Fifa 14 banned by league leaders after footballers play as themselves
Fifa 14 banned by league leaders after footballers play as themselves
Players are banned from playing Fifa before matches after playing as themselves against their league opponents
Fifa 14: Bad preparation for matches according to one football manager
A football club has banned Fifa 14 on match days, citing "hours spent
playing a video game" as bad preparation for a football match.
The game was released on September 27 in the UK, at which point League One side Leyton Orient had won eight successive games to put them top of the table.
They haven't managed to win a game in League One since the game was
released, but remain top of the table, one point ahead of second-place
Peterborough.
"[The players] got stuck into the new Fifa 14 game
and at times even played as themselves against Oldham in preparation
for the match the following day," Leyton Orient communications manager
Jonny Davies told the Independent.
"The staff were quick to implement a “no Fifa on a matchday” rule, however.
"The gaffer (Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade) suspects several
hours playing football on a video game is not conducive to a good
performance in the real thing." Gallery: Top 50 best players on Fifa
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Perhaps the ban did the players some good, they managed a win over
Coventry in the Football League Trophy last night, but only just. After
90 minutes of goalless football, Orient won 4-2 on penalties.
It's probably safe to assume that Leyton Orient boss Russell Slade won't be buying a copy of Football Manager when it's released at the end of this month, then.
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