retired_GoBlue31

Do you reckon any of the players take the **** out of each other ? "aaahhh your crap on fm!" 15 finishing! I don't think so!

The Red

That was Gary Johnson

retired_mbodybuilding

I know Theo Walcott does, I bet Gareth Southgate does as well, considering he signed Sanli Tuncay.

Can't wait to see who signs Freddy Guarin and Lebohang Mokoena.

retired_hth2219

Blackburn have Mokoena, don't they?

retired_italianbella

I remember reading something about Jose Mourinho playing either FM or CM with his son. He was saying that his son kept beating him, but he blamed it on his son understanding more about the way the game processes information and decides on the results.

retired_fitness1st

But does anyone know of a professional player or manager who plays FM and has actually posted on the forum?

retired_vaivi24

I heard a great rumour that Martin Jol used to play and some of his signings were due to them being good on fm. I remember seeing a list of players he had signed irl who were good on fm and there were at least 5.

retired_jcooper924

Someone may jump in here and correct me, but I believe in 2001 the England under 21's were playing Italy under 21's. The Italian coaching staff therefore played Iatly U-21's vs. England U-21's on the latest version of Champ to get an idea of who the players they needed to keep an eye on were as apparently they had little genuine scouting available to them. I also think Italy won 1-0....

May be an urban legend, but not the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You have to think in certain situations in recent history that people must have been playing e.g. Bakayoko signing for Everton, Lennon signing for Leicester, Seth Johnson getting plucked from a poor team, Simon Davies climbing to the Premiership from the lower leagues - all quality players on the game before they were signed in real life. It either says to me a) someone is playing FM first to get an idea, b) FM is getting it spot on with some players or c) a combination there-of

In answer to the quetion of pro players though, I'd guess the majority of them would be mainly Pro Evo type guys and not FM. I did once work with a footballer who had a pro contract with Leicester for two years and he said that Pro Evo and Fifa were basically all the players played....

retired_marion ramirez

Do you guys not remember David James in his calamity days blaming his concentration levels for being low because he used to spend all night playing championship manager. Legend!

aspoerner

Pablo Mills and Lee Grant were in 442 saying they played it. Both were at Derby at the time.