Friday, February 8, 2008

Subj: DEAR EPL CLUBS, DRIVE HER WILD WITH A LONGER, DEEPER BENCH


If you've ever played the highly addictive Football Manager, you probably quickly learned the following:

  1. It kills your social life
  2. It's scary good at predicting super stars (playing as Tottenham, I picked up Bojan from Barcelona's youth team before I had ever heard of him after a scout recommended him)
  3. It's annoying playing English clubs since you can only select 5 subs instead of the 7 that's the norm on the continent.
Well, rejoice, because #3 is about to change - English Premier League clubs will be able to name seven substitutes in league matches next season.

This is great news for the Arsènes and the Avrams and the Alexes who will have to make fewer tough choices come selection time, but surely smaller clubs will benefit too. As the rules are currently, you have to sacrifice tactical flexibility for emergency situations, or vice versa. 1 goalkeepers + 4 field players are simply not enough to provide cover for your starters.

The rule change, however, won't do much for your social life of the Football Manager addict. For that, you'll have to go cold turkey. Believe me, I've hit rock bottom once and I'm never going back, if I can help it.

1 comment:

The Fan's Attic said...

I got this same email once, except it had ViA GrA in the subject line.