consistent performances put him in the upper echelon of goalkeepers in the world, he was United’s player of the season and nominated for the PFA Player’s Player of the Season that year. Unfortunately his contract was quietly winding down and the Spaniard made no effort in his hope to return to his native in Spain and join Real Madrid. That January United had signed Victor Valdes on a free transfer and to many United fans Valdes was seen as an adequate short term replacement if and when De Gea were to leave for Madrid. Unfortunately Louis Van Gaal quickly fell out with Victor Valdes over a personal dispute over playing in a reserve game. Van Gaal vanished Valdes from the squad and quickly placed him on the transfer list. As it came increasingly likely that De Gea would leave for Madrid, United bought Sergio Romero on a free transfer more as backup. As 2015 loomed, Van Gaal made the decision to drop De Gea until the transfer window ended, going with Romero instead. At the end of the month Madrid finally ponied up the $35 million for De Gea and United agreed to sign Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas as a replacement. Hours later the deal ultimately fell through and De Gea decided to sign a four-year long contract extension at United. For the next four years United’s goalkeeper situation was set, De Gea was arguably United’s most consistent performer over the next few seasons, even Sergio Romero was an adequate backup helping United win two trophies in 2017 with the Europa League and Carabao Cup. After the 2018 World Cup, De Gea suffered a poor run of form starting with Spain in Russia and ultimately continuing with United over the 2018-2019 season having his worst season at United. At the same time, De Gea was in another contract dispute, this time the goalkeeper was asking for a new contract which would make him the highest paid player at the club.United’s wage structure was disrupted with the Alexis Sanchez signing but in September 2019 De Gea signed another contract renewal though his poor formed continued for much of the 2019-2020. United were dealt some luck with academy product Dean Henderson progressing on loan at Sheffield United and United ultimately signed Henderson to a new contract to push De Gea. Unfortunately this left Sergio Romero out in the cold. The Argentine was not made aware of United’s plans for him until late in the transfer window. United ultimately turned down a $2 million loan offer from Everton as they hoped to get close to an $8 million transfer for him. This led to Romero’s wife angrily calling the club out on social media and now United have four goalkeepers at the club totaling to nearly $500 k a week. Centerbacks In 2013 United’s Center Backs were Rio Ferdinand (34) and Nemanja Vidic (31), Jonny Evans (25), Phil Jones (21) and Chris Smalling (23). A year later Nemanja Vidic fell out with David Moyes and agreed to join Inter Milan on a free transfer, Rio Ferdinand was told before the last game of the season by Ed Woodward that he had no future at the club. New manager Louis Van Gaal decided that he needed to bring in a left sided defender Thomas Vermalen being his first choice, the deal ultimately fell through and United looked at Marcos Rojo after he impressed at the 2014 World Cup with Argentina. The 2014-2015 season defensively was a mixture of consistent injuries and Van Gaal’s consistent formation tinkering. United used Rojo, Smalling, Jones, Evans, youngster Paddy McNair, and even Michael Carrick at center back that season. At their best Jones and Smalling formed a decent partnership but it was quite evident that enforcements were needed. The following season United did look at Mats Hummels and Sergio Ramos but did not pursue any deals instead , Jonny Evans joined West Brom and Van Gaal decided to play Daley Blind at center back and alter his defensive tactical approach. A year later new manager Jose Mourinho decided to purchase 22 year-old Eric Bailly for about 30 million from Villarreal. The following season Jose continued to revamp United’s center back position by purchasing another young center back 23 year-old Victor Lindelof from Benfica. Because of injuries and poor form United never truly established centerback partnership during these two seasons. In 2018 Jose wished to purchase a third center back, this time going for an established center back like Toby Alderweirweld. Unfortunately the United hierarchy decided to go against Jose’s wish which led to massive frustrations between the manager and namely Ed Woodward. A year later and new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer prioritized a center back a year later and paid a record 80 million for center back Harry Maguire. Chris Smalling joined Roma on loan and United finally looked to have a consistent center back partnership of Lindelof and Maguire. Maguire and Lindelof didn’t always compliment each other but United did have a defensively solid season. Between 2017-2019 Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo were all given new contracts. You could argue that the players were given contracts less because of their performances on the pitch (Smalling may be exempt from this argument) and more to protect their transfer value. Now in 2020, Chris Smalling was sold to Roma for $15 million after months of negtoation with Roma for the paltry fee, Marcos Rojo was offered to Everton in 2019 but the club, allegedly Joel Glazer himself turned the deal down, Rojo was then loaned to his boyhood club Estudiantes in January basically for him to play and put himself in the transfer market. Unfortunately due to his high wages United have failed sell the Argentine for two years now as he has been left out of the squads Champions League Squad along with Phil Jones, who most bafflingly was offered a five-year contract in 2018. The injury prone defender is still on the medical table and couldn’t be shifted this summer as well. Instead of buying a new centerback, United will hope Eric Bailly can continue to stay fit and move on from last week’s awful performance, Axel Tuanzebe has been highly rated for the past few years, an unfortunate hip injury last October kept him out of the United squad for nearly a full calendar year but he is finally back fit, and lastly Tenden Mengi is a highly rated 18 year old from the academy. Current Centerbacks: Harry Maguire Victor Lindelof Eric Bailly Axel Tuanzebe Tenden Mengi Marcos Rojo* Phil Jones* Left Back Patrice Evra made a hilarious yet sad point during his appearance on Sky Sports last weekend. United haven’t had a good left back since he was at the club. In Moyes’ first season he tried to acquire Leighton Baines from Everton with an odd joint bid of him and Fellaini for $30 million which was swiftly rejected, United then agreed a loan deal for Fabio Coentrao for the deal to fall through at the last minute. A year later United spent big money on 18 year-old Luke Shaw, Louis Van Gaal told the former captain his services were no longer needed and he was sold to Juventus for $1.8m. Luke Shaw was touted to be the next big thing in England and United were hoping they had just locked down the left back position for the next decade. Shaw was scouted by David Moyes but Louis Van Gaal was the manager at the time who approved of the deal. Van Gaal often played with wing backs which required Shaw to transition his game positionally. Van Gaal also purchased Marcos Rojo as a left sided centerback who could also play in the left back position and Daley Blind who was bought as a Defensive Midfielder but everyone saw he was equally comparable at the left wing back position for Van Gaal Dutch World Cup 2014 squad. A year on Daley Blind seemed to be United’s best left back. The following season Luke Shaw came into his own after struggling with fitness issues, Van Gaal reportedly built his entire attack around Shaw and also decided against purchasing another left back because he had so much confidence in Shaw. For a month we fans saw the potential spoke about with Luke Shaw, unfortunately a terrible leg break against PSV in September ended all that and put United’s leftback position in disarray. Blind was playing well at centerback, and Rojo was injured so Van Gaal often had to call play Matteo Darmian or Ashley out of position and he later called on academy Cameron Borthwick-Jackson. As Shaw recovered from his injury Jose Mourinho was now the new manager and never saw eye to eye with the young left back. For the next two seasons Blind, Rojo, Young, Darmian, all featured at left back usually ahead of Shaw. The Portuguese manager wanted to sell the leftback but Woodward and the club refused. Shaw eventually won the leftback position back in 2018 and after a few good performances United rewarded him with a new contract. The following season under Solskjaer United’s leftback position finally seemed to at least be stable. Luke Shaw was first choice, and youngster Brandon Williams emerged after Shaw’s injuries and poor form in 2019. The club has finally decided to buy their first outright left back since purchasing Luke Shaw in 2014. Alex Telles joined the club on transfer deadline day for 15 million euros. At 27 United are hoping they are purchasing a player in their prime years to finally offer some consistency. Current Leftbacks: Alex Telles Luke Shaw Brandon WIlliams Right Back Like left back, right back has had one of the most important positional transformations in years and United were left far behind in this position as well. In 2014, Antonio Valencia transitioned from winger to right back and emerged as United’s first choice ahead of Rafael. The following season Van Gaal decided to move on from Rafael and sold the Brazilian to Lyon, United purchased Italian Matteo Darmian from Torino in what seemed like a shrewd piece of business. Darmian initially looked like a quality old school defense first fullback, but his clear weakness against the pacey winger in Premier League was quickly exploited and he never fully recovered. 2016 came when new manager Jose Mourinho got the best out of Antonio Valencia and he turned him into arguably a world class right back for that season. The following season his injuries and age lead to his regression and in 2018 the club decided to look at a new right back. There were rumors of Thomas Meunier from PSG, his contract was running down and was a self proclaimed childhood United fan. United went in a different direction purchasing 19 year old Diogo Dalot from FC Porto, a player United had mostly scouted at the U-19 level. United’s shambolic 2018/2019 was not the greatest environment for the young Portuguese right back to develop and he also dealt with injuries. A year later Valencia left on free, Darmian was sold to Parma, and United decided to identify a new right back. United boasted about their superior scouting department by stating that they looked at nearly 400 right backs before settling on Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Crystal Palace. United spent $50 million on the young right back but he has nailed down the position and is hands down the best 1v1 defender in the league, though he is still developing in other areas. Dalot has been loaned out to AC Milan and United will play Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Brandon Williams as back up. Current Right Backs: Aaron Wan Bissaka Brandon Williams Timothy Fosu Mensah Ethan Larid Central Midfield Central Midfield has been a shitshow since about 2010. Darren Fletcher unfortunately had to leave the game for nearly two seasons as he battled colitis. Anderson and Tom Cleverley were both injury prone and in 2012 United lost young academy product Paul Pogba on a free transfer to Juventus. A decision some would argue as Ferguson’s biggest mistake. Somehow though Fergie managed to win two league titles and challenge for a third with 39 year old Ryan Giggs, and 37 year old Paul Scholes who came out of retirement in 2011. When Ferguson retired in 2013 Scholes quietly retired for a second time, Giggs became a rare player-manager and United’s priority was to reinforce the center mid. Fergie and his scouting departments had reportedly scouted Kevin Strootman, Ander Herrera, and most heavily Thiago Alcantara. United seemed ready to do a deal for Thiago who had a $20 million release clause in his contract from Barcelona. As Fergie retired he left the new manager with this same short list of players his department had scouted and done the necessary due diligence