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88 million pounds A B A That total expenditure puts us 5 million under the wage cap you've set and I think that's as much as the board can make it rain.
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May 21, 2014 04:33
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C. Everett Koop posted:Side question, if this was real life the megabastards would just buy out our boys and spend us back into the basement. Accordingly are you going to jack up Bastard's/Meteor's transfer rate to like 100m and force someone to call our bluff, or will that make our lads mad and they'll leave at the first chance? Shirra, Meteor, and the Bastard all have their asking price set at 60m. I might bump it to 70-80m. If a megabastard came to me with that much I'd have to sell, we could buy a comparable replacement and then some with that much money. But all three are content for the time being, and only Mujkic needs a new contract this offseason. Bastable didn't even have time to complain about having such a high price tag attached to him, he decided he wanted to stay right after we won the FA Cup.
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May 21, 2014 04:46
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May 21, 2014 04:54
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70M Wage/Transfer budget. A B A
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May 21, 2014 04:54
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I hope that the conclusion to the Kropotkin conspiracy ends with a Pedigree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClKUokfgSRg&t=38s
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May 21, 2014 04:55
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75M, ABA I will stay true to my electoral promises. All of them. habeasdorkus posted:The season prediction contest is coming down to the wire, Trundel is winning at the moment thanks to having nailed all three relegation victims in order of finish, but AJ_Impy could match him if Manchester United win the Champion's League. If that happens I'll have the two of them take guesses as to the winners of the other major European leagues as a tiebreaker. All of them. Et ceterum censeo Arsenal esse delendam.
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May 21, 2014 05:03
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Jesus, this is still the most miraculous play through I've ever seen. 70m A B A I'm going to be disappointed if the USMNT doesn't come knocking down the line. Also, is there a chance that Scott Brown could spend his twilight years trying to legitimize the MLS? Seems amusing imagining a demented Scott Brown who barely gives a poo poo turning something like the Columbus Crew into an MLS megabastard. After he hands off newly megabastard Wrexham to coach-in-waiting Justin Bailey of course.
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May 21, 2014 06:23
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If that Bailey thing isn't made canon in one or two seasons' time then this thread has failed. Tackleford City up in the Premier League with suddenly-even-ridiculouser finances (due to mutual friends) and Mind Controlled Bailey with "adjusted" stats. It must happen.
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May 21, 2014 06:38
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75m, A, B, A. You've chosen well up until now; we trust in your ability to rein in your spending if disaster looms.
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Bailey would never turn to drugs! My headcanon!
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With apologies to Sir Terry Pratchett, a glimpse into the horrifying future that Bailey turned to drugs to try to avoid...quote:At times like this the image of old Justin Bailey floated across his memory. He’d been a first team member when Mujkic was a recruit. And, soon afterwards, he'd been retired. They’d all discussed it and decided to retire his number.
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May 21, 2014 07:34
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100 million, A, B, A. We're already well on our way to superstardom, might as well try to crash and burn through overspending for funsies.
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May 21, 2014 07:45
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JT Jag posted:1. Last year's wage/transfer expense was £40M, and we're making £12m of profit. I'd like to avoid dipping too far into the red, so let's increase that to £60M. That sounds like a lot now, but the Champion's League money truck should cover the difference. I don't want to increase it too much in case we fall out of the top four next year. I vote for this because it's good business.
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May 21, 2014 08:20
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80 million, A, B, A.
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May 21, 2014 08:23
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A completely tactical 100m quid and ABA I'd be in favour of more facilities upgrades if the option is there
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Don't get overboard, the last year's wage budget - if I understand it correctly - was high enough that it would have eaten all profit if not for the fact it wasn't used up. So because we didn't even use the 40M$, because Bastable is back, and because our profits are volatile, we should approve only marginal improvements. 50M$ budget A A B (is there a cost associated with the academy?)
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May 21, 2014 09:35
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May 21, 2014 09:54
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Lets go for a solid 65 Million and A B A
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May 21, 2014 09:58
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Arsenal have more riding on this Champion's League final than they could possibly imagine.  That aside, I vote £65 million and ABA. Yes we're still in a pretty good spot financially at the moment but our players will soon be starting to ask for actual real wages as opposed to the relative peanuts we've been giving them. We also don't have a wealthy individual ready in the wings to cover our club's debts and more stringent Champions League financial fair play rules to content with. I think we better keep some powder dry for that. Especially since it'll be another season or two for our sponsorships to roll over and we get some money which is appropriate for this level out of them. Btw, have we started filling out our stadium yet?
