BigMoney964
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Welcome to my first ever FM story. I say story, it's more going to be me making a ton of mistakes, getting relegated a few times and then jumping from the roof of a tall building when it all gets too much. Suicide-related jokes aside, I'm not an expert at Football Manager, I wouldn't even class myself as good. I've been casually playing since 2012, but have never really got stuck into a career. I tend to start a game up, do between 2 and 5 seasons, and then get bored. I figured that posting about my journey might help me concentrate on sticking with it.
There are loads of good threads on this site, but many of them lack something that I quite like when playing FM. Realism. I like to try and keep my career's (fairly) realistic, meaning I'm not going to assemble a squad of world-beating wonder kids by 2018. I'm going to use my own knowledge, my staff's recommendations, and the in-game transfer rumours section to assemble transfer shortlists, and then I'll see which players take my fancy.
So, let's get into it. Why Ipswich? I clicked the random team button. That's why. Fully aware that I'll probably never get out of the Championship in this series, I'm targeting the lofty heights of a top-half finish in my first season. My media prediction is 14th, so I don't think we're too far off being a top-half side. Below are my budgets.
Transfer budget: £2M
Wage Budget per week (remaining): £190K (25.5K)
So, we have a little bit of cash, but not too much. I'm hoping to bring in one or two good players to build on the signings that have already been made in-game in this transfer window (starting day is 9th July 2014).
I'll post screenshots of results, statistics, and other information that I deem to be important. I'll probably also set up a YouTube channel and upload all the goals on there and shove a link in this thread so you can enjoy my successes and failures in HD.
I will probably post one update on this thread every in-game month.
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There are loads of good threads on this site, but many of them lack something that I quite like when playing FM. Realism. I like to try and keep my career's (fairly) realistic, meaning I'm not going to assemble a squad of world-beating wonder kids by 2018. I'm going to use my own knowledge, my staff's recommendations, and the in-game transfer rumours section to assemble transfer shortlists, and then I'll see which players take my fancy.
So, let's get into it. Why Ipswich? I clicked the random team button. That's why. Fully aware that I'll probably never get out of the Championship in this series, I'm targeting the lofty heights of a top-half finish in my first season. My media prediction is 14th, so I don't think we're too far off being a top-half side. Below are my budgets.
Transfer budget: £2M
Wage Budget per week (remaining): £190K (25.5K)
So, we have a little bit of cash, but not too much. I'm hoping to bring in one or two good players to build on the signings that have already been made in-game in this transfer window (starting day is 9th July 2014).
I'll post screenshots of results, statistics, and other information that I deem to be important. I'll probably also set up a YouTube channel and upload all the goals on there and shove a link in this thread so you can enjoy my successes and failures in HD.
I will probably post one update on this thread every in-game month.
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