Sancho

Cosmo - good point, however I guess I raised the issue because relatively early in the save (when I first noticed such table), the top teams were around 300M, and in less than two years it sky-rocketed by a whole billion.

It was a single team that did this - suggesting some runaway issue that creates instability - a similar instability that would disrupt teams at the bottom.

What is interesting is that LL teams have different financial issues depending on the country - have you guys noticed this? European lower league clubs for example, have worst economies than South or North American...

Ignats75

West Ham is a shocker for sure Blocker. How can Tottenham be valued so high when they haven't done carp since WWII? Is WHite Hart Lane THAT valuable? Very interesting. Maybe I should look for a LLM team in London instead of out in the boonies like Frank always seems to send me.

Pangaea

Haven't played in South America, but I'm guessing it has to do with wages and attendances. LL clubs in Europe normally attracts next to no crowd, and yet wages are fairly high. While I assume the crowds are higher in SA. And I know wages there can be next to nothing, even for very good players.

A recent scout visit found a brilliant player there on a £70/week contract :eek:

Cosmo-poof

Almost every club in the German lower leagues is in debt. Wages are high, income is low, competition is fierce.

mkus

Tottenham have high ticket prices and large sponsorship deals etc so no surprise to see them up there.

Ignats75

So how come they play like I am managiung them?

MarkL86

I'm struggling big time with the economy in the lower reaches of Italy. However it does seem that practically every team in Italy that makes the news in-game are "cash-strapped" or a crisis club.

I fill my stadium every time I play there (measley 3200 capacity )excluding suck arse cup games but this is still not enough.

I entered into my 4th season (my first in Serie C1) a mere 200k in debt, however after a succesful season (well within the wage budget I might add)I found my debt had spiralled to 500K, even though my board are pumping in money left, right and centre.

To compound issues further there is the ridiculous league bonuses at the end of the season. I finished 3rd in Serie C1/A but won the playoffs meaning next season I will be in Serie B. However, as a reward for my team doing so well in the league my board paid out a further 500k league bonus, sending me 1 million quid into the red.

Perhaps that was my fault for selecting High league bonus hoping this would spur my players on to survival but my unexpected good season could prove to be the straw that breaks the LLaMas' back. Surely if a team was 500k in the red they would not pay out this ridiculous sum after a successful season in Serie C1. Im at work at the minute so can't check but I would be surprised if I even had 500k come in that season.

I would be much happier if my board refused to pay the bonus or paid a very low bonus with the risk of upsetting some of my players than actually putting the future of the club at risk.

Pah!

Sancho

Yes, I remember the Italian Leagues - there is always a leak in the chest that is not explained in the books. Combined with the fact that the board pump in money - it allows for the "money laundering" algorithm theory...

But that is the beauty of our backs getting shattered right? Right?

Moonshine

KUTGDiggingUpDeadThreadsW.

Same sort of thing seems to be happening in my Swedish league though. MABI, who I manage, are currently under half their wage budget, nearly sell out the biggest stadium in their division (and what would be the third biggest in the division above) and yet in the time I've been there have shipped £250k. Bad finance? i don't get it

Nobby_McDonald

I don't pay any attention to the finances chart.