retired_beechcraft18

My French LLM game with Bayonne has just about run it's course. I'm trying to decide where I want to start my new career. Is there any league which compares to Conf. North/South difficulty wise or is that as hard as it gets? My main objection to starting in Britain is that my machine can really only handle about 11 leagues and loading all the way to the regional conferences takes up 7 of those spots. I really prefer to larger playable world than that but if most people think that starting in one of the conferences regional in England gives the toughest game, that's what I'll go with.
Also, in my current (soon to be previous) game I (stupidly) loaded all players from Brazil. That really seemed to unbalance the game as almost all teams in Europe, even LL teams, had a full quota of Brazilian super players. I don't imagine that loading all players from a smaller country such as Wales would have the same effect, would it? I want to make sure that some of the smaller nations have enough players to fill a side so I don't have to take my first international job somewhere totally unrealistic. I'm sure that if I had all UK leagues loaded there would be more than enough Welshman to fill out a squad, but I'm thinking I should start even lower than Wales if I want to be realistic, more along the lines of Uganda, Namibia, Faroe Islands, or Canada even.
Finally, I realize that these aren't fully LLM questions; but GQ posters aren't concerned with the same things as you guys, so that's why I've asked here.

retired_dsilva

use the frank thing-a-ma-bob; it'll find you a team from whatever league you want in no time. :thup:

retired_duncan

...even Canada...

They're not bad questions. Firstly, I think it's pretty much agreed that loading players from a particular nation unbalances the game. Try the largest db you can handle instead.

As for difficult leagues. The Swedish second division is difficult (it's the 4th tier down).

retired_sriracha

I think Italia it's a good choice.. because there is 4 diferent series, like folows...

Serie C2 with tree tables, the A, B and C

Serie C1 with A and B

Serie B

Serie A

It's a country you can start realy low and get real competition for sucess...

retired_lovestoned4805

Italy is :thup:.

I haven't played the German leagues but have heard they can be a challenge especially the jump from semi pro to pro.

A few of the regulars like Portugal too.

retired_sacclover@yahoo

Northern Ireland, and Brazil get my vote, both have their unique problems :thup:

KingsbayYHPE

Loading players from any Nation unbalances the game.

Even the likes of Bhutan. You start off with a few and end up with a few hundred Bhutanis (lovely people, but they clog up your game.)

Don't add all players from another Nation if you don't want them filling your teams.

Hardest Leagues? England (which you understandably don't want because of your PC limitations), and Scotland.

retired_mrsjb

I'm going to draw a conclusion based on what I've read in here, Ian, and disagree there.

I don't think England is one of the hardest leagues. England has too high a rep in the game.

Personally I've not managed in Conf Regional yet, as I find Italy and Portugal much more stimulating at the lower levels.

KingsbayYHPE

Filter what you've read and decide based on what the established LLaMas say.

I personally prefer the English Leagues because, as you know, my preference is for promotion and there's five promotions available before you're in the top League.

I like the Scottish Leagues because of the lack of money, the shocking reputations of the Teams (no-one decent will sign) and the promotion spot for a single Team into the SPL.

retired_nick88

I going to vote for Italy.

The step up to Serie B had always been a challenge for me and four levels still provides adequate depth. Plus you get the cups out the way early. :thup: