How's your FIFA career mode going?

[Sunsandgrizzliesfan]

Patricio 85 de Gea left after homesickness
Aurier 88
De Brij 88
Laporte 88
Alaba 91
Carvalho 89
Pogba 94
Neymar 93
Martial 89
Kane 90
Dybala 92
Subs
Bale 88
Rashford 85
Cook 75 youth academy
Will Hughes 82
Pereira 83
Smalling 85
Vigouroux 67 backup keeper
Lifted prem and champions league in year 3 and now in year 4

[Zac]

I started one. Played and won the first game of the pre season and haven't touched it since. So yeah, I guess its going super well. I started with Blackpool. But I might just start over in Japan.

[eF 5ive]

Spoiler

Just some random pictures from my season.

I played awful in my friendly cup. I dropped 2/3 matches. I was trying to select my subs so I was playing a fair amount of subpar players. I've started 4-0 using the community sliders.

[JHedges2]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZO

I started one. Played and won the first game of the pre season and haven't touched it since. So yeah, I guess its going super well. I started with Blackpool. But I might just start over in Japan.

LOL...

I find immense humor in this--not sure why.

[JHedges2]

Quote: Originally Posted by eF 5ive

Spoiler Just some random pictures from my season. I played awful in my friendly cup. I dropped 2/3 matches. I was trying to select my subs so I was playing a fair amount of subpar players. I've started 4-0 using the community sliders.

Nice photos man!

[herdfan50]

My goal after work today is to start a career up with a team. Here is my idea: Use either a lower level epl team or use a team trying to get into the epl. Thoughts? Please help, pretty new to soccer.

[pfeifere1]

I'm in my preseason European International Tournament with Bayer Leverkusen. We won the group (1-2-0, 5 pts) and are ready to play Real Sociedad in the Semi Final round. The other match has Fiorentina against Benfica. The only reason I moved on was thanks to a 93rd minute strike from Stefan Kiessling that rescued us from elimination to group winners! I haven't had a controller spike into the couch for celebratory meaning in a LONG TIME...usually the polar opposite reason

Going back to my opening match against Milan, I lost Chicharito for three months with a broken ankle which was really unfortunate...especially because I always turn off the first summer transfer window. I like to play with the cards I'm dealt during the first couple months, however 45 minutes into the preseason I was wishing to go back in time.

I've been playing with the Community Sliders v.2 on world class with 10 minute halves. I think the only thing I need to tweak is my goalkeeper's ability. Bernd Leno is a good goalkeeper, but some saves he's made for me have really been borderline obnoxious! (I shouldn't be complaining because without them we are out of the competition!)

I'm really enjoying the flow of the game this year and how physical it is, especially on slow with the Community Sliders. Those guys do such great work in there, but I have a [hopeful] feeling this year there may be less work needed. Good luck to all as you enter your own career modes! I'll be back periodically to update.

[pfeifere1]

Quote: Originally Posted by herdfan50

My goal after work today is to start a career up with a team. Here is my idea: Use either a lower level epl team or use a team trying to get into the epl. Thoughts? Please help, pretty new to soccer.

hey herdfan, my two cents here is to pick a team you have some sort of connection to. Whether that means you like their uniforms, the city they play in, their nickname, their ownership group(s). This will help you to keep coming back even through some tough losses. I'm a huge soccer nut and my biggest fault is trying to do the whole lower level to EPL thing, however I don't have any special connections to any of those teams (I tried Wycombe, Portsmouth, and Leyton Orient). Something I know many will jump on soon is Swansea City with the appointment of Bob Bradley as manager, but it would be a fun storyline to follow if you go that route.

The hardest part for me is ALWAYS team selection, so good luck!