How to Pick a Save You Love in Football Manager
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2021
- It’s hard to play football manager, but somehow the only thing harder than that is finding a save that you can really sink your teeth into. This has happened to me before, but this was before I found a way to turn every FM save I play into something I really enjoy. I’m warning you, this is going to require a fair amount of thinking, or at least introspection, to find you the most fun or best save you’ve ever played on FM.
There are a million different ways to play FM once you get a save started, with your tactics and wonderkid signing and team building, so it’s only fair that there are a million different ways people like to play the game. From a classic journeyman, with no coaching badges, no playing experience start, to the hyper-specific save trying to stave off relegation with the bottom team in a league in January. Maybe a tremendous database that creates an alternate universe for your FM save to take shape in, whatever it is, this’ll help you find it.
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Did anybody else click on this video half expecting 11 minutes of Zealand yelling WAAAAAAALLLEEEEESSSSS with a song and dance edit going on in the background?
Kinda yeah
“Siri, play flying whales by Gojira”
Zealand: "I'm not gonna buy you football manager for free, stop asking"
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I see how you get down Zealand
loooooooooool someone noticed the joke
Thanks, but I already have a Perfect System:
1) Play as Newcastle
2) Challenge for, but never win, titles just as the new FM comes out
3) Start over in the new FM
Similar kinda to mine.
1) play as Newcastle.
2) do well
3) pick a lower league team the next year.
Repeat.
Luckily, Newcastle is a lower league club every year.
Mine is similar play as newcastle - Challenge for but never win titles - Decide to take gateshead from vanarama north - start over in next fm
@@izaakwp7811 Bro!! I've got Gateshead on FM20 last year, champion of every lower league year after year. Survived PL, improved and I got to Champions League on 3rd year of PL.. Did not win. CL again, did not win and 3rd on PL. Stopped playing...
Now you will win titles
As a Welshman who always starts the first save in Wales... I appreciate the ending Zealand! Much love!
I was waiting for WAAAAALLLEEEESSS to be mentioned that whole god damn video
What does that mean? Why Wales of all countries available, don't get the reference
@@fabio-themisinformed3595 It's sort of a convo from twitch where everyone just seemed to have a great time in Wales (apart from at TNS). So now whenever Wales is mentioned everyone goes WAAAAALES. Good fun had by all :)
@@joelmallen7472 I'm Welsh and so I have managed a few different teams in Wales (even tho I support Cardiff city) and my most unfair sacking ever was with Newtown 😂
7:00 I am portuguese but this Red Star Belgrade team that won the Champions Cup, was such a great team. I will go even further that it is one of the most overlooked team when people talking or remembering great teams.
Oh man, dont mention it pls. I still remember it like it was yesterday.
I was 11 y/o kid, thinking only of football for a whole day. After last penalty we scored, my father started screaming, jumping, punching the walls, i thought he is gonna destroy the house. Mom, sister and me were on the couch, could not stop laughing.
Well, year 2018, now i am a father. My daughter asked my mom, why am i screaming, jumping naked around the house balcony. Oh, dear, it is nothing, we qualified to the World Cup final.
Or Lisbon lions Celtic
i am from the UK, but akways pkay as Rio Ave.
its kinda my FM tradition
The best saves always come from starting unemployed, then trying to rescue a team from relegation halfway through a season.
I can't stand the initial finding of a team, took 2 in game years once, never again
@@deckyBWFC91 Yeah it can get a bit tedious to start. It always depends on your managers experience, load some lower leagues or custom databases, and give your manager some badges to start off with. It is a much more satisfying way to play imo, but I get it's not for everyone.
@@alternatehistorysports see I always play northern and republic of Ireland, wanted a change of scene. I tried journey man on Fm16 and I never got out of Ukrainian lower division in 4 real life years, it was a great challenge, did about 12 in game seasons... But to spend 2 in game years looking for work only to be offered Iceland which I think are the lowest league in fm20 anyway, I might aswell have just picked the team there to begin with. I even had Lowest Danish, Bulgarian, Finland, Croatia, Belarus. They all laughed off my interest.... I'm actually going to give it one more go tonight.
Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland... I've a poor enough laptop so try only get leagues with small 2 division that interested in and low enough to be able get a job.
@@deckyBWFC91 Make things a little quicker by giving your manager some experience, like he was a professional player, got some coaching badges after retirement etc. It's monotonous applying for jobs and getting rejected otherwise. Also give your manager the language and nationality or part nationality of the nations you load, it should help a bit otherwise you're just one of a million managers out there.
