if you manage a top division side do you take the recommened badges or start without them?

[Davey Boy]

i used to always start without but since im finding my Aston Villa save hard i may redo and start with the "recommended badges" i'd like to get your thoughts.

[99]

To me, first option. It's not very realistic that a manager without badges goes to a top team.

IRL in Portugal there is a bit of polemic with that, two teams in the 1st league have managers without the required level (they have level 2 and 3 and it's required level 4), so they had to hire Assistant Managers with the required level 4 to do flash interviews and such, kind of a mess.

[HotDogManUK]

No badges for me

[FrazT]

It is very unlikely that that an unknown manager will take charge of a top club and even less unlikely that they will not be qualified, so I will always start with what is on offer.  It is hard enough to get the respect of these players without making it harder

[HotDogManUK]

I like to mirror myself so I play the game as if I actually got offered the job in real life, I made it as a semi pro footballer and have no badges in real life so playing like that really adds to my realism, I feel I'd be cheating myself by starting any other way but do understand why others take the badges.

[thehig2]

Only reason I see to start with no badges is when your starting unemployed.

Otherwise it's best to start with recommended other wise half the team are unhappy from the start.