retired_buick71

Evening all. i have not played the game in a while, say approximately a month, but I am now looking to get addicted, just as I have with the previous versions of the series. My problem is that I can't get that special something that makes you keep playing.
So I have come to the conclusion that if I get told a team to manage, I'll actually stick at it. (Don't ask why, I just will lol)
I would preferably be an English team, but won't rule out other countries. I don't want to be at a club at which success is the common thing (eg a "top 4" team, or actually any premiership team really. I'd like to have a bit of cash to express myself, but again, not huge amounts. So who should I be?
P.S. Sorry for being so fussy, if anybody has a good club in mind, but doesn't meet all criteria, that'd still be good.
So thanks alot all in advance, I look forward to any replies

WilliamSukala

try putting this in the good player/team forum

FitTrainer

try having a look in the challenges forum, if youre not really bothered about who you manage, theres usually some god ideas in there

retired_w0lfpack1

Leeds, Nottingham Forest, either Sheffield club, all have great prospects for advancement, in other words, you're not a Premiership club but could build a European challenger with the grounds and fanbase available.

York City is my favourite FM club, though, I've had multiple amazing careers there: its tough to drag them out of debt early on, but once you get it going its great fun. I've enjoyed playing them enough that I've become a supporter IRL!

retired_w0lfpack1

Incidentally, I don't think I'm alone in that - we did a "Who have you managed in your current save" poll at one point, and if you exempted top flight teams, the Minstermen were one of the most popular choices.

retired_kjcurnyn

Debt? I chose them for my lower league career game recently, and they started reasonably well off... And without exactly settign the world alight i now have a cool quarter of a million sitting in the bank, in October 2007.

retired_w0lfpack1

Hmm - they had debt the times I played them, but to be fair I haven't started as them in FM'08.

My_Evo

Yeah, debt-free in FM08, although that'll change again in the update as I've re-evaluated how I'm modelling the finances.

retired_nanny

I guess MK Dons or Bradford would be a good challenge to see if you could them back to the premiership.

FitTrainer

what about Swansea?? never really looked into em tbh, but they usually seem to do well on my saves..