I got a bit bored of my Villa save once I'd won the big 2 trophies. Going for the long slog of the San Marino challenge now I have started it a couple of times on previous FMs but never really got further than about 10 seasons. Hoping to see it through this time and the ability to carry on with the same save file in FM25 should help if needed.
On previous attempts I went with Victor San Marino playing in the Italian leagues but this time I've decided to play in the Sammarinese division with Fiorentino. Hoping to improve the league as a whole as well as the national team.
Got off to a really good start so far as I won the league in season 1 and actually managed to win some European matches and get into the Europa Conference League! That gave us £2.5M which is huge for a semi-pro team. Managed to really improve the team in season 2 with lots of quality free transfers and loans, so much so that it's actually unreal. I have Pierluigi Gollini in goal for example on about £500 per week I guess we got a huge rep boost from Europe. Already wrapped up the league in S2 and looking ahead to Europe, actually think we have a chance of Champions League or Europa league this time with a kind draw
The national team is really bad at the start and the only matches we've won were handpicked friendlies. Did manage a decent draw v Lithuania in WC qualifying too. Going to be a while to see much progress though.