Re: Football Manager 2010 : Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:37 pm
Mid-way through the second season with Fleetwood and after winning promotion last year, I'm sitting third in the BSP with half of the season gone - not bad given that the expectation was third from bottom at best.The finances are worrying me though. After a board takeover at the end of last season brought the finances back to secure, I was still losing money hand over fist. A cash injection of £90k hasn't done much to help either, despite me working will within the budgets that I've been given.
With that in mind, worrying about the situation, I've taken the initiative. Some of my players were being paid far too much for part time contracts so as near as dammit the entire reserve squad was shipped out - that raised about £60k in player sales, and I've drafted in a handful of unattached youngsters on £50 a week to compliment the reserves / U18s. The other players were brought on to full time contracts for the same money - if I'm paying them the sort of money I was then I may as well have my coaches working with them full time rather than for two nights a week after work. Hopefully that will show in improved match fitness and player development. Total wage bill has gone from around £10,450 a week to just over £8,400 a week against a budget of £11,200 - still too much for my liking mind.
The thing that annoys me most is how poor their sides are. Chelsea have Bendtner up front on his own in a 4-5-1 and City have the likes of SWP, Ireland and Benjani in the team.
