iajafer

By definition we have to start at an LL Club, otherwise it wouldn't make sense, but as the games progress then so can the Clubs we manage.

Comrade G.A once said there were three ways to play LLM, all valid:
1) Take over a Club, do crap, get sacked, start a new game.
2) Take over a Club, do as well as you can with them, win the CL for instance, then start at the Lower League stage again - in the same game.
3) Take over a Club, do well, and accept any offers from bigger Clubs to manage them if you so desire, as in Real Life.

All are LLM, all are fine - and as you see they let you play any level of Team.

My current save, for instance, I started at LL Portugal, moved to Leigh RMI, won the CL, moved to Newcastle, won the CL, and then did a stint at Southend in the Conference, and I'm currently in the Conference with Harrogate - same game.

jraldous

Mat most of us play the bottom leagues in other countries for variation

The upper leagues might be a starting point for a new CM player but most of us are as you point out, passionate about the lower leagues

shawng1

If you look through the board you'll see that pretty much all the Lower Leagues in the game have been tried at one point or another, not just England's. My own game started in the National of France. There's a spate of Croatian LLM games right now as well. So no, not just England, but we definitely start in the lower reaches.

Cosmo-poof

When Croatia is mentioned I can't be far off, can I?

I started my current game in the Croatian 2.Div with a really hopeless club (only 1 Player, small stadium, no seaters and other funny things) and fought my way up into Croatian Div1.

My future goals in this savegame are to avoid relegation every year :p - and to get a job offer from a larger club so I can have a chance to achieve some domestic success. After that I'll try to get a job offer either from Hajduk or from Dinamo and check out the European Competitions. - Until it gets boring, and I'll try either CM4 or a different country :cool:

jraldous

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Commander Wocko:
Hang on, no one told me CM was a game, I thought it was some crazy simulation designed to find the next generation of Football Managers, I'm most put out
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Sorry wocko... you're not being trained Pretender-style to take over the reins at Bradford. At least I should hope not!

Glasswalker

It's all about starting in the lower leagues. Where new managers are more likely to get their experience. Realism is the key here. Plus I'm a passinate Chatham Town supporter, so non-league is where my heart is.