retired_coffeebabe

This is impossible to prove, only the programmers would truly know. I'd prefer a match by match bonus system for cup games rather than one for a whole competition, and/or making player morale hidden.

retired_GoBlue31

I think that all it does is give PR to certain players.

My mate said he offered the lowest and got negative PR reaction - which I assume lasts all season like the positive one.

retired_tinyred

I was in league 2, I was a shoe in to win the league and get promoted, however i was in red and didnt fancy the huge payout (a million or so) that would accompany winning the league compared with the small prize money (100k) so I went with the low win bonus, this left about 5 players really demoralised which really effected the start to the season and thus everyone elses morale, i ended up finishing that season in the playoffs which i lost in the final.

The next season i set it as high and went up as champions with a pretty much unchanged squad.

So yeah i now never bother setting it to low to try and save money! haha

retired_catb2001

does a players ability to handle pressure have anything to do with it cause if you offer someone a huge bonus and it comes to a crunch match they might start worrying about not getting the money and others will just put it out of their mind.

Also would a players ambition or whatever stat affects how much money they want affest it aswell?

retired_cindy

In my first season with hayes and yeading i offered normal bonuses for cup and league, and well my players were on fire we raked up 100 goals in the league and won it by 10 points(though that could be thanks to my super loanee James walker from charlton but goals were comming from allover the pitch), in the cups i got into the fa cup 2nd round(which did wonders for my bank balance w000t), knocked out in quarter final for fa trophey, and we won the setanta shield.

In the second season i offered low bonus for my league(thinking it wouldnt do anything) then 3 of my players morale goes to very poor, and it says they are disappointed by the low bonuses, 2 of the players i barely play, but the jespersson who i do play in DC, Plays rubbish, I've even noticed the match commentary saying "jespersson has been playing with no confidence" stupid money driven players.

Dav1d

They still get money, just not as much, so I can't see this being a factor.

It does make a difference. Like it's been said, it gives a morale boost to some players. This helps in a good start to the season, if you win all 5 of your first games, then everyones morale is going to be high. If you offer low prizes then morale maybe low leading to a poor start which will in turn affect everyones morale and it could go on for ages. So it CAN have a major affect but it won't always be a major factor.