There’s a Football Manager ‘save compass’ and it’s genius for choosing a new save

What would we do without FM Base and FM scout? They are absolute pillars of the Football Manager community and they constantly come up with the goods. Need a new tactic? One of them will have you covered. Need the longest wonderkid shortlist you’ve ever seen? Yep, they’ve got that as well. And once again, FM Scout has delivered the goods with the ingenious ‘save compass’.

The Football Manager Save Ca brilliant tool on their website which will help anyone who is completely stuck with their save. So if you have no idea whether to manage Real Madrid, Luton Town or a random Polish amateur team, this is the tool for you. Let’s get into it, what it is and why it’s so good.

What is it?

At its core, the Save Compass is a lovechild of a random team generator and a club finder. You plug in your ideal save criteria across ten categories – transfer budget, club reputation, youth facilities, wonderkid potential, and more – and it spits out up to three club suggestions at a time that match your vibe. Not feeling the picks? Hit shuffle. Want to completely reimagine your FM destiny? Start over.

It works beautifully on desktop, and even better on mobile, where it turns into a smooth step-by-step wizard that makes the whole thing feel like Tinder for Football Manager saves. Swipe through clubs instead of people. It’s healthier for your heart.

You can use the save compass here.

Let’s break down the filters, because this is where the real fun starts.

• Transfer & Wage Budget – Want sugar daddy madness or the slow grind from nothing? You choose.
• Training & Youth Facilities – Build the next generation or suffer with cones and cardboard walls.
• Reputation – Worldwide giants or obscure cult classics from Eastern Europe?
• Year Founded – You can go heritage club or plastic upstarts. Yes, someone cares about this.
• Average Squad Age – Pensioners, kids, or somewhere in between.
• Stadium Capacity – Big gates for big nights, or that intimate 2,000-seater in a field?
• Wonderkids – “Plenty” if you want to manage the next Brazil U20s. “None” if you want pain.
• Competitions – Do you want continental fixture congestion or domestic simplicity?

Each option invites you to sculpt the story you want to tell. Maybe you’re building a dynasty. Maybe you’re resurrecting a fallen titan. Maybe you just want to see if you can win Ligue 1 with a bunch of 36-year-olds and zero fullbacks. The Compass gets you there.

Why It Works

Football Manager is overwhelming. That’s part of the fun. But the paradox of choice is real — and the Save Compass cuts through the noise without making the choice for you.

Unlike Reddit threads filled with “do Schalke lol” or YouTubers reviving Portsmouth for the fifteenth time, this tool is about you. Your preferences. Your quirks. Your kind of chaos.

And the fact it gives you three teams per shuffle? That’s key. It keeps things feeling dynamic without forcing an answer on you. It’s the difference between “here’s your club” and “here’s your options — go fall in love.”

Save Idea Goldmine

Just for fun, here are a few combos worth trying:

• Poor training, top youth facilities, obscure reputation, loads of wonderkids → The perfect setting for a “Moneyball but with vibes” rebuild.
• Massive stadium, low wage budget, national reputation → Fallen giant storyline. Think Hamburg. Or someone weird like Dundee United.
• Kids, top facilities, continental competitions, no wonderkids → Now you are the academy.

Or go rogue: click “Don’t Care” for everything, roll the dice, and let destiny pick your poison.

Final Whistle

The Save Compass is exactly the kind of tool FM obsessives didn’t know they needed until it existed.. More importantly, it reminds us that sometimes the best part of Football Manager is before the first press conference, when the possibilities are endless, and hope hasn’t been crushed by a board meeting yet.

If you’re stuck in the dreaded “who should I manage?” loop, do yourself a favour. Load up the Compass, set your sliders, and go find your next heartbreak.