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The Free Agency Window for Season 21 will open Saturday, April 16th at Noon Pacific.
I know last time we had a temporary site crash when everyone tried to enter their first bids. We don’t expect to have a repeat this time around as the code has been updated recently. You might’ve noted faster page loads in the past 3 weeks, as a result. We expect this to be able to keep us steady for the big event going forward.
In what was undoubtedly the closest race in Liga history, it came down to the final match in which Chelsea, trailing Inter by a point, hosted the five-time Liga champions in a win-or-die scenario. Chelsea came out the victors, 3-2, in a memorable final thanks to an Antoine Griezmann free-kick goal in the 85th minute. ProPAIN achieves the rare league double with his first ever Dynasty Premiership title. ProPAIN is the first GM to hoist the Premiership title other than Mark or Zizou in eight seasons.
Message from the Chairman: Speaking personally, I don’t really think about what’s good for a league when I’m running a sim. The sim is going to do what it wants and I’ll be the one to record it. Barring mistakes made during the course of a sim where instructions are missed or followed incorrectly, the first sim is the one that’s used and we are literally at the mercy of computer components. So then why is it ever emotional? For ProPAIN, he’s been at this for years and he’s come close but never got to the top. Since Nick’s last title, it’s been Mark and I sharing the spoils, a reflection of the teams we’ve both constructed through years of work – prior to the joining of ProPAIN, evilo, Gooner, Xerxes & some of our other competitors. For me, even though I do always think “What’s good for the league?”, but hell… if the computer is deciding that I’m going to win because of the players I have and the tac they’re following, I’m certainly not going to ever take my foot off. That’s competition. That’s sports. And I’m taking my chances. That’s why I’m pleased to say that this time Inter was bested, in dramatic fashion, as the FM Gods would have it. And so be it. Congratulations to ProPAIN, a good lad, a ruthless competitor and a well-deserved Champion. Truly, to me… what’s GOOD for the league is that the FM isn’t stupid, that we can take the stats and the goals and the results at face value and think “Okay, yeah… that could happen.” The rest, all the little things in between, that’s what makes this league different than the real thing—different from even a video game. The finish of this match proved the appropriate climax for a crazy season. The result of which, you can argue is really good for the league. But next season, Inter will be giving it all they’ve got as they have in every competition they’ve entered. And if we are met by 13 others, then that truly will be what’s good for the league.
It came down to the wire for Borussia Dortmund, as well, as they were able to escape the cellar on the final match day, damning Valencia to the ocean floor. Lautaro Martinez’s double in the last match gave him the sole claim to the Golden Boot with a goal haul of 25, 2 ahead of PSG’s Harry Kane.
