Dragontao >> 星期一 十一月 20 - 18:47

My attack was all padding and no substance, falling flat with our only attempt on target, which was sadly into the wrong goal.

Numpty >> 星期一 十一月 20 - 18:59

Scoring into the wrong 'goal'. 

When I was a child that was illegal. Then it became lawful and commonplace and now it's celebrated and ubiquitous. 

I hope to leave before it becomes compulsory. 

Monk >> 星期二 十一月 21 - 08:46

The decline of civilizations, some would argue.

Numpty >> 星期二 十一月 21 - 12:07

That's a good point. I'm no student of history but apparently all great civilizations go through a cycle. Apparently the latter stages are often characterised by moral decay and decadence.

Lee >> 星期二 十一月 21 - 19:18

I'm now officially safe from relegation, and must say I'm very surprised at how easy it was - are managers simply focusing more on their facilities, and not falling into the trap of spending millions on players to chase silverware?

Numpty >> 星期三 十一月 22 - 10:48, 已编辑 星期三 十一月 22 - 11:42

Good question Lee. 

What I do know is that despite the high wages of the top players and cost of facilities, the average club in England has been getting a lot richer.

The total funds are now over £52 billion. This has grown from roughly £30 billion in the last 10 or 15 seasons.

Although it's likely that most of it is held by a  handful of around 5 or 6 clubs. At least 2 of them aren't in the first division.

Lee >> 星期三 十一月 22 - 19:08

I'm not trying to brag but the Pixels account for 0.0016% of that huge pot of funds!

BakerMan >> 星期三 十一月 22 - 19:57

Most important trophy of the season won - the U21 Cup returns :)

Looking good for me in the South Sudanese league for a first title there

Anything else from here is a bonus!

Monk >> 星期三 十一月 22 - 21:50

Looking good for the title again BakerMan!

Dragontao >> 星期四 十一月 23 - 10:30

Well the Wonderbra's account for less than 1% of that pot of money. We are paupers compared to the mega rich.

Numpty >> 星期四 十一月 23 - 13:35, 已编辑 星期四 十一月 23 - 20:53

Maybe I'm wrong, but most likely the richest team are Liverpool City, currently in division 3/2. 

He hasn't bought any players for around 20 seasons and hasn't tried to compete for a lot longer. The wage bill is low and he's been stockpiling cash for a long time and mostly building a few museum levels.

I can't figure out what the plan is either. If it was all about the cash then he could be making a much bigger profit by selling off his costly YA5 youngsters - which are being wasted - and making a few staff changes. 

Edit

Correction...

I occasionally check at the season rollover to see which clubs might have a vey large balance.  Although I don't keep a record. A long while ago they (Liverpool City) had over £10 billion and were clearly the richest club in the country by a long distance.  Then a few seasons ago I estimated that they had around £7.5 billion, and because I was expecting at least £10 billion I presumed that I had made a mistake.  

So today I decided to do a deep dive into his finances and because there are no transfers it's possible to make a rough estimate of his profit/(loss) for the season.  

I now reckon that he's making a loss, and the likely loss this season is around £240-250 million. This is mostly down to a very large wage bill of over £6 million a day. There are no players on massive wages, but with a full squad of 44 players from YA5 - mostly untrained - the average wage is around £140,000 per day.

So I was probably correct with the £7.5 billion which is gradually eroding every season. Everyone else is getting richer but it's not Liverpool. 

I also came across an untrained YA5 supertalent. He's Loyal too. Aged 19 and he's never played a match or even a friendly:

https://rockingsoccer.com/en/soccer/info/player-2699114

What a waste! :/

And another one:

https://rockingsoccer.com/en/soccer/info/player-2337996

BakerMan >> 星期四 十一月 23 - 21:10

Well I make a 0.36% contribution to that wealth...

Every game is very squeaky for me at the moment - if Stephen could just lose or draw a couple it would be appreciated.

Monk >> 星期四 十一月 23 - 21:53

Congratulations to Stephen on Seaburn's latest cup win.

BakerMan >> 星期五 十一月 24 - 19:54

Oh, that one got very squeaky!

Dragontao >> 星期六 十一月 25 - 12:37

Congrats Stephen on the cup and BakerMan on the title.

A close run thing. Everyone else pretty much trailing in the top two's wake. I think this is my best season in the top flight on Points and goals scored, still a mile behind the top teams, and likely to fall to 6th by the end of the season, so won't match my best ever placing. No money at all to strenghthen.