to answer your question about the salaries of players.
you say you think it's the goal of trying to find good players at lower salaries. So you asume that 2 identical players might ask diffrent salaries and you can gain money by looking for the cheapest.
That's an interesting thought, yet the game doesn't work that way.
salary is directly related to the 'goodness' of a player. For the higher salaries however, the more balanced players will ask less wage, and might still perform as good on the field, so don't take my words as straightforward as saying higher wage = better player, it's not.
This is probalby confusing you even more now, but what I am trying to get to is that we all know that players with 1 or 2 k salary CAN NOT be good enough, and can never be as good as players who have 5k to 10 k salary, and also are less good then 3k or 4 k salary players.
At such low levels, wage often IS a good marker for how good a player is. And because the 4k players don't cost a lot on the TL at all, you can easely play with 4k players, who without doubt will be better then your 1k or 2 k players you have.
hope you understand now.
The main point is that players do not ask diffrent wages, they all ask the same wage, according to the skills they have, so you can not find the cheaper ones, who have the same skills.
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