Time taken at the start of games

When you take over at a new club, how long do you take to look at your football club in general, the players, staff, the youth and reserve teams, the finances and everything else?

Just until i know it well, first i will access the staff, the youth, the training and then i will access my first team.

I don't think your options are enough.

I probably spend 2-3 hrs initially over 2-3 sessions on average but this could include friendlies if its pre-season.

I'm plumping for about 1-2 hours minimum as well... current players, current staff, training, new staff, scouting... it takes time!

Sorry If I didnt make it very clear - I meant how long do you spend looking at your team before you play any matches or really progress more than a couple of days game time.

I normally start at Liverpool, so I know what the team is like.

Otherwise, I assess the first team squad pretty quickly and set up some training.

Not very long to be honest. I scan through the attributes but spend more time analysing in league games than before.

Ten to fifteen minutes usually. But that includes setting up a new set of tactics or adapting an old one.

For me, it's probably 10-20 minutes, at the most. Just need a quick look around everything to get me on my way.

For me normally 10-20 minutes.

I normally stick to Liverpool and being a fan I know enough to get me going. A Quick overview of the none playing staff and all the contracts is enough for me. I normally let the assistant take the pre season friendlies while I concentrate on buying and sellling plus sorting out all the contracts I want to.

I spend about 2 hours sorting staff changes, setting scout assignments, getting bids in, sorting squads out, and unsettling a few players by saying im interested in them and looking at which players the teams around me are going for

Where is the over 1 hour option? 30min maybe if it's a team i know from reallife.

More then 1 hour to pick team and then 2-3 hours to set it up before i hit contine for the first time.

The 30 mins + is the over hour option. I didn't really know what time frames to put in so just vote for descriptions (long time, quite a long time etc.) rather than the approx time.

Aprox. 60+ minutes, even if I know the team from real life, I just have a look at all the aspects of the team.

I spend a good few hours even before I press my first 'continue'

I take hours at the start of a game. Its very important to set yourself.

I spend a good couple of hours... Specially sorting out staff, mentoring and training for new positions.

Hours.

Those megastars currently available for a pittance wont be there the next day. Those clubs who might buy your deadwood still have the cash right now they wont have tomorrow. Any work you do at the start saves you hours and hours later on. Good foundations = successful team.

The coach reports are accurate enough that you can know a lot about your whole team without seeing them in action once.

How anyone can load the game and just hit continue is beyond me. You'll always be playing catch-up. Then again I like insane career games, rather than two seasons with players I know and start again.

VB

thats hard to say because if i take forest i know there team and know the players so my team picks it's self, if i take a new club then it can be any thing up to more than 2 hours b4 i even hot continue.

I'm usually over 2 hours before I hit Continue for the first time.

What I don't get are those people that say they only take a short time because they know the team in RL.

Although FM reflects football and RL we know its not 100% accurate. Surely there are players that are better in RL and others that are better in FM.

I tend to look over the first team squad and see where I need to strengthen the squad and also work on a tactic for the team, which is used by all squads. usually takes 10-15 mins

I'm surprised to hear people take so long at the start. I can appreciate there is a regime change and all, but 2 hours seems a bit excessive to me. I normally spend about 10-20 minutes sacking coaches, dealing with long term contracts for the best players and tweaking training and then get started. I prefer to suss the team out over a few months so I can see who stays and who needs to go and I normally leave the major squad surgery until after the first season.

i actually scan a team as soon as i get an offer from them,i delay for a week then check out the bank balance,thats the first thing i check. ,then check out the players.. takes about approximately 10mins to make my choices and get going.