on. Instead Moyes had never seen the young Barcelona player play in person so he wasn’t sure about his abilities, he asked newly appointed assistant manager Ryan Giggs about his opinion and he famously said “he didn’t look a United player” whatever that really means. Moyes moved on and instead was interested in another Barcelona player Cesc Fabregas. Fans and journalists questioned this move, Fabregas was an amazing player but he only just moved to Barcelona after pushing for his dream move for the last two years. Fabregas’ agent alerted Ed Woodward that the player would be interested in a move if United were to pay the $40million asking price Barcelona quoted. United spent the next few weeks lowballing Barcelona and Fabregas ultimately signed a new contract with Barcelona. United then spent the rest of the transfer window feeble attempting to enquire about players like Daniele De Rossi and Luka Modric to ultimately be rejected. United then decided to sign the Fergie scouted player Ander Herrera from Athletic Bilbao, in one of the most bizarre transfer stores in years United ultimately tried to negotiate a lower fee for the Spaniard’s buyout clause didn’t work to say the least. At the very last hour of the transfer window United offered Everton $30 million for Marouane Fellaini, oddly enough United couldn’t signed the Belgian for a discounted rate of $23 million if they acted earlier in the window. The recruitment of Fellaini and failed negotiations saw Woodward turn United into a laughing stock amongst agents and directors. A year later new manager Louis Van Gaal quickly approved the signing of Herrera this time paying his full buyout clause. Anderson, Cleverly and Fletcher moved on in 2014-2015. Van Gaal also wanted to recruit a more defensive midfielder and United were heavily linked with Arturo Vidal, the club decided to move on after concerns about his knee (Vidal has consistently go on to play for Bayern Munich, Barcelona and now Inter). United instead looked a Van Gaal’s fellow Dutchman Daley Blind for Ajax who the fan base saw play at leftback for Van Gaal during the World Cup. While Herrera impressed it took only a few games to realize Blind did not have the pace to play as a single pivot d-mid in the premier league. At their best United’s midfield consisted of Carrick in a holding role, Herrera playing as a #8 an Fellaini in an advanced role using his running and physical presence to break up plays. The following season Van Gaal wanted to further reinforce his midfield, Morgan Schneiderlin was purchased from Southampton and German legend Bastian Schweinsteiger joined at 31 from Bayern Munich, a move Ed Woodward said “would put shivers down the spines of opponents”. In hindsight Schweinsteiger had been injured for the past three seasons and Bayern were willing to get rid of their captain. United’s midfield was turgid and lethargic in Van Gaal’s second season and the following year United and Ed Woodward made their biggest purchase yet. For years the club had been marred by Paul Pogba’s success in Italy and allowing the young French midfielder to leave for free as he began to reach the heights of a world class generational talent. Woodward made it his priority to bring the midfielder back to United, he convinced him obviously with a massive contract and a world record transfer fee to Juventus, but also the promise of building a new quality midfield around Pogba. Manager Jose Mourinho got rid of Schenderlein in January selling him to Everton, and Schweinsteiger joined the Chicago Fire in MLS shortly after. United began to build a midfield of Pogba, Herrera, and Fellaini in a defensive role. The following year Mourinho wanted a defensive midfielder to replace the retiring Carrick. Fabinho from Monaco was a target but Monaco did not want to sell after Mbappe, Mendy, Silva, and Bakayoko all left the club. Eric Dier was another choice which Spurs declined. United purchased Nemanja Matic from rivals Chelsea as they finished 2nd. The following season Fred was purchased for $50 million. Andreas Pereria who spent the last two seasons on loan in Spain was now back in the squad and academy product Scott Mctominay had a breakthrough season. Jose public fallout with star Pogba which started early in 2017 had fully exasperated and by December Jose was gone. Fellaini was quickly moved on with a move to China in January, but the club failed to make a decision regarding Ander Herrera’s contract, though Solkjaer wanted to keep the Spaniard, he signed a free contract with PSG. The quality in United’s midfield was questionable, Matic was coming off a very poor season, Fred was labeled a flop in his first season by many, the debate on Pogba will go on forever and Mctominay and Pereria weren’t league challenging midfielders. United decided to not reinforce in midfield though the team was clearly lacking some creativity. During the Summer of 2019, Bruno Fernandes was heavily linked to the club though the club briefed journalists that United scouts were concerned with the amount the player lost the ball in Portugal. Six months later, United forked up the $60 million for Fernandes, the move occurred after an injury setback to Paul Pogba and a long term injury to Scott Mctominay. Fernandes was the first signing since Van Persie to truly enhance the squad and United went on their best run of form in the last season. Andreas Pereria was loaned to Lazio and United purchased Donny Van De Beek from Ajax. This is a very exciting signing, an all around midfielder who can grow in this squad. Some have questioned the priority of the signing as the 23 year old currently isn’t in United’s strongest 11. Current Midfield: Bruno Fernandes Paul Pogba Nemanja Matic Fred Donny Van de Beek Scott Mctominay Attacking Midfielders/Wingers Wilfried Zaha was the last player Ferguson had signed for United. The young winger electrified the Championship with Crystal Palace and looked one for the future. Unfortunately Moyes for various reasons to say the least gave up on the young player and loaned him to Cardiff City in January. Than Van Gall gave Zaha a pre season playing in LVG’s 3-5-2 system as a forward to impress, he was then loaned to former club Crystal Palace and ultimately sold on. Juan Mata was purchased in January for $40 million after he came available from Chelsea, though David Moyes played the #10 as a right midfielder for six months, but younger Adnan Januzaj was the one bright spot in an otherwise dismal season. Louis Van Gaal chopped and changed United’s attackers and wingers the following year. Nani was moved on and loaned back to his former club Sporting Lisbon. Shinji Kagawa was another player tasked to operate in an unfamiliar role as a #8 in preseason before Van Gaal discarded the Japanese player back to Borussia Dortmund. Angel Di Maria became a target after a failed move to PSG, United spent a record $68 million for the Argentine and United fans were excited to get such a world class talent in their squad. Unfortunately Van Gaal’s formational tinkering and changing hindered Di Maria who LVG tried to continually play in different roles such as winger, attacking midfielder, wingback, and even as a forward. The player and Van Gaal fell and was gone after one season. Adnan Januzaj suffered in Van Gaal’s system and was loaned out to Borussia Dortmund and United's strongest Ashley Young played on the left and Juan Mata started on the right. United quickly reinforced the winger position with young talent Memphis Depay. United were convinced they were getting their own Eden Hazard but the Dutch player ultimately struggled. United seriously struggled for creating chances under Van Galls tactical approach the following season, but youngsters Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford flourished on the left wing and Jesse Lingard emerged as a new option on the right. The next year under Jose, Rashford and Martial basically rotated on the left, and United purchased Bundesliga Player of the Season Henrikh Mkhitaryan to add some creativity through the middle and on the right. Memphis was moved on in January to Lyon, but United saw success with Martial, Rashford, Mata, Lingard, and Mkhitaryan. The following year Jose believed United needed another winger, an out and out winger who called cross the ball, he identified Ivan Perisic but an agreement could not be found with Inter after Woodward’s failed negotiating tactics. It became clear that United were lacking a pace and creativity on the right. Mhkitaryan failed to impress, and United were initially linked with Lucas Moura from PSG. United’s attention was quickly turned to Alexis Sanchez who United offered a massive contract and Mhkitaryan to Arsenal. Sanchez was signed in January as marquee signing that could help narrow the gap between City and help United challenge in Europe. Sanchez from a tactical point was a questionable decision. The Chilean started his career as a right winger but has ultimately shifted to playing on the left and as a central forward at Arsenal. To fit in tactically United would either have to ask Sanchez to play in a position he hasn’t played in years, shift Rashford/Martial out of position to the right, or completely change United’s formation and use Sanchez centrally. On top of that, Sanchez’s massive wages disrupted the wage structure of United and had a lasting financial impact. Sanchez failed to deliver but United saw Martial and Rashford develop into quality players, though United’s right wing was now occupied by Lingard and Mata. In 2019, United purchased Daniel James from Swansea City. The signing was a peculiar one as the young 21 winger had only played one season as a professional but United signed him off of the recommendation of Wales manager Ryan Giggs. Sanchez was loaned to Inter Milan and United went with Rashford, James, Mata, and Lingard. James initially impressed but simply has shown that he is still developing and may not be at the level United seek. Mason Greenwood emerged playing on the right and having one of the best seasons we’ve seen from a young player since Wayne Rooney scoring 18 goals in all competitions. Everyone could see that United could use an attacking player who could play on the right. Jose Mourinho tried to sign Gareth Bale and Willian with both moves going nowhere but in 2019 Jadon Sancho emerged at Borussia Dortmund as a generational talent. With Covid-19 impacting the financial strength of money teams United had a clear chance to sign Jadon Sancho this summer. In one of the most embarrassing and frustrating recruitments of a player by Woodward, United failed to pay the $120 million asking price by Dortmund. United ultimately missed their chance to sign Sancho and may be at the back of the line after clubs recover from Covid. United missed out on a generational talent and may rue this decision for years. Instead United recruited two young talents on deadline day deals. Facundo Pellistri was signed from Penarol in Uruguay and Amad Diallo was signed from Atalanta (joining in January 2021). Pellistri is a far cry from Sancho and United’s fast tracking of the young Uruguayan into the first team may backfire. Wingers/Attacking Midfielders Marcus Rashford Juan Mata Daniel James Mason Greenwood Facundo Pellistri Forward Fergie went out of his way to convince Robin Van Persie to join him at United and the Dutch forward delivered United’s last title in 2013. Wayne Rooney saw himself moved out of position and there were strong suggestions that Rooney would’ve left the club if Ferguson had not retired in 2013. Instead David Moyes convinced his former player that he would once again be United’s main man, frustrating Van Persie from a tactics point of view. Rooney also signed a huge five year contract making him one of the highest paid players in the premier league. After Moyes was fired new manager Louis Van Gaal wanted to revamp United’s forward area. Javier Hernandez was loaned to Real Madrid and Danny Welbeck was sold to Arsenal. Van Gaal liked youngster James Wilson from the academy but United pulled out a major deadline day deal to sign Radamel Falcao on loan from Monaco. Falcao was one of the best number 9’s in Europe and this was seen as a massive signing. In hindsight, Falcao was coming off of his 2nd ACL injury, and the Colombian rushed himself back into fitness to be ready for the World Cup and ultimately not making it. The likes of Real Madrid, Juventus, and Manchester City turned down the chance to sign Falcao because