English Football Chief Claims “Pro Evo Better than FIFA”
Friday, December 10, 2010 at 12:01PM With the World Cup draw fiasco still rumbling on, FA Chief Executive Ian Watmore has today admitted that he supports the plan for England to break away from FIFA and make a bid to host the 2018 Pro Evo World Cup.
Speaking from his Wembley office, Watmore said, “I’ve always been a big fan of FIFA but this year they’ve really lost it. The goal posts keep moving, there are far too many obvious glitches and most of the files are corrupt. For 2018 we will be boycotting the FIFA tournament completely and are in the process of submitting our bid to Pro Evo.”
Frank Lowy, Australia 2022’s bid chief also added his support, “A Pro Evo World Cup might not be as realistic or look as good but it would be a lot more fun and, unlike the last world cup, a lot easier for teams to score.”
One major stumbling block could be FIFA’s rights to all the team and players names. However, FA chiefs have already set the wheels in motion to avoid potential copyright lawsuits.
England will change their name with immediate effect to ‘South East Britain’ and all players will have to swap out at least two consonants and a vowel from their surnames.
England wing wizard Theo Pilcort commented, “Obviously it’s been hard having to change our names. We’ve all had to have a good look on google to find out what a consonant was for a start. But I think this a good move and all the lads are looking forward to testing ourselves against the top teams in world football like Rhineland, Amazon Forest and (last year’s winners) Greater Iberia.”
Skipper Rio Turdigland added on Twitter, “@rioturdy5 nuff respect to da FA on dis one tweeps. Pro Evo is baaaaare better than FIFA lmfao.”
When asked what he made of England’s decision, FIFA president Sepp Blatter clasped his hands over his ears and declared, “laaaaaa laa laaaaa laaaaa laaaaaaaaaaaaaa I can’t hear you laaaa laa laaaaa.”
by guest blogger Fox Mulder.
Reader Comments (42)
brilliant!
Pro Evo all the way!
But Russia will still be named Russia right?
England can host the Women's WC starring Ars*nal's own Nasri....
Now that would be Sensible Soccer
:)
Sensible soccer! Now there was a class game, I almost got a degree in Sensible soccer, well, it's how I spent three years at Uni anyway. Baron Lemon could play on the wing, with German Steptoe up front, with Peeping Couch as his partner. Lovin it Fox! Taxi for Mike On.
Another quality article Fox. We could get use to this.
Best thing about Sensi Soccer is that everyone things they're the best player ever.
I was the best player ever. From memory, I only ever lost one game (we're talking opponents rather than versus computer).
I was rubbish at Sensi, but great at the big long sliding tackles and those crazy headers! Hoooooof.
ps - anyone play Football Manager on the Spectrum? brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
It's all about SWOS.
hahaha Theo Pilcort
Brilliant. I bought FIFA 2010 but my 14 year old son still prefers to play Pro Evo 2008. The best thing about that game was that Spurs were one of two teams whose proper name was featured in the game. It took me ages to edit the other teams names.
Come to think of it, does anyone hear remember Actua Soccer? It was the first computer football game I ever bought circa 1995. I thought it was the dog's bollocks at the time. It only featured international sides and England were crap (so no change there.)
I still play Subbuteo BTW.
Jermaine Genius. Love it Fox. Well played....
I still laugh at how "Nigeria" was said in Pro Evo 4 by the commentator.....great times.
Both Sensible and Actua Soccer were tops! Add to that Fifa 98 and that equals many many hours of misspent youth for me. At least until I discovered drugs and booze anyway.
The Mrs bought me Fifa 10 last year and I couldn't get in to it, the controls are way too fiddly these days. Soccer on the X-Box Kinect Sports game is pretty good fun though.
Cracking stuff Foxy
Sensible Soccer, now that brings back some memories. I would have been the best player ever, but my mate Fruity Gamble Campbell always scored with his star player Gianluigi Lentini from left midfield. Bastard.
