How to Pick a Save You Love in Football Manager

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.

Much Love,
FM Senpai

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[hazel]

Did anybody else click on this video half expecting 11 minutes of Zealand yelling with a song and dance edit going on in the background?

[reubenmacdonald]

As a Welshman who always starts the first save in Wales... I appreciate the ending Zealand! Much love!

[jelmerluttenberg]

I was waiting for to be mentioned that whole god damn video

[ManAsCrasp]

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

[willsherri]

I WAS LITERALLY LOOKING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS LAST NIGHT ON YOUR CHANNEL.

I think we’re just telepathically connected or something Z

[xrnst]

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I see how you get down Zealand

[alternatehistorysports]

The best saves always come from starting unemployed, then trying to rescue a team from relegation halfway through a season.

[Icetuga]

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.

[danielmurphy]

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!

[ArjanSchaeffer]

love The Grind, because it does give you a more undressed and low-pressure start to learn about the game. #JourneymanAllTheTime

[GettingGoodatGeoGuessr]

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

[Quickr]

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.

[thomasmeier]

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

[personlol]

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.

[tamerharb]

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.

[matthewsouthcott]

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

[MatthijsMessias]

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 :)

[connorfernandes]

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!

[bangaverage]

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

[estanislaoriera]

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 🇦🇷🇦🇷