Confirmed 👍🏻

Arctic Storm get 75m

Nikara get Lance_Elms 18 eng  1 10 13 11 24   1 979 942  17

@David H to confirm

Cheers, Chris

Cockney Cockrells get:
- Y_Yobari 21 gha 1 14 8 3 26  1 147 431 496

Nikara get:
- H_Somerfield  16 eng  1 12  8  2 25   1 825 464 464

Daz to confirm

Cheers

Nikara Dragons

300 TK Abs for Ayho Kushimo (300 used)

DONE

Nikara seeking goalkeeping help

Despite Zachariadis keeping a stunning clean sheet in the 0-0 draw with the Eastern Whirlwinds, news has broken today that the club are looking to replace the Greek international in goal. A bit of investment in Zachariadis would probably make him good enough to be a top tier goalkeeper in a season or two but the club are not thought to find that an acceptable option and as such are back into the market.

It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to assume that the club are looking for someone whose age starts with a 1 in it given that that would include near enough every single person the club have brought in. Finding a seller of such a player might prove much harder and the club are not thought to have progressed very far despite numerous enquiries.

Who might be the bargaining chips? Its thought that top striker Hatori_Hanzo might be available and he offers close to 16 rated finishing which might be appealing to some in the league. Failing that there are rumours that defensive midfielder Vilo Fleuss might be sick to death of his incompetent manager and his gibberish team talks so could also be added as a chip in any deals. The last resort is cold hard cash money of which the Dragons have a decent wedge, though its thought that most of it is invested in extremely questionable monkey NFTs so whether they still have any access to actual cash is anyone's guess.

When asked about this issue the manager reportedly said that he felt Zachariadis was a decent keeper and an ok person but his goal kicks stink and that's completely unacceptable for a team that pride itself for chances created from set pieces.

Dragons head East in season finale

The Nikara Dragons are heading to Oasis Park in the season finale as they come head to head with the Eastern Whirlwinds. The game is basically a dead rubber with the Dragons knocked out the playoff contention and the Whirlwinds locked into the bottom 2. That won't stop both teams looking to finish the season with some momentum to take into the offseason in the hope they can use that momentum to have a more successful season in year 4!

What does the table tell us?

It's hard to look past the table where the Eastern Whirlwinds sit last with 14 points from the 21 games played this season. It's been a difficult season for them but will that mean the Nikara players overlook the threat in front of them and get complacent. The table is hardly kind to them either as the 19th placed team of 24 in total so easy to see this one going either way. That and home advantage make this as even a contest as there is in the game.

A look at the squads

The Dragons team is likely to pick itself with Melav still needing 24 minutes to hit his target for the year and virtually guaranteeing him a starting spot. Hard to imagine Taylor or Prittwick missing out which means Vito Fleuss is likely to drop to the bench, at least for 30 minutes, to kick things off. In defence there isn't much talent so Kushimo, Marconato, Lundrum and Yobari are likely to have to rely on their potential instead. Up front we might see Rutter step in for someone but with Limt and Shallahs in such good form and Hanzo the star man in the team I'd expect another spot on the bench.

The Whirlwinds are good in goal where Van Angel is close to 17 rated and the back four are a more talented group of defenders than Nikara (15/15/14/14). All are available so you'd expect goals to be hard to come by for Nikara. In midfield Baxer is missing through suspension but Tuco, Franco and Adams all have talent. Whilst the forwards lack star power its hard to ignore the 18 goals from 13 rated front man Kilo Granitt.

What the manager has to say

At this point there was a feeling that the Nikara board would stop allowing the manager to speak to the press due to the incessant rambling and nonsense that spews from his mouth but for now they haven't put a hold on it. My guess is they wished they had:

"I can't believe there's another team in either leagues that can match up with us. We are the greatest. I'd take every player in my team over every other player in the game and there's nothing anyone can say that will convince me otherwise. Well, except some of those players at Kyushu or Real Nerrad, they're dead good. Oh and the ones at the Golden Eagles, those boys are incredible. Oh and there's a couple at Manchester United that are much better than my lads. Oh and virtually everyone at Sarnians. But other than that probably nobody"

Jesus wept....

Huge transfer turned down

In a stunning turn of events it appears that the Nikara Dragons have turned down a monster offer for Tommy Taylor. There's no word about where this bid came from however its thought to have included multiple players and a sizable cash figure making this the largest transfer offer the club have received in recent times.

Why did they say no?

Its thought that Taylor is one of the foundational players in the Nikara rebuild. He's only 18 years old but already has 15 rated passing and is just 60 abs away from being 16 rated. This gives him a chance to be one of the leagues best passers in the next 3 or 4 years which is thought to be of huge importance to the club. Alongside this he offers a great rounded skillset with 13 tackling and shooting!

The club have been vocal in saying that they don't feel there are many people out there that can replace the unique skillset that Taylor offers, and looking to do so with multiple players reduces their flexibility.

Its expected the club will be very active in the transfer market in the next month as the season draws to a close and clubs look to re-jig their squads for the new season. With a decent chunk of cash in the club coffers it would be very surprising if we don't see 3 or 4 additions to the Nikara squad in the hope that they can challenge for promotion next season