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I'm 12 or 13 seasons into Pompey's glorious domination of Europe, and it's just about time for a new game.
I'm playing on 'easy' but it seems harder to climb to the top then stay at the top. In my first season in the EPL I was crushed by most of the big teams at every outing, but managed to scrap my way to safety. Then I managed to sign a wonderkid and between him and Conor Chaplin, they scored 50 goals between them and I took the FA Cup and Premiership and from there it's been easy. Strengthen squad depth,sign some wonderkids, farm em out, make some money off thems, sign big names for the first XI, work on cohesion, win titles. Rinse repeat.
The one thing I have not yet worked out is how best to develop young players with a view to keep them. Reserve teams seem to stymie any real growth but farming them out to other teams means they will probably get squeezed out by a big name transfer and never get a look in. Need to think it through more.
The other thing is, as a small team you are just stuffed financially. Without a big stadium the money potential is capped, and building a bigger one is a ticket to administration. I am sure I can make Forest Greens the next Galacticos though!
I'm playing on 'easy' but it seems harder to climb to the top then stay at the top. In my first season in the EPL I was crushed by most of the big teams at every outing, but managed to scrap my way to safety. Then I managed to sign a wonderkid and between him and Conor Chaplin, they scored 50 goals between them and I took the FA Cup and Premiership and from there it's been easy. Strengthen squad depth,sign some wonderkids, farm em out, make some money off thems, sign big names for the first XI, work on cohesion, win titles. Rinse repeat.
The one thing I have not yet worked out is how best to develop young players with a view to keep them. Reserve teams seem to stymie any real growth but farming them out to other teams means they will probably get squeezed out by a big name transfer and never get a look in. Need to think it through more.
The other thing is, as a small team you are just stuffed financially. Without a big stadium the money potential is capped, and building a bigger one is a ticket to administration. I am sure I can make Forest Greens the next Galacticos though!