@@deckyBWFC91 I've done semi-pro and no badges. That might be a little less onerous finding a first job. My first job was still in the Chilean second division (fortunately a league I actually knew a bit how to be successful with), but it only took a few months.
Currently trying to take the CL as far from Europe as physically possible by managing Sakhalin FC, a club based just north of Japan that are Russian
Would not want to play footy there! The island used to be a prison colony and looks bloody miserable
You could try Vladivostok or SA Khabarovsk
@@HerbalHairbear the attendances are... Not great.
@@liveforfm8965 Yeah they are similar options. I'm using FM20 and Khabarovsk start in the 1st division but I had to holiday a season to play as Sakhalin.
@@HerbalHairbear well so was Australia…. Know what on second thoughts I agree stay away from prison colonies
I WAS LITERALLY LOOKING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS LAST NIGHT ON YOUR CHANNEL.
I think we’re just telepathically connected or something Z
My personal favorite save to do is with a team in the Irish First Division (currently in 3rd season with Cabinteely) which is more of a passion project type of save. Always struggle to find one outside of that, this video has given me some ideas. Thanks!
Started with my local club Wexford, took me 17 years to lead them to Champions League glory.
I've just recently started new save: Forrest green rovers. Goal is to become established PL club. And let me tell you, I'm having a blast.
One of my fav saves was with these guys. Got to the Prem but then I bailed on them after they gave me like £10M to turn what was essentially a league one squad into a premiership team
@@louielouieuk Currently struggling with the same issue. Climbed too fast thru leagues.
hey Ive just started the same kinda thing with barrow just finished my first season and I hate them but I love them.
@@louielouieuk just gotta keep on loaning. And sign expired players
I'm doing this with tranmere to get 3 Scouser clubs into the prem. Goal is to make them #1 in Europe.
love The Grind, because it does give you a more undressed and low-pressure start to learn about the game. #JourneymanAllTheTime
Perfect timing for this video. I'm in the middle of a finding a save processe. And I just can't decide:)
I've done two saves this year both with the Build a club mindset. The first was Kaiserslautern in the German 3rd League. They were once at the top of the Bundesliga, able to compete with Bayern and all the top German Clubs, even going to Europe but have recently fallen mainly due to financial issues. Its also not terribly difficult, I got promoted from the 3rd League to the Bundesliga in 3 seasons. For my other save I'm doing Diagoras which starts in the Greek second league and is located on the island of Rhodes which I thought was cool (I imagine our stadium being called, "The Colossus of Rhodes"), the goal is to dethrone the traditional Greek powerhouse teams and compete in the CL.
My first and current save started with Macclesfield town. After back ti back promotions, Derby County hired me, get promoted that year, now we've won two PL and this year we are pushing for the CL, then I'll start a new save probably. So this video is fantastic. Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷
Every save I’ve done this year I’ve simmed the first season before choosing my team and it makes the save so much more dynamic
Im so happy you mentioned deportivo its all i was thinking when the segment started
I’m doing “The Grind” with th UK and Ireland leagues loaded. Started unemployed with no playing experience and the 1st coaching badge only. 12 seasons in and I’ve just taken over Newcastle United, trying to get them back into the Premier League. I’ve had some interesting stops along the way, including a stint as Northern Ireland U21 manager.
Quality vid man mirrors my feelings off a good save like a bit of history myself too
Just won back to back ECL trophies with Coruna! Love the concept of taking on a fallen giant. Makes it all the more enjoyable and empowering! Totally a challenge but absolutely doable and fun!
David Wagner is the guy who started Schalkes winless run by training way too little in the first corona break and then sugarcoating all problems.
He did well before the break and at Huddersfield tho
I am managing Marino de Luanco at the moment. Loving it 5 years in and 13th in LaLiga. Spain is pretty tough. They changed the whole league system 2 years in which made it way harder.
This is me irl when i tried to decide which lower league team i should play with in this year FM back in January.
