Start of season - Can't sell the players I'm trying to sell, wage budget too high, leak goals (due to being team that's gone from League 2 to Premier League in about 5/6 seasons and suffering second season syndrome)
Mid-season - stop leaking goals, despite captain/star defender getting injured, and the AMC/FC I bought for £400k (my only transfer in) starts scoring when I push him from AMC to ST... and doesn't stop. Move out of relegation zone into midtable with him scoring a goal a game nearly.
Transfer window - buy no one, everyone's suddenly trying to buy the star £400k striker for £12m, then £15m, then £20m, then £30m+. Still say no, even though that would quintuple our bank balance, because he's our only change of staying up.
February - knocked out of F.A. Cup 5th round with star striker injured early in the match, replacement striker doesn't hit barn door.
Now - have 10 matches to collect a few more points with no strikers hitting cows backsides, starting against Liverpool who beat us 3-0 and is one of about half a dozen title contenders with a point between them in the most open title race in decades (literally - 2000 was an open race at first, and that was 33 years ago).
Way better than just beating everyone and overperforming every season, it's interesting at least. Good old FM 2007.
(no1curr)