FM 14 is going to be my first FM.

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I' m probably going to get skinned by my fellow managers but if you want this game to be a challenge, play against a mate or more. If you' re starting with one of the big guns and you know a bit about managing, you' ll find it fairly easy as only your own lack of experience and ineptitude will deny you from signing the best players available and thus gaining an upper hand over the Ai. This coming from a guy who not only loves the series but has played it for over 10 years. Other than this, enjoy it, it' s one **** of an experience.

HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST SUCH AN UNORTHODOX IDEA.
I'M JUST SPUTTERING RIGHT NOW IN SHOCK AND RAGE.
 
I'm pretty excited for u. My advice is practice and re start a couple times. Sign players, see how much they go for. Scout players, talk to your own players, mess around with tactics. I love Fifa too but Fifa is a walk in the park compared. Unlike Fifa even if your A massive club players won't just sign with u because your big, if hes Italian and he loves Milan he's not moving to London, he won't even let you open up negotiations. If you drop a star he gets ******, players constantly want more money. And you will get sacked if u don't meet expectations. If you sell a favourite son, ie Gerrard or Giggs you will not b popular, even if you sell a player n fans thick u sold him too cheap. Spend wisely, you have much more to think about with rules, ie: certain amount of players trained in your country and your club, teams your buying from often want a % of his next sale! the list goes on. I reckon choose a big club and when you get good then choose more of a challenge. 3 years later you'll still b learning stuff.
 
Wow, I'm really jealous of you! My first experience was one of utter shock. That was in the late 90s when there were lots of random titles being touted about and I found my home with what was then Championship Manager.

I find that since the earliest of FMs I spend several hours on my first day as manager. You won't need to spend as much if you factor out all my manual scouting but do take your time and don't just hit continue. I do that so it enables me to make sure that I get scout reports for all my targets sooner, make sure the staff I want agree to a contract before being poached and most importantly making sure tactics, training (both team and individual) and that friendlies are scheduled adequately for pre-season.

I often assign my assistant manager to organise them but then add/remove games according to common sense... rule of thumb is 5-6 games of preseason and make sure you don't ever simulate. This way you're able to make sure your main players are not only playing but the substitutes are done in a way that the goal is to get everyone match fit for opening day. This is absolutely vital to ensure you get off to a good start.

Depending on your club's financial position you may or may not be able to have an effect on the back room staff so disregard this if you have no transfer budget in the first season. But as long as you're a reasonably sized club who runs your training is important especially for the current crop of "high potential" youngsters. Without this it will stunt their growth for good so I always make sure this is also done on the first day. Also make sure you have the best physios you can afford and release any low-rated ones.

Another thing you might want to consider is to speak to the board as well. You're able to give them 3 requests per "day" and I always do it immediately and go for the three long term choices which are improvement in training facilities, improvement in youth facilities and improvement in youth funding. If all three requests are accepted then it's completed as soon as possible so you're able to make use of them.

Finally come to think of it the only thing I'm missing that you should be worried about on your first day is selling/loaning players. Also, coincidentally, it's also best if you offer to sell/loan the players who aren't in your plans on the first day so you get the biggest choice otherwise the teams who may have been interested secure other targets and you're stuck with them on the wage bill or worse yet your young super-star in the youth squad is unable to be loaned out because the club who would have wanted him on day 1 ended up signing someone else entirely and your player is stuck in reserves!

Sorry if that's a lot to read but I got a little carried away with the advice which is really only scratching the surface. I tried to cover the things that will help by doing them as early as possible and none more early than the first day. I warn you this game is highly addictive and many hours can just fly by while playing it so simply taking the time at the start shouldn't be seen as a thankless task.
 
The best advice I can give you is to call all your friends and family, tell you love them and wish them a fond farewell...

Welcome to the end of your social life!
 
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