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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The game is fun, but I wouldn't say there is any soccer value to it. If you like soccer, watch premier league soccer on the weekends with him. Always a few hours of great soccer to watch, usually on NBC, NBCSN channel (or sometimes CNBC or USA).[/quote]

The NYTimes had an article quoting a number of players who say the game has tremendous value. Nearly all the top players are heavy FIFA players as well, and many credit the game with helping their understanding of the game. Messi is a fanatic FIFA player for example.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/sports/soccer/the-scouting-tools-of-the-pros-a-controller-and-a-video.html

"Ibrahimovic said that he would “often spot solutions in the games that I then parlayed into real life” as a young player. Mats Hummels, the Bayern Munich and Germany defender, has suggested that “maybe some people use what they learn in FIFA when they find themselves on a pitch.”

Wenger’s assertion several years ago that Messi was a “PlayStation footballer” was meant more as an explanation than an insult: Messi does things that seem to belong on a pixelated screen because that is, in part, how he has learned to see the game. Just like Iwobi, his conception of what is possible and what is not was forged by fantasy.

Video games’ impact, though, does not stop there. Pirlo suggested in his biography that Pep Guardiola’s lionized vision of soccer stemmed from computers: his “gentle programming of players” is pure “PlayStation,” Pirlo wrote."

If you want to watch something on TV the BBC's Match of the Day, which you can find on Youtube shortly after it airs or use a VPN to watch live has some great commentary and tactical analysis. I also *strongly* recommend the TIFO channel on Youtube for upto date tactical analysis of current teams and players.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYYNGmyhZ_kwBF_lqqXdAQ[/quote]

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