I Miss You

Remember when attributes reflected what you watched your players doing on the pitch ?

Remember when attributes other than jumping, pace, acceleration made players good ?

Remember when technical attributes had a reason to actually be there?

Remember when tactics worked ? Remember when tactical changes made a difference to what happened on the pitch ?

Remember when it was possible for the best team to dominate a game without equal chances all round ?

Remember when all youth teams played like youth teams ?

Remember when 15 year olds didn't score 50 yard long shot winners ?

Remember when the long shot attribute had some bearing on how likely a player was to score a long shot ?

Remember when morale used to change in game which had at least some basis in reality so if you were winning your players got complacent instead of just "furious!" or "angry"

Remember when every single goal didn't come from an horrific error/corner/longshot/45º angle ?

Remember when players with good attributes used to score beautiful goals instead of carbon copies?

Remember when you could win games away from home ?

Remember when you watched football games instead of a collection of unrelated highlights ?

Remember when your team didn't take 14 knocks per match ?

Remember when the only problems with the ME was that the only games you lost was when the opposition GK got MOTM and you got 1swed ?

Remember when results made sense ?

Good times.

Long gone but never forgotten.

We miss you x