I am officially a miracle worker. Took over Southampton on the squad updates and built the squad much better than it is being built in real life. Boilesen is one of the biggest bargains I've ever had on the game, he is an amazing wing back. Then again Odengaard was pretty much a free transfer and he is 5* potential.
The DM is really important in the system I use and I was missing Wanyama for almost half the season and was in terrible form without him, but when he played I generally got good results and eventually ended up finishing in a decent position
Went into the second season hoping I could go one step further and manage to get myself into the Europa League, only got given a budget of around £15m so I had to sell to buy most of the time. Origi was on loan and then Liverpool recalled him in January because he was banging them in for me (9 goals in 16 games I think) and I was above them in the league, then I had a tough decision between signing him or Icardi, went for Origi and it ended up being a great decision. The missing outgoing that boosts the prices up is Morgan S, got £20m for him. Brought Keita in so I finally had a decent back up for Wanyama as well.
Somehow I manage to defeat all odds and win the title.. I was top 3 all season pretty much but City overtook me with 2 games to go after I drawed with Villa, and my final 2 games were Chelsea and Utd but I somehow beat them both and finished first.
Tactic I have used in every single game. You need to have a really good defensive mid who has good attributes when it comes to his long shots (as well as obvious defensive ones), wing backs are probably next.
I'd say Clyne, Wanyama, Boilesen, and my two centre backs have been my best players. Coates and Chiriches have been an amazing partnership, I have Real Madrid after Chiriches now though.
Definitely my biggest achievement on FM14, even Gordon can't get enough