Hello all,
Not sure if anyone is still playing any old FMs, but despite being long time (although not consistant) FM player I fell a bit behind times due to not having an up to date machine. FM17 is best my computer can manage, so that's where I'm at currently.
I'm going to play a save in FM17 in Poland's League III (4-th Tier). I simulated through first season and picked newly promoted Sokol Nisko as my team to manage. I did not go total hard-core Dafuge-challange-style with no experience or license, but did not want to make it too easy for myself either.
Club facilities
Sokol Nisko has a quite long history, being founded in 1919, but Poland's 3-rd division (4-th tier) is the highest They've ever played. Let's see if We can change that. For now, Media predicts quick relegation, picking us to finish last.
As for the rules, only one team gains promotion - 3 bottom teams are automatically relegated with additional 4 that could also join them, depending on how many teams from our region get relegated from league above (There are 4 groups in division 3, where We're currently playing). In practice, 14-th place should be safe.
After arriving at a club I found very thin squad - with 11 players - so first challange will be scrambling around in free market and assembling a playable squad. With team being semi-professional, all players are under non-contracts and that's all I can offer to players, which will make it quite challanging.
Here are my best 2 players, really not much besides them:
There's plenty of clubs interested in signing him, so I don't think We'll be able to keep him.
Other player is 39 years old already and was set on retirement after helping team gain promotion in last season. I asked him to reconsider, We'll see. We could use his experience and quality.
That would be it for now. I'm going to bring in additional challange for myself. In previous saves I found success with a tactic with 3 at a back and two wing-backs that I found to be overpowered. I will not be using this tactic here to not make things too easy. I'll try to work out something new myself, probably based on simple 4-4-2.
Goal for this season will be avoiding relegation, don't have hopes for anything more. I have no idea what level of players I can attract and whether I'll be able to keep them as a semi-professional club.
Wish me luck!