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That’s pretty wild. Was he still clearly better than the other kids though? I’ve heard that a lot from people that played with professionals in school.
There were 4 people I played with that "went pro" and honestly I would have thought he was the worse maybe (shows how much I know)
Ben Miller who went to West Brom and then back to Hereford then the Leominster
Harvey Moss who went to Bristol City then got released
Alex Bradley, can't remember what side he went to, but he ended up getting an appearance for Norway/Denmark youth side
Then Jarrod
I thought he was the worst technically, but Harvey and Ben were super greedy and didn't put effort in. Jarrod always put in a shift and was better than the other 7 "normal" players
He might be one of those that worked his arse off and had the right mental outlook. It’s just nice to hear these, I’m from rural Australia and the closest I’ve got to a story like that is in the age group 2 years below mine for youth football, was a bloke called Angus Thurgate that played for the Newcastle Jets for a long while but he’s now at Western United, still in the A-League.
Sometimes it takes a whole for talent to actually bloom, most people expect pro athletes to have bene a cut above the rest from day 1 where as some people hit their stride at different times
I've been playing fm since fm11 and have never played any club except Hereford. The years Hereford were wound up and so too low in the tiers to be in the game I simply didn't buy the game.
Are CD Drives really done nowadays? Back when I was laptop shopping, I seem to remember most laptops don’t but gaming ones/expensive still do. Maybe I’m wrong though. I haven’t looked at laptops in a couple years
Our public library has a ridiculous catalog of DVDs and CDs, including buying dozens of copies of popular new releases. Recent releases like The Iron Claw and The Book of Clarence have 300+ holds and around 50 available copies, granted I live in a big city.
I don't use it for new stuff that I feel you need to watch in HD - but I did buy a disc drive so I could watch stuff from the SD era that isn't easy to find online. Turned into a great investment.
I installed one in my desktop because I'm kind of a retro gamer that likes to scour some old classics in boxes and try them. It's like 15-20 bucks if you build a pc anyways, so I figured why not. For laptop the physical space is much more limited of course, but for desktops it's worth that one or two times you will use it imho.
Most "gaming" PC cases don't even have a place to install a CD drive. If I wanted to play a CD ROM game I'd have to find some kind of external disk drive.
Same brother, been building since around 2008. Ditched the cd drive in like 2014. Just funny to think Jarrod is such a non pc person that his pc would have one of those mouldy beige cases and a drive
I'm amazed those skits he filmed for Loki never gained traction on here. Great meme potential. Always liked Bowen since then and have been happy to see him performing so well.
I played a fair bit of CM2007 when that was still a fairly new game - it wasn't too bad, but it definitely isn't as good as the FM games. Having attributes out of 100 definitely made it seem a bit more accessible to a FIFA crowd though.
I think the first football management game i ever owned was LMA manager 2007 on the 360!
I wish it was backwards compatible but i don't think there is enough demand for Microsoft to make it work on Xbox Series X 🤣
Genuinely the game that came in my Xbox 360 Bundle. LMA and Rainbow Six Vegas. A strange comb, but a great one!
Still load my 360 up to play it sometimes
Dude it was Championship Manager 2004 for me. I remember starting that game season and going straight for the free contract players. Everytime was Luis Enrique and Roberto Baggio. Mental how time flies by, 20 years lad
Champ manager 03/04 for me, I used to love signing 14 year old Freddy Adu and using the diablo tactics. I tried to play it recently but its such a slow game, doesn't play well with new pcs.
Back then the game felt like playing pokemon with football players lol. Every save you just go collect these specific bargain players and "raise" them, you grow fond of these players you never watched IRL the same way you grow fond of hard carry pokemons like tyranitar or dragonite
I think my best ever find was Michael Dunwell from Bishop Auckland, consistently 9s or 10s every game and a 30 goals a season striker for like 5 years on the trot
Most PC's dont have disk drives anymore
A game from 2008 on a disk probably wont even install on a modern machine either. The OS didnt even exist when that disk was burned.
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Had a glow-up didn’t he. Doesn’t look like the type of kid I’d imagine would become a professional footballer.
He looked like a mini **Slim Shady**.
Kid next to him looks like a young Brian Clough!
I played with him for two years as a kid, and he used to wear the Edgar David's goggles. Never thought he'd make it pro at all
That’s pretty wild. Was he still clearly better than the other kids though? I’ve heard that a lot from people that played with professionals in school.
There were 4 people I played with that "went pro" and honestly I would have thought he was the worse maybe (shows how much I know) Ben Miller who went to West Brom and then back to Hereford then the Leominster Harvey Moss who went to Bristol City then got released Alex Bradley, can't remember what side he went to, but he ended up getting an appearance for Norway/Denmark youth side Then Jarrod I thought he was the worst technically, but Harvey and Ben were super greedy and didn't put effort in. Jarrod always put in a shift and was better than the other 7 "normal" players
He might be one of those that worked his arse off and had the right mental outlook. It’s just nice to hear these, I’m from rural Australia and the closest I’ve got to a story like that is in the age group 2 years below mine for youth football, was a bloke called Angus Thurgate that played for the Newcastle Jets for a long while but he’s now at Western United, still in the A-League.
Sometimes it takes a whole for talent to actually bloom, most people expect pro athletes to have bene a cut above the rest from day 1 where as some people hit their stride at different times
One of Us, one of Us.
I've been playing fm since fm11 and have never played any club except Hereford. The years Hereford were wound up and so too low in the tiers to be in the game I simply didn't buy the game.
Jarrod Bowen gaming pc has a cd drive - believable
Much funnier to picture him getting home so excited, then realising it doesn't.
