Tycoon Lies? Broke and Forced to Sell While Chasing the Title!

[@Niczter]

The tycoon promised you 325k in january (which you moved over to your wage budget) and for this season the promised budget was 125k. They did reduce it a bit at the start of the season. Propably because you used some of it to pay signing on fees for your premier league youngster you signed pre contracts with already at the end of last season.

[@jongill1750]

Not only that, but he spent the bank balance on facility improvements didn’t he?

[@DC10_]

Yep. Immediately spent it all on facilities and wages!

[@CDL_Gaming]

So he got half a million pounds to play with over 2 years, spent it all, and now is wondering where the money is? lol

[@benonwheels]

@@CDL_Gaming Yep! Multiple comments on his previous videos have pointed this out to him but he still seems none the wiser!

[@CoreyPeters]

Should have gone to Lincoln

[@Greenmarch1234]

Kev should leave for sure

[@Jholland1994]

Absolutely ludicrous he turned the offer down, was better in every conceivable way, even if it was for £1,000 per week

[@TheFatihyet]

@@Jholland1994 got tycoon for the first time and wants to see how it is. i dont think thats ludicrous. i stayed at clubs for much more insignificant reasons.

[@JASPADIGHOST]

This storyline is more entertaining

[@reintaler6355]

​@@JASPADIGHOST in hindsight sure, but NLTL isn't (primarily) about making better storylines over realism

[@Stephenrpaul13]

Kev still complaining he’s been given no money despite the highest budget in the league, £300k+ which he put straight into wages, upgrading all his facilities, turning professional, new £50k+ budget - make it make sense! Also that £22m thing was just some random media report!

[@IanSiddall-y1z]

It stems from the very start of the tycoon takeover, you were given two routes to take: increased transfer budget or improved facilities. You chose transfer budget but then proceeded to spend the clubs balance on facilities as well. Coupled with drastically overspending on wages, you’ve made the club financially unsustainable at this level.

[@House_of_HAZZ]

This is a very realistic lower league storyline. Business person no one's heard of promises flippin' great wodges of cash but turns out they're full of it - also, "Owen Farmer scores a goal, E I E I O."

[@nsegura3]

The biggest mistake you have made is to move transfer budget money to wage budget to soon. When you make the wage budget so big, every player wants a bigger piece of the pie. You are overpaying players by a mile, add driving the club finances into the ground. Due to FFP no matter how rich your tycoon is, you still have to be sensible when giving out wages. I predict with the new 54k budget administration is in the future of the club.

[@ObviouslyKieran]

This is classic Kev right here.

[@richardbayly8866]

Kev, there are several types of 'tycoon' in the game: such as Front end, back end, underwriter and underwriter who expects return. The game doesn't tell you which one takes over. It is a complete lottery. You can only find out by using the in-game editor to look at club finance. The lesser tycoons only clear debts but give you next to nothing extra in terms of budgets. The Front end lot are restricted to balance the game world (Man City, PSG, Newcastle). There is also a bug that lies to you about the money being made available for players and facilities. In reality, this is the amount they either buy the club for or clear debts.

[@mobielairco6473]

Didn't Workthespace take over a team last year with a tycoon that kept pumping money in? Wouldn't that be a front-end

[@reintaler6355]

​​@@mobielairco6473 Crystal Palace FM22, by a Chinese businessman, stereotypical front-end whereas the tycoon guy here has a distinctively English name, stereotypical blood-sucker

[@richardbayly8866]

@@mobielairco6473 Foreground Benefactor: These owners are highly proactive, injecting substantial funds into the club to enhance its competitiveness. They are willing to invest heavily in transfers and facilities, aiming for immediate success. Examples include Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain. 90MIN Background Benefactor: These owners ensure the club's financial stability without excessive spending. They provide financial support to maintain competitiveness within the current league but are less inclined to fund major expenditures. Financial support may increase following promotions or significant improvements in club reputation. 90MIN Underwriter: Underwriters focus on maintaining the club's financial health by covering debts and losses without expecting repayment. They do not provide additional funds for transfers, so the club's budget depends on its financial performance and player sales. If financial difficulties arise, they may step in to stabilize the club's finances. 90MIN Underwriter (Expects Returns): Similar to standard underwriters, these benefactors cover debts and losses but expect to recoup their investments once the club's finances improve. This expectation can limit available budgets until the debts are repaid, making financial management more challenging. 90MIN

