FOOTBALL MANAGER IS one of the most enjoyable/cripplingly addictive computer game experiences you can have. There is nothing better than throwing on your slickest suit after leading Morecambe to the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final and basking in your glory.
Pro Rugby Manager 2015 comes out this Friday so now you can get your best earpiece, tracksuit and walkie-talkie ready for when you lead London Welsh to their first ever Aviva Premiership final.
The game is a sequel to Pro Rugby Manager 2004, which I cannot recall (probably not a good sign since I greedily hoarded a lot of manager games as a teenager). Here is the trailer for it anyway.
Admittedly, that video doesn’t get the pulse racing too much, but haven’t you always wanted to see how you would do with Clermont’s astronomical budget? Or whether you could lead the Dragons to a Heineken Cup win? (Most of you probably wouldn’t have considered the latter, in fairness.)
Or you could follow in the footsteps of Les deux Laurents, Laurent Travers and Laurent Labit, and co-manage a team with a buddy.
According to the game’s developers, you can pick the team, choose the tactics, set the price of pints in your ground and do some wheeling and dealing to put together your very own set of galacticos.
So whether you see yourself as a prudent administrator, a visionary director of rugby, or a training ground innovator, there is something in here for everyone (unless the game is a complete dud, which is a distinct possibility). Personally, I am looking forward to taking the reins at Clermont and pillaging Ireland for every single professional player.
Will any of you actually buy it?
“The history of the Heineken Cup”
Surely that’s an oxymoron.
It’ll take a special occasion out of the European Rugby Champions Cup to get rid of the proud history of the Heineken Cup, because a bunch of arrogant so-sos got what they wanted.
To quote the Pro12 twitter:
“We know! Two PRO12 titles, 1 Magners League title and 1 Celtic League title, Congrats!”
If you’re breaking it down like that, they’re still wrong, they’ve won 1 Pro12 title, 2 Magners League titles and 1 Celtic League title. *face palm*
It could be that because the Ospreys had two of those wins before the Italians joined that those are classed as different tournaments.
How is that different to the old European Cup which only had actual champions in it and the Champions League which has more non champions than champions? As said in the article Liverpool have 5, not 4 and 1.
I’m not defending them, I’m simply trying to understand.