Despite the advances in modern gaming tech, youd be amazed how often the integrity of a controller which has never been anything other than reliable can be called into question during a heated FIFA session. An unresponsive R2 on a Dual Shock preventing Theo Walcott tapping into his boundless pace, a stiff B on X-Box 260s wireless controller getting in the way of Cristiano Ronaldos long shot, an off-centre analogue compromising the normally faultless dribbling of Frank Ribery the excuses available are truly endless. If the perpetrator scores a cracker at the other end, however, the complaints about the allegedly inoperative controller will inevitably fall silent.
11. The Flagrant Offside
There is a disturbing percentage of the FIFA community who seem unable to differentiate between the real game of football and a game online. Yes in a real game of football there will be disputable offside calls or cases where the linesman fails to spot a forward standing 4-yards offside, but it has to be remembered that FIFA is a video game based on code and algorithms painstakingly developed by a crack group of egg-heads in Canada. With this in mind, the complaint that your player who just scored was obviously offside becomes laughable. Similarly, if your frustrated buddy moans that the linesman keeps flagging his boys who are apparently onside you should remind him of the fact that this is a computer game and not a live match, which will no doubt fall on the deafest of ears.