Hi guys, nice to see this thread going on. Thanks for the support.
NZ Knights has to be the toughest to manage in A-League, just look at the current table. A challenge anyway, I'll give it a go sometime, just because there's no New Zealand league in FM.
As for the Asian Leagues, I'd recommend loading Normal sized or larger database. It helps to give you a wider pool of players because you're not going to attract 90 percent of the players on database.
Malaysian League is fun, large stadium, fanatic support. May not be a challenge if you're in the bigger clubs. But starting unemployed is good challenge, I'll do it in my next game.