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    July 14, 2019

    Football Manager - Poor Watford...

    Poor Watford...

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 01:17 AM PDT

    Just spent about half an hour exporting this silly highlight to show you guys - Enjoy.... ffs

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 02:23 PM PDT

    Dugout be like

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 07:07 PM PDT

    What happens when you give an AI Dulwich Hamlet £4.34 billion?

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 02:39 PM PDT

    Imgur link to the album, if you'd rather read this story over there.

    This is Dulwich Hamlet in FM17. They actually are not in the game at the start date, so I had to sim until 2020 in order for them to pop up in the Conference South. Their finances are okay, and they're worth less than a house in London, England, which is where they play. Their facilities leave much to be desired, playing in a 500-seater stadium. They have no manager. They haven't played in the National League South in recent memory. This is their roster. Combined, the senior squad is on £2,765 per week and is worth £38,500. They have four Isthmian League trophies in a history that dates back to 1893. Unbeknownst to them, their story is about to change dramatically.

    I take control of several large European clubs and make offers like this for every player on their roster. This here is a retrospective of the final results. In total, Dulwich Hamlet makes £4.34 billion spread out over four years. For some reason, many of those clauses that appeared to be guaranteed did not trigger--perhaps the game required that the bought player actually play in the competition before triggering the clause. I also took over Liverpool, Arsenal, and Tottenham as well, but Dulwich Hamlet ran out of players that I could purchase, saving them from a potentially club-crippling offer. After completing my offers, Dulwich Hamlet is now worth one billion pounds. What does one billion pounds get you? This is their new manager. This is their new squad. Wages have gone up quite a bit, but are still unimpressive, given that this is National League South.

    Dulwich Hamlet loses their first six league games and look like favourites to go right back down. But then something happens and they go 5-1-2 in their next eight. What changed? This happened. That's right, someone in National League South is making £9,500 a week. By season end, Dulwich Hamlet are league champions. After starting 0-0-6 and 5-1-8, they finish 19-8-1 and stay in first place for the last few weeks of the campaign. This is their roster at the end of the season. That's right, they have someone on £72,000 per week, and a higher wage bill than most Championship clubs. While playing in the National League South. As a result of their investments they are now worth £1.08 billion. They appear to have spent a significant amount of their profits. With all of that extra money lying around they go wild and purchase a stadium expansion of 1,000 standing seats.

    A quick survey of the other leagues reveals that the rich clubs are not seriously impacted by the outlay of a few hundred million pounds on the Dulwich players. Juventus still wins in Italy, although Lazio finishes in 13th; PSG still wins Ligue 1 by 17 points and sweeps all of the cups; Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid sweep the top three spots with Sevilla far behind in fourth (although Barcelona finishes 19 points back); and Sporting wins in Portugal and the big three remain the big three (although Paços de Ferreira wins the Taca de Portugal). However there is an impact in Russia, where Spartak Moscow wins the league by one point over Zenit; and in Germany, where Leverkusen wins, Dortmund finishes second, and Bayern finishes third. (To be fair, Leverkusen had won the previous year as well.)

    So with that kind of a wage bill, surely Dulwich is going to cakewalk their way through the next few divisions, right? At the 27 game mark, we find that Dulwich is in third, behind Lincoln and Ebbsfleet. It appears they have run into a little bit of trouble? However by season's end Dulwich rights the ship and wins with an 100-point campaign, eight points over second place Lincoln. This is the roster that gets them there. No players above £50,000, but still a very healthy wage bill for the National League. They have jumped dramatically up from 90 season ticket holders to 448. The value of the club appears to be holding steady. They have also approved a 2,000 seat expansion to their stadium. Their wage bill dwarfs that of their promotion buddies, AFC Telford, who are also headed to League Two. They have also collected their first affiliate, Hendon from the Isthmian Leagues.

    Dulwich steamrolls League Two, gaining first place by week five and never losing it after week twelve. This is their first team roster for that campaign. Once again, significantly overpriced for the league that they're in.

