Football Manager 2014: 5 Challenging Teams You Must Consider Managing

By Lee Warner /

5. Crystal Palace €“ Barclays Premier League

Transfer Budget: £4.55m Wage Budget Available: £35.85k The Good: A sizable budget considering the amount of players who have already been brought in, enough for one fairly solid acquisition at least. The Bad: A horrendously bulky squad with numerous passengers and journeymen, many of whom will prove difficult to sell on until January at the earliest. Lacking a real presence in the centre of defence, and a 15 goal minimum striker. Advice: Spend big on a centre half, create a few interesting backup tactics for when you inevitably hit a quagmire of bad form, and pray Marouane Chamakh can score. At all. Best Suited To: A Headlines Manager €“ Someone who can handle the media scrutiny and constant cries from the players that the team is under-performing and that they€™re starting to lose confidence in you. Must be tactically astute rather than the €˜one tactic fits all€™ approach, and gear up for a long, dreary season fighting it out until the very end. If you make it to April and can still mathematically stay up, you€™ve done a remarkable job.