what team is everyone managing

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16 hours ago, ImDaWeasel said:

Ended up getting the sack in December. Assholes haha. The new ME is very unforgiving.

tbf im not surprised. it is, games a lot harder now

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14 hours ago, kertiek said:

arsenal, why? i always do, season after season i fix the fu****ng defense and win it all.

when am done with them i want to play a few season with palmerias in the brasileirão and/or take the leverkusen in the bundesliga.

yeah once you patch up that defence you'll be flying. leverkusen looks like a really fun one

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12 hours ago, sporadicsmiles said:

Adapting is perhaps the wrong word. I like to see how new features play out before a longer save. I remember, for example, getting caught out by a dressing room revolt after I broke a promise in whatever FM that particular mechanic was brought in. Additional leagues with the editor is the bigger thing for me though. 

yeah tbh thats very true, i've had a few experiences like that myself looool

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10 hours ago, ajt said:

started off at 1860 Munich, got to Bundesliga then switched to Southampton and have just got them promoted from the Championship

interesting.. almost sounds like a side step though, any reason why?

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10 hours ago, xray1324 said:

i'm trying out fleetwood lol, on my 4th season now after being relegated from the championship

fleetwood have a really good young team + they're a club on the up. good pick, although it sounds like it could've gone better so far :P

[kertiek]

1 minute ago, golo said:

yeah once you patch up that defence you'll be flying. leverkusen looks like a really fun one

in fm19 i started in south america, asked for more transfer funds after winning the league and the board denied me the request, i leaked that to the press and they fired me, after one month i got hired on leverkusen that were doing ****** in the league and stayed with them from 2022 until 2034, won a few champions leagues, like 6 o r 7 domestic leagues, the most interesting thing was munich losing his reign, by 2030 Schalke 04, Dortmund and us (leverkusen) had almost the same stature than them, it turned to be a really fun league after other team started growing, also having almost no restrictions on foreign players its nice

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9 hours ago, dth18 said:

Picked Sunderland to try and revive their fortunes a bit. Will probably carry over from beta.

Had debated Bolton as they're local(ish) but been away from full version for a few years and didn't fancy that financial battle straight away. Maybe next save.

two saves that will both be popular this year, for good reason.

bolton will be stupidly hard, but if you get it right it will probably be one of the most memorable ones

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9 hours ago, gemxtria said:

Started with Preston North End, there for 2 seasons. Finished the first season in 12th and the second in 9th. My contract was due to end at the end of the 2020/2021 season so with 3 games left of the season I got an interview offer from Atletico Madrid... and offered the job! I'm just waiting for the start of the season now 

thats some step up, best of luck ahah

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8 hours ago, anagain said:

Started a long term career save as manager of Bangor City in the Welsh second tier. It's a really interesting situation where a new Italian/Argentinian owner has taken over from a very bad family ownership period. 85% of the squad is Italian, then there's a bunch of Africans and Englishmen. The sole Welshman in the squad is my second choice keeper.

wow that does sound interesting. in the end you might have work permit issues though? welsh 2nd division has got to be one of the worst quality leagues from the ones you can play

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7 hours ago, SortitoutsiVP said:

Started unemployed with Sunday league rep and national C badge. Holidayed until January before trying for jobs. Took over Albion Rovers in Scotland but resigned due to not being able to save them from relegation. Then got hired pre season at Limavady Utd in N Ireland where we're looking like finishing mid table in my first season (second season in game).

hmmm, northern ireland isn't my favourite but unemployed saves are always good nonetheless

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7 hours ago, Minuy600 said:

After securing safety with RKC Waalwijk in season 1, I decided to start the dumb challenge of winning all top tiers in the default leagues while also being required to spend at least some time in the lower tiers... So i'm at Loughgall in the Premier Intermediate League come 2021/22. So far it's really fun, though we haven't won a match yet this season. That's what you gotta expect from relegation battlers so I don't mind the challenge.

thats a crazy challenge that i'll probably never do. respect for taking it on tbf

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7 hours ago, Grifty said:

I started at FC Gute in the Swedish second division and won that on the last day of the season. I then left there and went to Akropolis in the Swedish first division elite and won that. Now taken over Norrkoping in the Prem and currently top of that.

