Like most Southampton fans I've got painful memories of Agustin "Tin Man" Delgado, the Ecuadorian striker who is scoring at the World Cup but could only manage 15 appearances in three injury plagued seasons with Saints. A scrappy goal in a 3-2 home win against Arsenal - happy days - was the highlight. But what caught my eye here was the revelation from sadly missed manager Gordon Strachan that Champ Manager played a key role in his decision to buy Delgado.
"Whenever I was thinking of buying a player for Southampton I'd check out his stats on Championship Manager to see if he was any good. It usually worked ...until I bought Agustin Delgado."
Is he joking? Probably, but it does make you wonder how many real managers use the game to help them. And if they do, have they moved on to Football Manager?
