Bryan17

It should reflect real life, though, and the lower reaches of Scottish football are far, far different to teams in the English Premier League or the Champions League. I agree that trigger-happy boards for the top sides reflects real life but that's not how it tends to work below the top two or three clubs in Scotland.

I've posted this in the bug tracker but it might not be the appropriate place for it so posting here too. I took over at Ayr United, who are expected to finish 9th in the Championship. I went on a good run and ended up taking them into the Premiership via the play-offs in the first season - almost by accident because I knew we weren't financially ready. When I reached the Prem I was told my weekly wage budget was £17k and I had a £10k transfer budget. It's ridiculously low for the top flight, even for a small club like that, and only marginally better than what I had in the second tier. But fair enough, I was up for the challenge. I was barely able to pull a squad together, to the point where I was going into some games with three subs and a fake goalkeeper because my backup was recalled from his loan and I couldn't afford a new one. Despite that, my pre-season expectations were to make the play-offs (i.e. finish 11th)! As if that wasn't wild enough, I was then hauled in for several board meetings because I was losing games to clubs like Rangers and Celtic, and was bottom of the league. I was in touching distance of the play-off spot despite all this and with a couple of wins towards the end of the season, I would've finished 11th. I kept putting off the inevitable by telling them it was a kneejerk reaction until finally that wasn't an option and I had to promise to improve things within the month. Two defeats later I was sacked. In what sense is this fun, fair or remotely accurate? Ayr haven't been in the Scottish top flight since 1978! So getting there itself is a huge achievement, never mind being given pennies to try and compete and stay in the division. Making decent money and building a team of prospects while getting relegated would be achievement enough - IRL the league performance would be almost a moot point. SI needs to sort this out ASAP before more games are ruined by completely unrealistic expectations and people switch off. I'm now reluctant to play the game any more because I know that no matter what I do, it won't be good enough for the board/fans.

The ridiculous targets being set is definitely is not fixed and it's ruining FM23. I'm really quite frustrated about it. I took over at Ayr United, who are expected to finish 9th in the Championship. I went on a good run and ended up taking them into the Premiership via the play-offs in the first season - almost by accident. When I reached the Prem I was told my weekly wage budget was £17k and I had a £10k transfer budget. It's ridiculously low for the top flight, even for a small club like that, and only marginally better than what I had in the second tier. But fair enough, I was up for the challenge. I was barely able to pull a squad together, to the point where I was going into some games with three subs and a fake goalkeeper because my backup was recalled from his loan and I couldn't afford a new one. Despite that, my pre-season expectations were to make the play-offs (i.e. finish 11th)! As if that wasn't wild enough, I was then hauled in for several board meetings because I was losing games to clubs like Rangers and Celtic, and was bottom of the league. I was in touching distance of the play-off spot despite all this and with a couple of wins towards the end of the season, I would've finished 11th. I kept putting off the inevitable by telling them it was a kneejerk reaction until finally that wasn't an option and I had to promise to improve things within the month. Two defeats later I was sacked. In what sense is this fun, fair or remotely accurate? Ayr haven't been in the Scottish top flight since 1978! So getting there itself is a huge achievement, never mind being given pennies to try and compete and stay in the division. Making decent money and building a team of prospects while getting relegated would be achievement enough - the league performance would be almost a moot point. SI needs to sort this out ASAP before more games are ruined by completely unrealistic expectations and people switch off. I'm now reluctant to play the game any more because I know that no matter what I do, it won't be good enough for the board/fans.