retired_jmeshew

What I found interesting is the board giving me a pay cut at Workington. Club is flush with over £350k in the bank, I've beat their expectations every season, they are delighted, blah blah blah, and then they offer to renew my contract at £20/week less than that previous one. I nearly resigned over that one (just for realism's sake of course!). But then I figured I'd just tick it to them once the club turned pro . But still, what is up with the pay cut?!?!

retired_raistlin1979

Here's where I think you're tripping up, jcb. Iajafer hasn't managed in Liverpool in his current save, so Iajafer the Manger doesn't know that Liverpool = (). Iajafer the Real Life LLM Mod does, but that won't stop him from taking the job in the game.

retired_raistlin1979

In my current save, I'm playing with Elgin City and refuse to jump ship, "realism" be damned.

But I was ****ed when after my first season of above expectations performance (anything other than 9th or 10th place is above expectations ), they tried to cut my pay from £100k to £80k. I did demand my previous wage. Cheap bastards.

retired_sara maria

Elgin. \o/

Yeah, they tend to cut wages. Even after I got them promoted. So I've done the only proper thing, and relegated them back to Scots 3 after losing in the playoff final.

retired_mrsjb

Here's where I think you're tripping up, jcb. Iajafer hasn't managed in Liverpool in his current save, so Iajafer the Manger doesn't know that Liverpool = (). Iajafer the Real Life LLM Mod does, but that won't stop him from taking the job in the game. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Iajafer the manager does know the pressure to win at a club like Liverpool is immense.

At no point have I questioned the realism or likewise of taking said Liverpool job, merely that I don't think it's the open-and-shut case some others do.

KingsbayYHPE

I think there's a huge difference between taking a pay rise from £4k to £5.5k as from £24k to £50k.

If you're on £4k a week a £1.5k wage rise would mean a lot more than if you were on £24k and were offered £50k.

£1.5k at £4k a week is worth more on real terms than £26k on £24k a week, in that the £1.5k would raise your standard of living at £4k a week more than £26k would do at £24k.

It makes sense to me :o

retired_davek

I see the point you're making, Ian. If you earn £24,000 a week, do you really need any more money?

But then, I would say that if you were on £4,000 a week, you wouldn't need any more...

retired_pmetzger1

Not many UK managers (or a large number of foreign ones)would turn down the opportunity to manage Liverpool IRL.

retired_mrsjb

You're probably right Michal, although I'd suspect "not many" might still be more than we'd guess. And how many would do it without weighing it up first?

KingsbayYHPE

If I was at Liverpool there's no other UK Club I'd go to, but that's the same as if I was at Arse, ManUre or Chelski.