Managers – Page 27 – The Jeff Kenna League

Dynamo Charlton

Manager: Alex (Surrey)

Twitter name: @alexbass75

Since: 2011

Last season: 12th

Trophy cabinet: Olisadebe Euro 2012 winner

Sympathies: Charlton Athletic

Darts music: Entry of the Gladiators

Outlook: The Olisadebe Euro 2012 champion manager is yet to prove himself in ‘the best league in the world’, and with £40m on the front two he’s really had to gamble with the rest of side. Considering his poor outing in Poland, Given for £13m wasn’t a great start.

No Brambles.

Guzan, B	AVL	£4m
Taylor, S	NEW	£5m
Mertesacker, P	ARS	£19m
Reid, W	WHM	£7.5m
Caulker, S	TOT	£6m
Oscar	CHE	£5.5m
Snodgrass, R	NOR	£6.5m
Dyer, N	SWA	£10m
Carrick, M	MUN	£2.5m
Graham, D	SWA	£10m
Tevez, C	MCY	£30m
	Total	£106

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Cuellar, C	SUN	£4m	Mertesacker, P	ARS	£19m
The Ox	ARS	£8.5m	Dyer, N	SWA	£10m

First transfer window – 26 October 2012

Out			In
Given, S	AVL	£13m	Guzan, B	AVL	£4m
Young, L	SUN	£4m	Reid, W	WHM	£7.5m
Upson, M	STO	£2.5m	Caulker, S	TOT	£6m

Bala Rinas

Manager: Lewis (Wales)

Twitter name: @jsl105

Since: 2007 (committee member – Treasurer)

Last season: 8th

Trophy cabinet: Empty (highest league position – last season)

Sympathies: Wrexham

Darts music: C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan

Outlook: Scarred by relegation in his debut at the helm of The Trinny Men in 2007/08, the Welshman took time out from the pressure of Kenna management before assuming the reins of Bala Rinas last season, and with some success. His follow up campaign began with some respectable business, but with a red card for Agger already and the fire of Grant Holt and Djibril Cisse up front, discipline could be an issue.

(B) = player awarded under the Titus Bramble ruling

Jaaskelainen, J	WHM	£0.5m
Agger, D	LIV	£15m
Neville, P	EVE	£4m
Koscielny, L	ARS	£0.5m
Fabio	QPR	£0.5m
Hernandez, P	SWA	£10m
Duff, D	FUL	£16m
Johnson, B	NOR	£1m
Bale, G	TOT	£26m
Ba, D	CHE	£42m
Di Santo, F	WIG	£0.5m
	Total	£116m

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Hooiveld, J	SOT	£0.5m	Fabio	QPR	£0.5m
Nani	MUN	£15m	Hernandez, P	SWA	£10m
McClean, J	SUN	£14m	Johnson, B	NOR	£1m
Holt, G	NOR	£9m	Ba, D	CHE	£42m

First transfer window – Friday 26 October 2012

Out			In
Savic, S (B)	MCY	£10m	Koscielny, L	ARS	£0.5m
Kaboul, Y	TOT	£6.5m	Hooiveld, J	SOT	£0.5m
Moses, V	CHE	£12m	Duff, D	FUL	£16m
Marveaux, S	NEW	£2m	Bale, G	TOT	£26m
Cisse, D	QPR	£12m	Di Santo, F	WIG	£0.5m

Just Put Carles

Manager: Carles (Catalunya)

Twitter name: @cduzpalau

Since: 2010

Last season: 14th

Trophy cabinet: Empty (highest league position – 9th in 2010/11)

Sympathies: FC Barcelona

Darts music: Cant del Barca

Outlook: Retained the majestic services of David Silva for £10m than last season, but the manager only bought four more players at auction before leaving faster than an Alex Santos commute once he discovered his choice of wardrobe would mean buying the committee a round. Filled by Kenna HQ using the accepted procedure, the team now contains former Still Don’t Know Yet defender James Collins.