Hopped around between Hamburg SV, St Pauli, Depor, and some other teams. Finally started a proper save with Kaiserslautern. Amazing experience so far
I've been playing with OM all year, definitely a challenge competing with PSG and even OL (Monaco can be sneaky too), but it's a nice save to try. I even managed to win the league in year 1 by 1 point over PSG. In my third year I have Szoboszlai, Tonali, Gravenberch, and Tammy Abraham leading my squad. Definitely give OM a try if you're looking for a fun save.
you are a funny guy ,Zealand ! Keep it goin . cheers from Czech republic :)
Dude I freaking love these videos
When I first watched Spanish Football I was a teenager and my two favourite teams to watch were Valencia and Deportivo Coruna, so I chose Deportivo rebuild and it has been my most enjoyable save I have ever done. #VamosDeportivo #Riazor
What I have done is look at my family history. Last year, I learned my Grandfather supported Hamburg growing up in a German community in the USA, so I managed them to glory and won them a champions league. This year, I learned my grandma was born just outside of Stuttgart, so I’m managing them. It means so much more when you win a trophy
Fell in love with College 75 out of the Giblatar National league. Tinest of clubs but won two domestic cups and got far in Europa Conference League qualifying. Satisfying playthrough.
Nice to see Mombot making an appearance in this episode
I have two types of saves I love, the straight forward Basque or nothing save and the start from lower leagues with middling to alright facilities (Gateshead, Telford, Portugalete).
7:56 WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVE
CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE
I love playing the grind as a journeyman, but not for the challenge, but for the roleplaying. I love coaching a team for 3-4 seasons and then move on :)
I think i fall into the "The Grind" category. But also love the story aspects i can add in. Currently i am playing as Eschen/Mauren in Switzerland. The grind is to get to the Champions League and hopefully win it. Story aspect is to get a Liechtenstein team to play in the Champions league
Its a lot of fun. In my 8th season, we just got relegated from the top tier (that was a rough season to sit through) back into the second tier. However I have made it to the group stage of the Euro Conference for the first time. Hoping to build on it from there
Started a save with Hamburger SV in FM19 because of this video. Currently top of the Bundesliga 2 in January (although that's not surprising as they just got relegated in this game). Optimistic about the future as Ive just beaten Stuttgart in the German Cup and I have Wolfsburg as the next opponent. Bundesliga, here we come!
Still working on my Boreham Wood save from FM16.. Having a great time! (Dont have much playtime nowdays)
I got up for a journeyman save. I started with Greenock Morton in the Scottish Championship and got them promoted to the SPL within a year and a half I was there. Then I moved to Wycombe where I won League One my first year there and bolted for Millwall where I am currently. Probably my favorite save in awhile.
International management is fun I always apply for something alongside my club manager. Currently trying to get Canada Under 23s to the Olympics, actually more interesting than you'd think.
You made me think for a sec that you were into Sabaton
I love fallen giants! One that's similar to Deportivo is Hamburger SV in 2.Bundesliga, enjoyed that last year. Doing FC Kaiserslautern in the 3rd tier now. Both Bundesliga winners and Hamburg also European cup winners
Selling club was my fav gamesave. Holland, france and portugal was a good league to play this type of club culture
My first save was called "Project East Germany", the plan was taking a team from Eastern Germany to the Bundesliga as soon as possible, it took 4 years, then, I lost the save :(
Lost the save?
@@vibbs68s91 my computer broke, and I had everything in there, not in the net, you know what I mean
4 years? wow
@@MrSedrox Bundes 2 was kinda difficult for me 😅
Red Bull did the same thing IRL.
If anybody does want a save to try, I've been doing one I've named 'the wolf pack'. The aim is to win the Austrian Bundesliga, German Bundesliga and English Premier league managing Wolfsberger, Wolfsburg, Wolves. To make it harder for myself I've added squad building rules than I must have a player from the 5 continents in the starting line up and at least 1 academy graduate also in the XI. So far I have won in Austria and I'm now in Germany looking at a top 4 finish but the trouble is I'm in a chasing pack of 5 or 6 teams all a long way behind Bayern. Wolves is worrying because they are close to relegation so my next move could be to the Championship after winning the league in Germany. Its kind of like a closed out journeyman in that you have the moves set out rather than moving around to random teams/Nations but so far it's really enjoyable.
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I love the slay a giant save, where you take a small team where a top team is located and build it up to defeat them. I just did this in Paris with Red Star FC, went all the way and won the CL and two Ligue I titles.
My newest save is take a story that exists in real life and take it to it's conclusion. I'm doing that with Marine FC, who made the third round of the FA Cup and lost to Tottenham. My goal is to eventually defeat Tottenham in an FA Cup and take them to the PL.
i need to know how this worked out!
The most fun I've had in FM for YEARS was 'Nation Building' - I've joined Celtic and Dundalk, made it into Europe, built up the nation co-efficient to make more/better places in Europe available, and then inject money / loans / free players to other teams in your nation so that they are also able to make it into European powerhouses.
