You know you are addicted to football manager when............

[Red Owl]

You start accidentally naming FM-created players in general conversation.

"Liverpool need a creative midfielder, I think Hubert Knoll would be a good signing. You haven't heard of Knoll? He's Austria's capta... oh, wait a minute..."

[CMdan44]

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[Allies]

You always somehow seem to mention something regarding your FM savegame in day-to-day conversations with friends upto the point that they think you have found a substitute for having a girlfriend/wife.

[JonnyGabriel]

You do something like this;

http://img94.imageshack.us/i/gatesheadfc.jpg/

[jimmckenna]

You begin hating random teams IRL because you lose to them badly on FM..

[mastema]

When tutoring younger colleagues, start every other explanation on why stuff isn't working as it should with "it's your tactics".

[Marco_123]

You are genuinely sorry when you have to release Dale Tonge when he has helped your York side to successive promotions from the Conference to League 1 that you remain upset for the rest of the day. You then search him on facebook and add him (which he accepts) and on social interview the question comes up 'Have you done anything to Dale Tonge that you want to apologise for?' to which I answer, 'Dale, I am so so sorry for releasing you from York, I hope it hasn't affected you or your family in anyway.' Then a few days later you decide to have a nosy on his profile and find out that he has deleted you off hus friends!! 100% true story

[MUFC95]

You do something like this;

http://img94.imageshack.us/i/gatesheadfc.jpg/

How did you do that??

[SouthgatesRedWhiteArmy]

when you sit next to your brother in law who is playing the game, and call yourself his assistant manager.

(funny thing about it being, he left me in charge for one game while he went for drinks, and i lost it LOL! )

[Allies]

You begin hating random teams IRL because you lose to them badly on FM..

Too true...

[JonnyGabriel]

How did you do that??

Finding similar kits on here and then Paint, patience and a boring Saturday afternoon.

[duffy89]

Too true...

And players...I hate to think what I'd do if I met Daniel Sturridge for all the misery he caused me after signing for Hibs

[Bleeding]

When you go to the cinema and after the end of the film the only thing you remember is that you should'n play Eduardo

your friends are bored of you and they think you are playing fm all your time (something you refuse)

remember that you have bought a new pc game and you haven't tried it yet

you see dreams that you have won the CL with a semi-professional team

watching football and after a goal you expect a replay

[montana222]

When you see your team losing on TV and wish that you can quit and reload the game.

[Skan]

When you starting thinking that it is actually 2015.

[Vic Taylor]

When you go to the cinema and after the end of the film the only thing you remember is that you should'n play Eduardo

your friends are bored of you and they think you are playing fm all your time (something you refuse)

remember that you have bought a new pc game and you haven't tried it yet

you see dreams that you have won the CL with a semi-professional team

watching football and after a goal you expect a replay

This has happened so many bleeding times to me!

[dragonheat]

when you have 3 notebooks full of different tactics for your team. with full instructions for all of your players to deal with all possibilities like having your goalie sent off

[Deisler26]

When you lament the fact you can't order an Albacete shirt online and have the name and number of your favourite regen on the back!

[Suzie MUFC]

When you lament the fact you can't order an Albacete shirt online and have the name and number of your favourite regen on the back!

I've seen people do that. Some guy was playing as Barcelona and had this really outstanding regen - he ordered a Barca shirt and had his regen's name printed on the back.

[Mazz]

Time to revive this thread once again...

When you pose in a suit for your managers picture

Haha quality

When you spend hours upon hours in the Editor creating a fantasy league where Spain has been split into its 17 autonomous regions, with each region having its own league, and with each champion of these leagues then going into a 17-team Championship play-off to decide the overall winner/European representatives, then creating a thread in the Spanish discussion section asking for advice on which teams should be placed in these leagues (all in Spanish btw!), only to find out that it's close to impossible to get something like that working on FM . You make a vow to just play the game from now on and leave editing to others.

Then a week later you start a new "project"...

[megasuperb]

..when I play FM on the iPhone while waiting for the Continues on the PC version

[JonnyGabriel]

When you lament the fact you can't order an Albacete shirt online and have the name and number of your favourite regen on the back!

I want a Gateshead shirt with NGO BAHENG #8 on the back but don't want to fork out £45 for the pleasure.

[Fabio MVP]

I've seen people do that. Some guy was playing as Barcelona and had this really outstanding regen - he ordered a Barca shirt and had his regen's name printed on the back.

http://community.sigames.com/showthr...ht=regen+shirt

See post number 10 Suzie.

