retired_sedimohasel

Interesting, hopefully you will keep doing this for long enough for the experiment to show relevant resulsts :thup:

retired_TigressTrista

Season 2008/2009 1st February 2009

All wages are based on a weekly basis. Bank balance figures stated are rounded to the nearest million as they can be seen via screenshots.

Quick Summary: Blackburn, Fulham, Newcastle, Sunderland and Wigan all have a negative bank balance. Blackburn are a massive -£17 in the red. Only Middlesbrough and Portsmouth have seen an increase in bank balance. Money in bank balances is a massive £102m less than last year. Clubs are paying wages £1,803,606 per week higher than last year. What is a bit strange is Reading who are in the championship currently have more money than Chelsea and Liverpool. Overview

Arsenal Have seen a small drop in finances to £84m. Wages have decreased by £75,000 to £887,445 putting them under the budget of £1,267,101.

Aston Villa Have seen a drop in finances to £15m. Wages have increased by £50,000 to £697,813 putting them under the budget of £859,145.

Birmingham Finances are around the same at £7m. Wages have increased by £10,000 to £444,596 putting them under the budget of £448,047.

Blackburn Finances have rather alarmingly dropped to -£17m. Wages have increased by £35,000 putting them under the budget of £624,241. They really need a good finish to sort it out this season.

Bolton Finances have dropped to £0. Wages have increased by £10,000 putting them under the budget of £566,878.

Chelsea Finances of dropped a far bit to £21m. Wages have decreased by £40,000 putting them under the budget of £1,885,801.

Derby Finances have dropped to £6m. Wages have decreased by £8,000 to £330,915 and for the first time in this experiment putting them under the budget of £361,236.

Everton Finances have dropped to £11m. Wages have dropped by £10,000 to £595,041 putting them under the budget of £700,154.

Fulham Finances have dropped to £0. Wages have increased by £20,000 to £385,013 putting them under the budget of £407,423.

Liverpool Finances have dropped to £2m. Wages have decreased by £30,000 to £1,249,911 putting them under the budget of £1,527,577.

Man City Finances have dropped to £12m. Wages have increased by £100,000 to £842,828 putting them under the budget of £942,195.

Man Utd Finances have dropped to £45m. Wages have increased by £7,000 to £1,095,428 putting them under the budget of £1,360,047.

Middlesbrough Finances have improved to £8m Wages have increased by £9,000 to £564,284 putting them under the budget of £641,289.

Newcastle Finances have dropped seriously to -£7m. Wages have increased by £4,000 to £1,103,534 putting them under the budget of £1,209,576.

Portsmouth Finances have improved to £21m. Wages have decreased by £36,000 to £781,909 putting them under the budget of £949,867.

Reading Finances have fallen to £24m. Wages have increased by £50,000 to £456,803 putting them under the budget of £550,103.

Sunderland Finances have fallen to £0. Wages have decreased by £6,000 to £442,931 putting them over the wage budget of £388,589.

Tottenham Finances have fallen to £23m. Wages have decreased by £33,000 to £715,131 putting them under the budget of £867,066.

West Ham Finances have fallen to £6m. Wages have decreased by £12,000 to £755,676 putting them under the budget of £878,114.

Wigan Finances have fallen to £0. Wages have decreased by £20,000 to £384,245 putting them under the budget of £403,680.

retired_zoe77tb

is it possible to investigate where blackburn's £28m have gone ???

retired_TigressTrista

Well £21,762,176 of it has gone on transfers in January. There was an increase in wages which wouldn't have helped. I can only assume the rest went on signing on fees.

retired_zoe77tb

so they had a balance of around £10m, and spent £20 on tranfers. that's mighty clever AI there...

retired_zoe77tb

holy crap, they're all doing it. if liverpool spent their transfer budget they'd be £15m in the red! why would the AI managers be spending like this? unless they achieve massive sucess its just suicide...

retired_sedimohasel

Lets see if it happens on a consistent basis or if it was due to the manager having poor stats and/or the chairman having high ambition.

retired_TigressTrista

I think it is due to that, they are currently 6th and are pushing for a Champions league place.

The next installment will be up soon.

retired_TigressTrista

Season 2008/2009 1st June 2009

All wages are based on a weekly basis. Bank balance and wage increase figures stated are rounded. Results are compared to 1st September.

Quick Summary: Most clubs have positive balances. However most of these are in decline with only Arsenal really looking strong. Derby and Fulham are the only clubs to have a negative balance at this stage. Clubs don’t seem capable of holding onto their money well however with bank balances down £210m on the same time last year (Arsenal have control of 32% of money in these clubs). Wage wise Birmingham and Sunderland are the only clubs that are currently over their wage budgets. Clubs are spending £1,697,608 per week more than last season. All of the championship clubs (Derby, Fulham and Reading) made a return to the premiership. The championship is a worry though as all saw their bank balances reduce between £16-22m. This should be a concern for Birmingham and Sunderland who were both relegated. Tottenham replaced Liverpool in the Champions League so Liverpool should be an interesting team to watch for next season. Overview

Arsenal Finished the league in 2nd. Their bank balance was 25m higher than the start of the season finishing on £110m. Wages finished on £887,445 managing to cut around £75,000 from the start of the season. Wages are £379,628 under budget and the club made a profit of £52m. Champions League next season.