Celtic was fairly easy - it took ~10 seasons before Scotland was one of the major European leagues.
I'm still to this day playing my FM18 Dundalk save - I'm 9 years in and I've gotten to the stage where Shamrock Rovers / Limerick can win some European qualifiers but haven't made the jump yet.
My fav was Sweden in FM-2013, club Assi, youth intake only. I won Sweden league, defeated Chelsea on Stamford Bridge in CL and played in EL playoffs few times. Sweden national team was 70% from my academy.
My billboard destoyed the save when they've sold two awesome defenders in one transfer window.
bringing back fallen giants is definitely my thing. had saves like Ifk Göteborg, Parma, Palermo, Deportivo, Hertha, Schalke.
I was waiting for Wales. Not disappointed at all
Starting a career in like 2035 or so became my way to go when I want to manage in an European league, actually. If you start in the presence, by the time you begin your 4th save, you just know so many good free agents and talents whose contracts are running out that it is kind of boring. Same for staff. Always scouting the same guys, always battling the same opponents,...that is not suuuper interesting on a long run. A game full with regens and new power dynamics within the leagues is a lot of fun!
Panathinaikos who used to play in the ucl every season( once reached ucl final, twice semifinals) is a nice save if you want to rebuild. Although they have a pretty good team for the greek championship, the real challenge is to establish them to the Champions League(which means you have to win the greek championship, because only the champion of Greece can play in the champions league 2nd qualification round, 2nd 3d and 4th can only play on Conference league). Also, a major problem for the club in real life is their stadium, when i pick them i try to build a new stadium for the club but it's too tough because of the economical situation that they're facing. Back in fm19 i believe, if you wanted to coach them you had to start with a 6 point deduction and a ban from European competitions
Doing a Hexagon Challenge here. Started unemployed and got a job in New Zealand's second tier. Went to Fiji as I couldn't get promoted with that database. Won the Oceanic Champions League and gone through a couple of clubs to get to Orlando Pirates in South Africa to win the African Champions League.
I used to make up own team in Scotland and put them in the bottom division. Now I tend to go Liverpool which is the team I support but my current save is with stirling Albion and I’m 8 seasons in and really enjoying it. I was born in stirling so it was an easy choice to pick them
Loved the video started in Malaysia did well enough to get hired as Curaçao international head coach qualified them for the gold cup which boosted my reputation enough to get hired by Nancy who were top 4 in the French second league mid season and I got them promoted then I became Senegal’s head coach
First save of FM21 started unemployed got a job with Red Star FC in the nationale French division who were 17th, just got them promoted in the play offs at the end of my first season. The grind will be real!
Nice one, I started with them!
Bizet, Durand, Roye and Koukou are carrying me towards automatic promotion. And managed to loan this way too on the nose diminutive midfielder raised by La Masia called Xavi Simons
@@SuperFuzzyDunlop Roye won player of the season. Ndilu on loan was my top scorer but got Merlin on loan from Nantes and he was awesome too!
Love a return to glory save, currently using Deportivo and have back to back promotions. Loans are the way forward 😄
I am managing the WAFA SC in Ghana (1st Division) and it's so much fun! Recently sold wonderkid GK to FC Twente for the record transfer fee of 125.000$ with clauses, lol. Currently dominating the league with the team consisting players almost exclusively from my youth academy.
I did a save with Deportivo this year and it was so much fun!
Won the Champions League two times and the League three times until 2033
I play Football Manager for the story and fun. But when I do I started in the lower league save for challenge which is my favourite thrill.
Few teams I have done in previous FM's are: Deportivo La Coruna, AC Milan, West Ham, Chelsea, Marseille, Sparta Rotterdam, RB Leipzig, Beerschot AC.
Currently doing a Braga save and having a lot of fun trying to build up the ultimate prospect factory.
Your Bate save inspired me to do a stlutsk save, I won 2 champions league by the end of it, i Heavily recommend a save in Belarus
Just started unemployed with no badges and the only job I could get was in Belarus with Lokomotiv Gomel.
@@stsaarikko yeah that's how I started, except employed, and honestly one of my faverout saves of all time
Reese sneaking in a Toffees badge at the end 😅
Another team with an interesting history is the Italian side Palermo, worth looking into for sure.
