The Football Association have announced that after the resignation yesterday of Fabio Capello, that the new England manager will be selected from a shortlist of the top 100 Fantasy Football Managers entered in Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football League. One other radical solution will be that team selection, tactics and substitutions will all be based upon selections made by the public on a specially created website, and full ‘Red Button’ functionality for Sky, Freeview and Freesat views.
"We are putting in place the technology where the you the public can select the team, issue instructions and guide the team from the comfort of your own home, pub or mental hospital, that way we don't have to pay individuals astronomical salaries, and if it all goes wrong you’ve only got yourself to blame. "
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Fantasy Football managers to get opportunity to manage England
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Posted 5 years ago #
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I thought this felt familiar. Made NiB last time if I remember right. Hoping for a repeat?
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I dug out Mike Bassett England Manager last night and actually thought 'still better than Pardew or Hoddle'. That press conference scene in which he recites If by Rudyard Kipling and then says ' ... and England will be playing four four fucking two' is just a classic.
Posted 11 months ago #
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