Category: Ben S

Since: 2011

Trophy cabinet: empty

Form
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
2015/16 – 14th
2016/17 – 17th
2017/18 – 4th
2018/19 – 17th
2019/20 – 7th
2020/21 – 16th

Sympathies: Leeds

Auction XI

Auction attendance: in the pub / absent, silent bidder / absent, complete autofill

GK	Illan Meslier	LEE	£                   0.50
DEF	Patrick van Aanholt	CRY	£                   0.50
DEF	Joel Matip	LIV	£                   0.50
DEF	Rob Holding	ARS	£                   0.50
DEF	Joël Veltman	BHA	£                   0.50
MID	Kai Havertz	CHE	£                23.00
MID	Rodri	MCI	£                   0.50
MID	Steven Bergwijn	TOT	£                   0.50
MID	Allan Saint-Maximin	NEW	£                   0.50
STR	Kelechi Iheanacho	LEI	£                21.00
STR	Anthony Martial	MUN	£                   0.50
			£                48.50

Since: 2011

Trophy cabinet: empty

Form
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
2015/16 – 14th
2016/17 – 17th
2017/18 – 4th
2018/19 – 17th
2019/20 – 7th

Sympathies: Leeds

First transfer window

Karl Darlow	NEW	£                     0.50
Willian Jose	WOL	£                    6.00
Ben Davies	TOT	£                     0.50
Tyrone Mings	AVA	£                     0.50
Ethan Ampadu	SHU	£                     0.50
Adam Webster	BHA	£                    2.00
Jorginho	CHE	£                     0.50
Ilkay Gündogan	MCI	£                     0.50
James Ward-Prowse	SOU	£                     0.50
Jay Rodriguez	BUR	£                     0.50
Ademola Lookman	FUL	£                     0.50
		£                   12.50

Auction XI

Dean Henderson	MUN	£                     0.50
Shkodran Mustafi	ARS	£                     0.50
Ben Davies	TOT	£                     0.50
Tyrone Mings	AVA	£                     0.50
Ethan Ampadu	SHU	£                     0.50
Thiago (loan)	LIV	£                     0.50
Jorginho	CHE	£                     0.50
Ilkay Gündogan	MCI	£                     0.50
James Ward-Prowse	SOU	£                     0.50
Charlie Austin	WBA	£                     0.50
Dwight Gayle	NEW	£                     0.50
		£                     5.50

Manager: Ben S (Leeds)

Twitter name: @BenCSilver

Since: 2011

Home ground: Bellend Road

Training facility: The Train Shed

Trophy cabinet: empty

Form
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
2015/16 – 14th
2016/17 – 17th
2017/18 – 4th

Sympathies: Leeds

Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen

Second transfer window – February 2019

Starting budget: £27m
Spend: £
Player sales:
Remaining budget:

Begovic, A	BOU	£1.00
van Aanholt, P	CRY	£5.00
Morrison, S	CAR	£6.00
Papastathopoulos, S	ARS	£5.00
Duffy, S	BTN	£0.50
Sanchez, A	MUN	£30.00
Sigurdsson, G	EVE	£8.00
Fernandinho	MCY	£0.50
Tielemans, Y (TW2)	LEI	£0.50
Grant, K (TW2)	HUD	£0.50
Joselu (TW1)	NEW	£11.00
		£68.00

First transfer window – October 2018

Starting budget: £28m
Spend: £11.5m
Player sales: £0.5m (Bonatini to Mo Me The Mane)
Remaining budget: £17m

Begovic, A	BOU	£1.00
van Aanholt, P	CRY	£5.00
Morrison, S	CAR	£6.00
Papastathopoulos, S	ARS	£5.00
Duffy, S	BTN	£0.50
Sanchez, A	MUN	£30.00
Sigurdsson, G	EVE	£8.00
Fernandinho	MCY	£0.50
Lanzini, M (TW1)	WHM	£0.50
Morata, A	CHE	£25.00
Joselu (TW1)	NEW	£11.00
		£92.50

Auction XI

Begovic, A	BOU	£1.00
van Aanholt, P	CRY	£5.00
Morrison, S	CAR	£6.00
Papastathopoulos, S	ARS	£5.00
Duffy, S	BTN	£0.50
Sanchez, A	MUN	£30.00
Sigurdsson, G	EVE	£8.00
Fernandinho	MCY	£0.50
Fabinho	LIV	£0.50
Morata, A	CHE	£25.00
Bonatini, L	WLV	£0.50
		£82.00

Manager: Ben S (Leeds)

Twitter name: @BenCSilver

Since: 2011

Home ground: Bellend Road

Training facility: The Train Shed

Trophy cabinet: empty

Form
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
2015/16 – 14th
2016/17 – 17th

Sympathies: Leeds

Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen

What the chalkstripes in Kenna HQ speculations department are saying: Came to the Kenna with great fanfare but despite showing early promise has struggled to compete at this level for some time – 40/1