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Tehan posted:With apologies to Sir Terry Pratchett, a glimpse into the horrifying future that Bailey turned to drugs to try to avoid... Old soccer players don't die, they just fade away.  Munin posted:Btw, have we started filling out our stadium yet? We've been at 97%+ average capacity since our first season in the EPL and have sold out more games than not. I'd guess this last season we could probably fill another 5-6k seats for big games over our capacity. That'll increase again next season, so we should probably start thinking about stadium expansion. The Racecourse Grounds can be expanded to 28,000 seats from the current 15,500. Wrexham is listed as a decent population center in the database, in the 100-250k range, so we'll be able to fill that on big days and probably average 22k or so. habeasdorkus fucked around with this message at 13:04 on May 21, 2014 |
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May 21, 2014 12:59
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70 millions, improve everything
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habeasdorkus posted:The amount is how much we'll spend on both player wages and transfers, not just wages. Anyway, 40-50m or so for transfer bids seems reasonable for a Tottenham/Everton team, so let's have a £70 million total budget. Always improve training/youth facilities/youth level. Never don't have them on the go. Though this can sometimes lead to problems.... 
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Gonna put the wage and transfer cap at next years predicted NHL Salary Cap, 69.9 million pounds. Of course, that's actually substantially higher since it's pounds not dolla billz, but still. As for the rest: A B A Gotta get those facilities high so that players will WANT to come to the barn.
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habeasdorkus posted:The amount is how much we'll spend on both player wages and transfers, not just wages. edit: oh and I don't want to give you the impression that I don't enjoy the thread, I voted it 5 - but I don't like to see everything go your way! Bozart fucked around with this message at 15:06 on May 21, 2014 |
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ABA If we do well enough next year, money will be the least of our concerns. Champions League money is outrageous.
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TheGreyGhost posted:Jesus, this is still the most miraculous play through I've ever seen. The problem is that besides your three designated players there is a very strict salary cap in MLS so true megabastardom is impossible.
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60 million with a 10 million discretionary we need this guy now no matter what increase if needed Improve everything, youth has served us well so far, why stop now.
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May 21, 2014 15:37
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80 mil, ABA
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canti32 posted:80 mil, ABA This sounds good to me.
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May 21, 2014 16:38
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60m, 10m discretionary exceptional player fund with board approval prior to spending Invest all the money in improving facilities.
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70 million should prove an adequate sum for the purpose. ABA. Upgrade all the things.
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JT Jag posted:1. Last year's wage/transfer expense was £40M, and we're making £12m of profit. I'd like to avoid dipping too far into the red, so let's increase that to £60M. That sounds like a lot now, but the Champion's League money truck should cover the difference. I don't want to increase it too much in case we fall out of the top four next year. This guy knows what's up.
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GenHavoc posted:70 million should prove an adequate sum for the purpose. Yes Please!
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JT Jag posted:1. Last year's wage/transfer expense was £40M, and we're making £12m of profit. I'd like to avoid dipping too far into the red, so let's increase that to £60M. That sounds like a lot now, but the Champion's League money truck should cover the difference. I don't want to increase it too much in case we fall out of the top four next year. Yes indeed.
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1. I guess I prefer realistic budgets. Something like £36 million should be good. 2. A 3. B 4. A
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Man U won the Champion's League, Trundel and AJ_Impy are tied for the contest. As the tiebreaker I'd like each of you to submit who you think won the Spanish, Italian, German, and French leagues. Whichever of you gets more right wins the contest.
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habeasdorkus posted:Man U won the Champion's League, Trundle and AJ_Impy are tied for the contest. As the tiebreaker I'd like each of you to submit who you think won the Spanish, Italian, German, and French leagues. Whichever of you gets more right wins the contest. Excellent. Still in with a shot, and you know what's in my sights. Spanish: Real Madrid. Italian: Roma. German: Dortmund. French: Monaco.
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Hello first time poster just to say I have been following the thread since the start and it has been an absolute joy, as a hardcore FM player back in the early 2000s instead of studying for university, this is a great nostalgia trip for me. 5'd and all that. Onto the important stuff: £70 million I feel this is more than enough to buy key new players and provide some essential back up. We can spend more once we are in the Champions League again. ABA Getting facilities up to speed is essential if we are to show those megabastards that we can make the players they spend squillions on buying. Oh one last thing, its nice to see Blackburn doing so well here compared to where we actually are now. I hope all of you who voted for them to go down are throughly ashamed. Just dont eat the chicken.
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habeasdorkus posted:Man U won the Champion's League, Trundle and AJ_Impy are tied for the contest. As the tiebreaker I'd like each of you to submit who you think won the Spanish, Italian, German, and French leagues. Whichever of you gets more right wins the contest. Holy crap, gotta check that update from a previous year... Spanish: Real Madrid. Italian: Juventis. German: Dortmund. French: Lyon. Go hockey goons in football! For the regular vote. 80M in transfer I have no idea about wages and for the rest ABA. Give youth a chance! Also do we have a feeder club for young prospects? I honestly can't remember. :Edit for proper ABA voting Trundel fucked around with this message at 22:16 on May 21, 2014 |
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