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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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1 hour 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 is insanity. best of luck looool
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42 minutes ago, emil_sbn said:
Doing a long term save with Bolton here, first season midtable, was ok as they start on -12
Now halfway second season we are second in the league only Hull above us!
wow. thats impressive. i couldn't do that lmao
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11 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:
Not much chance of that, I'll be lucky if I get an offer from the local pub team, so poor is my reputation
yeah i just hopped around irish teams for a bit then got the swindon job. they got a ridiculous 33m takeover and i got an interview from everton. at that point i kinda realised i wasn't enjoying swindon because it was too easy and moving anywhere else would be really unrealistic so i just ended the save. will do a good one at some point this year: they're always fun.
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23 minutes ago, Dovydas said:
Malaga. After quite a terrible start in LaLiga 2, I managed to win a promotion by finishing 2nd in the first season. Second season was good, finished 6th (and qualified for Conference league, yay
), now I am halfway through the 3rd season, sitting 5th. Moving up the table is quite a challenge as Barca, Real, Atleti and Valencia simply don't drop any points, except when they play against each other.
that sounds really fun. 6th in the first season in la liga is a good achievement, competing with the big 3 is gonna be extremely hard though. best of luck
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1 hour ago, 99 said:
Thank you. Was an exciting game but tbh I had my fair share of luck. My GK (Marchesin) had a tremendous performance, they missed some obvious chances and in the last 5 minutes, with PSG attacking with everything they had, I ended up with 4 defenders, 2 half-backs and no striker. But God it felt good!
If you feel interested:
My usual tactic is based on the Liquid 4123 of @Rashidi for FM19.
decent 50:50 game to be fair. you've done well there.
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1 hour ago, superposh said:
Barcelona. I always pick a giant for my beta save, but I'll probably continue with it after release this year. I quite fancy the 'challenge' of handling Messi's departure/retirement when it comes. Bit disappointed that I haven't managed to get Newell's Old Boys to agree to play me for his testimonial, too far to travel apparently. Hopefully it can happen within the next couple of years or so.
Come release I'll most likely start a save with the team I support, Peterborough United. Or maybe a National League North/South team. Would also like to experience lower league football in a foreign league, not something I've done in recent editions of the game. So many possibilities... and so little time to play. ☹️
barcelona is probably one of the easiest ones you could pick but i'd imagine that'll be fun, deciding whether to build around 1 superstar when messi leaves or just having a well balanced team. its hard to imagine a barcelona team without messi featuring.
posh will definitely be a fun one, few good young players and a lot of experience. maybe you can finally get back to the championship
national league north is fun. i'm currently managing boston and i'm gonna see how far i can take them, but theres numerous good national league north teams to pick from.
i've never enjoyed foreign football as much as english, it might just be my experience, but i've never had a memorable one.
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2 hours ago, sporadicsmiles said:
Gets me into the new game, an easy learning curve and a throw away save that I will not mind too much when I move on..
i generally find adapting to the new fm pretty easy. the only issue with starting your main save in the beta is how buggy it can be, which i've found this time around.
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2 hours ago, XuluBak said:
HSV: Mostly using them to experiment with my take on a 3313. Won 2.Bundesliga pretty comfortably. Still had some work to do with my tactics (and personnel), but my WBs were pretty lethal. Might give this another go post release. Either with HSV or someone else.
Alessandria (Serie C/A, B): Started unemployed, took them over at winter break. After a fairly brutal start (dropped points in final moments of first three matches), turned things around using an aggressive 433, made Serie C playoffs, and caught fire. Won promotion on dominating 1st leg (home) matches. Didn't know how Serie C promotion worked, pretty brutal run, especially for a smaller squad. Got off to a rough start in Serie B, but solid defending and seemingly overpowered long-ball counter attacks had me in the promotion playoff hunt by winter break (Sassuolo was and still is running away with Serie B). Got a couple job offers and decided to move on and try something new.
Brescia (Serie A): Balotelli was gone, but they still had Tonali (whom Napoli stole from me in my HSV save!). Started with 442 diamond, switched to 4312. Create some decent chances, finishing...could be better. Got a (1st half) FB hat trick though! Not safe, yet, but looking good. Curious to see if I have any chance of keeping Tonali in the summer. If not, hopefully, I can sell him for a king's ransom and get him back on loan. Might have to find myself a life raft if not.
is this 3 different saves or a very successful unemployed journey?
that allesandria part sounded really exciting, got to love getting promoted through the divisions, always fun. tonali is an absolute gem: had him in fm19 for leeds (bought in champ for ~£10m) and he stayed all the way until we won the champions league, brilliant player
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2 hours ago, ImDaWeasel said:
Hamburg
Steam rolled through 2.bundesliga even with the dodgy ME, now the board expect a title challenge on the first time asking up. Have made myself only sign under 23 players and use the youth academy so now the average age of the squad is 21. Enjoying it so far.
you're telling me the board want you to challenge for the bundesliga title in your first season in the bundesliga?? thats insane.
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2 hours ago, Dagenham_Dave said:
Doing a European Journeyman, a risk starting it in the beta, but that's the way I roll
Started at Lisburn in N.Ireland, but that ended in disaster and I got fired. Joined Altrincham the following summer. Didn't really want to manage in England at this stage, but no-one else would employ me. The dressing room hates me as my rep is so poor, but we're putting together some nice results, and Kyle McFarlane up front is banging them in, so loving it so far.
i had a journeyman save but the game went really buggy and everton were looking at me after a good season with league two swindon. sounds fun though as long as yours doesn't go the same way mine did!
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2 hours ago, craigcwwe said:
Yeah.
Because I'm the manager!
nahhh i meant any reason why you're managing them ahahah, i worded that horrifically
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16 minutes ago, 99 said:
FC Porto, and going good:
very good. 2-0 against psg is an insane result
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20 minutes ago, craigcwwe said:
Kaiserslautern.
First season in the 3.Liga we finished 3rd and won the Promotion Play Offs vs Furth. Then finished 6th in the 2.Liga.
would be lying if i said i'd heard of them! good two seasons, any reason why?
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6 minutes ago, sporadicsmiles said:
Manchester United first up. They are an interesting challenge this year. Good young squad but with some holes and a lot of catching up to do with their rivals.
I never start a long term save in the beta. I want to get into the editor to activate more leagues (especially in underrepresented areas) before cracking on there.
out of the big 6, i'd say man utd would be the one i'd be most likely to pick for the reasons you mentioned.
interesting, i see a lot of people do that, i just don't really enjoy big club saves as much as i do an unemployed or a small club
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3 minutes ago, kevhamster said:
Southampton on the beta. 3 wins from the first 6. If only we were that good in reality.....
could be better, could be worse. yeah fair to say its been quite the downfall recently..
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thats a crazy challenge that i'll probably never do. respect for taking it on tbf