I can run something like this if you want. I've run a few ESMS+ leagues in the past. Not sure if you're using that or something like Football Manager (that sounds like it would be a pain to config though.)
It costs $19.99 per month to run a sim on cricsim. If you're interested in renting a space, PM me and we can arrange it for you.
If there was actually interest in this starting again I would happily continue. It primarily stopped due to lack of interest and the site in general being less active. I just use ESMS+, which seemed to be the cause of people's issue with the sim.
Maybe try using FM or something different for the sim. I remember on a past forum someone used to do it and it worked well, you could post the match highlights too which would be more insightful than just reading text. Regardless I think there will be enough interest to give it a reboot.
I promised to look into a sim but it'll have to be a vacation project and right now I have other things that are more fun to do than serious structured coding in my spare time
I don't think it is that bad, I'm having a play around with the editor and it seems easy enough to add your own league and all the teams. Players might be the hardest thing to do with keeping it fair but you might just have to get people to do new sign-up forms.