I'd heard about the game before but for some reason thought it would be simply about transfers and finances. I was wrong...very very wrong
Everyone plays it differently though, if you just wanted to do transfers you could and let your AssMan do the rest. The game has become easy to set up in that regard.
I don't make too many tactical changes, but obviously if I've got some useless git who can't kick a ball I will tell him to not pass much or take long shots.
There's so much great fun in this game, the randomness is the selling point.
- Signing some french knob who was late to training twice in his first month at the club, after being seen out late partying with socialites at a club. First time I fined him two weeks wages and he claimed he'd show more professionalism. Second time I sold him to another club for 4million. Don't think he played much there and faded into obscurity
- New DC gets 2 straight red cards and 3 yellow in his first 5 games
- Finding a MC/ML who ended up playing 80+ internationals for England and averaging a 7.2+ rating in the Premier League for 10k when he was 17 at some Welsh club. Or finding a guy in Ghana who will end up being voted European Footballer of the Year that no one else was even looking for.
- The agony as your tight arse chairman sells your best player for 1million because the offer was too good to refuse
- Having your club bought by some crazy Czech/Asian tycoon who pays off all your debt and invests 100m+ every six months for you to play with.
- Telling some arrogant youngster he wont be getting more than his 200 quid a week because he has 4 years left on his contract.
For me it's nearly the perfect game because it doesn't require constant attention, you can play it while watching/doing something else. You don't even need a strong football mind to play it, I started with very basic football knowledge and was just scouting/signing players. But over the years you pick things up watching real football and the 3D match engine that helps you fine tune your tactics.
