7. Having A Huge Place In Your Heart For Some Of Football's Most Average Players
Even as you read this article the Premier League is littered with undoubtably talented footballers who, for whatever reason, just won't quite make it at the highest level. Be it competition for places, blowing their big chances, or just not quite being the right fit for their manager, they're destined to be remembered by most football fans as something of a failure - if indeed they're remembered at all. But that doesn't stop them living on again in Football Manager. Just because they didn't live up to their billing while at West Brom in real-life, doesn't mean they can't be the superstar you need to drag Leyton Orient out of the doldrums of the championship and into an FA Cup Final.