retired_bob123

You've propbably done this before but:
Am managing Boston in the BSN, proposed friendlies for my reserves to play Arsenal Reserves 8 times and they accepted every one of them. Make about £30,000 per game and it gives my reserves a good run out too.
Has anyone else tried this and did it work for you?

retired_macca1875

It's a fairly well known exploit of a problem with the game.

retired_bob123

Why is it a problem? Surely this is realistic in "real world" football. It's at teams discretion surely?

colbey

Playing Arsenal Reserves 8 times in pre-season realistic?

Villa play Walsall in pre-season sometimes, but I can't think of them playing smaller teams than that.

Then there are the tours that bigger teams do of other countries.

retired_macca1875

I may be wrong but I don't think friendly matches between reserve teams should attract capacity crowds.

retired_bob123

Firstly it's during the season cos my reserves aren't in a reserves league. And if the game lets me do it then i don't see a problem (wIth the exception of adding new managers to buy and sell players easily)
And it's attracting over 4000 people per game.

retired_macca1875

No one is accusing you of cheating, it's just a lot of people think that it is a fault in the game that allows people to do this.

retired_bob123

Well, i must admot that it can happen in "real life" but it does seem slightly unrealstic that they'd agree to a friendly 8 times in 2 months

retired_macca1875

I'm quite happy to be proved wrong here, but how often in real life would a friendly match between two English reserve teams attract a crowd of 4000?

retired_bob123

The Arsenal Reserve team had a few first teamers in the side, maybe coming back from injury. I guess it's a big deal when you liv ein Boston and a big team (albeit reserves) come to your town.
Anyone from Boston?