{SI} Football Manager 2009 (27 Viewers)

Jul 10, 2006
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Not at all. Playing regularly in a competitive league at a professional level does way more to improve a player's game than the 3-5 international matches a year he may or may not play in playing for his National Team. You can't really tell me Rossi builds his quality coming off the bench against Latvia more than playing regularly at Villareal.
Maybe not right at the beginning, but I have to believe that playing and training with the national team will help further him as a footballer over the years. Adn when you play with Italy you play with some of the best.

But you guys probably know a lot more about it than I do. :tup:
 

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Oct 11, 2005
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Maybe not right at the beginning, but I have to believe that playing and training with the national team will help further him as a footballer over the years. Adn when you play with Italy you play with some of the best.

But you guys probably know a lot more about it than I do. :tup:
Well you "train" with your national team about a month or two before the World Cup. So training for a month every four years and intermittent training sessions in between don't really have an effect on the players. And I think it's safe to say that Italy are no longer the best, but more or so the oldest.;)
 
Jul 10, 2006
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Well you "train" with your national team about a month or two before the World Cup. So training for a month every four years and intermittent training sessions in between don't really have an effect on the players. And I think it's safe to say that Italy are no longer the best, but more or so the oldest.;)
They got one more year as World Champions. :)

They are old, but they have a bunch of exciting young players which will keep them among the best for years to come.
 
Jul 10, 2006
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First time I have ever dione this, but I created a Afghan manager and completely fucked up Barca's tactics to secure a win. Then I retired him after the loss and couldn't resist applying for the job. I've never managed Barcelona before and the players on their roster and the amount of money they have are tempting. :)
 

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