[Fausto]

amazing shirt

[Matt_no_7]

I think your really addicted to FM when you see it's 11pm, say one more game and next time you see the clock it reads 4am... but you don't give a crap and just keep on playing. Or, and this is a true story. I was with this girl and ya know one thing leads to another and so on. So there i was, at it, and at some point i was starting to become a bit bored and began plotting out my summer transfers in my head lol

[JRJK]

You mistake your wife for Jonjo Shelvey

[Big Andy T]

Im genuinely relieved reading this thread i honeslty thought i was mental

Taking bbc/sky tunnel interviews after every match
Talking in a foreign twang when your new signing is being interviewed
Shouting loudly at dots on a computer screen
Clapping your bedroom walls after that great win
imagening Soccer Saturday and Match of the day talking about how brilliant your doing and if your too young to be talked about as the new england manager!

(i need a girlfriend)

[AB-forever]

(i need a girlfriend)

Don't we all?

[Carllo Carlos]

You are so confused you don't remember at the presente time is 2010 or 2012 (like in the game).

[capt. cRaZy]

When you starting thinking that it is actually 2015.

So true thup:

[Blue Saint]

When you hear the ambulance because you´ve forgotten to eat.

[tom_numbers]

You start accidentally naming FM-created players in general conversation.

"Liverpool need a creative midfielder, I think Hubert Knoll would be a good signing. You haven't heard of Knoll? He's Austria's capta... oh, wait a minute..."

I frequently confuse actual people with similarly named regens.

[Matt_no_7]

Once i binged on football manager so much that when my brother came in to wake me up i asked him (in a sleepy daze) to call Beckham's agent and find out his birthday, i needed it for the contract lol. Also i think your addicted when in May you start plotting signings for the next FM game... Already got my eye on the capture of Charlie Austin and Connor Wickham lol

[Vermundr]

...when you bump a few months old thread to write nonsense.

[Sherdil]

When you are explaining to your (know nothing much about football) girlfriend about how you brought Leeds United back to the Premier League in two seasons and how the relegation system works... :P

P.S. When your girlfriend is paying all her attention to you but your eyes are stuck on the PC monitor awaiting the next goal!

[Almondo]

you download a commentary pack and then look for the new lines in commentary coming up.

[Juan]

When you come up with a version of the new Nike ad with your world class Ukrainian regen striker as the star.

[Ozzsam]

When FM starts suggesting what should be on your CV.

[Blanchflower1]

When you start dreaming about FM in your sleep and your career goal is to work for SI!

[respo]

when u watch ppl on street and thinking what is their potential ability
cause their current ability is so poor that u would fired them same moment

[Ozzsam]

You know you're addicted to football manager when... You play your first match.

[CLOUDBEAST]

when you frequently ********** over it

[lewiswills]

When your thinking of players to buy during your exams... :P

[Ozzsam]

When your thinking of players to buy during your exams... :P

I started doodling tactics as I had an hour left...

[Lower Leagues Rule]

When you lament the fact you can't order an Albacete shirt online and have the name and number of your favourite regen on the back!

Hmm I have an AD Fafe Jersey, but I never got the Regen's name on the back, though have thought about it...for anyone who doesn't know AD Fafe are a 3rd Division club in Portugal, tiny really.

You do something like this;

http://img94.imageshack.us/i/gatesheadfc.jpg/

Love it, might have to do that just for something to do sometime soon

When FM starts suggesting what should be on your CV.

Hmmm been there.

[CMdan44]

Your laptop breaks and you borrow your brother's even though you can't play FM on it; you've just got used to the feeling of plastic under your fingertips and that disturbing, possibly wi-fi-radiation related, heat on your thighs...

[TacticalGenius]

1. Doodling tactics while on the toilet

2. When in real life the club makes a signing that you know won't fit in with your system, you get upset, even if he is class.

3. When you have smashed up 2 PC mice in as many days because of dubious reffing decisions

4. When you smash up your keyboard because of more dubious reffing decisions...

[Fabio MVP]

1. Doodling tactics while on the toilet

2. When in real life the club makes a signing that you know won't fit in with your system, you get upset, even if he is class.

3. When you have smashed up 2 PC mice in as many days because of dubious reffing decisions

4. When you smash up your keyboard because of more dubious reffing decisions...

The very same reason I don't want United to sign Silva!!!

[Eles Gergo]

You do something like this;

http://img94.imageshack.us/i/gatesheadfc.jpg/

Absolutely love this

[kingjericho]

You know you are addicted to football manager when............

