I've been playing the Football Manager series since 'Championship Manager 97/98'. I've owned every version since then, and I even moderated a game world on the short lived (and much missed) Football Manager Live between 2008 and 2009.
As much as I feel that Football Manager 15 is the best in the series to date, for the first time since I can remember, I just haven't managed to get into a 'save' this time round. Some of that will be down to personal circumstances; newly wed, first child arrived etc., but trust me, I've still managed to play a LOT of FM15. I've tried legitimate challenges; hard fucking challenges - like starting club-less with no reputation or coaching badges/skills. A challenge that lead me to 1.5 seasons in South Korea's second division and getting nowhere.
Anyway... I've always enjoyed bringing through youth players in my saves. As such, when things are going well, I tend to like my saves to be a minimum of five seasons long - something I've failed to achieve even once so far on FM15.
And so this leads us to today. First off, a disclaimer; I'm very aware that this isn't a 'challenge', it's more something that I think will be fun and will tide me over until FM16 (circa November time). I'm going to be managing Manchester United. My caveat for this 'fun' save is that I will only be signing players who are 19 or under. My aim is to end up with fantastic youngsters with bags of potential who will come through the ranks and into the first XI after a few years or more. Beyond signing players, it will also be my aim to ensure that the club has the best youth facilities and coaching, so that the regens that come through include plenty with good potential.
I'll be updating this blog periodically with my progress in a semi-FM story telling way. It'll be more of a digest to chronicle my progress. It will end when the FM16 demo comes out sometime in the next two months (I assume). I'll be happy if I can get this save into at least a fifth season - but we shall see!
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