Welcome to our new teams from IV and to our DII relegate, the mighty Terreasa Red Sharks, who must surely be considered one of, if not the, favourite for the title.

We're officially 100% human this season. Last edited on 2016-05-19 at 13:18

Weirdly annoying schedule for me mid-season, with back-to-back away games in weeks 6 & 7, home week 8, then another back-to-back away stretch weeks 9 & 10.

Need to get my finances in line sharpish!

So, inspired by (ripped off from) Phiba's piece of analysis on II.3, I've cobbled together something similar for III.5:

Gladiator

Nationality: French
Position in S20: 1st (Promoted from IV.15)
S21 Wages: $253,795
No. of Players: 51
Average Wage: $4,976
Top Earner: Aidan Dickens DL
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 4 (8%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 15 (29%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 32 (63%)

Inverglen Knights

Nationality: British
Position in S20: 4th
S21 Wages: $769,619
No. of Players: 43
Average Wage: $17,898
Top Earner: Silvano Traverso WR
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 6 (14%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 21 (49%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 16 (37%)

Johnstown Pioneers

Nationality: British
Position in S20: 5th
S21 Wages: $1,126,534
No. of Players: 31
Average Wage: $36,339
Top Earner: Warre Black WR
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 3 (10%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 13 (42%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 15 (48%)

Manchester Pigeon

Nationality: British
Position in S20: 1st (Promoted from IV.14)
S21 Wages: $110,092
No. of Players: 33
Average Wage: $3,336
Top Earner: Josh Hunter WR
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 0 (0%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 4 (12%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 29 (88%)

Pandapocalypse

Nationality: British
Position in S20: 3rd
S21 Wages: $1,071,695
No. of Players: 68
Average Wage: $15,752
Top Earner: Uwe Weissmann QB
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 12 (18%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 32 (47%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 24 (35%)

Spain Bulls

Nationality: Spanish
Position in S20: 2nd
S21 Wages: $847,554
No. of Players: 63
Average Wage: $13,453
Top Earner: Eugenio Montoya CB
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 10 (16%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 26 (41%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 27 (43%)

Terrassa Red Sharks

Nationality: Spanish
Position in S20: 8th (Relegated from II.3)
S21 Wages: $1,056,416
No. of Players: 49
Average Wage: $21,559
Top Earner: Íker Abanzuque QB
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 19 (39%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 10 (20%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 20 (41%)

Traujin's Pros

Nationality: Irish
Position in S20: 6th
S21 Wages: $599,198
No. of Players: 43
Average Wage: $13,934
Top Earner: Hunter Staten QB
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 5 (11%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 23 (54%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 15 (35%)

Tyresö Royal Crowns

Nationality: Swedish
Position in S20: 1st (Promoted from IV.13)
S21 Wages: $657,442
No. of Players: 29
Average Wage: $22,670
Top Earner: Ernesto Sforzini QB
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 4 (14%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 5 (17%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 20 (69%)

Vikings Nantes

Nationality: French
Position in S20: 7th
S21 Wages: $448,628
No. of Players: 43
Average Wage: $10,433
Top Earner: Dylan Dowden QB
No. of 5* BPOS Players: 4 (9%)
No. of 4.5* BPOS Players: 17 (40%)
No. of 4* BPOS or lower Players: 22 (51%)
Last edited on 2016-01-13 at 10:17

Thanks for the acknowledgement

Nice work

My wages are a bit behind. I can fight above my weight but not that far above it. A few positions will have to be looked at in the coming weeks. I have been trying to do well on slim wages simply as I feel it good practice but at a certain point cash will need to be invested. My players are at a point were wages should be going up quickly anyway.

Great work. Great analysis though as usual you are far too pessimistic about yourself. I will be curious as to how the 3 $1,000,000 teams get on over the season. Have to say it will be interesting to see the Crowns with a defense. When I played them they viewed conceeding touchdowns as the quickest way of getting the ball back to their offense!

Well looks like this season will get off to a rocky start anyway. I guess the Sharks promotion push may as well start with me.