[@richardbayly8866]

@@mobielairco6473 Foreground Benefactor: These owners are highly proactive, injecting substantial funds into the club to enhance its competitiveness. They are willing to invest heavily in transfers and facilities, aiming for immediate success. Examples include Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain. 90MIN Background Benefactor: These owners ensure the club's financial stability without excessive spending. They provide financial support to maintain competitiveness within the current league but are less inclined to fund major expenditures. Financial support may increase following promotions or significant improvements in club reputation. 90MIN Underwriter: Underwriters focus on maintaining the club's financial health by covering debts and losses without expecting repayment. They do not provide additional funds for transfers, so the club's budget depends on its financial performance and player sales. If financial difficulties arise, they may step in to stabilize the club's finances. 90MIN Underwriter (Expects Returns): Similar to standard underwriters, these benefactors cover debts and losses but expect to recoup their investments once the club's finances improve. This expectation can limit available budgets until the debts are repaid, making financial management more challenging. 90MIN

[@benonwheels]

Can't blame the owner for being 8k a week over the wage budget even before the budget got lowered and be baffled as to why they're in a state. Even if it's not a front end tycoon you still got given the highest wage budget in the league despite being a newly promoted side and also immediately got professional status.

[@ourhandsaretied]

The one time I got a son in FM (after save scumming for like 2 straight days), he was a five foot three central midfielder. But I was very nepotistic and he ended up making over 200 appearances, most of them in the premier league, and actually outplayed his attributes by quite a bit

[@Normonaut]

god I love Kev's complete disregard of 80% of the game while he keeps bulldozing his way to success anyway. It's a sight to behold

[@lollujo]

I’m a smart man who’s been playing the game for 30 years. I learned long ago which parts of the game were irrelevant

[@coreyreynolds01]

Can’t wait to see the Bunch of Amateurs episode from your Dorking match. Marc White must’ve been chuffed on the touch line 😂

[@hieuhaang8802]

I think a silver lining in all of this is you're getting all these financial problems as a team entering League Two, which is the easiest league to stay up in for any financially troubled teams. If that Wembley side you had can stay up than this team should not have to worry about that, and there's always a chance to go to a Championship or League One team midway through the season.

[@milamber82]

`I don`t mind having a little one..` Kev.

[@Kobeteigen]

Robertson is just a chill guy; we're so back! Stick it out with him

[@LaoluV]

This owner almost sounds like Sir Jim Ratcliffe 😂

[@PianoManCoversJMB]

Love how Owen Farmer lifted the trophy just about to the height of the other player's faces...

[@YoshiJoshi_]

Given the risk of FFP, better sign all the youngsters before season tick over, and then accept being in transfer embargo until you get to L1

[@whatever15228]

What are the odds Kevin would bankrupt a tycoon?

[@GateTree]

100% chance.

[@Rallarberg]

👏Having 👏rich 👏owners 👏doesn't 👏make 👏you 👏rich Regards, Newcastle supporter 😅

[@mortenpedersen76]

Try and look at budgets in league 2 compared to yours and stop giving silly wages.

[@alexneale]

1:13 So is no one gonna talk about the game against Barrow where Kev scored 94th and 96th minute goals to win 5-4...?

[@rexmas1.]

Despite the current situation, I like the variery in decision making. Turns it into a more interesting final product!

[@cyphnar]

Do you get some kind of grace period in FM before FFP applies to newly promoted teams, like you do in real life?? You need to do a wrexham and throw money around to get promoted again before they start looking at your finances.

[@segathegenesis5735]

Perhaps the money is tied up in the various club upgrades at the moment. Will be interesting to see what happens at the start of the next season.

[@lolyouremad6021]

destroying the finances of a lower league team then jumping ship is sooo realistic!

[@saintmobius5348]

Give Brackley the Sackley as soon as you can.

[@GateTree]

Kev finally gets a tycoon takeover and starts spending like he’s Man City in 2008 instead of Brackley. Burns up the money in the first month on facilities and unsustainable wages. But, he wins the league, complaining the entire time. Never change, Kev.

