20 Problems Only Football Manager Fans Will Understand

16. Secretly Pining For The Text-Only Version

The work Sports Interactive have put into making the game's graphics as impressive as the rest of the game can't be overstated - There's now realistic animations, weather, celebrations, movement, techniques, skills, the lot. But when so many first fell in love with the game it was merely a succession of scrolling text boxes that required the player to form the footage in their imagination. The fateful line "He Can't Miss..." causing the single greatest intake of breath ever witnessed. The option to go back to the text version is still there of course, and retreading those old boards lasts right up until you need to check a replay out to see which idiot played their striker onside.