Sesquip

What Pangaea said in his OP. I have an attachment generally to the first club I manage and will play with them until basically forced out or bored of the save.

emgergo

It really depends. Sometims I stick to a team through thick and thin. I usually change when I feel the team is dominating too much the local league, or the chairman is, well... plain silly.

I also leave when I feel I can take the club no further due to 'outside' reasons (lack of funding, being unable to compete with the pro teams etc.).

Moonshine

Like Gergely, I chop and change.

In my FM07 save, I left a club because of a **** of a chairman, and then stuck it out at another club, until I left and I hated every other club. In this one, I've become really attatched at my club, but if a good enough EPL, LA Liga or Serie A job comes up, I'll jump like that.

Ambitious? Me?

BluMoon

I usually form some affinity with a team, as long as the season doesn't end up with a relegation - or damned near it. However, it's not usually that big of a feeling to stop me from moving to a better position if I can.

Occassionally, though, I get that feeling that I just belong at a club. Those are those clubs where you always end up on the favoured personnel list after a few season, and you just struggle to replace any of your players, even though you know - YOU KNOW - they're not good enough any more. These are the teams that, even if you're never gonna win a trophy, you refuse to take a job offer from another club - no matter how good.

And THAT is when I know I love this game, and that SI have done their job. As good an incentive as you'll get, Sancho. If you don't find that feeling with a club, then definitely start over, or move teams. It really is nearly like real life.

UELLfan

Finding an incentive to stay at a club is easy enough (to slowly improve the squad, develop that youngster who might turn quality, a relegation dogfight or a promotion race, even getting some silverware).

There's tons of motives to be found.

Leaving a club, on the other hand, is quite tough for me. Either I have that highly interferring board who won't let me improve the team or I feel I've achieved all I can there.

When I leave a club because of those two motives I usually carry on with the save until infinity (or corruption).

Whenever I leave a club because of a nice wage package/transfer kitty is thrown at me from another place is when I usually lose interest in a save and I can't revive it any more.

Somerandomguy

My incentive to keep playing is to keep the board and the fans happy. Plus I usually develop strong in game connections with my players and staff.

Plus I have the assurance of having a nice new soft couch to punch when thinks don't go my way (which is happening way too often )

Nobby_McDonald

I always try to initially take a small team as far as I can.

If I get the feeling I can't take them any further, that's when the 'career mode' inside me kicks in.