Foreward I don't intend on this being an in depth story with great narrative like the rest of the people on here have done. Too much effort for me, but I'd like to use this at least to just share my save. I've been playing FM since it's incarnation until FM17.... took quite a break but started up a new save just after lockdown and kept that going, but FM20 sale came on and I snapped it up.
I decided to start a save with Barca, this is my go-to team as a lifetime fan (Yes.. I live in Scotland and support Barca, no I'm not a glory hunter lol).
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A bit generous in the qualifications to start, I know.
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Tactics I enjoy and currently tweaking here and there to get it the way I want it
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Haven't purchased any players, started with the default budget of £8m... so wasn't doing anything fast with that, did sell Arda Turan though for a record breaking 750k (yaay!)
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Friendlies were Ok, all things considered. I had set out my tactics and roles, familiarity at that point was pretty low. The game against PSG I lost 3 goals in that last 10 minutes of the game, disappointing of course, but again, not too bad a result. After that it was good going, last 2 games have been my worst run of form though, a draw against Osasuna (20th) and first competitive loss against Ajax, that game was a little frustrating to watch, a number of players just weren't up to scratch, but we'll move on from that.
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For those interested. The game isn't really relevant, there's times I'll just save the game and leave it running. No editor.
So far so good, I don't have any specific thing I want to do, I may only stay a single season and move on, if I'm not sacked of course, and there may even be a job I see and want to go for, have never had a problem going to much lower teams, In a previous save I was at Arsenal (was 10+ years into the save) and applied for a vacancy at Sampdoria who at the time were struggling to avoid relegation.
Questions? Feel free to ask
I decided to start a save with Barca, this is my go-to team as a lifetime fan (Yes.. I live in Scotland and support Barca, no I'm not a glory hunter lol).

A bit generous in the qualifications to start, I know.

Tactics I enjoy and currently tweaking here and there to get it the way I want it

Haven't purchased any players, started with the default budget of £8m... so wasn't doing anything fast with that, did sell Arda Turan though for a record breaking 750k (yaay!)

Friendlies were Ok, all things considered. I had set out my tactics and roles, familiarity at that point was pretty low. The game against PSG I lost 3 goals in that last 10 minutes of the game, disappointing of course, but again, not too bad a result. After that it was good going, last 2 games have been my worst run of form though, a draw against Osasuna (20th) and first competitive loss against Ajax, that game was a little frustrating to watch, a number of players just weren't up to scratch, but we'll move on from that.

For those interested. The game isn't really relevant, there's times I'll just save the game and leave it running. No editor.
So far so good, I don't have any specific thing I want to do, I may only stay a single season and move on, if I'm not sacked of course, and there may even be a job I see and want to go for, have never had a problem going to much lower teams, In a previous save I was at Arsenal (was 10+ years into the save) and applied for a vacancy at Sampdoria who at the time were struggling to avoid relegation.
Questions? Feel free to ask