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The Twelve Bugs of FM2008

Written by:     Category: General    Posted on: December 27, 2007


December 27, 2007

As the first bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
Defenders who wouldn’t close down.

As the second bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the third bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the fourth bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
Stupid offside rulings
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the fifth bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
Missed one-on-ones
Stupid offside rulings
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the sixth bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
Unrealistic sackings
Missed one-on-ones
Stupid offside rulings
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the seventh bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
Spanish registrations
Unrealistic sackings
Missed one-on-ones
Stupid offside rulings
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the eighth bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
Bad ground expansions
Spanish registrations
Unrealistic sackings
Missed one-on-ones
Stupid offside rulings
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the ninth bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
Poor regen players
Bad ground expansions
Spanish registrations
Unrealistic sackings
Missed one-on-ones
Stupid offside rulings
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the tenth bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
‘Keepers taking kick-offs
Poor regen players
Bad ground expansions
Spanish registrations
Unrealistic sackings
Missed one-on-ones
Stupid offside rulings
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the eleventh bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
Weather that won’t change
‘Keepers taking kick-offs
Poor regen players
Bad ground expansions
Spanish registrations
Unrealistic sackings
Missed one-on-ones
Stupid offside rulings
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

As the twelth bug of O-eight
SI gave to me:
No goals from corners
Weather that won’t change
‘Keepers taking kick-offs
Poor regen players
Bad ground expansions
Spanish registrations
Unrealistic sackings
Missed one-on-ones
Stupid offside rulings
Clashing red kits
No Scottish fixtures
and Defenders who wouldn’t close down

About The Author:


JP has been at FM-B since the early days of the site, and has worked his way up to the post of administrator – truly a working-class Yorkshire boy done good. An experience hand at FM, JP is one of the leaders of the LLaMa forum and contributes regularly to the off-topic discussion, organising the odd quiz and stimulating discussion.


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