I recently picked up FM2013 and while it’s still in beta, it’s close to release now.
I decided to start, like I’ve done with every FM game (I’ve only been playing since FM2011), and pick a team in the lowest division from my home town (Örebro, Sweden). This season I have two teams to chose from in Swedish DIvision 2 SS; Karslund and Rynninge. I ended up picking Karlslund since this is basically where I grew up, and I did quite well with this team in FM 2011.
I’m using a huge database for this, so I can pretty much move to whatever country I want in case I get a good offer. It also gives me a lot of players to scout.
The introduction of the game has changed slightly from previous games.
Now you get a conversation screen with your assistant manager at the beginning, where he asks you what you want the staff to take care of.
As you can see, I have the game set to Swedish. I used to play the previous games in Swedish and I’ll use it until I have figured out where they’ve moved everything.
I’m missing screenshots from the team report, but I’ll say that this team is lacking in a few places. It seems like I have one good defender (Erik Tengroth), One good central midfielder (Samuel Mokede) and a few decent offensive midfielders and strikers. The goolkeeper is also good.
If one of the key players is injured, I’ll be in big trouble.
I’m also on a very low budget: 10.000 SEK for transfers and 20.000 SEK for wages.
I’ll start by looking for some new defenders as well as one or two midfielders. I’ll try to get a few players on loan if I can.
Next post will cover the pre-season.