What Team To Manage?

Selecting a team in Football Manager can be done in a multitude of ways. Many select their favourite team. Others select a team randomly. And some evens start the game unemployed. Today, having too much time on my hands for once, I decided on another approach. I looked through the available teams in the lowest division of all playable leagues and found teams with names I though seemed funny in some way.

• Beijing 361 Degrees (China) - The last degree makes all the difference.
• Indian Arrows (India) - Medieval Gunners?
• Ansan Hallelujah FC (S. Korea) - Blessed?
• Chimney Corner (N. Ireland) - Got a nice ring to it.
• Morön BK (Sweden) - Sounds a bit moronic to be honest.
• Joinville (Brazil) - Who wouldn't want to be a joiner.
• Lota Schwager (Chile) - Possibly open to misinterpetration.
• Centauros (Colombia) - A mythical quest.
• Atenas (Uruguay) - Aesthetic football a must?
• Rentistas (Uruguay) - Proper rentboys!

In a world map view they are located as follows.


View Funny teams in a larger map

Asia and South America has the most teams. I'm not yet ready for Asia I think (or Asia isn't ready for me), but I do fancy a save starting in South America. I will include The English and Scottish leagues in the game as well as I have a hard time seeing me play a save without those. I hate playing in Scandinavia so the Swedish team is ruled out effortlessly and Chimney Corner is probably the least humorous name of the lot.

Somehow the name Lota Schwager intrigues me. I'm pretty much certain that will be where I start my next save. So Chile is in and so is Uruguay because it's got 2 teams in the mix. I'll be looking for a save with 5 leagues and that means the last spot goes to Brazil or Colombia. I don't fancy getting shot in drug related crimes and Brazil has such an unorthodox league structure that I have to give it a go. The final Verdict then is:

• Brazil
• Chile (Starting point)
• England
• Scotland
• Uruguay

This should be most interesting!