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O-car;2251208 said:you can also check out the free agents. I got some pretty decent players from there, you don't spend a penny on them except for their wages
No doubt it is always worth checking to see who is available, there will often be one or two real surprises (Agbonlahor showed up at the start of my second season with Wycombe) but as someone said above, free agents always seem to be vastly more expensive than players acquired via any other route. This may not be as noticeable with a top level team, but I signed Nicola Beati to my Wycombe team at the start of season two, a 72 rated CDM, and he still earns more than the rest of the team put together.Adamo;2253155 said:I think you should always check the free agents. You can grab an older striker for pretty good money
StevePitts;2253230 said:No doubt it is always worth checking to see who is available, there will often be one or two real surprises (Agbonlahor showed up at the start of my second season with Wycombe) but as someone said above, free agents always seem to be vastly more expensive than players acquired via any other route. This may not be as noticeable with a top level team, but I signed Nicola Beati to my Wycombe team at the start of season two, a 72 rated CDM, and he still earns more than the rest of the team put together.
Signing, singular, 'cos I decided after that first one that it was way too expensive to bring players onto my team that way. Heck, the guy's CS bonus was more than six times as much as anyone else was earning - I'm surprised that the rest of the team didn't go out on strike.nebulachapin;2253631 said:I feel for you and your expensive signings
Was that a free agent or a transfer from another team?? I get the impression from digging around during the transfer season that it is much cheaper (in terms of wages, obviously) to transfer players from another club than to sign up free agents. Either that or they are free agents because they want too much money!!nebulachapin said:My first "big" signing for me (Yeovil Town) made 6 times as much as any other player on my squad
Negotiator level must play into this, and I'm sure that you'll have a higher level with Everton than Yeovil, but I wonder whether team prestige and manager prestige factor in too?? Either way your experience stacks up with mine, in that the system is definitely harder on the lower teams.nebulachapin said:note my signing of (actually his name is) Sebastien
Bassong (83). I am only paying him 3k a week in a 5 year contract which is less than I paid my first big signing for Yeovil who was a 63. (I have since moved on to Everton)
StevePitts;2253948 said:Signing, singular, 'cos I decided after that first one that it was way too expensive to bring players onto my team that way. Heck, the guy's CS bonus was more than six times as much as anyone else was earning - I'm surprised that the rest of the team didn't go out on strike.
StevePitts;2253948 said:Was that a free agent or a transfer from another team?? I get the impression from digging around during the transfer season that it is much cheaper (in terms of wages, obviously) to transfer players from another club than to sign up free agents. Either that or they are free agents because they want too much money!!
StevePitts;2253948 said:Negotiator level must play into this, and I'm sure that you'll have a higher level with Everton than Yeovil, but I wonder whether team prestige and manager prestige factor in too?? Either way your experience stacks up with mine, in that the system is definitely harder on the lower teams.
I haven't got there yet (still mired in the middle of my third season, whilst I write some code to fix the fixture congestion, so that I can use my own career to test it) but my impression is that sponsorship is based on your team's prestige levels (there are separate levels for domestic and international prestige). My domestic prestige has risen to 6.1 from a starting point of 4, but international prestige is still stuck at 3 (not unsurprisingly). I'd be interested to know what your Yeovil prestige levels were when you switched teams, but unless you have a save from just before the end of that season we'll never know.nebulachapin;2254515 said:my move to Everton was prompted by the fact that I simply could not get a sponser in the premiership (in the premiership mind you!) who would not give me more than 16k a week! And I finished 2nd! Another flaw in the EA engine.
StevePitts;2254554 said:I haven't got there yet (still mired in the middle of my third season, whilst I write some code to fix the fixture congestion, so that I can use my own career to test it) but my impression is that sponsorship is based on your team's prestige levels (there are separate levels for domestic and international prestige). My domestic prestige has risen to 6.1 from a starting point of 4, but international prestige is still stuck at 3 (not unsurprisingly). I'd be interested to know what your Yeovil prestige levels were when you switched teams, but unless you have a save from just before the end of that season we'll never know.