Please explain why on earth that has an appeal.
I truly do not get it at all. I have a management job - management is shit. Maybe there's a niche for 'Supermarket Manager'?

Surely the only thing duller than playing sport is pretending to play it - and worse than both of those must surely be 'pretending to have a stressful job managing made-up people who would play sport if they weren't simply fictional'?

I'm taking the piss a little here but the sentiment is genuine. WHY, BARRY, WHYYYYYY????
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 17:39, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

hahahaha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 17:40, Reply)

Because the satisfaction when the little men on the screen do something you tell them to do, and score a goal from it.
Is absolutely immense. It sounds daft but I celebrate Football Manager goals more than I do when Fulham score.
I'm a weak, feeble man in real life who will never be in charge of anyone, so why not let me do it virtually? If people think fucking zombies are fun then I can think this is fun.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 17:47, Reply)

Your answer is honest and illuminating.
I would like to wish 'you' and your 'team' the very best of luck in the 'season' ahead.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 17:51, Reply)