of concern over his fitness and the massive wages he asked for, though United and Woodward were convinced to make the deal. Instead United struggled for goals, Falcao was a player returning from a bad injury and only scored 4 goals. Van Persie’s age started to show and he produced his least amount of goals as well. The club decided against signing Falcao, and Van Gaal decided to move on from Van Persie. This left United with just Wayne Rooney who no longer could really play as a striker for a full season and youngster James Wilson who was eventually loaned out. On transfer deadline day in 2015, United paid $36 million in a deal with add-ons that could reach $50 million, the most expensive transfer fee for a teenager for the French 19 year old Anthony Martial. The signing was questioned by many at United as the forward was relatively unknown outside of France and had only played one full season of professional football. Though Martial was signed as one for the future he ended up scoring 17 goals in all competitions. United were also lucky to have seen the rise of Marcus Rashford who had a meteoric rise during the second half of the season. New manager Jose Mourinho wanted some experience with United’s attack and Zlatan Ibrahimovic came in on a free transfer at 35. Rashford and Martial were shifted out to the left but Ibrahimovic delivered at United until an untimely knee injury in April occured. With Zlatan out long term, and Jose not ready to trust Martial or Rashford, United spent $75 million on Romelu Lukaku with Wayne Rooney returning to his boyhood Everton. Lukaku initially impressed and had an above average goal record at United with 42 goals in 96 appearances but his goal scoring droughts and style were not for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and in 2019 United sold Lukaku to Inter for $70 million. Solskjaer was ready to trust Martial and Rashford as the two young forwards had impressed enough to out and out starters. United decided to not pursue a Lukaku replacement and instead bring 17 year old talent Mason Greenwood into the squad. Injuries hindered the 2019-2020 season and with Marcus Rashford getting a long term back injury the club decided on a Janury transfer day deadline move for Odion Igahlo playing his trade in China on a short term loan deal. The deal was questioned by many, United had been linked with acquiring another forward initially over the summer the likes of Dybala and Mandzuicic were linked but never moved. During the fall, Norweigan striker Errling Braut Halland announced himself to Europe at Salzburg and Solkjsaer was adamant on bringing his former player at Molde to United. The deal eventually fell through after United failed to negotiate due to agent fees and a buyout clause and Halland (rightly) joined Borussia Dortmund. For the next few months Martial and Greenwood truly started to emerge especially after the signing of Bruno Fernandes. Igahlo looked good in a few cup games but clearly hasn’t shown enough to be a key contributor off the bench. United then decided to pull a transfer deadline move for 33 year old Edison Cavani. A move baffling to many people as it seems like another short sighted expensive signing. Forwards: Anthony Martial Edison Cavani Odion Igahlo Mason Greenwood Marcus Rashford
Welcome to the reveal for players ranked 5-1 for this year’s NFL Top 100 Players for the 2019 Season!
Players whose average rank had them land in places 5-1 are on this portion of the list revealed today. Players are associated with the team they finished 2019 with. LINK TO THE HUB POST WITH A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODOLOGY So now, without further ado, here are the players ranked 5-1 in the NFL Top 100 Players of the 2019 Season!
#5 - Christian McCaffrey - Running Back - Carolina Panthers
Written By:sanswagata Christian McCaffrey's 2019 season will be talked about with some of the greatest dual threat RB seasons in history. He went for over 1000 yards in both receiving and rushing adding up to a total of 2392 yards and 19 touchdowns. This has only been done twice before in Marshall Faulk's 1999 and Roger Craig's 1985. No one in history has done this two separate times in history, so next year CMC has a real shot at being the first. He also did this while being in the top 10 for yards per attempt at 4.8 and not to mention that he performed this with one of the worst QBs in the league for a majority of the season in Kyle Allen. Teams were able to focus on CMC and he would still beat them. He accounted for 43.7% of Carolina's offense this year for Carolina. He was durable, dependable, handsome, and fun to watch this year. So what does Christian McCaffrey do so well that lead to him running for 1300+ yards on nearly 5 yards per carry despite playing with dogshit at quarterback? Well it starts with his mind and processing. He presses the hole very well and rarely will miss the correct gap. His vision and mind do half of the battle for him so he isn't running into clogged areas and when he presses he opens up the best hole even more. Let's look at one of his most exciting plays of the season as our first example. On this play at the mesh point (when the qb is handing the ball to the RB) you can see that there is no cutback and that his OL isn't getting any push to create a hole up the middle. That means it's time to bounce this play to the outside. The EDGE actually plays it pretty well, but CMC tells him to talk to the hand and shoves him to the ground. Then he is able to speed past the LB trying to reach him. There's just one guy left and CMC finishes this in style by jumping right overtop of him for a TD. On the second destruction of Jacksonville CMC can see that one LB is trying to cheat outside on this outside zone, so CMC can't bounce again like he did in the first clip. The other LB completely falls for the motion end around and splits that way which leaves the middle wide open. McCaffrey sees this and cuts that way and then uses his speed to get past everyone and keep his lead for 84 yards and the touchdown. Here is a fantastic example of his ability to press the hole and make micromovements to cause defenders to react. This is a counter play with a pulling guard and a fullback taking him past the second level and if everything is set up it will work beautifully, but the blocks have to work. The guard kicks out the end perfectly opening up that hole and then to make sure he gets the seal where he wants to go he just hesitates and looks towards the A gap just a little bit. This freezes 58 and makes that hole even bigger for him to run through and helps his OL. This time he presses outside before working in which helps him turn a small gain into a first down. This time you can see him cutback with great success because Green Bay blows up the playside. He turns the sift block from the TE into a lead block and follows him for a big gain. He gets a weird look on this outside zone, but is able to quickly adapt for a nice gain with Cam Jordan coming over as part of a T-E stunt CMC has to read it in real time, but he does so well and gets a nice gain. On this last example CMC reads the LBs and sees that Bobby Wagner overcommits to the outside zone just a little bit, so he presses him for half a second allowing the combo block to get some movement and letting the block be set up on the second level before cutting back. This ability turned a loss or gain of nothing into a very big gain and a first down. Another reason he was so good last year is his ability to make people miss. This example shows his vision, pressing the hole, and elusiveness where everything falls apart, but he is able to turn a bad play into a good play by reading the defense and then making a guy miss. This play shouldn't have gone anywhere, but instead of being a loss because multiple guys failed their blocks he just makes them miss. He throws a nasty juke on the safety before putting on the jets and scoring a TD. Here he shows off his vision and ability to press the hole before wrecking another safety with a juke. Another play another juke on a safety making them go the wrong way. Another play which shows off his fantastic ability to turn a bad play into a great play this time by making a few guys miss in the hole. Blake Martinez gets the shake and lets CMC pick up an extra 7 yards. On this one Vonn Bell gets shook for a TD which makes Tony laugh a little bit. However he is not only elusive on run plays, but also pass plays where he quickly can secure a pass and then turn upfield and make defenders miss. On this little dump off he turns upfield and then gives 28 a quick case of polio giving him no use of his legs as he scores a TD. Here he outruns the pursuit angle making a guy miss after catching a quick swing pass. Here is the same swing pass against the Washington team turning a little gain into a big gainer. CMC is the last person I want to face in the open field 1 on 1. While Carolina seemed to mostly use him as a dump off or swing pass guy he actually runs very nice routes and anytime you have a RB that can beat a cornerback on a route you have something special. This is a nice Texas route out of the backfield he opens up outside before quickly cutting back inside for a catch and a nice gain. He splits out wide here and runs a quick drag then makes a few guys miss for a large gain. He can change from a swing to a wheel to gain 20+ yards. From the slot he will beat you this time with an in route. He gets singled up vs a LB and beats him with a Texas route for a huge gain. He also can go the opposite way and beat the LB on the out route. Here he runs a whip route where he fakes the slant inside and then cuts back outside for a big gain and a first down. He almost has the ability of a WR to find the soft spot and make the catch. You can see on all of these clips that he's a very natural cathcer of the ball. He catches with his hands first and then brings it into his body. He doesn't use his body to catch the ball like a lot of runningbacks. Here is a good example of him using his hands to bring in a pass the pass is a little off (what else is new from Kyle Allen) so he has to jump and catch it with his hands. If he wasn't so great at catching the ball than he might have dropped this. On this crucial 4th down the Panthers go to CMC's hands and he delivers with a nice TD. This play he chips the EDGE and then is able to improv his way open after the play breaks down he makes a fantastic catch here for the first down. This play deserves it's own paragraph and basically shows everything I've talked about from a receiving aspect for CMC. This route is called a juke route that the Patriot's have run for years with Edelman. This article will basically show you everything you need to know about it and if you want more Bill O'Brien did an entire clinic on this play. So here the receiver (CMC) has three options. He can sit if the LB plays him off and gives that up, he can return if the LB plays inside too much, or he can juke and run across if the LB tries to play him tight. McCaffrey hits the LB with the juke route and runs this requires great route running, hands, and elusiveness. He runs it perfect like he will sit on the route which makes the LB covering him come up just a little. CMC then hits him with his elusiveness and jukes to the outside leaving the LB in the dust as he speeds into the endzone for a TD. The Panthers should run this play with CMC more often because not only can he run the route well, but he can make people miss after the fact as well. Next year and beyond I think there is even more room for CMC to shine. We saw in those clips that he was amazing, but could you imagine him with a real QB that makes the defense play a little bit off and not commit so much to the run? His OL in the clips wasn't amazing either. If he got a better OL he could manage better efficiency and if he stays healthy more volume. Not only would adding these thing help, but I would love to see more plays with CMC running real routes. It felt like a lot of the time the Panthers left him as just a safety valve when he could be so much more. It's possible that they have addressed all of this in the offseason. They added a LT (at the expense of another OL), they added a QB, and they have a new HC and innovative OC that just came off using another very good receiving RB well. I'm excited to see if CMC can come back stronger than ever and improve upon his last season with even more greatness.
