ChrisP

aye, KUTGW (keep up the Good work... just in case you didn't know)

retired_arosa

Yes, I figured that out after a while!

2 Wins 3 Draws and 4 defeats in the first 9 matches after losing the first three, and I've now signed 4 freebies, and I'm now starting to feel a bit more confident. I'll get Lewes into the Football League in no time!

I can already see some benefits to LLM, you are forced to take things like the training schedule, and managing your scouts a bit more seriously, and i'm actually enjoying it more than splashing the cash in the Premiership!

Cheers, the latest LLM convert!

retired_dvrsecuritylab

Hold that thought. The Conference National is verrry competitive... (the difference between the best and worst in the Conference N and S isn't much, but in the Conf Nat it's a bit of a gulf intitially)

Welcome to the light Scofz :thup:

retired_sgmills

I'm in my first venture into LLM (Workington from the official challenge) and am still finding it difficult to bring in players too.

In the past season my scouts found a striker that I was desperate to sign and could actually afford so I put a bid in and when I went to offer him a contract he said that he didn't think we had the resources to meet his demands. I offered him a contract anyway... 5 year deal at £550 a week (the most my board will allow), 25% yearly wage rise, 25% promotion wage rise, maximum signing on fee (£28k), maximum goals, assist, and appearance bonus (£110) and a reasonable minimum fee release clause (£225k). What does he do? Turns me down and signs for Conference North Northwich Vics on flat £475 a week (I was on the way to finishing 4th in the conference National).

Another one I just had is trying to sign a player from Eastleigh (not even in the conference south). I declared my interest and the game said someting along the lines of "Workington manager in dream world" and if I end up putting in an offer then surely the bid will be ignored. I put in a bid anyway and the player said he wasn't interested so left it at that.

At first this kind of thing was a little frustrating but I'm getting used to it by now and actually thinks it all adds to the challenge. It's probably a little unrealistic that a Isthmian prem league player (or the likes of) wouldn't want to go to a team that has just finished 4th in the Conf. National and has just improved their training facilities so that they are now better than his present club's but it's a little quirk of the game that I'm beginning to fall in love with.