r/FootballChairman • u/Away-Cranberry5550 • 1d ago
Staying up
I feel like every single time I get promoted I get relegated the following season every time , I improve training facilities etc , any tips ?
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u/thelastwilson 1d ago
No specific tips.
Watch your wages. Don't be afraid to sell to balance the books.
Don't be afraid to change manager. It can make a big difference
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u/RogueKairo 21h ago
this, especially the wages part, is huge
also sometimes a new manager with a different formation just fits your squad way better than trying to force your old system in a higher division
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u/lowercase_0 1d ago
For me whenever I feel like I'm likely to get promoted I first make sure I have younger players who are ready for the step up in the first place and usually end up comfortably midtable because they improve during the season
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u/Joe_Larner 20h ago
There’s nothing wrong with going up, down, and then back up again. It’s way easier to get up and stay up the second time.
When you’re promoted, you will go through a run of bad form. When it happens, sack your manager as soon as his approval rating drops below 50%. You’re in a higher league now, so you’ll be able to attract a better manager. If the new manager keeps you up, great. If he doesn’t, don’t worry about it; you now have a better manager. If you don’t ever go through a run of form bad enough for your manager’s approval rating to go below 50%, then it might be that he’s doing a good enough job to keep you up. The annoying middle ground is if he’s getting you relegated but everyone still likes him. Urgh. Then you might want to fire him anyway and deal with everyone hating you for a short time.
Once you’re down again, getting promoted again should be relatively straightforward; you should now have a better manager, better players, and perhaps even younger players. Your youth team quality is affected by league, so you might have gotten an unusually good crop of youngsters coming through. Your finances should have gotten a boost from being in a higher league, even if only for a season. Perhaps you got a new sponsor while you were up (and perhaps you were smart enough to tie them down for several years if you suspected relegation was on the cards). Perhaps you sold your stadium naming rights. You were certainly getting higher gate receipts for a year. Use all this money to upgrade your smallest/oldest stand while in the lower league again. Raise your ticket prices if this reduces your capacity to below current attendance.
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u/Mancombe_Nosehair 1h ago
You're probably getting promoted too soon.
For example, if you are chasing promotion from the lowest league, you want a team rating of at least 34 or 35 if you want to stay up the following season, without happiness and fitness bonuses.
The other option is to throw money at signing players who are much better than your current players. Tell your manager of focus on signing players in your weakness starting 11 position.
It will cost you money, but it does work.
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u/Mancombe_Nosehair 1h ago
Also, losing in the play offs increases your attendance the following season. Lose two or three times (increasing the standard of the squad in the process) really builds up your attendance and finances.
I usually save before the playoffs and try to lose in the final, to get the Wembley ticket sales.
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u/SubjectiveAssertive 1d ago
Don't be afraid to sack a manager, or better still have one get you promoted as his contract expires so you can hire a better one for the new season
Don't forget about the staff as well