#4 - Stephon Gilmore - Cornerback - New England Patriots
Written By:O_the_Scientist Acquired in a splashy free agent deal in 2017, Stephon Gilmore caused significant controversy among the Patriot fanbase from multiple angles. He had proven to be a good corner in his time in Buffalo, but his deal was expensive, leaving many wondering if there would be funds to pay Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler and what exactly Gilmore had done to deserve a top 5 positional contract. Over the first few weeks of 2017 that controversy stewed, as the defense allowed historically bad passing production as Gilmore appeared lost at times. Since the mid-point of 2017, however, Gilmore has been the league’s best cornerback, producing the special combination of deafening silence and highlight reel moments you only get from an elite lockdown corner. In 2019 the Gilly Lock became the first defensive back since Troy Polamalu to win the Associated Press’s Defensive Player of the Year Award. We’re going to take a look at the polished technique and savvy game sense Gilmore exhibits week in and week out that made him the best Cornerback in the NFL and one of the best overall players of 2019. Stephon Gilmore in 2019 From a technical standpoint Gilmore is a master craftsman. His trade has been refined from the fundamental base through the finest detail. We’re going to take a look at the anatomy of an elite cornerback from the ground up, and the foundation is footwork. When you watch Gilmore run with opposing receivers, you see quick, clean, deliberate steps that both set up the following motions and maintain his balance, and each of those three factors is key. For a start lets look at this PBU against a Darius Slayton curl route. Off the snap Gilmore takes a minuscule jab step forward with his outside foot, creating a leverage point for his next steps that will allow him to follow any break. If the receiver breaks in on a quick slant or a drag his hips are now open toward the middle of the field and he can pursue that angle, driving inside off of that plant foot, and when the receiver breaks outside he can drive backwards from that plant foot to follow. On this rep, Gilmore takes a couple chop steps as the receiver makes his break so as to not over-commit and expose himself to a cross-up in-cut or deep slant, and only when Slayton hits the point of no return on his break does Gilmore flip his hips to run with him. At the top of the route he uses a T-step technique to drive on the ball, disrupting with his hands and creating 4th and 8. Contrast with this PBU on an in route against Cincinnati’s Alex Erickson. This is patience, situational awareness and an exhibition of why deliberate steps are key. Playing off the receiver, Gilmore is happy to let this play come to him in a red zone situation. Gilmore waits on-balance for Erickson to make his break, drops the outside foot and shuffles slightly when the receiver fakes that way, then uses that shuffle positioning to drive and beat the receiver to his spot. Every down, every rep, every one of his league-leading 20 PBUs starts right there in the feet. You'll see this on every following .gif if you look for it. After the feet, movement flows through the hips. Stephon Gilmore’s hips don’t lie are fluid and disciplined, allowing him to stick with even the shiftiest receivers through their routes. The technique here - in theory - is so simple that it’s one of the first instructions you’ll get playing pee wee or high school ball - you can’t go anywhere without your hips, you can move in the direction they’re pointing faster than you can go anywhere else and if you have to flip them you’d better be damn sure about it. To see active hips, we can look at this rep against Tyler Boyd. Gilmore is in a softer press and Boyd manages a clean release, crossing his face with a large step outside before breaking back in. Gilmore’s initial drop step outside allows him to follow the outside release if committed, but his hips never rotate past ~45 degrees before he crosses back over to the inside following Boyd. At the top of the route Gilmore’s hips follow the receiver ever so slightly as he fakes an outside break then he closes to the inside of the field with the receiver’s in-cut, allowing Gilmore to break up the pass and in this case, pick it off. On the less-active, more-disciplined end of the spectrum, here he is against John Brown, opening up immediately to the outside against a very fast opponent, showing discipline not to over commit with steady hips as Brown fakes a look inside, then turning fully with the receiver. This technique is crucial to Gilmore’s ability to cover any kind of receiver on any kind of route. The great footwork and fluid hips put Gilmore in position to use his hands, which he does exceptionally well both during the route and at the catch point. There's an art to getting handsy through a receiver's route both with bump n' run near the line and leverage at the breaks while balancing the knife edge between physical play and a penalty. Gilmore is also constantly fighting through the catch point. There’s a tenacity with which he outright attacks balls even if a receiver gets his hands on one. He attacks by punching to and through the ball and hands in any contested situation - seen with this PBU against Sammy Watkins - and he high points the ball like a receiver to either swat it or tip it up - seen here setting up a Devin McCourty INT. This comes after the hard part, but it’s the kind of fine finishing touch that transforms a great coverage player into a disruptive playmaking defensive back. Stephon Gilmore is so practiced and effective with the physical process of playing coverage that he’d be a very good corner if he was only ever asked to man up and follow whoever, but what propels him to that next level is a blend of instinct, preparation and sheer brilliance. There’s just no substitute for study, knowledge and game sense if you want to be an elite cornerback. Look for the physical details I've described employed to their fullest effect in these quick hits that highlight why Gilmore is the premiere playmaking cornerback in the NFL right now. He knows what routes to jump against which receivers. He knows when to play off-coverage to invite a throw. He feels the right time to peel off his receiver and play the ball. On this Pick-six vs Miami he hits the top of his dropback an drives right in front of the outlet receiver, reading the QB rollout. On this Int vs NYG he bumps his man at the line before passing him off on the interior cut and dropping underneath the corner route from the TE. On a decisive PBU against the Giants with excellent coverage form and a laser-precise finishing punch. Undercuts on this ball tipped for an INT. Reads the receiver's eyes to time the high point. These are the highlights we see, but most of his year was spent smothering receivers so badly Quarterbacks refuse to try him, or sticking with an elite receiver for 4 seconds to not allow a QB outlet. There's really only one way for a corner to produce a league-leading number of passes defensed and an allowed passer rating under 50. It's about the intelligent and selective application of a full, premium quality tool kit in the hands of an absolute master. That's what makes Stephon Gilmore special. He's so good the Patriots modeled their entire approach in the secondary off of his presence on the outside. The team played cover-1 and cover-0 - two defensive schemes that place a massive, high risk burden on outside man coverage players - more than any other team in the league because Gilmore could be trusted to lock down his assignment without help on every single coverage snap (except one, you're welcome Bills fans). I highly recommend his excellent Film Session to get a glimpse into how he prepares and what he sees and how his abilities dictate New England's approach in the secondary. Legacy Before Stephon Gilmore came to New England in 2017 he had entered the league as a competent starter and had grown into a pro bowl CB1 over a handful of seasons. He wasn’t someone mentioned in the same tier of Richard Sherman, Patrick Peterson, Aqib Talib or Darrelle Revis. Since the mid-point of the 2017 season, however, he’s been the best corner in the NFL, punctuating his Patriot seasons with a game-clinching PBU in the AFC Championship Game, a game-clinching Interception in the Super Bowl, two First Team All Pro selections and an Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year award. The full list of cornerbacks who have won that award is now Mel Blount, Lester Hayes, Rod Woodson, Deion Sanders, Charles Woodson, Stephon Gilmore. Four of those Six are in the hall of fame and Woodson is considered a strong candidate for first-ballot induction when eligible in 2021. Only 24 cornerbacks since the merger have been named 1st team all pro 2 or more times, and 12 of them are in the Hall of Fame or are what I consider guarantees (Patslegend Darrelle Revis, Charles Woodson). I don’t believe his career to date has made a compelling Hall of Fame case, but his 2019 season is the kind of monumental step a player can take late in his career to make Canton a realistic goal.
