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SO, I've been playing FM08 since it came out and have gotten pretty far into the game. I've had some of success with AFC Telford gaining three promotions over something like 10 years. However I took over Blackburn, leaving AFC Telford after coming to the conclusion that I had taken them as far as I could. I got promoted into the Premiership with Blackburn my first season with them. Struggled for a few seasons but then my youngsters have started to improve and last season I finished third with them despite finishing a top position of 16th in my first two seasons in Premiership with them. Now, I sit top of the table in March and I'm still in the UEFA Cup. Now this is where my delight sets in...
In FM07, I would probably be filthy rich by now. In FM08, I have £16m in the bank but have lost £6m this season. I havent spent alot. This is a fantastic improvement on the last version. I always felt making money was too easy in '07 but with '08 I think it is spot on. I've been successful but I'm still not filthy rich, which is how it should be.
No real point to this thread other than a rare well done to SI for changing this feature for the better! :thup:
It works so much better in Spain too. In previous years, lower league wages were way too high – it was not unusual for all the teams in the second division to be Insecure before the end of season one. In 08, as in real life, you do get some teams in trouble financially but with the wages reduced to a far more manageable level outside the top flight, at least you have a chance of balancing the books now.
There are big problems eg with Registration in Spain but the Finances have improved beyond recognition, so well done SI.
It's definately an improvement on previous versions. I was always a bit disappointed when I looked at the finance list for Premiership clubs in previous versions and almost all were classed as rich.
However, a point I have raised in another thread was how the AI now deals with these new finances. What I've noticed is that the teams with large amounts of loan debt tend to go into administration - teams like Man Utd, Newcastle and Liverpool - over the first 10 years of a career. Personally I think this is down to the AI not calculating loan debt and interest repayments when it determines a transfer budget. For instance, I've seen Newcastle spend £71m over the summer, and then go into admin around March 2010. I simply can't understand this, it wasn't a gamble, spend a lot of money and hope it brings you success, because the club didn't even have enough money to last the season and hope to make money through European qualification. They just spent more money than they had, or could ever hope to have over the season and went into admin. The only thing I can assume is that they didn't calculate their loan repayments when they set a transfer budget, because if they knew how much their revenue and outgoings for the season were then they wouldn't have spent £71m and bankrupted themselves half way through the same season.
The new Finance module... 
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