Even Professionals play Championship Manager

[juventusita]

From Soccernet.com

Joey (real name Johannes) Gudjonsson joined Aston Villa in late-January 2003 after a somewhat protracted transfer process with Spanish club Real Betis.
At one stage, the Icelandic international had agreed to move only for Betis, where he had fallen out of favour, to double the amount they wanted for the player to join Villa on loan for the remainder of the season.

The midfielder, who has also turned out for Dutch sides RKC Waalwijk, Belgian outfit Genk and also IA Aranes in his homeland, was immediately challenged by a delighted Graham Taylor to earn a permanent move to the Premiership.

Villa boss Taylor said: 'He's a 22-year-old midfielder. He's got lots of energy, he's very competitive. He's also a good passer and he also creates space for himself.'

Gudjonsson claims to have a good understanding of the English game due to his addiction to computer game Championship Manager - and straight away praised Villa captain Gareth Barry.

He explained: 'I know almost every player by name already. I play a lot of Championship Manager and Gareth Barry is always a good buy. Hopefully he is just as good in real life.'

 

[Deutschland]

Re: Even Professionals play Championship Manager

Originally posted by juventusita
From Soccernet.com

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LOL!!!! :Bow:

"He is always a good buy"

 

[mayhew7]

Its nice to see Professionals play Championship Manager while at Torquay Marcus Richardson & Greg Goodridge Played CM Together when they werent busy training of course

i wonder if any real managers play it and i wonder how they do

 

[Ebonix]

Celebs even play it
Loads and loads of celebs!
Robbie Williams (Most known)
It doesn't surprise me about the pros playing CM, They get to buy themselves

 

[monkeyhappy]

lets try to get him on SG that would be good a real footie player on the forums

 

[Sir Calumn]

I reckon that secretly there are some real footballers or managers that browse SG.

-C

 

[voetballiefhebb]

Most professionals play it, most of the Leeds team do, just before the world cup he admitted it, not that it is nothing to be ashamed of. And as for players browsing CM forums, I very much doubt it

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by voetballiefhebb
Most professionals play it, most of the Leeds team do, just before the world cup he admitted it, not that it is nothing to be ashamed of. And as for players browsing CM forums, I very much doubt it

I doubt some players dare to go on the net, they may be getting hacked by some perv who wants to know what they are doing.

TROD.

 

[voetballiefhebb]

Originally posted by TROD
I doubt some players dare to go on the net, they may be getting hacked by some perv who wants to know what they are doing.

TROD.

Only you could come up with something like that

 

[.::John::.]

Originally posted by TROD
I doubt some players dare to go on the net, they may be getting hacked by some perv who wants to know what they are doing.

TROD.

Something you want to tell us ?

 

[Tom]

what you on about! Im only saying! lol. I wouldnt know how to hack a computer if you gave me 5yrs lol

TROD.

 

[-William-]

Its cool that players play CM
I also read once that Guti loved to play Football Video Games

 

[veron28]

I heard that Hugo Vianna likes Champ but he always got sacked at Sporting Lisbon(it was before he joined Newcastle)

 

[voetballiefhebb]

Originally posted by TROD
what you on about! Im only saying! lol. I wouldnt know how to hack a computer if you gave me 5yrs lol

TROD.

www.astalavista.com

Learn in 3 days or so.

David James was dropped from the Liverpool squad for his addiction to computer game, it impaired his reflexes.

A Dundee player was dropped for an addiction to pickled onions!

Barthez and Dwight Yorke smokes....

Who cares? That is there personal life, if I had a journalist going round telling the world that I drunk cappucino, espresso, and hardly slept, I would be pissed off.

And going back to what Sir_Didier_Drogba said, if a footballer did search these forums, I am sure he would love us enquiring into his personal life.

 

[Ebonix]

Originally posted by veron28
I heard that Hugo Vianna likes Champ but he always got sacked at Sporting Lisbon(it was before he joined Newcastle)

I heard that as well, He said something about it making you a better player

 

[voetballiefhebb]

Originally posted by Liam_Best
I heard that as well, He said something about it making you a better player

Well if researchers said I had 10 in shooting, and 20 in heading and so on, I would know my weaknesses, so I suppose it does make you a better player.

 

[juventusita]

I honestly think some managers would benefit from playing Championship Manager. It can really increase your player knowledge, helps in the transfer market.

 

[Áļéאָ]

The researchers have done i great job with players in leagues such as Italy and Spain, but i think they have lotta players in smaller leagues over or under estimated.

 

[ryan_goal]

Originally posted by ChelseaFan88
I reckon that secretly there are some real footballers or managers that browse SG.

-C

hehe, tell u something, but dont tell anyone else...i am Harry Kewell.

 

[Gerrard 17]

Originally posted by voetballiefhebb
Well if researchers said I had 10 in shooting, and 20 in heading and so on, I would know my weaknesses, so I suppose it does make you a better player.

riiiight...

so you mean that without someone else evaluating you, you wouldnt know what your weaknesses are?

even if pros dont know that (which i doubt), you think the manager/coaches wouldnt tell them what they need to work on?