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I started playing Football Manager with the release of FM14 and every year I start unemployed and go through the job application process. This year having got the FM18 Beta was no different but for one thing. I normally start in the bowels of the Irish first division dragging a broke, not so great team kicking and screaming to the the top of the table and into the top flight. On this occasion though I started in the Vanarama National League North because that's where the work was at a level I enjoy playing at.

However this is where there was a slight inner conflict and I was also called out on my appointment during my first encounter with the media. I'm a Liverpool supporter. I was appointed the manager of FC United. The reason for taking the job was simple, I didn't want to start FM18 spending ages waiting or looking for work so I applied because there was a vacancy, got an interview, got the job. The media asked if I thought there would be an issue among fans because I'm a Liverpool supporter but 20 games unbeaten helped me out there a little bit.

This brings me to the tale of the tape to date. Below are images of the league table, results and my tactics.

Fixtures and Results:

We've had a solid season, one of the surprises of the season was the Oldham fixture in the FA Cup 2nd round. What annoyed me was we took an early lead in both matched only to give it away 2 minutes later. To be honest we were lucky to stay in the replay, they gave away 2 or 3 penalties but still came out winners.

Tactics:

 Simple 4-4-2

Team Instructions

Objectives set out by the board and our performances in all competitions

So that's where we are at the moment. As of this post we are sitting in 2nd place closing in on a Kidderminster team that have spent the majority of this season sitting on a 10 point cushion at the top of the table. We have the top goal scorer in Kanye Diedrick-Roberts with 21 goals in the league, 29 across all competitions. We have the highest number of goals scored in the league with 64.

It's a bit of a long post as it's my first and kind of playing catch-up, hopefully they'll be a little shorter in the future, I'll post again soon to show how my first season ends up and the inevitable battle to hold onto some of my best players. Hope you enjoyed it and I'll post soon.