Once the main game is out I will start a European journey man starting in lower France as never managed in France before.

i don't think i've ever done anything in sweden. scandinavia has always interested me and i'll probably do that at some point

france is really fun, i remember having a good time with metz in the 2nd division  in one of the many unemployed saves. would recommend

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4 hours ago, duesouth said:

Beta save for me - Dalum in the Danish 2nd division.  Stunned myself and won the title and got promoted in the first season!  Currently late September in the second season and mid-table - the league splits in two before the last 10 games, so hoping to get into the promotion group, just to be 100% sure I can't get relegated.

Waiting on a custom Serie D database to have another go at the San Marino Challenge for my main save.  The Sammarinese club in the Italian league system has changed this year, they are bringing through mostly Italian youth intakes in the game, so needs an editor tweak as well to make the challenge even slightly possible.  Not that I'll do it - but loved trying in FM19!

On the custom database note, does anyone know if Claassen is going to be creating his Leagues World Pack for FM20?  He hasn't logged on here for a couple of months, so it doesn't look likely...  Used his Serie D and San Marino databases in FM19 and top quality.

that spell in scandinavia sounds fun, all the scandinavian leagues are really interesting and a fun challenge.

ahh san marino. the classic. all i can say is best of luck

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4 hours ago, tajj7 said:

Always do a Southampton save on the beta, usually goes quite long term as well (because I can never be bothered to start it again when the full game comes out).

Also this year fantasy with Southampton is very much needed to escape reality! 

Lost the league on goal difference to Liverpool on the last day, by losing 3-1 at Anfield.  So finished 2nd (yes 2nd with 90 points with Southampton, beta doing beta things), currently 3rd I think coming up to the new year in the second season, both Manchester clubs leading the way, Liverpool not doing so well after they sold Van Dijk to PSG for £100 million, plus Man Utd spend like £250 million in the summer and Man City like £150 million. 

Quite pleasingly managed to make near £150 million from player sales over the summer, clearing almost all of the dead wood that was mainly out on loan last season, except Fraser Forster who is on loan in Qatar but is somehow in the England squad! 

Team is basically unrecognisable from the one that starts the game, with only Ings, Redmond, Valery, Bertrand and Gunn, plus a few of the youngsters kicking about left. 

Club vision is bit all over the place after the overachievement and I will see when I get home and opt into the public beta to get the ME update how my 4-2-2-2 Hassenhutl inspired tactic is holding up with the changes. 

i've seen quite a lot of southampton early on and tbf i haven't seen a better one than yours yet. 2nd is a massive overachievement considering the real life form and to get £150m out of that is crazy. will definitely be an intense second season.

 

side note -- i've seen van dijk leave for psg quite a few times, it might be hard coded.. idk

[Harrymcintyre]

Somehow I’m persisting to play wit spurs. They one of the last teams I dreamt I’d start a save as but looking forward to seeing how much I can bag for Kane, 150mill? 200mill? Hmm 

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17 minutes ago, kertiek said:

in fm19 i started in south america, asked for more transfer funds after winning the league and the board denied me the request, i leaked that to the press and they fired me, after one month i got hired on leverkusen that were doing ****** in the league and stayed with them from 2022 until 2034, won a few champions leagues, like 6 o r 7 domestic leagues, the most interesting thing was munich losing his reign, by 2030 Schalke 04, Dortmund and us (leverkusen) had almost the same stature than them, it turned to be a really fun league after other team started growing, also having almost no restrictions on foreign players its nice

yeah that does sound really good, divisions like that can get boring after the same team wins it year after year but its good to see a twist being put on it

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Just now, Harrymcintyre said:

Somehow I’m persisting to play wit spurs. They one of the last teams I dreamt I’d start a save as but looking forward to seeing how much I can bag for Kane, 150mill? 200mill? Hmm 

i've been watching doctorbenjys spurs save and its easily my favourite fm related thing to watch at the moment. hope you're doing better than him though xD

