Krald Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Anyone ever had it where one team is always favoured for the title, despite how crap they've been doing? in my save it's Manchester City, every year they're predicted to be 1st, almost every year they aren't even close. They've finished 6th, 4th, 5th, 2nd, and so on and so on for years, only once within the last 10 years finishing second, and twice finishing third. So it's like, what are the bookies smoking? do they think if they keep this up eventually the team will win? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyxx20 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 imo, the favourite should always be the team who won the competition the year before. i assume its man city though, because they've spent the most in the transfer windows/bought the highest reputation players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krald Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 They have a far worse squad than me, I've bought a lot more this season at least, and I'm a good 1400 reputation higher than them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArsenalFan7 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 That got on my nerves when I was Arsenal. Not once did I miss out on the title for about 15 years in a row or something like that and the media even had the cheek to predict me to finish 3rd once when the previous season was one of my best. I had better reputation, players, everything. Yet Man City just get bummed by the media madly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXERTYRE Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I was wondering this too, not that important but surely another bug? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celtic_Bhoy_1888 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Yeah the odds on the game arent really accurate to what they would be in real life. Like if your an outsider for the champions league and not expected to win many games your still only 20/1 in real life you would usually get 500/1 or so on. Would be nice if they where a little better but have not got a big problem with it myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy89 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Funny, I've been thinking the exact same thing. Im my Darlington save, I've won everything umpteen times, and yet City are faves to win the league everytime. Oh well, better odds for the punters when they pick the actual favourite! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vane Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 It's unfair on AI managers. I've seen many sacked because they didn't come close to the unrealistic bookies and media predictions. Poor things! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BML Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 That got on my nerves when I was Arsenal.Not once did I miss out on the title for about 15 years in a row or something like that and the media even had the cheek to predict me to finish 3rd once when the previous season was one of my best. I had better reputation, players, everything. Yet Man City just get bummed by the media madly. Something similar happened in my game, Le Scum won the league three years on the trot (League and Champs League double in the third season, no less) and bookies had them down as fourth favourites for the next season behind Middlesbrough (under Gareth Southgate, no less), Chelsea and City. I had assumed it was down to club, player and manager reputation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sothy Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I won my league and got promoted one season. The next year I was favourite to go down, while the side who finished second behind me were favourites to win the league and gain promotion again. At the end of the season they finished 2nd and went up, while I trailed behind in 4th. But yet I was still favourite to go down the next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_numbers Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I think it's because Man City have one of the highest reputations, but have way more money than anyone else. It's not unreasonable for the game calculations to guess that the side that spends more than £100m more than anyone else should be one of the favourites. Possibly though, the odds are weighted a little too much on transfer money available, and not enough on recent success. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krald Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Well, my club was third richest in the world, ranked #1 in europe in terms of performance, won the premier league every year for 10 years, had often 100 million available to spend, but rarely spent massively, I did spend a lot before one season though and it didn't influence things, still Man City were predicted to win every single year. So I don't think there can be any logic to it, I've got a lot higher reputation (I even checked, it was 1400 higher) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyxx20 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Something similar happened in my game, Le Scum won the league three years on the trot (League and Champs League double in the third season, no less) and bookies had them down as fourth favourites for the next season behind Middlesbrough (under Gareth Southgate, no less), Chelsea and City.I had assumed it was down to club, player and manager reputation. you could be onto something here!! maybe it has alot to do with manager reputation...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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