20 Problems Only Football Manager Fans Will Understand

12. The Indignity Of Your Son Coming Through The Youth System And Being Rubbish

Enshrined in FM folklore and witnesses by only a privileged few, a little nugget of fun the game contains is bringing your son into the youth setup after you've been at a club for a significant period of time. There can be no prouder moment in a player's life as here, their own (digitally rendered) flesh and blood is about to pull on the club colours of the side they've spent the better part of a decade moulding. Except your son is subject to the same upbringing as all other regens, and has as much chance of being the new Phil Stamp as the next Pele. Chances are he'll be average at best, and you'll spend every League Cup game for the next 3 seasons desperately trying to blood him before letting him go on a free.