I’m currently managing caruna and I’ve gotta save it’s my all time favourite save! It’s a challenge but also not to much of a challenge with rules etc
I usually like managing a mid-lo-low table top flight team, and trying to do a stable first season, then reaching European competitions second season, and then going from there, bonus points if they have an especially quality player - I still remember a Bologna run with Alessandro Diamanti, around...FM2012, I think? Man had 20+ assists in the first two seasons 😄
My first save of FM2021 was with our "local" club (Hajduk), and ...with a little save scumming... it's been going well (got put into the Champions League group with the eventual winner and semi finalist, that was not good for the team morale, but other than that, it's been a fun time...
But I'd have to see who from the top 5 leagues I'll take, maybe someone like Wolves or Crystal Palace, off the top
I started playing Football Manager 2018. My local team is a fallen giant into the 4th divion of Romania with 4 league titles and 6 domestic cups, also a uefa cup semi-final during the 80s, after they got excluded from all competitions and declared bankruptcy. Amateur side, no training, youth facilities, stadium, etc. I managed two promotions in three years and now I'm getting ready for my first season in the second tier.
The first minute is literally me to a tee 😂😂
6:08 this was why I picked Werder Bremen for my recent save. Team fallen on hard times in Germany and could be relegated this season. 4 years in and finally in a position to challenge Bayern for the bundesliga
Ah Wagon Wheel. There's a throwback to my University days
Málaga C.F was in the CL semifinals 8 years ago and now they’re paying their 18 players with minimum salary in Segunda Division. Thank me later.
I did a save in FM2020 with them and had some much fun, but in FM2021 would be way more challenging cause they finished almost bankruptcy.
this is my 1st time playing FM and i started a Paris FC save. somehow i ended up in 2nd place in ligue 2 and got promoted. now halfway into my 2nd season i am somehow in 4th in ligue 1. still get destroyed by PSG tho XD
An idea for a fallen giant save is Swedish side IFK Göteborg (Gothenburg). In the 80's and 90's they dominated the Swedish league and were a strong force in Europe as well. Semifinalists of the European cup in 1986, won their CL-group in 1994 beating Man Utd, Barcelona and Galatasaray and of course their two UEFA Cup-titles from 82 and 87. Nowadays they are that frustrating team in no mans land in Allsvenskan. The occasional gems are often sold for nothing to Holland or Belgium. If you start a save now you have a talented squad mixed with experienced homecomers, decent finances and the initial boost of Marek Hamsik who is under contract until the end of august 2021. Enjoy!
Zealand you need to make a video about that journeyman save where you went from nothing to Barcelona in 23 years, that sounds like a fun story you can stretch into a good 15-20 minutes.
I feel very weird but I'm a sucker for a big cities. My last few saves were Leyton Orient, Hertha, Qpr
It definitely sounds like you should try my current save Paris FC. Topple the giants and enjoy a bit of French football.
I m the opposite.🤣
Hey Zealand, I'm wondering if you're planning on releasing any more podcast episodes? Throughly enjoyed the Sparta one on Spotify.
rss.com/podcasts/20goodminutes/201959 and rss.com/podcasts/thezealandpodcast/198525/ are two others he does along with the arm chair history one. All can be found on spotify.
My favourite repeat save is to start unemployed and always take every job offer throughout the save unless it is Manchester United. It tends to be continuous chaos, and it forces me to consider a wide range of tactical approaches due to the different squads.
Had to like for the winged hussars reference
Usually when doing a save i'll either do one with the team i support, the pentagon challenge, a custom database save with a save from the icelandic 5th tier, i just started doing a youth acadamy challenge with a team from the swedish 4th tier or like a proper fallen giant save with a team that's in the bottom tier of any country that has won a top flight title. That's because i like a challenge though and have been playing since fm06 lol
English 6th tier, north/ south clubs. Open the biggest database and the top 20 nation database. No question.
"My God... I like mayonnaise?" Cracked up laughing.
Thanks for the video, I decided to play as Sunderland in a fallen giant sort of save, any tips as I've never done a lower league England save before
i did that. now in premiership. had 3 season s in championship. 2nd season in prem.
I just did the no badge Sunday footballer unemployed start. Ended up at a second tier Belarussian side and have won 3 of my first 4 games. They had absolutely no staff and the board is happy for me to hire some. Because of this hopefully the only way is up.
Milan is great. It’s my main save as of now. Finished second in my first season and got knocked out of the europa league in the last 16’s. Second season I won the Serie A with 101 points and won the champions league! This resulted in me losing some of my best players - including Leao, Donnarumma and Hernandez - blessed be their treacherous souls. My third season is not going as well as a result, as I’m trying to rebuild and fill the holes those beautiful disloyal players left me with.
