Any pro footballers play Football manager?

graziaer · 11-20-2007, 02:21 PM

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Originally posted by AcidBurn:
A few eeks ago i can't remember which manager said it but one said something like managing a real club is different to playing football manager theres more to it than picking a team and choosing your tactics. and thats what some fans don't realise. I wish i could remember who it was.

yeah, it was the Ebbsfleet/ MyFootballClub thing. Might have been the manager or Brum chainman as someone said.

retired_rerespur · 11-20-2007, 02:22 PM

joe cole is a fan....

he used to play as west ham but sold himself and carrick to make some money.....

think this was in 4-4-2 a few years back

retired_key fondriest · 11-20-2007, 03:42 PM

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quote: i wish i could have been roasted by some players
Originally posted by Tuffers

look tuffers just because your jelous that i was taken up the back door by a few premiership pros no need to be jealous ok!

retired_pitaqueen · 11-20-2007, 03:46 PM

Saintric-

ARE YOU A GUY OR GIRL???????????

RDK · 11-20-2007, 05:36 PM

spot on robertodibiaggio!
it was actually Demetrio Albertini who was asked by then Italy manager (Trapatoni i think) about the new English player. Albertini just grabbed his laptop and launched CM3 or was it CM992000 and got him some info on the so-called unknown English players

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Originally posted by robertodibaggio:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Mik_iz_wak:
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....

It wasn't the under 21's. It was the full national team when Peter Taylor managed us for one game away in Italy. There were a lot new, young players like Seth Johnson and Gareth Barry.. the Italian management had no idea so referred to FM....apparently of course. </BLOCKQUOTE>

retired_chinni2277 · 11-20-2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally posted by thisboyshouts:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Reider84:
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!

it was DEFINITELY treasure island dizzy on the zx! </BLOCKQUOTE>

Off topic but... A while ago I remebered that game but never could remeber what it was called, I would just like to say, I love you for remind me about that. Retro FTW.