INTRO
Attempting my first Football Manager story with my favourite team: Hibernian F.C.
I know it won't be easy, especially since (as mentioned in other Scottish FM stories such as stonecold's latest Aberdeen story) Scottish football in FM get's harder and harder each time.
Why Hibs? Although I live 16 miles North of Aberdeen I got taken to my first game in which Hibs were playing Aberdeen at Pittodrie (ironically), and fell in love with them since there (big mistake). Supporting Hibs is probably similar to supporting Aberdeen, each season you have no idea if they are going to do good or bad.
DATABASE
I'm going to be using LFC Marshall's latest winter database with a few minor changes, these include Liam Craig being already moved to Hibs from St. Johnstone and adding Hibs training ground to Stadiums which has been made the Youth teams home.
I've loaded a large database with England, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain & Wales as selected countries. I've set only England and Scotland to playable
AIM
Since it's my first FM story, I've decided to set a realistic goal for a Hibs team. My two main goals are: Qualify for the Europa League & do what Hibs haven't been able to do since 1902 (:'(); win the Scottish Cup
THE MANAGER
Set to Automatic experience with Hibs as my favourite club.
Not sure how I approach transfers since I have very limited budget.
I will be looking to bring youth players such as Handling, Stanton & Caldwell into the squad.
Next post I'll do a club info and tactic post. However I wish someone told me that writing this would be a b***h, cursor is going all over the place.