Second transfer window – Friday 4 February 2018
Remaining budget: £7.5m

Player sales: Virgil van Dijk to Judean Peoples’ Front for £9m

Pickford, J	EVE	£4.00
Bellerin, H	ARS	£8.00
Smith, T	HUD	£0.50
Duffy, S (TW2)	BTN	£0.50
de Bruyne, K	MCY	£32.00
Moura, L (TW2)	TOT	£15.00
Antonio, M	WHM	£3.00
Choupo-Moting, E (TW1)	STO	£10.00
Firmino, R	LIV	£28.00
Martial, A	MUN	£8.00
Gray, A (TW1)	WAT	£0.50
		£99.5m

First transfer window – Friday 6 October 2017
Remaining budget: £14m

Player sales: Troy Deeney to Young Boys for £8m

Pickford, J	EVE	£4.00
Bellerin, H	ARS	£8.00
van Dijk, V	LIV	£3.00
Smith, T	HUD	£0.50
de Bruyne, K	MCY	£32.00
Moses, V	CHE	£4.00
Antonio, M	WHM	£3.00
Choupo-Moting, E (TW1)	STO	£10.00
Firmino, R	LIV	£28.00
Martial, A	MUN	£8.00
Gray, A (TW1)	WAT	£0.50
		£101m

Auction XI (3-4-3)
Remaining budget: £6.5m

Pickford, J	EVE	£4.00
Bellerin, H	ARS	£8.00
van Dijk, V	SOT	£3.00
Smith, T	HUD	£0.50
de Bruyne, K	MCY	£32.00
Moses, V	CHE	£4.00
Antonio, M	WHM	£3.00
Dembele, M	TOT	£1.00
Firmino, R	LIV	£28.00
Martial, A	MUN	£8.00
Deeney, T	WAT	£2.00
		£93.50

Manager: Ben S (Leeds)

Twitter name: @BenCSilver

Since: 2011

Home ground: Bellend Road

Training facility: The Train Shed

Trophy cabinet: empty

Kenna Index rating: 0.294 – 3rd
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
2015/16 – 14th

Sympathies: Leeds

Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen

Starting XI – August auction

Valdes, V	MID	£4.00
Mustafi	DEF	£5.00
Shawcross, R	STO	£0.50
Lovren, D	LIV	£0.50
Willian	CHE	£13.00
Ayew, A	WHM	£12.00
Mkhitaryan, H	MUN	£21.00
Lamela, E	TOT	£10.00
Borini, F (sold TW1)	SUN	£2.00
Long, S (sold TW1)	SOT	£9.00
Wilson, C	BOU	£15.00
		£92.00

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (18th)

In
Matthew Lowton – Burnley defender – £0.5m
Marc Albrighton – Leicester City midfielder – £4m

Out
Fabio Borini – Sunderland striker – free
Shane Long – Southampton striker – sold for £0.5m to Cowley Casuals

Formation: 4-5-1
Remaining budget: £9m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (17th)

In 
Marco Gabbiadini – Southampton striker – £15m

Out
Marc Albrighton – Leicester City striker – free

Formation: 4-5-1
Remaining budget: £4m

Manager: Ben S (Yorkshire)

Twitter name: @BenCSilver

Since: 2011

Last season: 12th

Trophy cabinet: empty (best finish – runner up in 2011/12)

Sympathies: Leeds

Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen

Season preview in one sentence: Still struggling to follow up an impressive debut three years ago, emerges from the auction with some agricultural defending, hotchpotch midfield options and Ivorians up front: lottery.

Heaton, T	BUR	£                0.50
Shawcross, R	STO	£                2.00
Moreno, A (TW1)	LIV	£               13.00
Cresswell, A (TW2)	WHU	£                8.00
Gibbs, K	ARS	£                2.00
Colback, J (TW2)	NEW	£                6.00
Silva, D	MCY	£             25.00
Livermore, J (TW1)	HUL	£                0.50
Mane, S (TW1)	SOT	£                0.50
Defoe, J (TW2)	SUN	£             15.00
Naismith, S (TW1)	EVE	£                5.00
		£             81.50m

First transfer window – Friday 17 October 2014

In
Moreno, A – defender, LIV – £13m
Livermore, J – midfielder, HUL – £0.50m
Mane, S – midfielder, SOT – £0.50
Naismith, S – striker, EVE – £5m

Out
Stones, J – defender, EVE – £0m
de Jong, S – midfielder, NEW – £0m
Nzonzi, S – midfielder, STO – £0m
Drogba, D – striker, CHE – £0m

Remaining budget: 9.5m

Second transfer window – Saturday 7 February 2015

In
Cresswell, A – defender, WHU – £8m
Colback, J – midfielder, NEW – £6m
Defoe, J – striker, SUN – £15m

Out
Vertonghen, J – defender, TOT – £10m
Herrera, A – midfielder, MUN – £0m
Bony, W – striker, MCY – £23m

Remaining budget: £23.5m