Football Manager: It’s OK to play it, even if you’re a grown up

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Football Manager: It’s OK to play it, even if you’re a grown up
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If you’re over the age of 30, the release of a new Football Manager game can invoke mixed feelings – but this is why it's OK to be excited

If you’re over the age of 30, the release of a new Football Manager game can invoke mixed feelings. Excitement, certainly. Who among us doesn’t want to draw the curtains, settle back on the sofa and spend all day rebuilding a virtual football club in our own image? But there is trepidation, too. Because who among us can afford to spend all day rebuilding a virtual football club in our own image? We’re getting older.

You could lose a lot of time painstakingly marking out your positions for a free kick with a good chance of a shot, then doing the same for a free kick with a poor chance of a shot, then for one out wide, then for one out wider. And then all of the above, but for your defenders. And that’s before you got to corners and throw-ins. If you hated all of that, you were not alone. But it’s all gone now. Hire a set-piece coach, answer a handful of basic enquiries and that’s the last you’ll hear of it.

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