davo >>
sunday january 30 - 00:31 I didn't know whether to put this in the Frustrated or Not Frustrated thread...
At the end of season 57 my team was ageing, I had no decent players coming through and I was running short on cash so I decided to sell my team, put 2 staff in catering, and farm players for a few seasons to build up cash for a reboot.
I needed enough money to build a FA5, a couple of billion for a new squad and a few billion to be able to keep the wages from sending me broke.
Last season I finished 3rd, 6 points behind the top 2.
Sadly though, the top 2 both have now slipped into financial difficulty and are both having their facilities downgraded.
It is looking like these two clubs will ultimately go the way of so many other big clubs as neither seem to be taking my tactic of taking a back seat and saving money - which is pretty sad because even with a YA4 and FA4 at the time, I was able to save around $500m per season through reduced wage bills, increased income from Catering and increased income from farming.
I guess this means that I will shortly be returning to my former dominance, but I much preferred it when I was playing against other good teams.
There are a couple of other teams that will hopefully continue their growth to come and challenge me in a few season, so there is some hope I guess.