Hall of fame challenge?
Start with no coaching badges, Sunday league rep is a must.
Start unemployed or in the lowest loaded league possible.
Try and overtake Fergie for managerial supremacy!
I've tried this since FM12 it's good fun.
Noel Makombo-Eboma is a great striker, starts of at Alloa at 16/17 in Scotland. He is 20 in my save at the moment, first season in the Championship with Luton and he's beasting!
It's not just reputation it's also factors such as awards you've won e.g. manager of the year, promotions/cups won, your manager attributes, and probably age.
I highly recommend Grimsby Town, although they do have money troubles, you have an amazing wage budget available to spend up to 14k I think, so you can get a lot of good players to turn them into a top BSP team. I got promoted to League Two in the first season, leaders by quite a few points...
Great stuff mate! One of the best stories i've read! What was your manager reputation set as at the beginning of the game? The gap of quality between the clubs you've managed is quite big.
I didn't cheat to get him, I got taken over by a tycoon the end of the first season i joined them (I joined in 2013 after Arsene retired), Arsenal were rated the top club after takeover in Europe & 3rd richest, probably why he joined. :)
West Ham, Birmingham, Blackpool, Southampton or Leeds in the Championship
QPR, Norwich, Swansea in the Prem
Sheff UTD in League 1
these are the options I'm thinking about
Bring him straight up to the first team, I played him on the right from the first day for about three seasons until i got Liam Lawrence (for £1 no joke) and rotated them both around, by 5th season he was just brilliant. If he ever has a bad month in training then make sure to tell him you expect...
Aston Villa 2012/2013
Just got them promoted from Championship, I was their 3rd manager in a year and a half.
GK: Alex Smithies
RB: Vasillis Torosidis
CB: Richard Dunne
CB: Carlos Cuellar
LB: Steven Warnock
RM: Stewart Downing
CM: Alejandro Faurlin
CM: Mohamed Diame (Hopefully getting Moussa...