retired_merri13

KUTGW :thup:
Should become tough to save Elgin from relegation, but we all have faith in your skills

retired_raistlin1979

Two reasons.

1) I didn't feel the wage budget was responsible given Elgin's income. Until I really started winning in Division 1, their attendance had not increased significantly in the last couple years. Not counting revenue from players sold, Elign only is making £150k profit per year. Divide that by 52 weeks, and I guess I could up my wages to £6k-7k/wk, but nowhere near my budget in the high 20's.

I have a good team, as I've managed to win lots of games. And I don't want to feel I *need* to sell my best players just to pay the wages.

2) Wage structure. Remember, I have trouble signing players. So if I manage to convince some half-decent striker (who doesn't want to sign) to play for me for £2,000/wk, what would I have to pay my star striker currently making £140/wk? It would quickly spiral out of control considering my still modest income.

retired_raistlin1979

Yeah, I'm fully expecting a relegation battle next year. I'm still losing out on any quality signing, my squad is aging, and I don't think we have the quality to regularly compete with Premiership sides. I expect a lot of ugly losses.

retired_raistlin1979

Season 2013/14
Elgin City - Scottish Premier League

Busy summer! The board announced the club would be turning professional, and expanding Borough Briggs to 5,500 capacity. I could finally sign players this summer. Combined transfer fees for last 8 years combined: £14k. This year? £465k. My wages have also soared from £3.7k to £10.6k as many of my first team players wanted large, large raises. Couldn't blame 'em after seeing £1M of TV money come in.

My only goal was to avoid relegation. I let the kids play in the cups, and concentrated on staying up. The season was up and down. But an early unbeaten streak of 8 and a mid-winter unbeaten streak of 12 helped. The lower half of the Premiership was not much different than Division One, thankfully. I beat both Celtic & Rangers once, but they proved they were the far superior sides.

Never did find a permanent solution for right wing, but my new young keeper has proved to be of top quality when healthy. My star left winger continued to be reliable with a 7.43 rating, and Scotty McScoresalot (striker from previous update) scored 28 goals. At the end of the season, Elgin found themselves in third - only two points ahead of Dundee and a whopping twenty-four behind Celtic.

Scottish Premier League: 3rd, 16-11-11, 66-55, 59pts
Scottish Cup: Quarter Finals by Celtic.
League Cup: 3rd Round at Hibernian.
Old Firm: Rangers win SPL; Celtic win Scottish & League Cups, make it to semi-finals of Champions Cup

retired_aprilcox

KUTVGW!! :thup:

retired_kamal_linux

Top stuff- that must get you into Europe then :thup:

retired_raistlin1979

Thanks!

Euro Cup for me, although the media still thinks I'm going down.

The board just announced that Borough Briggs will now be an all-seater... obliterating £5.5M of the £7.5M balance I had built up.

Strange enough, players cut their contract demands roughly in half after the stadium expansion was announced. I think they know more about Elgin's finances than I do.

Fly

I'm also currently playing with Elgin City, albeit on CM 01-02. My stadium holds over 6k people, so capacity went down quite a bit after '01, it seems.

KUTGW!

retired_raistlin1979

Bwahaha. I just had to post this micro-update regarding Midfielder McAmbitious.

Three times, he states to the press that he wants to leave to win some silverware. I say "Hey, your keester's going nowhere, I'm trying a build a trophy winning team." Twice he was okay with that. Third time, he understandably refused to back down.

Asked to be transfer listed. Granted. The next day, we beat Deportivo 5-3 (!) in the first leg of the Euro Cup. Now he's not sure if he should leave.

These players have far more personality than I thought.

retired_duncan

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