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Post by negru on Apr 1, 2016 18:42:25 GMT 1
If i would go with that plan with no trainer, i would certainly sell him immediately.
How much would you offer for him? I think that he will be able to make top 5 in this division, for suitable races, until the end of the season. And anyway i reduced his wage to the minimum possible, at this moment.
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Post by negru on Apr 1, 2016 8:31:18 GMT 1
Or keep the trainer with 15 on a skill. The cyslists with small wages train them in that skill, check the FA after 7, and make some money from the sales. There are many possibilities.
It's a pity that in the end it's all about the money, but is is more or less so.
Anyway i have to start selling.
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Post by negru on Mar 31, 2016 22:50:20 GMT 1
Ab,
Regarding your analysis, i reckon Franconia, Nightbiker and Droeftoeters have the first three spots. PAN and GsC are also powerfull. But this leaves three more open spots to fight for. I'm not saying i'm good enough for that, but maybe there is a chance. I know my place is between the first three spots in second div and last four spots in the first div. This is where i actually am.
Regardng riders like Puscasu, he is 31 now. Based on your own estimation, he has at least 5 more seasons at top level. This is a lot, if you think about it.
You changed strategy earlier than all others, and this gives you an important advantage. For all the others, who are changing the strategy in the same time, no advantage, they will keep their places and this is it. At least this is how i see it.
Regarding the purchase of a cyclist at 18, and training him for 10 seasons, a basic estimate will say you pay at least 1.6 mil on him, without transfer value, just salary, until he starts producing. You might be able after 10 season to buy directly that cyclist for that money. And how many will actually be stars? Is it workable. I am in your situation with Landa, who is 26 and really a great FA in flat (comparable with Puscasu), but it was pure luck with him, nothing else, and still not making money out of him. Ok, probably i could sell him at a good price now, but even that is debatable.
And in your analysis, there is more thing to take in consideration. That you constantly check the transfer list, buy and sell. Not everybody does this, or at least not me.
In the end, as any other game, it is more an economical game than something else. If you are able to have a lot of money, you will have results. The question is how to get money. Training is not a great solution, and i already said why, or at least not without being active on the transfer list. Transfer list might be a solution, but with the low number of active players, it is also questionable. Therefore, where would it be?
I started to consider a stranger solution. I did not make real calculations, but seems better than others. And that would be to keep some old cyclists with decent wages and fair results, keep some more cyclists with very low wages in order to be able to participate to tours and not loose supporters, and fire the trainer. Only from the trainer you have an economy of 3.5 millions. If the cyclists you keep are good enough, they will get results at least two seasons from now. And if you also are active on the transfer list to replace your cyclists with other old cheap ones with good results you could also gain some money from races bonuses and so on. What do you think about this idea? I'm curious
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Post by negru on Mar 31, 2016 21:38:42 GMT 1
I also go for 75 weeks contracts. Initially i was going for two seasons contracts, but its not workable this way, or at least not for me, i think the wages increase faster this way. I recognise i got to the point, in order to lower the wages, to get some cyclist free and resign contracts, of course, with the loss of mood which goes with this.
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Post by negru on Mar 30, 2016 20:25:52 GMT 1
Avoid promotion will be difficult for you I guess. PP is already 300 points behind. The others even more. It looks to be complicated indeed. What actually disturbed me is so many teams selling their riders. As usually i donțt follow at all the transfer market, maybe it was the same in the past, but now it seems awkwardȘ El Gringo, Schizm, Slayer, Semtex and others. Which means it is an inflation of cyclist on the market, i donțt believe that i would sell at good prices the ones which are on my list of not interesting any more. Second, it is just week four, and yes, i have too many points in front of the others. I dislike the idea of starting to abort races from week four, i also loose money doing this. OK, the beginning of the season has more flat races and it looks like i still have a good enough flat base team. But still.... I think that i have some possibilities: - with teams forfeiting division 1, i may find a warm spot in division 1, around place 7-8, to avoid relegation. It would mean more money from supporters, less money from the races and not such a good mood for the cyclists. But i might survive there more relaxed compared with the past. If i had money, which i don't, it would have been a nice occasion of one time hit for winning division 1. But given i don't have money, no chance. - the younger cyclists still have at least three seasons until maturity, and even at that point, it is debatable if they can win against older ones. For example, Puscasu still has three good season to be king of the flat, even if i have in the team a really good younger cyclist. But it's hard to match. Given this, probably three seasons from now, it would still be more lucrative to purchase old cyclists than train hard younger ones, in terms of results - another possibility would be to keep a very small squad of good enough cyclists with not so high wages to make as much money as possible. Reduce the costs to maximum, maximise the profit. Probably is the best idea, i just don't enjoy it too much, i don't know why.I don't feel in this game you earn a lot from training hard, and you run the risk of a very low FA, which makes planning not entirely possible. Ideas, ideas, i cannot decide which should be the way, unfortunately in this game i never planned ahead, as it was never known if next season will be there or not. I just play for the next race. Now i want to plan ahead, but i can' yet change the set of mind. We'll see, but the idea of playing just youngsters from week 4 is no fun for me.