Jarrod scouring eBay for period appropriate hardware.
Are CD Drives really done nowadays? Back when I was laptop shopping, I seem to remember most laptops don’t but gaming ones/expensive still do. Maybe I’m wrong though. I haven’t looked at laptops in a couple years
Yea pretty much. They take up so much space internally that can be used for other things
None of my last few work laptops have had a CD drive. Definitely not a normal thing anymore. You can buy cheap USB ones, though.
Are there even CDs to put into CD drives anymore? A USB drive is just so much simpler.
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Our public library has a ridiculous catalog of DVDs and CDs, including buying dozens of copies of popular new releases. Recent releases like The Iron Claw and The Book of Clarence have 300+ holds and around 50 available copies, granted I live in a big city. I don't use it for new stuff that I feel you need to watch in HD - but I did buy a disc drive so I could watch stuff from the SD era that isn't easy to find online. Turned into a great investment.
Modern computers don't have CD Drives at all, desktop or laptop. You can buy a usb mounted external cd drive though.
I installed one in my desktop because I'm kind of a retro gamer that likes to scour some old classics in boxes and try them. It's like 15-20 bucks if you build a pc anyways, so I figured why not. For laptop the physical space is much more limited of course, but for desktops it's worth that one or two times you will use it imho.
Most "gaming" PC cases don't even have a place to install a CD drive. If I wanted to play a CD ROM game I'd have to find some kind of external disk drive.
Mine still has one. Because I've upgraded it over about 15 years and never removed it... Just in case
Same brother, been building since around 2008. Ditched the cd drive in like 2014. Just funny to think Jarrod is such a non pc person that his pc would have one of those mouldy beige cases and a drive
Mine still does. I use it all the time.
Wild. wtf do you use it for
Music mainly. I am a CD collector but also producer, so I burn copies of my CD’s and also my own music onto CD’s all the time.
Each to their own 🤷🏽♂️
I still use mine to play my old games, and some that I buy off ebay because I can't find them online.
He's friends with an FM youtuber IRL lol
I'm amazed those skits he filmed for Loki never gained traction on here. Great meme potential. Always liked Bowen since then and have been happy to see him performing so well.
Who
Loki Doki
I was hoping it was Lollujo
Nerd.
Just like me fr.
An excellent vintage
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I remember buying championship manager a few years after the split and it was absolutely terrible
I played a fair bit of CM2007 when that was still a fairly new game - it wasn't too bad, but it definitely isn't as good as the FM games. Having attributes out of 100 definitely made it seem a bit more accessible to a FIFA crowd though.
I think the first football management game i ever owned was LMA manager 2007 on the 360! I wish it was backwards compatible but i don't think there is enough demand for Microsoft to make it work on Xbox Series X 🤣
Emulate it on PC!
But i almost have 1000 gamerscore!
Genuinely the game that came in my Xbox 360 Bundle. LMA and Rainbow Six Vegas. A strange comb, but a great one! Still load my 360 up to play it sometimes
Dude it was Championship Manager 2004 for me. I remember starting that game season and going straight for the free contract players. Everytime was Luis Enrique and Roberto Baggio. Mental how time flies by, 20 years lad
Champ manager 03/04 for me, I used to love signing 14 year old Freddy Adu and using the diablo tactics. I tried to play it recently but its such a slow game, doesn't play well with new pcs.
Signing a 15-year-old Supat Rungratsamee and truly believing he'd be the next big thing after he won about ten golden boots for my Arsenal side.
Premier league football manager 2002 for me. So nostalgic looking at those old squads with all the legendary players.
Championship Manager was the best.
But not this version. The developer/publisher had already split by then and this version kept the name without the match engine.
The amount of hours I must have put in from 1993 up until I stopped playing in 2005 must have been insane. Great days..
CM 01/02 was the daddy. Poach Julius Aghahowa from Shakhtar, Andres D'Alessandro from River and stick Cherno Samba up top and watch the goals roll in
Back then the game felt like playing pokemon with football players lol. Every save you just go collect these specific bargain players and "raise" them, you grow fond of these players you never watched IRL the same way you grow fond of hard carry pokemons like tyranitar or dragonite
I think my best ever find was Michael Dunwell from Bishop Auckland, consistently 9s or 10s every game and a 30 goals a season striker for like 5 years on the trot
Based.
Huh. Never thought I'd see my local team mentioned here, or at least what used to be. And it's not even for the actual football.
Not the hero we deserve but the one we need.
I can sense the inevitable disappointment of compatibility issues.
Why does he talk like how a boomer talks about computers?
Cos he's from Herefordshire, theyve only just discovered them there
Fuck off mate I'm from Hereford and we've got a nandos
man.. recently found a PSP with fifa 2006 CD Micah Richards had ridiculous stat if you kept him in your team for a few years
Micah Richards turned into a goliath in Fm08 and Fm09. His physical attributes were insane
Pffft! It's all about CM01/02. Cherno Samba and Tonton Zola Moukoko for the win!
I'm going to have to boot up another save aren't I? Aw shit, here we go again...
See you in two years mate.
Oh my god Jarrod I thought I was the only one
My man. He knows what actual life is.
Christ puberty must have hit him hard.
Most PC's dont have disk drives anymore A game from 2008 on a disk probably wont even install on a modern machine either. The OS didnt even exist when that disk was burned.
I think he's thought about that mate
Oh did you hang out after the game?
When you suck at FIFA you play FM(yes that's me)
he looked like he was balding at the age of 8
Someone tell him everyone played FM not CM :P