#3 - Aaron Donald - Interior Defensive Line - Los Angeles Rams
Written By:Projinator Introduction What could possible be said about Aaron Donald that hasn't been said before? The man is on a rare path, the path to be deemed the greatest ever defensive player. Don't misread my words, Donald isn't the GOAT yet and there surely are a handful of active players who have done more in their careers. But he's maybe the only active player that has done enough in his career to stay on that pace. JJ Watt was another candidate but injuries slowed down his pace, and unless he has some elite years in the next few he probably won't be able to make up the ground. In 2020, Aaron Donald will be entering his 7th season in the NFL at the age of 29, and still realistically has three more years of peak level prime with another five to seven years of elite play remaining. The man earned his 5th consecutive AP 1st Team All Pro and 6th consecutive Pro Bowl selection in 2019, and even in his statistically worst year since 2016 still managed to get one DPOY vote. Part of what makes Aaron unique in his combination of strength and speed, all while staying small relative to the average DT. Because he sits lower to the ground, his center of gravity gives him superior leverage on most all opponents he will face. He has a strong argument as the greatest modern defensive tackle of all time already, the only other player who may steal that from him would be Warren Sapp; but Donald already has more tackles for loss in his six seasons than Sapp AND has a higher pressure rate. This time next year, with another batch of awards, we could be talking about Donald as the greatest defensive tackle ever. Don't want to take the word of a redditor who left the GOAT QB off the Top 100 list two years in a row? Take a listen to Brian Baldinger's breakdown, and become baptized in the shock and awe of the greatest Donald this country has ever known. Aaron Donald is the perfect example of what fruits the labor of hard work can bear. For those unfamiliar, Donald has kept his humble roots by continuing to workout in the gym of his childhood home. He's explained that he discovered how strong and fast he could become in high school, and became addicted to seeing the changes in his body and how they resulted in superhuman power. What seems like such a slam dunk now, in retrospect wasnt considered as much in the 2014 NFL Draft. Many scouting reports had his size as a weakness, with many speculating whether his small frame would be able to hold up at the NFL level. Even during his rookie season he wasn't given the opportunity to compete for the starting job until week 6 (thanks Jeff Fisher). He's managed to overcome essentially every professional obstacle in his way, which gives me conviction in my, obviously homered belief, that by the time Aaron Donald retires he will be end up as the greatest defensive player in NFL history. 2019 - A Season In Review While he didn't accumulate the sack totals he had in 2018, Donald still led all DTs with 12.5 which was good for 7th in the league. He also led all DTs in total pressures with 80, tied for 5th in the league. He did all this despite being double teamed on over 60% of his pass rushing snaps, sometimes being triple teamed and the occasional quadruple team. The amount of attention Donald requires truly is unprecedented, but honestly is required for any offensive game plan that hopes to have success. He has a wide arsenal of pass rush techniques that he's able to use to perfection; he's able to leverage himself well enough to use the swim move with devastating precision. He can spin quick enough to completely lose any guard or center trying to keep him pinned. Perhaps most impressive is his jump chop as illustrated brilliantly by u/craigroh. His strength, despite being considered undersized, is unrivaled as shown in his bull rush. Truthfully his greatest strength is the variety of his arsenal and the way he can piece together multiple techniques. Because of this he's able to keep his opponents and opposing DCs constantly guessing. In the run game, Donald is able to completely disrupt running backs behind the line of scrimmage, and regardless of whether that results in a TFL or not, it changes the play and causes chaos. He isn't really an elite run stopper, but he doesn't need to be in order to be disruptive. He's most effective in altering the path of RBs by blowing up holes and causing the interior of the offensive line to move outside where they want to be. In this play, Donald is so quick to penetrate the LOS that it forces Kamara to try and find a different hole, which results in a TFL on a critical 4th down. In actuality, this may be the lone weakness to Aaron Donald's game. He occasionally gets baited into using his speed against him, effectively taking him completely out of the play. Sometimes he can recover, but OCs have begun to notice this trend and have been adjusting by running the ball directly at Aaron banking on him shooting off immediately after the snap. Essentially this boils down to a guess on Donald's part, but it's still a part of his game that he could improve on. 2020 and Beyond If Aaron Donald is to become the GOAT, he will need another big year in 2020 and beyond. Under Wade Phillips, Aaron wasn't really given any help in terms of scheme to get his pressures and sacks. Wade was notorious for relying on 4 to generate pressure, and running a 3-4 defense with a 4-3 DT can prove challenging. For 2020 the Rams hired Brandon Staley, former Denver Broncos OLB coach, who could be the McVay-like spark the defense needs. I expect more exotic blitz packages to open things up for Donald so he isn't constantly facing two or more linemen, and in turn I'd expect a return to MVP-like form. My prediction for Aaron Donald in 2020 is as follows; 19.5 sacks on 95 pressures with 4 FFs and 1 INT. As a bonus, Look for Donald to be included on some goal line packages. My man has been lobbying McVay since last year and the coach is the exact type of person to experiment with odd personnel groupings.
#2 - Michael Thomas - Wide Receiver- New Orleans Saints
Written By:Lazy_Street As a 2nd round pick in 2016, no one expected the prolific production Michael Thomas would output over his first 4 years in the league. He started with an immediate impact in his first year, quickly displacing Brandin Cooks as the team's number one receiver on route to setting the franchise rookie records for receptions, yards and touchdowns. He wasn't done there, he then established himself as a very tough cover going in his sophomore season. He grinded out 104 catches and 1200 yards making his 196 catches through his first 2 seasons a new NFL record.. He earned his first of three straight Pro Bowl appearances this year. At this point, I think the league and fans were unsure of how to feel about Mike. He was on most Top 10 lists at the position but rarely was cracking any top 5 lists or being talked about as a dominant gamechanger. Everything changed when the fire nation attackedHe cashed in a smooth 125 rec/1405/9 TD in 2018. He led the league in receptions and was 6th in yards. He was proving he was a master route runner with outstanding body control and catch radius. He became the fastest player to 300 career receptions ever at the end of the 2018 season. However, interacting with other fans on reddit there still seemed to be an air of doubt on him being in the same tier as Julio and DeAndrew Hopkins and his game would always be just below their level. Enter 2019, the year of Can't Guard Mike. In one of the most consistent seasons I've ever personally seen, Mike shredded opposing defenses catching 10+ passes nine times. He set a NFL reception mark at 149 receptions and was awarded the NFL OPOTY, becoming the first receiver since Jerry fucking Rice in 1993 to win the award. He now has the most receptions by any player through his 2nd, 3rd and 4th seasons while being the fastest ever to record 400 career receptions. But that's not what makes Mike great. His biggest detractors say all he does is catch slants and outs. Yes he catches a ton of them but if that's "all he does'' you'd think a professional defense would be able to stop him. They don't. If you actually watch Mike play you will see one of the strongest WRs in the league. He shakes off contact like a running back and consistently slithers through arm tackles for extra Yardage. He is excellent at head and hand discipline, where he wont move either til absolutely necessary making catches like this look routine. He is one of the best route runners in the game, here he shakes the corner off at the top of his route then uses that snake like strength to push through contact and get the TD. Which he does again later in the same game. His concentration was amazing to watch all year and he was consistently coming up with catches that required perfect placement and he didn't flinch from them. He will never be a burner but he can be a threat at any level of the field, no matter which QB is throwing to him.. His appearance in the top 10 is absolutely deserved this year and anyone who doesn't have him in the top 10 players overall going into whatever weird Frankenstein covid season we have in 2020 isn't paying attention. He will be put to rest any argument and be the best WR in the game by the end of the 2020 season.
#1 - Lamar Jackson - Quarterback - Baltimore Ravens
Written By:UnbiasedBrownsFan Introduction You've made it, the top of the list, the crème de la crème. Lamar Motherfuckin' Jackson. It's difficult to put into words what exactly makes Lamar Jackson special. Some of the words I've used to describe him include: "Holy Fuck" "What the Hell" "You've got to be shitting me" Basically, it's the return of the "Ah, wait, no way, you're kidding. He didn't just do what I think he did, did he?" The likes of which we haven't seen since the Michael Vick days in Madden 04 but if we turned him up to about 17. Coming into the season Lamar had the weight of the Ravens franchise on his shoulders and constant pressure from critics who didn't believe he could cut it as a quarterback. Well, the jokes were on them because he spent literally all of 2019 cutting it up and down the field. And whether he was tormenting opposing teams on the field, or just torturing me in my own personal dreamscape, it truly felt like Lamar Jackson was everywhere last season. And perhaps he was? No. That must have been a dream. Virtual Reality Lamar Jackson can't hurt you. But he still possessed the uncanny ability to feed a grown man into the dirt and had an unnerving knack for inserting IV drips directly into the lives of opposing linemen. And it is because of this that Jackson has become a man to be feared among NFL circles. And it was that same sheer force of will that engineered Jackson's brilliant 2019 season. 2019 Lamar Jackson's 2019 season was nothing short of marvelous, spectacular, terrific... Lamarkable. Okay, you can blame Ian Eagle for that one. But in just his second season in the league, and first full season starting, Jackson tore down the NFL team by team with an offense completely designed around his unique skillset. And he didn't just tear them down, he ground them to the bone with a deadly combination of inhuman athleticism and spectacular change of direction. But then it hits you. He can throw the ball too... I mean, he can really zip that thing. The stats speak for themselves. He led all quarterbacks in broken tackles with 42. The next closest was Josh Allen with... 20. He led the league in passing touchdowns and total touchdowns with 36 and 43 respectively and he didn't just break Michael Vick's rushing record, he shattered it. With a mind-boggling 1206 rushing yards, Lamar Jackson ran his way into the top 6 amongst running backs. But actually watching the plays? Well, there truly are no words. Just how exactly are you expected to stop a play like this? How do you even wrap your head around this throw? Of course, it was efforts like these that were enough to earn him MVP honors and solidify this season amongst some of the all-time greats, but it's not just his stats and plays that made him the best player in the NFL in 2019. Because the true measure of the greatness of a player is how great he can make those around him. And Lamar Jackson was able to lead the league in passing touchdowns with, checks notes Antonio Brown's cousin as his WR1? His ability to move around the pocket and the sheer threat of him gashing opposing defenses on the ground created extremely favorable matchups along the offensive line and the threat of the read-option allowed the Ravens backfield to set the all-time record for rushing yards with three players averaging at least 5 yards a carry. A record that had previously stood for 41 years. So you can argue that he had great running backs around him and a great offensive line too, but I don't believe that takes away from the greatness of Lamar Jackson. It enhances it. Legacy Lamar could certainly never touch a football again and still be remembered for what he accomplished this season. An MVP in just his second year and first full season starting, combined with a rushing record that, let's face it, will never be broken, thrust Jackson into a category of players that consist of sheer greatness. Only time will tell if his play will continue, but with the type of upward trajectory and growth he's displayed already, I'm not even sure he is bound by limits of reality. The only thing that can stop Lamar at this point is this fucking thing. As for Lamar's 2019 season itself? It will certainly go down in the history books. But I believe we'll also look back at this season as a significant turning point in the NFL. You don't have to fit your quarterback into a mold, you can mold your team around a quarterback. The NFL's a' changing and Lamar Jackson is at the forefront of that change. As for the future of Lamar Jackson, well, that's a frightening thought. The sheer improvement as a passer from year one to year two is unprecedented, and the thought of him getting even wiser and refining his game to another level is legitimately terrifying. And that's all before you realize he's younger than Joe Burrow... Fuck. All I know is that if Lamar Jackson plays next season even a little bit like he played this season, his legacy is going to include about 500 million more dollars.
