So my situation is that I've taken Gloucester City from BSB-N all the way up to Championship. This success has been reasonably easy to achieve, mainly through good transfers and some reasonable tactics which have let me beat teams a bit better than my squad would suggest.
Once I hit the Championship, I wasn't able to just scout a better tier of players and sign them. My clubs reputation was sitting around clubs in NPL1/NPL2, quite a way from Championship teams. My stadium needed renovations and I could only interest players with a PA of Championship level, so I set my sights on avoiding relegation for the year and hoped for better opportunities after that.
Well I managed to survive in the league, ended up being 10 points clear of relegation which I was thrilled about since I had a disastrous start. I lost a couple of good players in the offseason but had my wage budget increased from $60k to $80k with a transfer budget of around $1M.
The problem is that no one wants to play for me. I've been able to sign some younger players with a good PA but low CA, and that's really it. I actually have $20k wage budget left and $500k in my transfer budget but am unable to sign any players to improve the squad. My club reputation actually decreased this year and its sitting with NPL2/BSP teams! I can't figure it out since we sold more than 1600 season tickets which is a club record, finances are the best they've ever been and the board loves me - they just signed me to a 2 year extension off the back of a season where we spent almost half of it sitting dead last.
I can probably survive another year, but I don't know if I can really progress further without the club's reputation improving. I've re-signed all my decent players to 3+ year contracts and the squad is young so they should just get better with time. I might be able to finish in the top half after another year or two but I think promotion will be impossible without fresh faces.
I'm sure other people have had this problem. What can I do to increase my club's reputation? How can I get good players interested in playing for us? Do I just stick it out and hope things improve over the next couple of years?
Once I hit the Championship, I wasn't able to just scout a better tier of players and sign them. My clubs reputation was sitting around clubs in NPL1/NPL2, quite a way from Championship teams. My stadium needed renovations and I could only interest players with a PA of Championship level, so I set my sights on avoiding relegation for the year and hoped for better opportunities after that.
Well I managed to survive in the league, ended up being 10 points clear of relegation which I was thrilled about since I had a disastrous start. I lost a couple of good players in the offseason but had my wage budget increased from $60k to $80k with a transfer budget of around $1M.
The problem is that no one wants to play for me. I've been able to sign some younger players with a good PA but low CA, and that's really it. I actually have $20k wage budget left and $500k in my transfer budget but am unable to sign any players to improve the squad. My club reputation actually decreased this year and its sitting with NPL2/BSP teams! I can't figure it out since we sold more than 1600 season tickets which is a club record, finances are the best they've ever been and the board loves me - they just signed me to a 2 year extension off the back of a season where we spent almost half of it sitting dead last.
I can probably survive another year, but I don't know if I can really progress further without the club's reputation improving. I've re-signed all my decent players to 3+ year contracts and the squad is young so they should just get better with time. I might be able to finish in the top half after another year or two but I think promotion will be impossible without fresh faces.
I'm sure other people have had this problem. What can I do to increase my club's reputation? How can I get good players interested in playing for us? Do I just stick it out and hope things improve over the next couple of years?