MeesterCat Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 From reading through the threads here, I've come to realise that I always refer to whichever team I'm managing as 'We'. For example, we came 2nd in the League, we were dreadful in the FA Cup. But a lot of other people seem to refer to their team in the first person - I won the League. Others just refer to their team as 'My team'. I'm curious to know if the way that I refer to my team, as if I'm sharing the experience with a bunch of 1s and 0s, is weird and I'm some strange semi-roleplayer. So, how do you refer to your team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenco Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Interesting question. I refer to my FM team in the first person, as I feel any achievement the team makes is as a direct result of my influence, therefore my achievement. "I beat Real Madrid, I won the league, etc". But when I lose I refer to my team as they. "They were rubbish today." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
facman Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I refer to my team as "We", simply because all of the players are real, they just live inside my laptop (they are very small!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrisk85 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I refer to whoever I'm managing as "Me/I", mainly because the "We" part doesn't hold for as long as I could have hoped for.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dees-Blake Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Normally I use 'we' for describing my club... We were founded in 1950, we won the Premier League, we were relegated after a poor performance, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieu Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Everything goes. I'm currently managing West Brom, and I've made it into the top 4. It's "I" made it into the top 4 because I'm the one playng FM hence it is I with my management skills that has achieved this. It's "we" made it into the top 4 because I couldn't have done it without the team that I've put togheter. If I had the same players I started out with I wouldn't have made it this far. It's "My team" because I've been managing them for 10 seasons and I've built a relationship with every player. What I've achived makes me feel like I own the team, and they can't get by without me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSGTroyer Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I refer to my team as "We", simply because all of the players are real, they just live inside my laptop (they are very small!) This is me, too. Except my real players live in my desktop, so they're a little bigger than yours... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oi_oi_ginger_roy Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 "Currently managing Reading, won the league and finished mid-table in season 2" Whatever category that fits into? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunyboy89 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I use 'we' but every time I refer to me and them as 'we', my partner AAALLLLWAAAAAYYYS says 'they're not real...' and my eye twitches a little bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymondafc Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Same as Kenco. When "we" win, everything is great - "we" are one big family. Failure to win means "they" are useless & I no longer consider them my brothers:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenco Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Same as Kenco. When "we" win, everything is great - "we" are one big family. Failure to win means "they" are useless & I no longer consider them my brothers:D That's not quite what I said. When the teams wins it's "I won, I am great!" A defeat, and "they lost, they are rubbish!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 On a similar(ish) note... http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=198847 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I refer to my team as `we` mostly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highor Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I refer like: I have won the Champions League with Barcelona. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anamericanego Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 when they win they're "my players" when they lose it's "those players" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanNUFC Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Love the seriousness of this discussion. Totally depends on what i'm writing at the time though, i don't really think about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcornell68 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 A quick look through my posts... "We." I am surprised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mar©o Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 "bunch of overpaid bloody prima donna's" normally, or something using fierce sexual slang that shouldn't be broadcast over the public interweb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vangelis21 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 i think it goes like that: I - when you don't care about the team but about your accomplishments as a manager We - opposite from the first one they - when u don't like your team! my team - when u feel something about that team! my examples from my games: "Real Madrid wins again" "We lost to Arsenal" with mu liverpool side "my team is great!" AEK side! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I nearly always say 'we', although I do feel a bit odd saying that when managing an international side that I've only been with for a couple of years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugster Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I refer to the team I'm managing as 'we', as do I with the team I support IRL (Arsenal). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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