djstreaky

Hard to say, I've had saves on versions before where I've struggled at first but I usually end up being successful eventually. When I'm in a rut it certainly doesn't impact my enjoyment of the game. Unfortunately now having 3 young children, as opposed to none when I went on my earlier mentioned trot around Europe, means that I don't get the time to plough through saves with 15-20 seasons like I used to hence why FM24 is almost upon us and I am only 3 and a bit seasons in....maybe the time I have between games gives me more time to think and plan and therefore deliver better results If I was forced to make my own tactics from scratch then I'd probably stop playing as I don't have the patience for that, find it a rather dull aspect of the game (although I appreciate a very necessary one) and would probably lose all the time.

tactics are key. I've found one (not originally mine) that I've tweaked that has worked wonders....lost some games in Europe so certainly not perfect. Utilising this board for player suggestions is also invaluable, I've done it this way since the forums started

through my many years of playing the game it never ceases to amaze me when things happen in the game that just seem right, they just seem to happen as if it were written in the stars. I still recall and look back fondly on a save from many years ago (2009 or 2010 I think) where I'd decided a couple of seasons beforehand that if I broke Madrid's record of 5 Champions League titles in a row that I'd leave my team (QPR) and try my hand abroad. It just so happened that the CL Final in that 6th year was to be held at my newly built larger home ground and it just felt nice to go into, and subsequently win the match and then disappear off into the sunset (I subsequently ended up winning league titles and more Champions League's at both Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid before returning to QPR to sort out the mess my replacement had made of such a dominant team). There have been many more, I'm sure we've all had them, but this current save (again with QPR) I've just had this: You can see from the inbox who my next game just happens to be against....it did make me smile and thank the FM gods again for another of these nice little moments that would no doubt have the media salivating if it were IRL

Some cracking stadiums there for a major international tournament.....I'm hoping I get drawn to play in that one at the bottom with it's capacity of 50 :D