[Harrymcintyre]

1 minute ago, golo said:

i've been watching doctorbenjys spurs save and its easily my favourite fm related thing to watch at the moment. hope you're doing better than him though xD

Hey, I’m watching him too, actually! Yeah that is a pretty funny save he’s got going. Think I might steal his idea of bringing in zlatan just for funsies

[Dagenham_Dave]

2 minutes ago, golo said:

i've been watching doctorbenjys spurs save and its easily my favourite fm related thing to watch at the moment. hope you're doing better than him though xD

He's one of the better FM YouTubers to watch in that regard as he doesn't simply win every week, makes it more interesting. Just a shame he's got a bit full of himself in recent years. 

[Grifty]

54 minutes ago, golo said:

i don't think i've ever done anything in sweden. scandinavia has always interested me and i'll probably do that at some point

france is really fun, i remember having a good time with metz in the 2nd division  in one of the many unemployed saves. would recommend

It’s quite good for the beta because the seasons are quite short so you can blast through a couple of seasons and I can experience the development working more

[ThunderCelt]

9 hours ago, anagain said:

Started a long term career save as manager of Bangor City in the Welsh second tier. It's a really interesting situation where a new Italian/Argentinian owner has taken over from a very bad family ownership period. 85% of the squad is Italian, then there's a bunch of Africans and Englishmen. The sole Welshman in the squad is my second choice keeper.

Good luck with that, I've seen Bangor a few times since moving to N Wales in the summer, they should be an interesting challenge this season for several reasons and may well be my first club when I  get FM20. 

[XuluBak]

Got through my first (half) season with Brescia. Not only did we avoid relegation, but thanks to an epic collapse from Torino (12 points from the last 16), managed to finish 10th (despite being closer to relegation than Europe), and be acknowledged as the divisions "biggest overachievers." Funny, cause I don't think I've ever done less to change a team I took over midseason. Brought in one player on loan, started playing the LB the team should have been playing the whole time, and made the dramatic change from 442 diamond to 4312!

Tonali seems to have settled into the idea of staying, but some giants are circling, only question now is can I hold them off long enough for his release clause to expire...

[janrzm]

19 hours ago, ImDaWeasel said:

Insane yes but it seems I have an insane board. They only let me spend 40% of any money I make from transfers despite a very healthy bank balance, graciously give me the 4th worst wage budget in the league and sell my one star player in Vagnoman to Bayern for peanuts on deadline day. Got to love a challenge.....

That sounds like a fair reflection of the way HSV have been run..... Their trials and tribulations are detailed in the video. "Backpackgate" is my personal fave.

 

Edited November 13, 2019 by janrzm

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12 hours ago, Harrymcintyre said:

Hey, I’m watching him too, actually! Yeah that is a pretty funny save he’s got going. Think I might steal his idea of bringing in zlatan just for funsies

it’s class lmao. tbf it is a good signing just for a backup striker because tottenham don’t really have one to rely on

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12 hours ago, Dagenham_Dave said:

He's one of the better FM YouTubers to watch in that regard as he doesn't simply win every week, makes it more interesting. Just a shame he's got a bit full of himself in recent years. 

idk i moreso watch him for him rather than the gameplay, can’t say the same about a lot of fm youtubers though. i can see what you’re saying to be fair

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11 hours ago, Grifty said:

It’s quite good for the beta because the seasons are quite short so you can blast through a couple of seasons and I can experience the development working more

yeah i could see that, i’ve never really managed there so i’m open to try something like that this year. i’ll keep an eye on it

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11 hours ago, XuluBak said:

Got through my first (half) season with Brescia. Not only did we avoid relegation, but thanks to an epic collapse from Torino (12 points from the last 16), managed to finish 10th (despite being closer to relegation than Europe), and be acknowledged as the divisions "biggest overachievers." Funny, cause I don't think I've ever done less to change a team I took over midseason. Brought in one player on loan, started playing the LB the team should have been playing the whole time, and made the dramatic change from 442 diamond to 4312!