The 2020 LPL Spring Split starts in about 20 minutes with FPX vs. IG - I've written a quick tier list and preview of the teams.
The 2020 LPL Spring Split kicks off today with defending world champions FunPlus Phoenix taking on 2018 world champions Invictus Gaming. The LPL is the league I follow most closely, and even then, it's always the most difficult major league to make sense of. There's 17 teams as opposed to the usual 10, each team is loaded with talent from top to bottom, and despite the fact that the past two world championships have been won by Chinese teams, preseason expectations are usually shattered one way or another relatively quickly - but that does't mean it's not fun to speculate. I'm classifying the teams into the following loosely-defined tiers. The teams are ranked numerically for ease of reading but I would put less stock into the rankings within each tiers (and frankly tiering itself is kind of an arbitrary exercise).
Favourites: These teams are the class of their regions and should have expectations of reaching and winning their domestic finals as well as qualifying for the League of Legends World Championship in October.
Contenders: They may not be odds-on title favourites, but these teams should be able to consistently compete with the tier above and have the requisite quality to challenge for the league title and make it to Worlds.
Noisemakers: These teams should comfortably find themselves in the playoffs mix come the end of the regular season - and it certainly won't hurt to have title aspirations, because these teams could easily find themselves in championship contention if things break right.
DarkHorses: Through no fault of their own, it'll be an uphill battle all split long, but these teams will likely end up on the right side of the playoffs when all is said and done. How far they make it in the playoffs will probably depend on form and a little bit of luck.
Pure Upside: A lot will have to break right for these teams to count themselves among the contenders - they may have the quality and talent to do so, but either due to inexperience or other factors, it's difficult to say with confidence that they'll be top-half finishers.
Temper Expectations: For the record, I'll never write off any team outright - there's way too much variance in esports to do this - but it's difficult to see these teams outperforming their peers. Unfortunately, someone has to finish bottom of the table, and if I absolutely had to choose, it would probably be a team in this tier.
This should go without saying but the tiers are a reflection of my personal subjective view. Frankly I'm mostly just happy that there's more and more growing interest from the Western community in watching this league and part of me getting my thoughts out here is a product of a desire to see the LPL grow in popularity among an English-speaking audience. Without further ado, here's how I'm looking at the LPL going into this year. Note: I'm not great with reddit formatting, but I also wrote a nicer looking version of this post over at Medium. Tier 6: Temper Expectations 17: eStar Gaming Projected Lineup: CJJ // Wei // Cryin // Wink // ShiauC Notable Reserves: Rat, ALU PDD, the former Invictus Gaming pro, massively popular scene personality, and owner of LDL team Young Miracles, has finally found a way into the LPL via franchising after a number of unsuccessful attempts to promote Young Miracles to the top flight. Young Miracles are renowned for developing some of the LPL's pre-eminent talent (Ning, Tian, Knight, and Ming to name a few), and eStar's squad features no less than five former YM players. There's some real talent here - CJJ is one of the LDL's best top laners, and fans will be relieved to finally witness the LPL debut of highly-touted mid lane prospect Cryin. eStar's most experienced senior players will man the bot lane, with Wink having filled in for RNG previously and support ShiauC showing out well in Spring 2019 and MSI before Flash Wolves' untimely summer collapse. The team is rife with promise, but it's unfair to expect them to start strong out the gates. The team is still young and inexperienced for the most part, particularly jungler Wei, who lost his starting position at Young Miracles to new RNG rookie XLB. PDD will hope that Cryin, CJJ and the rest of eStar will emerge from the LPL's trial by fire stronger and ready to take the summer split by storm, but the deck is definitely stacked against them. 16: Victory Five Esports Projected Lineup: 997// xiaohan // Mole // y4 // Max Notable Reserves: Windy (Top), Aliez (Top) clx (Mid) In a vacuum, most of Victory Five's lineup consists of very capable players in their own right. Mid laner Mole and bot laner y4 are both competent carry threats. The issue here primarily lies with the depth of the LPL. Taking into account the sheer wealth of world-class talent in League of Legends' most competitive league top-to-bottom, it's hard to envision V5 separating themselves from the rest of the pack. It would be help for V5 to settle on consistent starters in their solo lanes after rotating multiple players between mid and top last split. While Mole's mid lane role should be stable, eStar have elected to begin the split with 997 in the top lane, with Windy and Aliez ready to step up should 997 falter. Ultimately it seems fair to be realistic about V5's chances of short-term success being reasonably low. 15: Team WE Projected Lineup: Morgan // beishang // Plex // Jiumeng // Missing Notable Reserves: Poss (Top), y1hua (Jungle), chen9 (Mid) When Xiye, Mystic, and 957 announced their departures this offseason, Team WE lost the last members of the squad that reached Worlds semifinals in 2017. Xiye and Mystic in particular have been the heartbeat of recent iterations of this team, and their steadfast presence will be very difficult to replace. Despite this, WE have made the most of the situation by signing two of the league's more coveted young Korean prospects. After an encouraging split with LNG, mid laner Plex has a good sample of LPL experience under his belt and is ready for a full year in the top flight. Top laner Morgan hails from JD's development squad Joy Dream and performed well across 3 games last split, but will still need time to adjust to regular LPL action. Rookie bot laner Jiumeng will need to mesh quickly with incumbent support Missing. Much of the responsibility for getting the lanes through the early game will fall to Missing and jungler beishang, who both proved themselves key contributors last split, but a lot will need to go right for WE to return to relevance in the short term. 14: Suning Esports Projected Lineup: bin // SofM // Angel // WeiWei // SwordArT Notable Reserves: BiuBiu (Top) Suning could easily have counted themselves in top 5 contention here had they successfully managed to sign Jackeylove in the offseason. With opening day approaching and Jackeylove nowhere to be found, Suning have elected to swap backup jungler WeiWei to the bot lane, a move which doesn't inspire a lot of optimism and makes Suning's ADC position likely the weakest in the league. Despite this, the team has a solid core, with support SwordArT still a world-class presence both in lane and roaming elsewhere. The signing of SofM, one of the league's most creative and aggressive junglers, should create playmaking opportunities across the map. That being said, Suning will need much-hyped top lane rookie bin and mid laner Angel to make massive strides in order to find consistent wins across the season. It's worth noting that Jackeylove is still free to sign with any team mid-split. Suning remain a natural landing spot for him, and signing Jackeylove would provide a massive boost to this team's prospects. If that move materialises in a timely fashion, Suning can start thinking about plans for playoffs and potentially beyond that. Tier 5: Pure Upside 13: Rogue Warriors Projected Lineup: Holder // Haro // Ruby // ZWuji // Ley Notable Reserves: Crazy (Top), Wuming (Mid) Since barely missing out on Worlds in 2018 and subsequently losing key players in Doinb and Smlz, Rogue Warriors have hit a bit of a transitional period. While they weren't able to make the playoffs in either split of 2019, Rogue Warriors ended the season with some dependable building blocks in place. ZWuji is the latest ace of China's never-ending supply of bot lane prospects and can already count himself among the region's best. Jungler Haro had an up-and-down year but still has the potential to show signs of his breakout 2018, where he claimed the lion's share of playing time over Clearlove at Edward Gaming. Support Ley doesn't quite hit the same playmaking heights of the newly-departed Killua, but the presence of ZWuji means RW's bot lane duo should still be able to keep up with the LPL's best for the most part. Rogue Warriors have brought in some fresh blood to address their previous solo lane weaknesses. Mechanical wunderkind Holder made his debut in the top lane last season and will look to improve further this year.New mid laner Ruby had an excellent 2019 with VSG in Challenger Korea, and top laner Crazy, previously of bbq Olivers and SKT, is a depth option to fill in should Holder struggle. This team certainly has the talent to make a playoff push sometime down the line, but it doesn't seem likely this spring unless the team gels together ahead of expectation. 12: LGD Gaming Projected Lineup: cult // Peanut // Yuuki // Kramer // Killua Notable Reserves: Lies (Top), fenfen (Mid), Chance (Support) Although he's coming off a down year with Gen.G, Peanut's move to the LPL is still well worth celebrating for LGD, who haven't made the playoffs since 2016 and desperately need something to celebrate besides inexplicably beating Invictus Gaming 2–0 in the 2019 Spring regular season. Killua should also provide a much-needed partner for Kramer, the centrepiece and star of the team - LGD swapped back and forth between RD and now-retired club legend pyl without much success in 2019. Yuuki is a more than adequate domestic option in the mid lane, though his performance seems to go as the team goes. LGD still haven't really figured out the top lane position yet - although former EDG trainee cult looks to be the current starter based on Demacia Cup playtime - and Peanut and Killua are entering the split after disappointing years with their respective teams. 