No Brambles

Schwarzer, M	FUL	£0.5m
Walker, K	TOT	£12m
Olsson, J	WBA	£0.5m
Collins, J	WHM	£0.5m
Rangel, A	SWA	£8m
Arteta, M	ARS	£16m
Silva, D	MCY	£32m
Osman, L	EVE	£0.5m
Henderson, J	LIV	£0.5m
Le Fondre, A	REA	£15m
Maloney, S	WIG	£1.5m
	Total	£87m

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Alcaraz, A	WIG	£0.5m	Rangel, A	SWA	£8m
Welbeck, D	MUN	£7m	Le Fondre, A	REA	£15m
Sturridge, D	LIV	£20m	Maloney, S	WIG	£1.5m

First transfer window – 26 October 2012

No changes

Greendale Rockets

Manager: Stu (Wolverhampton)

Twitter name: @sfinch100

Since: Debut

Trophy cabinet: Empty

Sympathies: Wolves

Darts music: I was made for lovin’ you – Kiss

Outlook: The £38m swoop for Rooney shows intent, even if the £6.5m deal for SWP and Gervinho looks like what the ingrained Kenna manager may regard as a schoolboy error. Dodgy foreheads aside, the rest of the Rockets starting line up looks like a few points. Cup run?

No Brambles

Boruc, A	SOT	£0.5m
Zabaleta, P	MCY	£7m
Azpilicueta, C	CHE	£4.5m
Cuellar, C	SUN	£0.5m
Williamson, M	NEW	£4m
The Ox	ARS	£5m
Gera, Z	WBA	£0.5m
Coutinho, P	LIV	£20m
Lennon, A	TOT	£8.5m
Rooney, W	MUN	£38m
Becchio, L	NOR	£2m
	Total	£90.5m

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Reina, P	LIV	£16m	Boruc, A	SOT	£0.5m
Clark, C	AVL	£2m	Azpilicueta, C	CHE	£4.5m
Bertrand, R	CHE	£8m	Cuellar, C	SUN	£0.5m
Taylor, M	WHM	£3.5m	The Ox	ARS	£5m
Kightly, M	STO	£5m	Coutinho, P	LIV	£20m
Gervinho	ARS	£0.5m	Becchio, L	NOR	£2m

First transfer window – 26 October 2012

Out			In
Taylor, N	SWA	£0.5m	Clark, C	AVL	£2m
Dunne, R	AVL	£3.5m	Bertrand, R	CHE	£8m
W-Phillips, S	QPR	£6m	Taylor, M	WHM	£3.5m
Miereles, R	FEN	£6m	Gera, Z	WBA	£0.5m

FC Testiculadew

Manager: James N (Yorkshire)

Since: 2011

Last season: Champions

Trophy cabinet: League and cup double (last season)

Sympathies: Everton

Darts music: Big Balls – ACDC

Outlook: Ever the pantomime villain after his indiscretions ahead of the Olisadebe Euro 2012, a ripple of boos accompanied the FCT manager’s late arrival to last week’s auction. Unperturbed he went on to assemble a capable side, but how long will fans’ patience last if he fails to defend the title without a big-money signing?

No Brambles

Ruddy, J	NOR	£1.5m
Debuchy, M	NEW	£0.5m
Davies, B	SWA	£0.5m
Luiz, D	CHE	£3m
Evans, J	MUN	£7.5m
Akpan, H	REA	£0.5m
Toure, Y	MCY	£21m
Pienaar, S	EVE	£12m
Wilshere, J	ARS	£0.5m
Remy, L	QPR	£35m
Berbatov, D	FUL	£37m
	Total	£119m

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Simpson, D	NEW	£6.5m	Debuchy, M	NEW	£0.5m
Vertonghen, J	TOT	£13m	Davies, B	SWA	£0.5m
Bannan, B	AVL	£0.5m	Akpan, H	REA	£0.5m
Crouch, P	STO	£2m	Remy, L	QPR	£35m

First transfer window – 26 October 2012

Out			In
Vidic, N	MUN	£13m	Evans, J	MUN	£7m
Sinclair, S	SWA	£11m	Bannan, B	AVL	£0.5m
Frei, K	FUL	£5.5m	Wilshere, J	ARS	£0.5m
Podolski, L	ARS	£11m	Berbatov, D	FUL	£37m

