Your still bidding against other managers and not a machine. If no other managers bid on a player there are no more bids and you can get the player cheaper then what you are willing to pay as a max price.
No, at that moment, a human being, with anxiety, nerves, and blood in the veins, will be bidding against a cold machine. A bidding war it's a complexity conjunction of good management and cold blood. It's a pressure war. At that moment, bidding, a human being is under pressure. A machine isn't.