maintaining interest

i keep losing interest in game 2/3 seasons in i dont know why

has anybody got any suggestions of ways to stay interested?

help is much appreciated

If you're managing big teams, then don't. Drop down the leagues and try out a smaller club.

Watch some football or go talk to a m8 about how they are getting on etc. Especially if they are doing well.

Hmm hard to say, the same usually happens to me if i try starting all over again after playing for a while. But in my case i only seem to make it through pre-season and quit at once. But on my FM08 version there have been no problems or crashes so i've pretty much only played the same save game with AC Milan. I was tired of it for a while, from the end of December to about mid March i didn't play it at all, so i played another game quite intensely instead (Silkroad) boy that game sucks when you play it for a while. Anyway i got extremely bored with that and jumped back to FM! And then it was just as(maybe even more) fun as when the game came out^^. So that might bee something to try, but it might not work for everyone. Im in the season 29/30 now, all seasons with Milan + 5 seasons with Italy. And im gonna be playing the game until the new game comes, so this strategy worked for me:)

cheers im gonna try a game as laval in the french third division see how that goes

My suggestion would be to try starting a game in a nation you don't normally use. Brazil has an interesting league setup.

concentrate on bringing through youth players - works for me - I usually play 50+ season games