Tonali seems to have settled into the idea of staying, but some giants are circling, only question now is can I hold them off long enough for his release clause to expire...

brescia sounds like a good one this year purely down to the relegation battle as well as having tonali and balotelli (might be wrong on the latter?). if you can keep hold of tonali you’ve done well

[sporadicsmiles]

15 hours ago, Gross_Ballon said:

Awesome sorry got my self confused ! well we definitely appreciate any work any one does for these lower leagues 

No problem, I live my life in a state of half confusion, so understandable =D.

[tajj7]

13 hours ago, golo said:

i've seen quite a lot of southampton early on and tbf i haven't seen a better one than yours yet. 2nd is a massive overachievement considering the real life form and to get £150m out of that is crazy. will definitely be an intense second season.

 

side note -- i've seen van dijk leave for psg quite a few times, it might be hard coded.. idk

I know, I thought I'd broken the game or something with my tactic so raised a thread about it in the tactic's forum!

Sold Elynousi, Hoedt, Cedric, Ward-Prowse, Lemina, Carrillo, Sims, Hojberg, Djenepo, Armstrong, McQueen, Bednerak, and Harrison Reed.

So it wasn't just the loanees, Bednerak left because I refused to give him a new contract after he had only signed one in December, JWP, Cedric, Djenepo and Hojberg all left because they weren't getting enough football, they all wanted to be regular starters and were more squad players. So got between about £8-£20 million for all those players, so it all adds up if you sell that many players.  The only one that was hard to shift was Forster, most of the guys on loan seemed to do ok and so had a decent amount of takers.

 

[gemxtria]

22 hours ago, gemxtria said:

Started with Preston North End, there for 2 seasons. Finished the first season in 12th and the second in 9th. My contract was due to end at the end of the 2020/2021 season so with 3 games left of the season I got an interview offer from Atletico Madrid... and offered the job! I'm just waiting for the start of the season now 

13 hours ago, golo said:

thats some step up, best of luck ahah

Honestly no idea how it happened, went through pre-season last night and won 4 of the 6 games. First match of the season vs Zaragoza tonight

 

[ajt]

14 hours ago, golo said:

interesting.. almost sounds like a side step though, any reason why?

Well I had a lot of fun with 1860 (got them into the Europa League twice) but I support Southampton & couldn't let them langiush in the Championship.

Also they had a lot of players that I could sell on, and they already bought Francisco Trincao! 

[XuluBak]

2 hours ago, golo said:

brescia sounds like a good one this year purely down to the relegation battle as well as having tonali and balotelli (might be wrong on the latter?). if you can keep hold of tonali you’ve done well

They start with Balotelli, but AI let him walk on a free before I showed up (thanks guys!). I thought I'd convinced Tonali to stay following their initial bid, but PSG came back and triggered his release clause (thanks again!) and never got another chance. Ahh well. Such is the life! 

They're not a bad option, if you want to start in the top flight without having a ton of resources, but a couple nice starting pieces to build around (if the AI doesn't mess it up before you get there!). The rest of the roster isn't stacked, but it's solid enough to give you flexibility in how you build the rest of your squad, although, existing personnel kinda forces you into a narrow (442D, 4312, etc.) formation initially. Oh, and one nice thing with Serie A, is there's a fair amount of tactical variety. It's not all 433/4321. 

Edited November 14, 2019 by XuluBak

[KGregory4444]

Managing Southampton for the first year, then resigned just start of year to move to Derby in the championship to try that out, just counting down the time til the full game release! Signed Olmo for the Saints and he was unreal! Yet to find a useable formation that isn't GenGenPress

[Golden1807]

Started with Blyth Spartans and won the VNN in my third season. Scraped survival first year and got to the playoff finals the second. Had interview offers from surprisingly high up the pyramid mind.

[marknufc]

Braga, Managed a League and Cup double and EL semifinal.