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While he should be their most reliable carry threat, Vici also have managed to amass four of the region's most interesting solo lane prospects. Cube's commendable performance in the back end of summer 2019 and in the Demacia Cup should tip the starting top lane role in his favour for now, but fellow top laner zdz is breathing down his neck. Meanwhile, Forge filled in admirably for Invictus Gaming while Rookie was on personal hiatus and was also instrumental in the Demacia Cup run. I'm excited to see what he can do on a more regular basis, but if he doesn't take to the position, Vici could turn to Zeka, the former KT Rolster trainee previously known as Dean, who ended the year in the 7th rank of the Korean soloqueue ladder. The jungle position is one where I anticipate some growing pains. Aix struggled at times in the preseason and Chieftain hasn't been overly impressive since his LPL debut with BLG in 2018, but Vici are well positioned on the whole to capitalise on their Demacia Cup success and hit the ground running when Kkoma finally makes his LPL debut. Tier 4: Dark Horses 10: LNG Gaming Projected Lineup: Flandre // xx // Maple // Asura // Duan Notable Reserves: chenlun17 (Top), lwandy (Support) The long-standing duo of Flandre and SofM was finally broken up this offseason after a commendable summer split which saw the new-look LNG fall to eventual finalists RNG in playoffs. LNG enter 2020 with a new mid-jungle duo, Despite his pedigree as one of Taiwan's greatest ever representatives, Maple isn't quite the same player he was in the Flash Wolves days. New jungler xx is a great complementary piece, but lacks the proactive, dynamic spark that SofM brought to LNG. In my estimation this might actually be a weaker combination than SofM and Plex. That being said, this lineup should still be taken seriously. Flandre is still in the elite class of LPL top laners, but with SofM gone, LNG will have to lean on his playmaking more than ever. While I don't see Maple and xx as having the same upside of last year's LNG, they should still be able to find wins against some of the weaker teams. The incumbent bot lane of Asura and Duan also performed competently last year - but if the mid jungle can't get going over the split, I have concerns around LNG's ability to deal with extra pressure in bot lane, especially as the early-season meta seems heavily bot-centric. 9: Oh My God Projected Lineup: Curse // H4cker // icon // Smlz // cold Notable Reserves: Guoguo (Mid), Kane (Bpt) OMG will be elated to have secured the return of Smlz, one of the league's most dominant bot lane players in recent years and one of the most exciting players in LPL when he's on form. Smlz will reunite with his old OMG support cold (previously Five), a transition that will hopefully be easier than his disappointing stint with Suning alongside SwordArT. There's still a lot of question marks in this squad. H4cker is a fantastic carry jungler who earned Third Team All-Pro honors in summer 2018, but also struggled with more team-focused picks last year on Suning, eventually being relegated to a time-share with WeiWei. icon has one of the more diverse champion pools among LPL mid laners, but has also been wildly inconsistent and a frequent liability in lane. Strangely, OMG's most stable player going into this season might be second-year top laner Curse, who showed flashes of his potential during what was overall a very difficult season and notably logged an impressive carry performance on Aatrox against TheShy. Despite the uncertainty here, the talent in the lineup is clear and should they synergise well together, the potential rewards could be massive. 8: Dominus Gaming Projected Lineup: Natural // Xiaopeng // xiye // Gala // Mark Notable Reserves: bless (Jungle), Xiaowei (Mid) Dominus pulled off a fantastic debut spring split in 2019 after gaining promotion to the LPL and sticking with the same five-man starting lineup that helped them clinch the LDL championship in 2018. Sneaking into playoffs and knocking off EDG meant they were off to one of the more promising starts a newly-promoted team had pulled off. Unfortunately, the wheels came off in the summer as some of DMO's weakness began to rear their heads. Their top side as a whole, in particular top laner Changhong and mid laner Twila, struggled in lane especially if opponents targeted them in draft. Dominus looked uncoordinated if they couldn't get some version of a Sion - Lee Sin/Reksai - Cassiopeia - Kai'sa - Galio comp, and they ended the summer split in 11th place. On paper, Dominus have done very well to cover for their shortcomings this offseason. Top laner Natural (formerly Ale when he was on OMG) joined in the middle of the summer split and provided an immediate boost to their overall map stability. xiye is a massive addition and will be a legitimate carry threat who can relieve some of the pressure from the excellent bot lane duo of Gala and Mark, and should mean jungler Xiaopeng shouldn't be stretched too thin trying to put out fires across the map. Dominus will hope that the signing of xiye gives them the flexibility to play through any lane. If they can continue building on the progress they demonstrated once they added Natural in the summer, they'll be well on their way to righting the course and returning to playoffs. Tier 3: Noisemakers 7: JD Gaming Projected Lineup: Zoom // Kanavi // YaGao // LokeN // LvMao Notable Reserves: 705 (Top), Teeen (Support) JDG's run to the Spring 2019 LPL final was a wonderful sight to behold, with Zoom and LvMao playing some of the best League of Legends the postseason has ever seen, but their impressive play masked some of the team's underlying weakness, namely the jungle and bot lane positions - JDG's deficiencies here came back to haunt them in the summer. The team failed to fully integrate Levi into the team and while Flawless was serviceable at times, his performance lacked consistency when he wasn't able to play Lee Sin. While imp was impressive in teamfights on Kai'sa, he was a liability in lane especially if Kai'sa was unavailable. JDG have addressed these issues by bringing back former members Kanavi and LokeN. LvMao's familiarity with LokeN should restore some stability in the bot lane, while Kanavi impressed in his time with JDG and should hopefully have the stress of the Griffin scandal behind him. Zoom and YaGao are still among the stronger solo lane pairings in the league. YaGao's performance has been inconsistent since 2018, and Zoom is the cornerstone of this team and would arguably be the LPL's premier top laner if not for the fact that the LPL is also home to the greatest player to ever play that position (but we'll get to him later). This is essentially the 2018 version of JDG that nearly made it to worlds sans Clid, who has since established himself as an international star - but Kanavi is a hugely talented jungler in his own right, and crucially, loves playing Lee Sin. JDG don't need Kanavi to be Clid, but if he's anywhere close, another finals run may be in sight. 6: Bilibili Gaming Projected Lineup: Kingen // Meteor // FoFo //Jinjiao // XinMo Notable Reserves: ADD (Top), M1anhua (Jungle), Wings (Bot), Moonlight (Support) BiliBili had a lot go right for them in summer of 2019. Veteran mid laner Kuro showed glimpses of 2016 ROX Tigers Kuro in the summer split, leading BLG to a fourth-place summer finish - unfortunately, their poor spring performance meant missing out on the regional finals and therefore a place at Worlds. Kuro has returned to LCK, but BLG's biggest revelation of 2019, Meteor, has exploded onto the scene as one of the best junglers in China, earning him the title of Rookie of the Year at the annual LPL post-season awards ceremony. Meteor had terrific synergy with Kuro, but also proved he was capable of taking games into his own hands when given the opportunity on picks like Sylas and Camille. FoFo is Kuro's replacement in the mid lane after years of laying waste to the LMS, and demonstrated at both Worlds and the Demacia Cup that he's already capable of competing at a high level against top major region mid laners and that he's already built an encouraging familiarity with Meteor. Second-year support XinMo performed very well in 2019 as a complement to Jinjiao, and the two make for an exciting if currently unheralded bot lane duo. BLG's top side should be one of the league's best. Also waiting on retainer is Wings (formerly xiaoliulian), one of the LDL's rising stars in the bot lane. This team will need some time to establish synergy, but if they can get it going, they'll be lethal. 5: Edward Gaming Projected Lineup: Jinoo // jiejie // Scout // Hope // Meiko Notables Reserves: xiaoxiang (Top), Aodi (Top), xinyi (Jungle), GENTLE (Bot) The beginning of the head coach Clearlove era was not lacking for excitement, with EDG having both engineered a reverse sweep of Team WE in the quarter-final of the Demacia Cup as well as having staved off a reverse sweep of their own in the semifinal at the hands of Vici Gaming. With this experience under their belt, EDG will be taking a healthy mix of old and new faces into the 2020 Spring Split. Hope played very well in the Demacia Cup but will need to show compelling signs of development to fill in for the void left by iBoy. Jungler jiejie has improved leaps and bounds since his debut and should only continue to grow under Clearlove's tutelage. Most of the uncertainty lies in the top lane position, where Demacia Cup standout xiaoxiang has played himself into starting contention, challenging incumbent Jinoo. EDG will always be competitive with the core of one of the league's premier shotcallers in Meiko and one of its elite mid laners in Scout. Hope will be in for a challenge, but EDG's infrastructure and supporting cast mean he is certainly well-equipped for it. Tier 2: Contenders 4. Royal Never Give Up Projected Lineup: Langx // XLB // Xiaohu // Uzi // Ming Notable Reserves: S1xu (Jungle), Betty (Bot), Lele (Support) Though it took them a few games to find their groove, RNG's Demacia Cup win should be an encouraging reminder that this team has always been capable of executing a variety of playstyles, despite the tropes that befall them in international competition. Rookie XLB (previously xiaolongbao) is the latest Young Miracles jungler to make his way to the LPL and is one of China's most exciting young talents. It will be difficult to replace one of the region's best junglers in Karsa, but XLB made about as encouraging a start as RNG could have asked for, showcasing strong synergy with Xiaohu and Langx and being unafraid to take the initiative on playmaking picks like Lee Sin and Gragas. Xiaohu and Langx, for their part, have often been the subject of criticism domestically and internationally when RNG falter, but Xiaohu is still one of the best mid laners in the league and was a legitimate MVP candidate in both splits, whereas Langx proved he was capable of acting as the carry when given resources, although he remains a bit of a wild card in lane at times especially when playing weakside. The hiring of one of the game's most recognizable figures in Mata as head coach is also an interesting one - Mata is renowned for his game knowledge, and was famously also a hugely influential decision-maker in and out of game during his tenure as RNG's support in 2016 (arguably the best year of Xiaohu's career). Per tradition, Uzi is likely to rest for portions of the spring split, so we'll see our fair share of the Demacia Cup-winning lineup featuring Betty, who is a much more established player at the top level compared to past Uzi fill-ins like Able and y4. Once Uzi does return, there is always a chance that Langx will be a casualty of the bot lane priority that is RNG's specialty, but it should be stressed that RNG have shown domestically that they can play any lane and any style - it's up to Mata and the rest of the team to make sure that adaptability is translatable to international competition, should they make it there. 