Hairy Fadjeetas

Manager: Aiden (Yorkshire)

Since: 2011 (committee member, Director of Wry Tweets)

Last season: 15th

Trophy cabinet: Empty (highest league position – last season)

Sympathies: Sheffield Wednesday

Darts music: Hawaii 5-0 theme

Outlook: Up there amongst the best all-time Brambles when the hapless Marouane Chamakh replaced £33m Carlos Tevez, but the Fadges boss recovered well to bring some solid purchases to the club’s Bikini Lane stadium. Paid through the nose for Eden Hazard, but on the evidence of the first game he looks an exciting prospect. Manager yet to prove himself in the domestic arena.

(B) = player awarded under the Titus Brambling ruling

Mignolet, S	SUN	£5.5m
Skrtel, M	LIV	£20m
Vidic, N	MUN	£16m
Williams, A	SWA	£3.5m
Hughes, A	FUL	£4m
Hazard, E	CHE	£26m
Ben Arfa, H	NEW	£6.5m
Hoolahan, W	NOR	£2.5m
McCleary, G	REA	£0.5m
Mirallas, K	EVE	£18m
Defoe, J	TOT	£13m
	Total	£115.5m

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Lescott, J	MCY	£12m	Skrtel, M	LIV	£20m

First transfer window – 26 October 2012

Out			In
Warnock, S	AVL	£2m	Vidic, N	MUN	£16m
Chamakh M (B)	ARS	£16.5m	Mirallas, K	EVE	£18m

Wandsworth Window Lickers

Manager: Will (Worcestershire)

Twitter name: @chainfir3

Since: 2010

Trophy cabinet: Empty (highest league position – 8th in 2010/11)

Sympathies: Kidderminster Harriers

Darts music: Mary Jane – Rick James

Outlook: Not even 221B could say why the Wandsworth boss introduced and bought Jamie Carragher at last week’s auction, but with the exception of that mystery and Josh McEachran’s announcement he’s going on loan to Boro, the opening week of the season is treating the manager well with goals from Nasri and Odemwingie and clean sheets from O’Shea and Szczesny.

(B) = player awarded under the Titus Brambling ruling

Szczesny, W	ARS	£19m
Clyne, N	SOT	£6m
Assou-Ekotto, B	TOT	£7m
O’Shea, J	SUN	£5.5m
Ben Haim, T	QPR	£10m
Fellaini, M	EVE	£9m
Young, A	MUN	£15m
Assaidi, O	LIV	£0.5m
Nasri, S	MCY	£15m
Odemwingie, P	WBA	£6m
Gouffran, Y	NEW	£5m
	Total	£98m

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Herd, C	AVL	£0.5m	Ben Haim, T	QPR	£10m
Obertan, G (B)	NEW	£0.5m	Assaidi, O	LIV	£0.5m
Zamora, B	QPR	£2m	Gouffran, Y	NEW	£5m

First transfer window – 26 October 2012

Out			In
Carragher, J	LIV	£0.5m	Herd, C	AVL	£0.5m
McEachran, J (B)	CHE	£9m	Obertan, G (B)	NEW	£0.5m

Still Don’t Know Yet

Manager: Pete (Teeside)

Twitter name: @peterball01

Since: Domestic debut (entered The Olisadebe Euro 2012)

Trophy cabinet: Empty

Sympathies: Boro

Darts music: Theme from ‘The Power Game’ – Cyril Stapleton

Outlook: After a warm-up 12th in the Olisadebe in the summer, this was a chance to stamp some authority on the domestic game but the SDKY manager already finds himself under considerable pressure. Not content with being the first manager in eight years to lose a goalkeeper on a Bramble, and hence have the services of missing reserve player from the Cameroon Olympic women’s team Drusille Ngako between the sticks, the SDKY boss unsuccessfully appealed against a controversial decision to remove defender James Collins from his side.