    Dulwich runs into problems in League One, however, as their manager gets poached. Heckingbottom takes over with Dulwich in fourth place, and that is Dulwich's high-water mark for the season as they progressively get worse under him, despite the massive wage bill. Dulwich also finds themselves with a new chairman. But while their roster significantly underperformed, with four players on wages above £100k per week, it was still a successful campaign for Dulwich, as they made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup and won the promotion playoffs to the Championship. Dulwich is now worth £1.36 billion and has 898 season ticket holders. They're also moving into a new stadium, Rose Park, with 14,233 seats and a 20-year name sponsorship deal.

    Dulwich's Championship season is their first without money rolling in from the big clubs, as those monthly payments have now expired. Dulwich does quite well for a newly promoted club, but not well enough, finishing in eighth. The lack of fresh funds has not dampened their wage bill, as they have six players making more than £100k per week. Their wage bill is notably higher than that of Leicester City, which won the league. Second place Middlesbrough, who also won promotion, had someone on £40k per week as their highest earner. Their wage bill is seriously messed up, as their two most valuable players are on less than £6k per week. Despite the club's underperformance, Heckingbottom's job is rated "very secure," likely due to his winning promotion the previous season.

    In Dulwich's second go-around, their value has now fallen to £271 million, likely due to trying to maintain a Premier League payroll in the Championship. Their manager Heckingbottom leaves the club for Sunderland mid-season, jumping at the chance to manage in the Premier League. Tony Carss takes over. He's considerably more competent than the previous two managers. But the Championship is a tough place to escape from. Carss gets Dulwich to the promotion playoffs and no further. They lose to Brighton in the first round, 4-3 on aggregate. This is the club that finished sixth in the Championship. Yes, that is Giovanni Simeone, son of Diego Simeone.

    The following season the value of the club has mysteriously risen to £363 million. They are now playing in their new stadium, and have started to make improvements to their other facilities, although they are still fairly weak. In February, Carss gets sacked, with the club in 13th place. Paul Cook takes over. Dulwich finishes in 9th place. Dulwich appears to be stuck in Championship hell. There is some good news, however. For reasons unknown, their value has now jumped to a record £1.48 billion. Their wages, although still high, appear to be moderating slightly.

    In their following season, the eighth season of this save, Dulwich won promotion to the Premier League. They ended up beating Derby in the playoff final in a shootout. Dulwich is worth £1.3 billion and has 2,375 season ticket holders. Their facilities are improving, slowly. This is the formation Paul Cook used to get Dulwich Hamlet into the Premier League. Yes, that is a 3-1-3-1-2. This is the team that won promotion. Giovanni Simeone is their highest paid player, at £130,000 a week. Olly Gregson, Dulwich's first manager, is "over the moon." What adventures await in the Premier League?

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    'Now go out there and give the fans their money's worth!'

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 05:33 PM PDT

    Dirty Dancing fans hate me

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 09:29 AM PDT

    think i found my best regen ever through my own academy!!

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 01:17 PM PDT

    This has to be the dumbest goal I have ever seen. Sorry for quality.

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 04:39 PM PDT

    My Goalkeeper finally scored and saved my ass at the last minute

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 07:28 AM PDT

    My ass-man is planning the next move ����

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 09:32 AM PDT

    Well that's not good...

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 12:32 PM PDT

    That Cup final scheduling...

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 04:54 PM PDT

    Why players do this? Is so annoying.

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 12:36 PM PDT

    PSG ruined my wonderkid

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 07:35 PM PDT

    lets go my pretties

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 01:21 AM PDT

    Man city board didnt stay pleased for long

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 09:07 PM PDT

    My first ever competitive game of FM was an epic comeback

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 12:07 PM PDT

    Impressive

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 12:39 PM PDT

    PSG...French B******S!!

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 12:57 PM PDT

    Why does every player want to join PSG? My Leicester City sides won back to back UCL's yet as soon as PSG come in for my star players they become desperate to leave. I'm currently at Barca and even the star players there want to join them. I don't get the attraction, they don't even pay as much in wages as Barca for a start.

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    I'm a triple legend boys.

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 01:58 PM PDT

    England, Scotland & Wales in one group!

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 05:28 AM PDT

    10 Minute Hatrick First game in charge!

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 05:54 PM PDT

    How to celebrate your testimonial: with a 5 month injury

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 03:51 AM PDT

    So which one is it, Gerard!?

    Posted: 14 Jul 2019 02:33 PM PDT
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