3. Invictus Gaming Projected Lineup: TheShy // Ning // Rookie // Puff // SouthWind Notable Reserves: Leyan (Jungle), captain (Mid), huanfeng (Bot), Fate (Support), Baolan (Support) The rollercoaster ride of iG finally came to an end with a heartbreaking 3–1 loss to FPX at Worlds and the announcement that the LPL's rising star in the bot lane, Jackeylove, would be exploring new opportunities in free agency. Instead of tinkering with multiple bot lane configurations in the wake of Jackeylove's departure, iG have made the shrewd move of plugging in an already-established duo of bot laner Puff and support SouthWind, the bright spot of last year's abysmal Vici Gaming team. It's nigh-impossible to replace a player of Jackeylove's caliber, but Puff and SouthWind are both young and formidable talents with good chemistry, and I'm much more optimistic about their prospects in a team with a better top side - and what a top side it is. For all the tropes about his inconsistency and off-stage drama surrounding his status within the team, jungler Ning finally started to show signs of life in the regional gauntlet and at worlds. Meanwhile, Rookie returned from his mid-split hiatus with a newfound affinity for Qiyana and proved that he's still one of the world's best mid laners. Then there's TheShy. We're running out of superlatives to describe TheShy, who at age 20 has already ensured his place as an all-time legend of the game in my view. He's the greatest mechanical talent the top lane position has ever seen and after every setback - the latest being his costly series-ending positioning against FPX at Worlds - he seems to return better and stronger. This is still the volatile iG that we know and love, and every game they play is must-watch League of Legends. When they're not playing their best, they're still wildly entertaining, and when they are playing their best, they're unstoppable. Tier 1: Favourites 2. Top Esports Club Projected Lineup: 369 // Karsa // Knight // Photic // yuyanjia Notable Reserves: Moyu (Top), AKi (Jungle), QiuQiu (Support) It does feel a bit strange to stay that a team eliminated by the lowly Vici Gaming in the Demacia Cup and are fielding two rookies in the bot lane should have title ambitions, but I feel pretty strongly that TES deserve this designation just on the merits of their new mid-jungle duo of Knight and Karsa. The signing of Karsa puts this pair right up there among the best in the world with the likes of Clid/Bdd, Jankos/Caps, and Cuzz/Faker (the unfortunate separation of Tarzan & Chovy means they're excluded here). Knight (along with DragonX's Chovy in the LCK) is an absolutely transcendent talent and the future of the mid lane position. Despite a lack of team accolades and missing out on Worlds, the left-handed prodigy had a monstrous 2019, making a case for himself as not only the top-performing mid laner across both splits but the top-performing player in general - which, in a league with the likes of TheShy, Uzi, and Rookie, is a downright Herculean task. TES are by no means just The Knight Show (although at times last year it certainly felt like it). Top lane sensation 369 is going into his second year after a wildly successful debut season, but famously struggled against TheShy on multiple occasions and still needed draft & jungle resources against Zoom. He has the talent to reach that echelon of top laners and will need to show progress to get there. The really intriguing move here is TES' decision to promote their LDL bot lane duo of Photic and yuyanjia. Photic is a mechanical wonder, the latest in the long line of LPL marksman talent, and their prospects are very intriguing - certainly inspiring more confidence than their erratic 2019 of LokeN and Ben. For all their inexperience, it's hard to shake the feeling that this team could be something really, really special. If Knight wants to make his presence felt on the world stage, this is the year to take that next step forward. 1: FunPlus Phoenix Projected Lineup: Khan // Tian // Doinb // Lwx // Crisp Notable Reserves: GimGoon (Top), Yoghurt (Mid) The newly-crowned world champions didn't show any signs of complacency this offseason. FunPlus Phoenix made only one addition to the senior team this offseasons- but when that addition is a world-class top laner like Khan, asdf. Incumbent GimGoon is one of the best weakside top laners in the LPL, but Khan should provide FPX with even more versatility and firepower in the top lane, giving the omnipresent roaming trio of Doinb, Tian, and Crisp even more license to impose their will on the map. All in all, there's not much to say about this team that hasn't been said. Tian and Crisp proved themselves to be world-class playmakers, exercising a level of agency at the jungle of support positions that is extremely difficult to execute consistently at a high level. This is all enabled by the in-game cerebral force of Doinb, who acts as a radio tower in the mid lane, relaying commands across the map and lending his aid to the sidelanes as necessary. For all his faults on display at worlds, Lwx is still one of the LPL's most competent bot laners and his teamfighting prowess is a perfect fit for FPX's split-second decision-making apparatus. His massive improvement from the spring to the summer split was a large factor in FPX being able to finally clinch their first LPL title. FPX proved beyond a doubt they were worthy of being named champions of China and of the world last year and there's no reason to think they'll show signs of slowing down going into the 2020 season.
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Currently I have a Crystal Palace career mode that's about over. It's 2020, and while I'm not about to reach the 15 year limit I've won about all I can in this short period (UCL, UEL, FA Cup, Capital One Cup, but not the Prem :/). I'm looking for something different to try, not a RTG with Portsmouth/Accrington Stanley, and I'm hoping to try a league I may have otherwise never considered. The less I know about the team the better, since I want to learn more about the club as I'm playing the CM. I've narrowed 4 choices, and I want to know what you guys recommend. I will do a presentation of the CM as well if you would be interested to see what happens. So without further ado, here are the four: 1) Absorption into a new League: The worst fears of Ukrainians is realized. Vladimir Putin has taken over Donetsk, and as a result Shaktar Donetsk is no longer able to compete in the Ukrainian Premier League. Forced with either the option to join the Russian Football Premier League or fold, the former Ukrainian club decides to begrudgingly join the Russian league, with the expectation to dominate their oppressors. CM Goals Win the RPFL within 5 years, Win the CL within 10 years, all while developing Ukrainian youth to bolster the club. Rules: If a top player is bid on (ex. Teixiera) we have to negotiate to sell. We can negotiate for a larger bid, but cannot outright deny a request. 2) What If... ft. QPR: This is a pseudo RTG. We are going to play the what if card and say what if QPR didn't pay their FFP penalty at the end of last season and were relegated down to League 2. All players over a 65 rating will be "sold" to make the league fair and challenging. CM Goals Return to the Premier League within the 15 year period, sustaining top flight status and hopefully winning the PL plus any cups along the way. I'm not setting a European competition quota on this one since it may be domestic only. CM Rules: As previously stated, all players on the roster rated 65 or higher are sold at the start of the CM to make the League 2 experience challenging and fun. 3) Zlatan comes home: Following a successful 2015-16 season at PSG, Zlatan Ibrahimovic decides to hang up the boots and become a manager rather than sign a new contract. Malmö FF offer him a managerial spot, which he accepts. Malmö Dare to Zlatan as they search for European Supremacy. CM Goals: Win the Allsvenskan almost every year (4/5 or better), and become a threat in European competition. Rules: Can only use Scandinavian players in the team (Swedish, Finnish, or Norwegian.) 4) Moneyball Midtjylland Midtjylland FC have not been in existence for too long, having been founded only in 1999. That said, they've developed as one of the better clubs in Denmark due in large part to their "Moneyball" tactics: immersive analytics that help them to decide what players to buy as opposed to form/traditional scouting. While it may seem odd, it worked for them, as they won the Dutch Superliga and finished runners up in their Europa League group, advancing to the knockout rounds. CM Goal Compete to win the Superliga every season. In European competitions, try to advance past the group stages initially, but in due time, making it to the knockout rounds and beyond is a necessity. CM Rules: Only players allowed to be transferred in are Danish players, aged between 18-24. If they are not deemed first team quality by the age of 22, they are sold back out to make room for new players. Our youth academy will be vital to this save, providing depth and fresh young players to help improve our team. There you have it, these are the 4 career mode saves I thought of. All of them sound fun, and if I had the time to do all of them I would, but ultimately I am only one man with only a limited amount of time in one day. I'll post a strawpoll link here to allow people to vote. Thanks in advance guys, I really appreciate any and all contributions! Strawpoll link: http://strawpoll.me/6436482
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