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Post by negru on Mar 30, 2016 12:57:59 GMT 1
Well, if everyone else is happy with their place, we can quit now, I'm ok like this too! Not everyone is happy with their place, me included. So we have to continue until the end of the season.
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Post by negru on Mar 15, 2016 19:24:03 GMT 1
It was a strange race. Van Odijk is not for such races, it was just a fun experiment to try, as i had no cyclist prepared and there was no suitable race for Van Odijk next two weeks. I thought he wont't make it in the top 10, therefore the result is surprising. I think that no real flat rider with some hill has been played today. Interesting beginning of the season, but is just the beginning. And i feel i do not have anymore enough flat cyclists ). Probably i should buy some.
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Post by negru on Mar 13, 2016 16:56:37 GMT 1
The first week ended for me as it started. Third place acquired, i just have to stay here , finances a little bit healthier already than last season. Most interesting, Brembilla was 7th in the race yesterday, but being at least 5 years younger than any of the ones in front of him. I hope two years from now, he will be in the first three. And he was just content, so clearly a lot of space for improvement. Therefore, very first good week for me, let's see how it continues.
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Post by negru on Mar 9, 2016 14:40:17 GMT 1
My issue to renew the team (which is the best idea, i anyway have some good for nothing (for me) cyclists), is that you need to be active on the transfer market. And i hate the idea, i don't like it, i don't like to be online at a precise hour and the whole process. I think this is/was one of my main disatvantages in this type of game. And sometimes i prefer to buy expensive, but just to buy and close the issue for some time. You can see i did not have a lot of transfers in my history. A lot of times happened to put a cyclist on the shortlist and totally forget at time of bidding.
But yes, the team has to change. Luckily, i don't have very old cyclists (only a replacement leader in case of necessity).
I don't know who actually wants to promote, but is possible at the end that the differences between first 5 places to be really low. I hope we won't get to the point where more teams will play with youth just to avoid getting points.
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Post by negru on Mar 8, 2016 21:59:43 GMT 1
Thanks ElGringo, as already said, i hope to get as many stagewins as possible. I have less riders with real potential, but Bratiano is still pretty good. I knew he will do at least top 3. But tomorrow no chance, i have less riders for flat races compared with the past, and the reason is i found that are not enough flat races during the season (expect the beginning) to actually make sense for me to keep so many flat riders @ab Normaal: Looks everybody is fighting for the third spot. I don't know who actually wants the first two places, maybe we should eradicate them for the season ). I don't feel to put too much energy in the game and i have enough of being first in second division, last in first division and so on. I did it too many times, and i want just to relax here. Yeap, i also do not think i run the risk to relegate, but i clearly don't want to promote. Just have fun, win some races, try at least a little bit to change my team, have a chat with guys, things like this!
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Post by negru on Mar 8, 2016 1:29:05 GMT 1
Thanks for the invitation to the forum ElGringo. And thanks for all your effort to keep the game alive, is really much appreciated.
I have no objectives for this season. A lot less time to play, i don't really see a chance to improve my team at the moment. I don't see myself at all being a favourite, i was the last one in the division, Puscasu is no more and with a good offer probably Bochinsky will also go.
Therefore, what i would like but it's not really an objective is third place with a lot of stage wins. If i can make that, i'll be really happy.
Good luck to everybody and i'll try to do my best to be at least a little more active here.
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Post by negru on Dec 30, 2015 13:11:41 GMT 1
Donated 15 Euros through paypal
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Post by negru on Nov 16, 2015 17:36:14 GMT 1
That Puscasu must ne unbelievable. I knowof course the stats of Fars. Puscasu rides him on three minutes. That is awesome. What a rider! I don't know the stats of Fars. And Puscasu is not even delighted. He is just very happy these days. I was also out of town for a couple of days, so i couldn't reply on time. Unfortunately, i think that i only have 3-4 riders which deserve to be in the first div, but at least i can be happy with Puscasu's results from time to time .
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Post by negru on Nov 2, 2015 9:18:46 GMT 1
Yeap, he is still young and at the top. It's just that i raised him from the begining and its the best achievement in this game. I hope if i sell him that the purchaser will train him as effective as me. I will anounce in a couple of days what's to happen!
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Post by negru on Nov 2, 2015 0:24:15 GMT 1
Towards the end of the season, the number of races to offer is maximum the number of races remaining in the calendar, irrespective of the races in which the cyclist already participated. Is an old issue, i don't know if we should call it a bug, or a feature.
I learnt that you should renegociate when there are minimum 15 races still to play in the calendar. If not, and if it possible, wait until the new calendar for the new season appears, and you won't have this issue anymore.
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