10 Weirdest Things People Have Done With Football Manager

3. For Live TV Broadcast Stats

Currently Sky Sports have some of the biggest names in football providing commentary and post-match analysis, spending no expense on assembling a team which includes Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Thierry Henry, Jamie Redknapp and Graeme Souness to name but a few (and not including Chris Kamara because, well, he knows why). Despite notably having a lot of resources at their disposal €“ which also ensure that the satellite channel owns rights to the majority of Premier League games, sharing some with BT Sport and leaving terrestrial telly bereft €“ when it comes down to the systems they use to analyse player statistics? They're no better than you and your mates down the pub. Starting in 2015 Sky Sports have used the Football Manager database to rate the season's new signings, taking the games at face value in how they good they reckon certain players' dribbling, acceleration, and goal-scoring techniques are. The game does strive for accuracy, but it seems a bit unprofessional almost for Sky Sports to rely on it.