Sapp Splatter, from Twitzerland. President of the Financial Irregularity Football Arrangers.
Lentini. I remember him going for £7M and thinking how plain stupid the amount was (at the time).
Love how this post has sparked off some football game nostalgia. Wasn't my aim but oh well!
I had a game on my PC years ago. Can't remember what it was but it was terrible. May have been Actua soccer. Whenever you played away your team was 10 times slower. Barry Davies was the commentator and literally shouted the names of teams at you. and that's a throw in for GREEECE!!!!
Also got to love the inherent racism of old games. Like when they made all the african teams dead fast but crap at everything else.
damn fox, you're on fire.
Quality stuff. 'rio turgidland' and 'theo philcort' made me proper lol.
Sorry Fox i never though the thread would Kick Off 2 like this
;P
no probs scully. more importantly when are you going to stop the loosely disguised innuendos and eyelid fluttering and give me some a close encounter of the sexy kind?
no probs scully. more importantly when are you going to stop the loosely disguised innuendos and eyelid fluttering and give me a close encounter of the sexy kind?
ANYONE NEED A TICKET FOR SUNDAY, GOING AT FACE VALUE?
Get a room.
@ Hazard. I seem to remember £13m. Then he wrote of his Ferrari and ended up with Toto Schillachi's missus. Or am I just making that up?
Deadly , you are just making the last part up
He actually totalled his car and the accident ruined his careerbut was a vital player in the history of football , the first super transfer ever ...
ps Pro Evo rules ...
What is this "England" you speak of? Is this a team in the PL?
Never heard of them ...
Oh right, I almost forgot they're the f*ckers who keep getting our players injured.
Yes it was £13M. £7M sounds like an earlier transfer perhaps one belonging to Maradona?
I just bought Remi Moses for 12000 on Football manager on the zx spectrum. THe good old days...not!
now I bought G Hoddle for 6500
liked this a lot... not just the post, but the sensible soccer nostalgia. i was a big fan of sensible world of soccer, the 1994 version, where teddy was worth about 1.8mil and klinsmann about 4.5. there was always a bloke i'd buy from athletic bilbao B, called 'bolo' who was worth 180K and always came good... happy times
Italia 90 on the mega drive was the daddy with the overhead view.also FIFA 95 with Eric torsevet on the cover was amazing,especially when u scored and u could blow the horns and make the crowd roar with the A B C buttons!
Lentini...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Lentini - nothing about Schillachi's missus.
However...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/feb/04/italians-english-hypocrisy-john-terry paragraph 7.
I knew it rang a bell!
Or here: http://www.football-442.com/2010/09/top-10-sex-scandal-football-players.html - no.8
All rumours and allegations of course.
Why is it every bloody weekend Crouch has to open his big mouth. The idiot seems to have an opinion on everything, for Gods sake man, shut that bloody mouth of yours and just do it on the pitch!
What does he want to do, talk Redknapp into the Engoland job!!
What's he said this time?
He seems to be all over Saturdays papers. here are just four!! !!
"Peter Crouch thinks Harry Redknapp should be handed the chance to manage England when Fabio Capello steps down as manager of the national side"
Crouch admits he does not want Redknapp to leave White Hart Lane, but the well travelled striker feels if he does leave Spurs he would be a great manager of the national side.
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If you do not want him to leave, stop bloddy well headlining the papers you fool.................
Sorry, but this gup pisses me off big time, both on the pitch and off it!!
Before even Subbuteo there was a football game we played at school called twopenny( tuppenny) halfpenny ( Hapenny) can't imagine what the decimal equivalent is as I haven't gone decimal yet myself.
A cross between shove halfpenny and blow football without any blowing.
You could have used more coins or bigger deniminations but that was for rich folk.
I'm still waiting for them to bring out an Internet version of Subbuteo. I'm sure it would sell.
I'm sitting here hopeful that Jenas is able to play today.... amazing.
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