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Very strong season in La Liga. We were floating just above relegation for most of the year, and then really turned things on in March, winning 8 of our last 12. Final position was a comfortable 11th. The last match was a draw against Real Madrid - we were leading for most of the match, and a...

I'm playing with all fictional players so the specifics of who I brought in probably won't be very interesting! I'll see if I can grab some good screenshots later. Over the summer my budget got expanded from $4,000,000 per year to $12,000,000. The transfer budget also went up to about...

Promoted Again! With 50% new starters it took a while for the team to gel, but once it did we started reeling off wins like crazy. We had good luck all year, not too many injuries. We also got booted out of the cup in the first round so we always had a week off between games and as a result my...

Thank you gents. We are looking great in our first season in the Liga Adelante. Fuller update on the way.

We dominated the rest of the year. Cadiz won the league by 10 points. I don't actually know at what point we clinched promotion, but we won the entire promotion tournament. The first leg of the final saw Cadiz winning 6-0 away. We also won the Spanish Federation Cup, whatever that is. Despite...

I had added another 6-7 players when the Toledo board informed me that they were reverting to semi-professional status. Although I was on track to bring in a full, competitive and talented team under budget, now I could only sign players to non-contracts. I've never dealt with this before. I...

We couldn't pull it off. Toledo finished 3rd in the league, and went out in the first round of the promotion tournament, again. On the day that we clinched the playoffs I was offered an extension at a 30% pay cut. Ouch. The same amount my wage budget has been slashed. The club lost over $1...

Thanks for the advice. A quick update after another few hours of playing. The January transfer window closed. I did have offers for some of my better players, $0 but with sell-on fee percentages ... it may have been smart to consider them. But that would have gutted my team. And I couldn't...

I mean, obviously it makes sense that the board might do this. I had just never noticed it before, and a quick search didn't turn anything up.

Oh, I am aware. Check the thread I just started in the Manager Stories forum. Lots of fun coming up.

Gladly. You'll notice that it's the better player to whom I can offer the larger contract.

Two players. I'm negotiating a new contract with each. Both will be "key player." I can offer $60,000 to one, but only $28,000 to another. I have no outstanding offers. I don't understand why one would be higher than another.

That brings us to today and the avalanche of bad news that inspired me to share my story. Sitting in second place with a 17 man roster for league competitions, and almost no ability to acquire new players, we were hit with the first disaster. By far our best player this year has been Fidel, a...

On November 1, 2014, Toledo were in first place, in the middle of a 12-game unbeaten run. Somehow. This team is held together with spit, gum and bailing wire. Sometimes I cannot even name 5 substitutes at the beginning of a match. Players are frequently out of position. Several starters are aged...

At the end of the year a news report told me that Toledo had had a profit margin of -110%. Income was $1.5 million, and expenditures were $3.2 million. That's not good, is it? In the summer transfer season I was in the exact same position as I had been previously. Unable to do anything. Until...