I forgot to study for a test because i was trying (again!) to set up a 3-5-2

[fmbosnia]

when u make enquiry on chees in supermarket .

[CMdan44]

Haha quality

You make a vow to just play the game from now on and leave editing to others.

Then a week later you start a new "project"...

oh, i've been there pretty much since i bought the game last year to now

[aditya]

when your girlfriend request to be place on the transfer list

[twatty]

When all u do at work is playing FM. not to mention what i do at home most of the time.

and when u go to bed u take ur laptop with u and play some more.

or when u go take a dump u might take the laptop with u as the season is coming to an end and i have that great prospect coming 1st of July..

Standard.

[Fabio MVP]

when u make enquiry on chees in supermarket .

Hahaha, nema cjenkanja u Mercatoru.

[city321]

I constantly find that whenever a conversation or class doesnt interest me that much i pull out my notebook and begin writting down tactics or signings.

Playing FM on the toilet, in bed, in the car (when not driving ) and what i do all the time is interview myself, if im walking along the beach its 'so (name) how do you feel about this or what is your plan etc. Sometimes when im walking around or waiting in a que i begin interviewing myself and do it aloud, get the weirdest looks ever!!

[typenamehere]

When a computer store clerk askes you "what type of computer would you like". And you reply "an FM computer". Then its time for the shrink.

I was so ashamed I have to own up to this, when I bought my recent computer I demanded it be good enough to play football manager the response was 'so good enough to play the sims 3?'....since then i have never set a foot inside a pc world...100% true.

[Swindon69]

When you find the club song for your 3rd Tier Spanish side and decide to play it before your next game.

You then score whilst it's playing so you repeat the song throughout the game and get your best result of the season.

[Edinton]

Two things:

1 - I've actually wondered in the past what other people do with their time. I mean, they must have so much of it to play with!

2 - I coach an under 15s team, and on Sunday as I was putting on a sub, I used the phrases "play as an Inside Forward...attacking...cut inside onto your right foot" (at that point it was 1-2...we scored twice in the last couple of minutes to win 3-2 )

[fm_champ99]

you wear a suit and tie during a press conference in game, your on this forum, your on this thread and you've realized you've done most of the stuff

[Mikal]

When you press ALT + F9 outside of Football Manager to take a print screen...

[chesterfan2]

When you find the club song for your 3rd Tier Spanish side and decide to play it before your next game.

You then score whilst it's playing so you repeat the song throughout the game and get your best result of the season.

What ! I you mean there is a site where I can find Club songs for teams in the Spanish Segunda Divison B ? brilliant, do tell.

[FootballLover]

When I become frustrated for a whole day because I got knocked out of the cup by a late goal.

[Brick_Tamland]

When you coach U8 and it's only 4 on 4 with no keepers...and you still wonder if Billy the 7yr old would make a better AMC or MC.....and say things in your head like....his workrate is definitely 18 but his teamwork is a miserable 8.

[Stuyvesant]

when you frequently ********** over it

Hmm, I don't think I want to know what word got covered up there.

Back on topic, when you watch a world cup game and think to yourself, "This is an awfully realistic ME they have!!".

[juve_curr]

When you watch a world cup game and try to decide what FM instructions you'd give to each player on the pitch (run from deep, run with ball, etc).

[sweeaj]

When you watch a Euro Championships or World Cup and claim to have made the new star the player he is because you signed him as a kid a few years ago.... Ozil anyone??

[roflbanana]

When you have goal music ready on YouTube just incase your side scores at home

[hodgson1987]

you have sex the when they're asleep you sneak to the laptop to play lol

[johnels001]

Yoy say to ur friends things like: "You have bravery 4", depending what they do! :P

[Danny Jonesinho]

when you, beyond all expectation get blackpool into the prem, and immediately look for veterans, such as vieria, zenden, campbell, carsley, on a cheap free transfer and you offer them a contract, then when you get excited when it says, ...... set to sign, when you wasnt really expecting them too!

and then when you struggle with blackpool in the premier league, do the honoruable thing and resign and give reasons in your head, such as the club needs someone to take them to the next level, and you personally feel you have done all you can do with the club, and need a new challenge in your career, and get offered the fiorentina job, and steer them from 17th in serie a to 5th!

[sparkysrovers]

When you are late for work!

[Fqdd]

When you watch Celtic play Braga in the UCL qualifying round and realize you had Charlie Mulgrew in your Champions League winning squad at Leeds!

