CAREER MODE WHAT TEAM WILL YOU BE USING

[Bgrd1080]

So what team are you using or will you be using and why? I am a Liverpool supporter and struggle to use them as it is tough to move players. I get too attached. Im thinking one of the 2 Milans, Rangers and a team from one of the lesser known leagues. Maybe Belgium.

[Turbojugend]

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Forest. Always Forest.

[The Yurpman]

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Liverpool and Borrusia Dortmund

[dipatach]

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Stuttgart in Bundesliga, Espanyol in La Liga, a youth series with a league 2 that has an visually appealing uniform

[Recon]

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Atlanta FC with my 9 year old daughter.
Arsenal FC by myself.

[napecori]

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Man united supporter. I'll probably start with them or a random team like Newcastle.

[WooCRISPY]

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I'm torn between doing the classic "Take an English League 2 Club to the Premier League" or what I usually do, which is choose the worst Club in the game and try to work my way up to better jobs.

The worst Club is usually one of the Irish teams (Last year it was Wexford Youths and the year before that was Finn Harps iirc) but they are actually kind of nice to use... They only have 33 games in a Season so you can play through the first couple years pretty quick. You are (literally) using the worst players in the game though so it can get frustrating at times

[GoDucks1224]

CAREER MODE WHAT TEAM WILL YOU BE USING

I play exclusively career mode. So I basically do like five seasons of every major league and a few with lower tier leagues.

England: Everton. Wanna see the Toffees win the league again. Also, will consider a Wolverhampton 'road to glory' (if you can call one promotion with one of the best championship sides an RTG [emoji23]) sort of thing with them. Mostly cause I like their kits, and a podcaster I listen to is a supporter of theirs. Incredibly petty reasoning haha.

Spain: Real Betis. They seem like a challenge, yet they have a good foundation for their roster.

France: Marseille. I want to bring them back to their former glory.

Germany: Either Hoffenheim or Hamburg, haven't decided which yet.

Italy: Internazionale. They've been overshadowed and somewhat forgotten in recent years and I would like to take them (and most importantly, Mauro Icardi) back to the top of the Serie A, and be successful in European competition again. I was going to go with AC Milan, but with their spending spree and the way their transfer budget exploded, I decided Inter would be more challenging.

I will of course also be using MLS teams, since it is my domestic league and I've been to plenty of games. I'm interested in using Atlanta, because they're a helluva story. Also, San Jose for hometown reasons. Considering Vancouver as well.

I also plan on using Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese league, because I like quite a few of their players and I've always been interested in using a Portuguese team and never have.

Other considerations for me are, Besiktas in the Turkish league, Tigres in the Mexican league, and Ajax in the Eredivisie.

One last idea I've flirted with is putting Shakhtar in the Russian league (I know, politically this makes absolutely zero sense and is probably insensitive of me, apologies to Ukrainians and Russians). I just think they're such a good team and would like to use them outside of Kick Off games. Maybe I'll put them in the Turkish league instead? I don't know. I know it's just a video game but I can't help but feel bad about the insensitivity to that particular political situation. [emoji28]

Anyway, I ranted a lot here lol. But that's my plan! I imagine I'll only get about a third of those done, as I do every year, and the rest will just transfer to next years goals.

[TheDutchDad]

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Man united supporter. I'll probably start with them or a random team like Newcastle.

Funny, I'm Man Utd supporter as well, and probably using Newcastle. Have always liked The Toon.

[Rizabes09]

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Might throw Celtic in the Prem right off the bat to mix it up it's not too huge of a stretch

[Schrankwand]

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Will be starting, as always, with the greatest club in the world - FC Schalke 04. Gonna check out the third German League, too. SpVgg Unterhaching is my first choice here. Since TSV 1860 München are in the fourth tier now, Germany needs a new dominant club from the bavarian area.

[BBallcoach]

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A League 2 team in England, probably Lincoln City since they are new. And then one of the new German tier 3 teams. I love "Drake" career modes in FIFA. Starting from the bottom and getting to the top.

[Qb]

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As usual, I have no idea, fear I'll dither too long before starting and fall into the trap of waiting for sliders, patches, squads, etc. Late in the 17 cycle I started an Ipswich Town save as Sol Campbell -- Gunner great of course and one of the manager builds looks enough like him -- and might revisit that idea. If they had the EFL presentation that would probably be a slam dunk.

Using a mid-table club in Spain or Germany is tempting due to the licensing/presentation additions, but I can never pick a club. I had a one going with Köln last year, but their real world situation has really improved, so no need to bring in a new manager (yes, I know...). I also thought about starting as one of my favorite retired players, Mark van Bommel, taking the helm at PSV in Holland. He also played for three of the world's biggest clubs -- Barcelona, Bayern, AC Milan -- so that creates some interesting future employment storylines.

Guess I better sort it out soon.

[Hunkerdown]

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Will start my manager career in MLS (Hometown MLS Team - Orlando City). See if I can move on to a bigger league. If I end up getting bored, will go to England or Germany most likely.

OS Community Sliders will hopefully keep every game from being boring, and if the CTT actually work this year to get different types of matchups.

[Wavebird99]

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I'm always so torn, and switch teams constantly. Its been a classic Fifa fault of mine....

Until last year! Managed to get through 6 seasons (alot for me for one save). Did 2 with Atletico Madrid, 2 with Napol in Serie A, and then finally moved to Man City in the EPL (my favorite team).

Was a lot of fun and I get a major kick out of joining a new team in year 3/4 and seeing who they've added/ how their squads are being developed. We all know the AI is unfortunately not great about building squads (see United last year always buying at least 2-3 big name strikers within the first couple of windows and then burying them on the bench), but its fun to take over.

I did a smattering of random teams too, but that was my longest/deepest move.

This year, I'm confident I'm doing:

- Man City. Will probably be my first one. Want to see how many trophies I can win + possibly attract Messi to come (ha!)

- MLS Team. Loads of new teams. (I avoided this league last year). Torn between NYCFC and Vancouver

- Serie A team. My 2nd favorite league to play in after the EPL. Thinking Inter, Fiorentina, or a lower tier team.

Others I'm considering:

- Marseille/some other french club.

- Trying out a lower division German team and pushing them to the top of Bundesliga.