Wages are high? Re-bid.

There seem to be a lot of managers unhappy with the high demands of players in their teams & I wondered if it would be possible to have a constructive and reasoned discussion on the forums about it… and then decided that would be impossible with the anti-SI spouting, negative trolling, I hate ‘new’ FMLing, Mr W. Hiners. (as ever, if you don’t like it, leave…. And soon please.)

My perspective is that there is a sense of entitlement felt by many managers over their players. Almost a 'how dare a player performing well in my first team ask for such money'.

But you can always re-bid.

The problem is that the system didn't work properly after reset- we were told players start to demand wages reflecting their Performances, Division, Rep, etc. and increase accordingly. I waited for this and posted on the forums a lot hoping it was about to 'kick in', but until the more recent upgrade it was absent. There were many warnings of increases during the early months, but some managers bid high on players regardless, and are now feeling the pinch- quite a topical reflection on current real-world financial issues.

You can also re-bid on a player, rather than auto-extend.

Equally, the current GW financial climates haven't helped being able to afford wages, but that is the nub of the issue. Managers are now having to think about whether they Auto-Extend or Auto-Rebid. I don't think managers are being forced to pay high wages, more just having to choose whether to effectively 'lock' a player or not.

Its worth repeating… and loudly:

YOU DON’T HAVE TO AUTO EXTEND. YOU CAN AUTO RE-BID

Pre-reset managers got 5 locks. Now you get as many as you can afford. It feels that some managers have been spoilt with the cheap auto-extends recently and are now seeing they can't coast with players. The downside is that you might lose players you really like.

This may well affect the top teams more- as they have the most desirable players- but this is part of the extra mile they have to go to in staying at the top. If the only string to their bow was buying loads of players they didn't want for themselves, and selling high (being a trader) then they aren't up to the task of being the top manager.

There is an alternative & equally vocal view on the forums as well... the fact that even World Famous players can't be sold for £1 as 'there is no money left in the GW's'. I'd say the two issues are linked- there is less money around as the GW's adjust to the new finances (so buying 'willy-nilly' is not happening as much) but I bet the unsigned World Famous players have wages WAY over their base demand? Yep, thought so….

I agree with some that SI have changed too much inside the game to affect long term tactics and needed to Beta test things better (like here), rather than add new innovations, but things are what they are.

The fact is, and you may have gathered this, you don't HAVE to auto-extend....

Oh well... back to the whining..