Aston Villa Finished the league in 8th.Their bank balance was £7m lower than the start of the season finishing on £26m. Wages finished on £664,672 increasing by around £21,000 from the start of the season. Wages are £194,361 under budget and the club made a profit of £3m.

Birmingham Finished in 19th. Their bank balance was £3m higher than the start of the season finishing on £9m. Wages finished on £472,444 increasing by around £40,000 from the start of the season. Wages are £24,425 over budget and the club made a loss of £7m. Championship next season so improvements to finances need to be made.

Blackburn Finished in 7th. Their bank balance was £4 lower than the start of the season finishing on £7m. Wages finished on £570,567 increasing by around £30,000 from the start of the season. Wages are £53,674 under budget and the club made a loss of £12m. EURO Vase next season.

Bolton Finished in 11th. Their bank balance was £4m higher than the start of the season finishing on £7m. Wages finished on £529,281 increasing by around £9,000 from the start of the season. Wages are £37,597 under budget and the club made a loss of £10m.

Chelsea Finished in 1st. It came at great cost however as their bank balance was £68m lower than the start of the season finishing on £9m. Wages finished on £1,524,019 cutting around £20,000 from the start of the season. Wages are £361,698 under budget and the club made a loss of £70m. Champions League next season but they can’t continue spending at this level.

Derby Finished 2nd in the championship. Their bank balance was £17m lower than the start of the season putting them on -£4m. Wages finished on £348,950 increasing by around £10,000 from the start of the season. Wages are £12,202 under budget and the club made a loss of £14m.

Everton Finished in 9th. Their bank balance was £8m higher than the start of the season finishing on £22m. Wages finished on £595,313 decreasing by around £12,000 from the start of the season. Wages are £104,785 under budget and the club made a loss of £6m.

Fulham Finished 4th in the championship and were promoted through the playoffs. Their bank balance fell by £16m from the start of the season finishing on -£9m. Wages finished on £366,589 around the same as the start of the season. Wages are £40,809 under budget and they made a loss of £13m.

Liverpool Finished in 5th. Their bank balance was £12m higher than the start of the season finishing on £23m. Wages finished on £1,249,911 around £30,000 lower than the start of the season. Wages are £241,418 under budget and they made a profit of £2m. A EURO cup place.

Man City Finished in 12th. Their bank balance was £2m higher than the start of the season finishing on £17m. Wages finished on £842,248 around £100,000 more than the start of the season. Wages are £99,311 under budget and they made a loss of £1m.

Man Utd Finished in 3rd. Their bank balance was £33 lower than the start of the season finishing on £37m. Wages finished on £1,118,545 around £30,000 more than the start of the season. Wages are £241,418 under budget and they made a profit of £29m. Champions league next season.

Middlesbrough Finished in 13th. Their bank balance was £15m higher than the start of the season finishing on £22m. Wages finished on £558,816 around £3,000 more than the start of the season. Wages are £82,417 under budget and they made a profit of £6m. EURO cup next season.

Newcastle Finished in 6th. Their bank balance was £9m lower than the start of the season finishing on £0. Wages finished on £1,103,547 around £4,000 higher than the start of the season. Wages are £106,029 under budget and they made a loss of £10m. EURO cup next season and more poor financial results for them.

Portsmouth Finished in 14th. Their bank balance was the same as the start of the season finishing on £20m. Wages finished on £775,609 around £42,000 lower than the start of the season. Wages are £174,230 under budget and they made a loss of £11m.

Reading Finished 1st in the championship. Their bank balance was £22m lower than the start of the season finishing on £10m. Wages finished on £492,351 around £87,000 higher than the start of the season. Wages are £57,696 under budget and they made a loss of £5m.

Sunderland Finished in 18th. Their bank balance was around the same as the start of the season finishing on £1m. Wages finished on £419,508 cutting around £29,000 from the start of the season. Despite this wages are £30,919 over budget and they made a loss of £25m. Terrible financial results and with relegation to cope with Sunderland are in a real mess.

Tottenham Finished in 4th. Their bank balance was £12m lower than the start of the season finishing on £21m. Wages finished on £787,956 around £40,000 higher than the start of the season. Wages are £79,092 under budget and they made a profit of £6m. Champions League next season.

West Ham Finished in 10th. Their bank balance was £9m lower than the start of the season finishing on £7m. Wages finished on £755,676 around £12,000 lower than the start of the season. Wages are £122,354 under budget and they made a small loss.

Wigan Finished in 15th. Their bank balance was £8m higher than the start of the season finishing on £6m. Wages finished on £384,245 around £32,000 lower than the start of the season. Wages are £19,407 under budget and they made a loss of £11m.

retired_candycorncats

Why are you only doing this for 10 seasons? I think it could be interesting too see it even further into the future.