Yeah got mine for free last year as a gift, have racked up about a month of play time lol.
I've stuck with the same save throughout my whole career though. Knew absolutely nothing about soccer when I first started and now I have a pretty good grasp of it. I picked a completely random league 2 team to start with, Bradford, and was pretty shit at the game at the beginning. Had a good run of results but 5 5-0 losses in a row led to me getting the sack before my first season was over
Spent a few months on holiday before getting the Victory job. Discovered 3 wonderkids in 1 youth intake, all of them now play for Australia and are guns. Got sacked from Victory for being average at my job. Went through a period of really shit clubs with no funds and high expectations, so I went on holiday for ages.
Now I'm at Darlington, finally got a grip of the game. Check out FM-Base for formations and lists of good players if you get stuck.
Gee Dub, going on holiday basically means you let the assistant take over, and you can set it so you return at a specific date or a specific event happens. I usually only do it if I hate my current club and set it to stay on holiday until I get a good job offer.
Currently in the year 2020, I spend more time on FM than I do in RL and am probably now the biggest loser I know.