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Everybody knows that watching football is a mug's game. Why turn on your telly when you can stand outside your neighbours living-room window and see it for nothing?

It you're a fan, then Soccer Rivals might be your 'thing'. You get to choose your team, train them, cause serious injuries and otherwise faff around with their well-being. When you're happy, you can send them to certain slaughter by entering them into a match. But do you get to watch this (or any) match? No. You simply see the results whizz past. If you've won, congratulations. Now it's time to do the whole thing again. And again. Until you've won the Cup in fact.

As management games go, Soccer Rivals is no worse than any of the others. But as raw, fast-living excitement is concerned you'd be better off checking under bus-seats for chewing-gum.

A management game which you should manage to avoid.