I'm really enjoying being manager of Stoke! Started a game unemployed and replaced Hughes at the beginning of January in season 1. Finished 7th using a very slightly modified version of @Midfielder's tactic. Just started the 17/18 season after a big overhaul in the summer. Managed to get good money for Arnautovic, Joselu, Pieters, Bojan and Wollscheid so it set me up with a bit of a war chest!
Trying to build a team with an English core and a few foreign flair players. New signings include Carl Jenkinson, Gary Cahill, Rob Holding, Charlie Taylor, Luke Garbutt, Kortney Hause, Fede, Borja San Emeterio, Youri Tielemans, Fabian Delph, Jordan Ibe, Serge Gnabry, Abel Hernandez, John Guidetti, Andre Dozzell, Ben Stevenson, Liam Mandeville and Lewis Cook.
Apart from Tielemans, Hause and Cook the other well known players were transfer listed so I was able to pick them up for buttons compared to their real value. Cahill at £1.5m has been a steal so far!