Second season hasn't been as successful, currently 4th and spent most of my budget extending the contracts of my top players rather than improving the squad

Edited November 15, 2019 by marknufc

[Cassius99]

I don’t follow real football as much as I did years ago. I know most of what I know about players and teams from FM rather than real life nowadays. Except the teams I take an interest in- Liverpool and Rangers. 
 

Started Fm 20 as Rangers. Sacked by January. Added myself as new manager of Rangers again and was facing the sack by the following January. Decided to jump this time before I was pushed and applied for and got Southampton job. 
 
No idea about the team or players but thought I’d give it a whirl. I have loved it. Two seasons later I missed out on European qualification by a point and lost in the FA Cup Final. It’s probably the most fun I have had on a save for a few years. 
 

Of course I say this and now I will probably be sacked in January. 

[Sytse]

Are there any significant risks to starting a save in the Beta and then continuing it into the fully released game?

I'm very finicky about my kits, I'd like to have the current home top for the team I'm managing, which basically forced me to Morecambe for my first save of FM19. This season I ended up getting the AFC Fylde kit for cheap (note; I've never been to either Morecambe or Fylde IRL, the closest I got was Liverpool), so that's my next save decided.

If I save-scum my way to having Fylde relegated in the first season of the game, then take them over in National League North with a fresh manager, would I still be eligible to get the National Hero achievement if I manage to get them to the Prem?

[Lempicka]

Swindon Town in League 2 for my Beta save. Currently half way through the first season, and doing better than expected. Had two decent cup runs (3rd round in the FA Cup and Quarter Finals in the League Cup) - so quite an enjoyable game.

I have a lot of leagues loaded up, so may continue with it once released.

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On 14/11/2019 at 08:30, tajj7 said:

I know, I thought I'd broken the game or something with my tactic so raised a thread about it in the tactic's forum!

Sold Elynousi, Hoedt, Cedric, Ward-Prowse, Lemina, Carrillo, Sims, Hojberg, Djenepo, Armstrong, McQueen, Bednerak, and Harrison Reed.

So it wasn't just the loanees, Bednerak left because I refused to give him a new contract after he had only signed one in December, JWP, Cedric, Djenepo and Hojberg all left because they weren't getting enough football, they all wanted to be regular starters and were more squad players. So got between about £8-£20 million for all those players, so it all adds up if you sell that many players.  The only one that was hard to shift was Forster, most of the guys on loan seemed to do ok and so had a decent amount of takers.

 

basically all the deadwood then, any big signings?

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On 14/11/2019 at 09:19, ajt said:

Well I had a lot of fun with 1860 (got them into the Europa League twice) but I support Southampton & couldn't let them langiush in the Championship.

Also they had a lot of players that I could sell on, and they already bought Francisco Trincao! 

ahhhh that makes sense to be fair. best of luck haha

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On 14/11/2019 at 09:28, XuluBak said:

They start with Balotelli, but AI let him walk on a free before I showed up (thanks guys!). I thought I'd convinced Tonali to stay following their initial bid, but PSG came back and triggered his release clause (thanks again!) and never got another chance. Ahh well. Such is the life! 

They're not a bad option, if you want to start in the top flight without having a ton of resources, but a couple nice starting pieces to build around (if the AI doesn't mess it up before you get there!). The rest of the roster isn't stacked, but it's solid enough to give you flexibility in how you build the rest of your squad, although, existing personnel kinda forces you into a narrow (442D, 4312, etc.) formation initially. Oh, and one nice thing with Serie A, is there's a fair amount of tactical variety. It's not all 433/4321. 

damn thats rough, how much was his release clause at?

