How to keep interest in a save?

Im wondering how people manage to keep interest in a save for 20 years+. I struggle to get 2 months into a save before getting bored, or finding something else that sounds more interesting. I end up going in circles, as I try a low english team, but no matter who they are, I never do well, I'll then try a Premier League team, but even that gets boring sometimes, and saves like the Journeyman save is difficult to keep interest in because I don't know most of the players in the lesser known leagues. If anyone has any suggestions on how to keep their interest in a save or a idea for a save, please tell me.

what i do is i buy world class players galactico sort of things and just the players performance's keep me interested for instance i have signed messi and ronaldo in the same save and they both score goals galore

it helps to keep you interested if you are managing the club you support in real life, i also get a lot of satisfaction out of building a really successful tactic that plays the style of football i like, if you don't enjoy watching your team play then it is not much fun. i also find it fun to start out at a small club and do well enough to get a job at a bigger club, eventually ending up at one of the top clubs and then international management. sometimes it is good to take some time off from a save, eventually you get the urge to start playing it again. i don't know if you have tried a european super league database but that is very interesting, i created my own one but there is probably some online, basically all the top clubs in the world within the top 3 leagues of a country, you get some quite unpredictable stuff happening. there are some very interesting custom databases out there, maybe you should take a look at that.

I set myself short-term, medium-term and long-term goals with every club, nothing amazing but just things to keep me interested. Usually the long-term goal consists of winning the top flight or the continental cup competition.

I also always try to develop younger players to sell on and operate at an overall profit. This forces me to put a lot more effort and thought into my signings rather than just splurging obscene amounts of already established players. Infact its got to the point where I annoy myself if I spend anywhere near 10m+ on a player at any level.

So far in my current career I've had stints in Iceland, the MLS, Brazil and now Italy. I know that I want to manage in Poland, China, Holland, back to the MLS and maybe some other Eastern Euro countries before FM15 is said and done. That's what keeps me hooked to the one longterm save, as for individual clubs I normally only leave when I'm totally bored or if I've achieved everything I wanted.

I'm currently into my seventh or eighth season with Palermo, I expected to leave after four or five but I've remained hooked as the title has remained elusive and I'm determined to build up the clubs facilities and also get some decent homegrown players into the team. I want to really establish the academy and potentially get a new stadium before finally departing (most likely to China or back to the MLS).

Once I move on I'll remove Serie A and add Poland (I already have China, USA + Holland loaded), I normally like to have a new league loaded for atleast four seasons before I touch it as I've found that if you dive straight into a new league you've added then things are very mismatched. That just lets things settle down a bit.