What team should I be?

[James8Wood]

I'm looking for a team with:
- Secure finances i.e.. no debt
- Good youngsters
- Decent youth/training facilities
- A mid table expectancy
- Good fanbase
- Good backroom staff
- A moderatly rich owner the would invest a bit of money but no too much

Any suggestions. Can be in any league/country.

 

[Fairhurst93]

I'm looking for a team with:
- Secure finances i.e.. no debt
- Good youngsters
- Decent youth/training facilities
- A mid table expectancy
- Good fanbase
- Good backroom staff
- A moderatly rich owner the would invest a bit of money but no too much

Any suggestions. Can be in any league/country.

Not sure about there finances but Newcastle? Swansea.. Wigan maybe? Thats if you want Premiership anyway

 

[James8Wood]

Cheers, although I was looking for a lower league team preferably out of England as I have tried Swansea and Wigan both of which were successful. I like a team that is defensive minded like Wigan and that doesn't concede many goals and can quickly snap up a goal late on in the game. I'm looking to start a save that is both enjoyable and rewarding. Tank you for your reply!

 

[Scotty98TR]

I'm looking for a team with:
- Secure finances i.e.. no debt
- Good youngsters
- Decent youth/training facilities
- A mid table expectancy
- Good fanbase
- Good backroom staff
- A moderatly rich owner the would invest a bit of money but no too much

Any suggestions. Can be in any league/country.

Athletic Bilbao? Currently doing a save with them at the moment, the Basque only rule makes it really fun, and it meet's all the descriptions you wanted

 

[James8Wood]

Athletic Bilbao? Currently doing a save with them at the moment, the Basque only rule makes it really fun, and it meet's all the descriptions you wanted

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it. Do you have any suggestions for any tier two teams that fit the requirements? Thank you!

 

[James8Wood]

Athletic Bilbao? Currently doing a save with them at the moment, the Basque only rule makes it really fun, and it meet's all the descriptions you wanted

I have just looked up recently the "Basque only rule" and it looks like it could make a really enjoyable game. Another thing I like to do on FM is generate home-grown talent so a club like Guadalajara (the Mexican club not the Spanish one) could also be enjoyable as I believe they only field Mexican players!

 

[Scotty98TR]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it. Do you have any suggestions for any tier two teams that fit the requirements? Thank you!

Tier two teams in Spain? Or any country?

 

[James8Wood]

Tier two teams in Spain? Or any country?

Any country.

 

[Scotty98TR]

Any country.

What about Koln? I know they aren't mid table, but they have good youngsters, are quite rich and have some decent players

 

[Scotty98TR]

Any country.

Or Blackpool/Leeds/Bari/Livorno, can't think of anymore off the top of my head at the moment.
Crewe would also be good but obviously they are League 1...

 

[James8Wood]

What about Koln? I know they aren't mid table, but they have good youngsters, are quite rich and have some decent players

Thanks for the suggestion I'll definitely give it a try!

 

[James8Wood]

I'll take a look at Bari and Livorno. Thanks!

 

[Scotty98TR]

No problem

 

[James8Wood]

Another idea I think would be enjoyable would be to take a team from America or Australia two nations that have only recently been introduced to football/"soccer" and turn them into a franchise like Manchester United or Liverpool. For example a team like Newcastle United Jets from the A-League could be easily converted into a franchise as Australia is close to Asia and a lot of Asian people live in Australia. Having the likes of Emile Heskey on the roster could easily boost their popularity in Asia and England. Although Heskey has a lot of critics for his goal scoring record I myself like him as he was born in my city (Leicester) and also grabbed a lot of goals in his prime years at the club. Signing big names like Michael Owen, who has a brilliant working relationship with Heskey, could prove very beneficial to the club. However to do this I would need a pretty big wage budget which links back to my topic about the franchise as it would generate a lot of income to the club. Another thing I would like to do would be to produce home-grown Australian talent and maybe manage the national team. Another thing I would have to consider would be to sign players from China, Japan and England to increase the clubs popularity over seas.