(B) = player awarded under the Titus Brambling ruling

Ngako, D (B)	AWOL	£1m
Jagielka, P	EVE	£7.5m
Ferdinand, A	QPR	£4m
Pogatetz, E	WHM	£3.5m
Ferguson, S (B)	NEW	£1m
McAnuff, J	REA	£18m
Gerrard, S	LIV	£15m
Cattermole, L	SUN	£2.5m
Morrison, J	WBA	£2.5m
van Persie, R	MUN	£35m
Kone, A	WIG	£19m
	Total	£109m

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Jenkinson, C	ARS	£13m	Pogatetz, E	WHM	£3.5m
O’Neil, G	WHM	£0.5m	McAnuff, J	REA	£18m

First transfer window – 26 October 2012

Out			In
Evans, J	MUN	£5m	Jenkinson, C	ARS	£13m
Balotelli, M	MCY	£23m	Kone, A	WIG	£19m

Northern Monkeys

Manager: Hugo (Tyneside)

Twitter name: @Hugeist

Since: Debut

Trophy cabinet: Empty

Sympathies: Newcastle

Darts music: How You Like Me Now? – The Heavy

Outlook: Shrewd auction business from the debutant, but questions remain over Edin Dzeko’s ability to hold down a starting place and whether Papiss Cisse’s can carry over the incredible form he displayed last season. Will the outcome of an FA investigation affect appearance points in defence?

(B) = player awarded under the Titus Bramble ruling

Friedel, B	TOT	£0.5m
Hangeland, B	FUL	£11m
Distin, S	EVE	£6m
Bassong, S	NOR	£30m
Ridgewell, L	WBA	£14m
Cleverley, T	MUN	£8.5m
deGuzman, J	SWA	£20m
Cazorla, S	ARS	£7.5m
Gardner, C	SUN	£5m
Dzeko, E	MCY	£1.5m
Cisse, P	NEW	£15m
	Total	£119m

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Terry, J	CHE	£14m	Bassong, S	NOR	£30m
McAnuff, J	AVL	£9.5m	deGuzman, J	SWA	£20m
Park, J	CHE	£6m	Gardner, C	SUN	£5m

First transfer window – 26 October 2012

Out			In
Pearce, A	REA	£3m	Ridgewell, L	WBA	£14m
Delph, F (B)	AVL	£7.5m	McAnuff, J	REA	£9.5m

Spartak Mogadishu

Manager: Abdi (Somalia)

Twitter name: @abdinw1

Since: 2010

Last season: 4th

Trophy cabinet: Empty (best finish – last season)

Sympathies: Arsenal

Darts music: The Trumpet Hornpipe – The Captain Pugwash theme

Outlook: There were always concerns that the Mog manager’s haphazard approach to auction tactics would overshadow his campaign and, one or two players aside, they appear well founded. Midfield linchpin Luka Modric left for Spain hours after the Pirates signed him, leaving a dressing room bubbling with poor temperament, untested talent and indifferent previous.

Surprisingly, no Brambles.

Reina, P	LIV	£0.5m
Evra, P	MUN	£15m
Shawcross, R	STO	£11m
Bramble, T	SUN	£0.5m
Riether, S	FUL	£0.5m
Lallana, A	SOT	£14m
Gosling, D (B)	NEW	£19.5m
Nolan, K	WHM	£5m
Taarabt, A	QPR	£1m
Lukaku, R	WBA	£14m
Benteke, C	AVL	£35m
	Total	£116m

Second transfer window – 1 February 2013

Out			In
Pollitt, M (B)	WIG	£11m	Reina, P	LIV	£0.5m
Shelvey, J	ARS	£11m	Gosling, D (B)	NEW	£19.5m
Ameobi, Shola	NEW	£0.5m	Benteke, C	AVL	£35m

First transfer window – 26 October 2012

Out			In
Krul, T	NEW	£21m	Pollitt, M (B)	WIG	£11m
Koscielny, L	ARS	£17m	Bramble, T	SUN	£0.5m
Modric, L	RMA	£1m	Shelvey, J	LIV	£11m
Campbell, F	SUN	£0.5m	Ameobi, Shola	NEW	£0.5m