[sparkysrovers]

In work and you go to press F4 to check your inbox

[Eugster]

When you're in your bedroom playing FM and you parents call you and the first think you think is 'What could this be about, we've won three of our last six games despite the captain being injured'.

[skinny7]

1. when you need to do a cv to go out and get a job cos you have finished school and you need somethin to do in the summer, but you choose to load up fm rather than office (happenin to me)
2. when you follow players because they have done good for you (if balotelli goes city i cant use him next season at inter)
3. you are constantly on fm or any fm related site (fansite, si forums)
4. when you are lookin at specs on new computersyou mention to whoever youre with 'that would run fm good' (i say this to my mate most of the time)

[TacticalGenius]

4. when you are lookin at specs on new computersyou mention to whoever youre with 'that would run fm good' (i say this to my mate most of the time)

Always

..

[jameswibbs]

when your thinking off tactics and what players to buy when your a sleep

[Harty121]

your tempted to write a letter to your football team telling them which players to buy to get them to win the league

[smallclone]

When you have an important job interview the next morning yet are STILL on FM10 at 2am the night before.

[duffy89]

Im genuinely relieved reading this thread i honeslty thought i was mental

Taking bbc/sky tunnel interviews after every match
Talking in a foreign twang when your new signing is being interviewed
Shouting loudly at dots on a computer screen
Clapping your bedroom walls after that great win
imagening Soccer Saturday and Match of the day talking about how brilliant your doing and if your too young to be talked about as the new england manager!

(i need a girlfriend)

Aaah, the Soccer Saturday and Soccer AM daydreams, had then a plenty mate

[iamweesel]

When you feel that you should have a profile tab which you can check to see whether a girl is interested in you or not.

[Zola444]

When you can't play FM for one day & you get withdrawal symptoms!

[Hunt]

When you actually understand the real life 25-man squad rule brought in to the Premiership, only because its on FM 2010

[uusinjsh]

When you actually understand the real life 25-man squad rule brought in to the Premiership, only because its on FM 2010

Exactly, when you know all the squad rules, foreign limits, whether the cup has a replay or extra-time in case of a draw.. all that.. because of FM

[Fausto]

When you feel that you should have a profile tab which you can check to see whether a girl is interested in you or not.

hahaah that will be great haha

[jedman0]

I started doodling tactics as I had an hour left...

OMG! I did that too, in the maths exam, finished with 45 minutes left and probably confused the examiner with the 3-5-2 formation underneath the first question.

[sparkysrovers]

When you are not playing it and all you can think about it is playing it but you cant because your girlfriend will be mad at you

(she says its not real)

[iamweesel]

When you are not playing it and all you can think about it is playing it but you cant because your girlfriend will be mad at you

(she says its not real)

What's not real ? The game or the girl ?

I know where my money is.

[jaredk]

was watching liverpool's Europa League qualifier and when Maxi Rodriguez came on i was momentarily stunned as i thought i had already sold him last season

[LCFC_4_ever]

When you're giving imaginary press conferences/interviews on the toilet in between game time.... Also when you lift a vase/bottle/lamp above your head in celebration of winning the champions league trophy... worse still when you drop that vase and have to explain to your parents/other half what the hell you were doing holding it in the air in the first place....

I have a laptop so i just play on the loo,

[Aaron Armstrong]

When your entire geography knowledge comes from knowing different football clubs across the world due to journeyman careers...

[poola21]

when you are in 2031 searching for world class regens, and when you see ex-players getting sacked like crazy

[heathxxx]

When you begin discussing tactical settings with someone who's never played the game.

[manutdfan4lyf]

You do something like this;

http://img94.imageshack.us/i/gatesheadfc.jpg/

That is legendary

And when you say to yourself;

'i think il nip on fm for ten minutes, nothing much else to do'

....5/6/ maybe 7 hours later....

'S**t is that what time it is?!'

[La Furia Roja]

when you wake up at 4AM with a solution to your team sliding down the table, so you bung the PC on to give it a go!

[MbahGondrong]

starting to scream at the monitor....

[Lower Leagues Rule]

When you press ALT + F9 outside of Football Manager to take a print screen...

In work and you go to press F4 to check your inbox

Both of these...sooo often...

[kingrobbo]

you start applying for real managers jobs

and you put in your cv that you have won the champs league twice



or when you are watching a real game and are convinced one of the opposition players should be banned....cause he is in the game

[Fabio MVP]

When you begin discussing tactical settings with someone who's never played the game.

Hahaha, aye happens to me a lot!