[@thomasnewton6897]

Name a more Kevin Chapman move than plummeting a club into financial turmoil and wondering how it happened

[@GandWizard]

This mogul is a Rollercoaster Tycoon.

[@scholesysscaleschematics2445]

Tycoon is not ‘Sugardaddy’ tycoon Kev.

[@tombardsley3081]

Well now, I’m now off the fence with the decision from 2 days ago. You should have gone to Lincoln. Also the one defeat to Cambridge 🤣 Transfer special tomorrow will be interesting

[@fjcracing1318]

Kev we need a “wheeey” with every trophy lift please! Was very disappointed today 🤣

[@crobulous9581]

This has strong vibes of that late july "chairman has stepped back from club" email incoming

[@MiroHeinonen]

Early in the first game, there was a bug - Hills was credited with a disallowed goal on the opposite net, while in fact it was an own goal. How was it disallowed?

[@TheRealTrevStorm]

Bet you wish you went to Lincoln earlier on Kev… 😂

[@pratyushpathak8690]

Jump ship ASAP, Kev

[@Chalks38]

And people laughed when I said you should of gone to Lincoln

[@daverichards4869]

Bet Lincoln looks a good choice now :(

[@fjcracing1318]

…… I’m not gonna say we told you so 😬🤣

[@anthonyflatt148]

I would say don’t be surprised to get a cash injection from the owner sometime over the summer

[@milamber82]

Told you a few episodes back he is Craig Whyte in disguise. Shyster.

[@GAK8919]

Should've gone to Lincoln. 😂

[@Abdul50161]

We won’t blame you kev. It’s okay to leave. The board didn’t keep their promise

[@adamcoley7989]

Turns down a £90,000 a year pay rise and defends it by claiming it’s what he would do in real life

[@lollujo]

I haven’t moved to Dubai where I wouldn’t have to pay any tax because I don’t want to live there.

[@JMThought]

See all ok in the end 😂

[@itsTiagoSilva]

i would be looking to jump ship at this point. the tycoon isn't tycooning

[@stevenalper3890]

9:37 your points total included the point you currently had for drawing 0-0. i'm only halfway through the vid. i hope you don't find this out by it actually taking place!

[@DM-vo2ke]

That budget is still plenty big enough to dominate League 2. The gal is non existent in FM. And to put into context, i just won League 1 with 115 points with Fylde on the same budget as what you're getting (and no meta tactics, exploits and a pretty average team), so you should be able to storm these leagues easy

[@declangaming24]

Tycoon can be 3 things in FM fancy man who promises money and withdraws support 2 chinese tycoon spends money then busts your club 3 man city tycoon frre spending and does all requests

[@dgrblue4162]

Why upgrade the youth in tier 5 or 6 or 4?

[@Christopher-Kisby]

Excuse me Currys I need to return this Tycoon its defective

[@dgrblue4162]

Didnt they agree to spend 1million on upgrading the setup?

[@timmoore8623]

Move on

[@timmoore8623]

Time to move and nick all the best players

[@airwolf55645sn]

Should walk

[@alastairwood1745]

If Kev's realism is what he legit would do in real life and he legit would have turned Lincoln down that is fair enough. But Tycoon takeovers on FM are so risky as quite often they randomly just withdraw their support, so it always felt like a gamble to stay.

[@lollujo]

It's not like lincoln will be the only club to offer me a job. It's not that big a risk. If things don't work out at Brackley, I can leave next season, or the one after, etc.

[@alastairwood1745]

@@lollujo Yeah that sounds fairs Kev. Been a good series so far, the ones where you have early obstacles are the best!

[@timmoore8623]

🎉🎉

[@ThreeRunHomer]

The manipulation of match results is by far the worst thing about FM.

[@jan-erikmadsen6306]

First time first 🎉

[@ElEmElEkv13]

You are giving such horrible contracts to the players that your sporting director would most likely do a better job. Lamenting over wasting tycoon takeover is just sad.

[@Flash4ML]

It’s not wasting, this just isn’t the type of tycoon that pumps money into the club and accepts all requests etc

[@JMThought]

2nd I guess 😂