“You can’t complete it.” <\/p>
In a case of life imitating art (or perhaps the other way around), it turns out that actor James Buckley is a huge fan of Football Manager.<\/p>\n
Buckley\u2019s character from The Inbetweeners, Jay, once claimed on the beloved sitcom<\/a> to have \u201ccompleted\u201d Championship Manager, the never-ending footy simulator franchise that is now known as Football Manager.<\/p>\n Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> at the BAFTA Games Awards<\/a>, where he presented the award for Best Multiplayer, Buckley revealed that Football Manager is \u201ceasily\u201d the game he has poured the most hours of his life into. Watch the video above to see him talking about it!<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve put some hours in that,\u201d Buckley revealed, as well as joking that \u201cyou can\u2019t complete it\u201d, before remembering one particularly life-changing moment\u2026 during which he bashed through a whole season of Football Manager and a summer transfer window.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cI was playing Football Manager when my first child was being born. Yeah, I took my laptop with me. There wasn\u2019t much I could do. Like, you know, I felt a bit useless being there. I\u2019m not a doctor or anything, so I just brought my laptop with me. Sat on a chair, next to my wife, and stuck on some Football Manager.\u201d<\/p> As for who he chooses to play as: \u201cIt depends on how ambitious I\u2019m feeling. Sometimes it\u2019s nice to go with a Real Madrid or Man City or something like that, where you know there\u2019s a chance to get some success.<\/p>\n \u201cBut then, I\u2019m a Crystal Palace fan as well. So sometimes I torture myself and see, \u2018Oh, what if I was in charge of Crystal Palace? Could I do a better job?\u2019 Turns out, I can\u2019t. So it\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n The developers at Sega\u2019s Sports Interactive will be pleased to hear that Buckley has not been put off by the game\u2019s shift towards deeper levels of realism over the years.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cI\u2019m alright with the level of depth because they always add new stuff, every year is always improved. And I don\u2019t know how they do that. Every year, they build on an already brilliant game and make it better.\u201d<\/p>\n And does Buckley have any top tips for aspiring managers out there? Buckley told us: \u201cNot sure I should be saying this, but there\u2019s a couple of like third-party apps that you can get, right? Don\u2019t come at me. But I get this one, it\u2019s called FM Scout, and you can really find out what the wonderkids<\/a> are in the game and stuff like that.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd if you are a big team, then there\u2019s a chance that you might be able to get, you know, at the age of 15, trying to attract them\u2026 buy him for peanuts to sell him for about 80 million. That\u2019s always good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong> James Buckley says Inbetweeners return would be \u201csad and pathetic\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to our free Gaming Newsletter<\/a> for weekly insights, and visit our Gaming<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Looking for something to watch? Check out our TV Guide<\/a> or Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Take part in the Screen Test<\/a>, a project from Radio Times and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2014 subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast.<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n “You can’t complete it.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[6,8],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"\"You can't complete it.\"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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