It’s a blast
I'm just here to recommend a building a nation save with Ireland. I'll be honest its a bit painful at the start but its satisfying when you become the best team in the league. I've so far gotten to place 16 in the coefficient rankings. 15th place has 2 ucl spots, 1 europa league place and 2 europa conference league. This is also the first fm save i have ever done and im currently in 2044 so i could have done better 😅😅
It’s usually 1860 Munchen for me. Three Bundesliga titles and two German cups in the bag so far this year. Always a fun save, small ground and debts make it a challenge, though this years game has been a little easier than previous editions.
I can never start a save if I already managed that team on previous fms
All about the Grind. My local in tier 8 is my start
In Spain or rather Asturias in a very non biased way I'd recommend two teams. One would be Real Sporting de Gijón, sitting in the second division it has three interesting players in midfield: Gragera (DM), Pedro Diaz (your classic DLP) and Manu (AM) and potentially decent youngsters with Guille Rosas, Morilla, Santamaría and Dacal. With a decent fanbase (bigger than a fair chunk of teams in the first division) for a "small" club, good installations and a historic stadium is a potentially sleeping giant a la Leicester. The second would be Lealtad, if you enjoy the grind is a semiprofessional team with a sick badge and black kit and that's enough for me.
Doing a save with Wrexham, signing only welsh players. Its a nice change, since I am playing a known league, but with a twist. :)
Wrexham with Bilbao policies.
WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS! 👍🏼
FM is an awesome game and am sure it's important to be completely into a topic to do your vids - but man!!! u are WAY TO GOOD as a content creator to stick to a niche topic only :-*
Always get sucked into the Swedish leagues. Over the years played AIK, Goteborg, Hammarby, Helsingborg, Oster, BK Hacken and currently Stockholm Internazionale. Started as a relative equal top division where at least half the clubs could contend for the title after 1 off-season, way back in FM 13 or 14. In more recent games like in FM 20, Malmo is basically the top club which is a step above everyone else. Then you have the pack behind where most clubs can contend, but will lack the financial backing and fans excluding a couple of clubs. So you have to try to overthrow Malmo, while trying to keep the title, plus foreign clubs will send in relatively big money offers for your players. Which most of the time you'll have to try and squeeze as much money out of them as possible to fuel your clubs future young generation/transfers. So you can be competitive in the European competitions down the line. Plus it's a summer league which adds to the dynamic of trying to have a successful European campaign.
For me, its always the clubs I support in real life. AC Milan and Union Berlin all the way. Two totally different teams with different club cultures, players, challenges, objectives etc.
for the Fallen Giant idea i can only advise you Magdeburg, they were huge during gdr times and are in german 3rd tier right now.
My favorite save ever is an Unemployed save I'm actually in right now.
First job was Barnechea in Chile second tier. Little suburb of Santiago tucked against the Andes. No fan base to speak of lol. Got them promoted, was leading the league in my first year after promotion when I got hired by Rosario Central. Got them into Libertadores, then fell short due to an insane injury crisis but won the coach of the year, hired by River Plate. About 2 years each stop.
River is so much fun bc they have great youth intake, are a top club domestically of course, but then winning continental competitions is still hard bc Brazil -- but possible.
Planning on staying with River basically until I get a top half job with a Spanish or English club, maybe Europa or better in Germany or Italy...something like that.
@Zealand if you like the winged hussars I recommend sabaton winged hussars
Hey zealand! I might be wrong but I think you did a save in Iceland 🇮🇸 If you did is that recorded? I’m doing managing Fjolnir in Fm21 and it is loads of fun and I’d like to watch some content of people managing in that country. Thanks man
I won the ucl with fh. It was a bit boring at the end because of the complete difference between local and European calendar
I usually set my own rules or guidelines when starting new saves, an example being if I play in England I can only sign English players, Germany, German etc. Anything goes from Youth ranks, but purchases must be nation of league etc
EYYYYYYY IM INDONESIAN. Nice shoutout man
I pick a nation, number generate for the division I play in, then the team. Always fun :)
I went to third tier of Poland. I only picked the polish league to manage. It's amazing. Going for the league with my forth team! currently in 2053
One that I have always liked doing is going to a smaller country (Austria, Switzerland, Greece, etc) and picking a team that was relegated a year or two back.
Love Polish bits ❤️❤️