 

yeah serie a is always fun to be fair, a lot of 5 at the back which you don't really see that much anywhere else

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On 14/11/2019 at 15:54, KGregory4444 said:

Managing Southampton for the first year, then resigned just start of year to move to Derby in the championship to try that out, just counting down the time til the full game release! Signed Olmo for the Saints and he was unreal! Yet to find a useable formation that isn't GenGenPress

yeah olmo looks really good this year, 3 years into my save hes valued at 41m and playing for atletico. i can't wait for the full game release cuz the game is still a little buggy, but the new features are good

right now im using a high tempo short passing 4-3-1-2 thats working decent. gegenpress is always gonna be strong though

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On 14/11/2019 at 20:06, Golden1807 said:

Started with Blyth Spartans and won the VNN in my third season. Scraped survival first year and got to the playoff finals the second. Had interview offers from surprisingly high up the pyramid mind.

english non league is always my favourite. i messed around with an unemployed save before and had the exact same thing, did alright with swindon in league two and got an interview from everton lmao

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19 hours ago, marknufc said:

Braga, Managed a League and Cup double and EL semifinal.

Second season hasn't been as successful, currently 4th and spent most of my budget extending the contracts of my top players rather than improving the squad

thats a really good first season to be fair, braga aren't one of the title favourites if im right?

i mean yeah i guess making sure you keep a hold of your good players should be your priority but thats still alright.

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4 hours ago, Cassius99 said:

I don’t follow real football as much as I did years ago. I know most of what I know about players and teams from FM rather than real life nowadays. Except the teams I take an interest in- Liverpool and Rangers. 
 

Started Fm 20 as Rangers. Sacked by January. Added myself as new manager of Rangers again and was facing the sack by the following January. Decided to jump this time before I was pushed and applied for and got Southampton job. 
 
No idea about the team or players but thought I’d give it a whirl. I have loved it. Two seasons later I missed out on European qualification by a point and lost in the FA Cup Final. It’s probably the most fun I have had on a save for a few years. 
 

Of course I say this and now I will probably be sacked in January. 

thats a rough time with rangers lmao

southampton again! they have to be the most popular one on this form haha, it does sound good though. best of luck

[golo]

3 hours ago, Sytse said:

Are there any significant risks to starting a save in the Beta and then continuing it into the fully released game?

I'm very finicky about my kits, I'd like to have the current home top for the team I'm managing, which basically forced me to Morecambe for my first save of FM19. This season I ended up getting the AFC Fylde kit for cheap (note; I've never been to either Morecambe or Fylde IRL, the closest I got was Liverpool), so that's my next save decided.

If I save-scum my way to having Fylde relegated in the first season of the game, then take them over in National League North with a fresh manager, would I still be eligible to get the National Hero achievement if I manage to get them to the Prem?

the only issues are that the game is typically a bit buggy in the beta, but that isn't stopping me.

i think if you take them over while they're in the national league north (like get them relegated, resign, then take over again) i think you would get the achievement yeah

[golo]

3 hours ago, Lempicka said:

Swindon Town in League 2 for my Beta save. Currently half way through the first season, and doing better than expected. Had two decent cup runs (3rd round in the FA Cup and Quarter Finals in the League Cup) - so quite an enjoyable game.

I have a lot of leagues loaded up, so may continue with it once released.

did a little thing with swindon last year and managed them in a short unemployed save this year, really fun and a lot of potential in the club.

[bernas74]

23 minutes ago, golo said:

did a little thing with swindon last year and managed them in a short unemployed save this year, really fun and a lot of potential in the club.

I have managed Swindon for the past 4 FM's, always a fun challenge!

This year i started unemployed with all the UK leagues loaded, just got signed by Loughall on the 2nd division of N. Ireland, let's see...

[Golden1807]

1 hour ago, golo said:

english non league is always my favourite. i messed around with an unemployed save before and had the exact same thing, did alright with swindon in league two and got an interview from everton lmao

I was offered interviews at a couple of Championship clubs and Brentford (Prem) while halfway through my 3rd season. I was top and doing well but not enough to warrant a crack at the Prem haha. 

[Paddy9596]

I find it really hard to settle on a team in the first month or so of every new game, there's too many teams floating around in my head that I want to have a look at, I make it about 3 or 4 games into a save and then get distracted by thoughts of how I could use the squad of a certain team to play a certain tactic, the furthest I've made it Into a save is November with PSV but I've started 4 saves since I last played that, however I know I'll go back to PSV at some point as they've been my favourite team to manage since fm13