From Football Manager 2005 to 'real' football manager?

Honestly, considering his American counterparts in the world of Baseball, I wouldn't have been suprised if he was hired.

Its called "Moneyball" my friends. If you know how to spend money for stats, anyone will hire you.

Whatever, I had Pele, Maradona and Wayne Rooney on my WE 8 team. This dude's team is nothing compared to mine.

@ 2.

Well no?, is quite different be a good player at a Football Manager than in Winning Eleven.

=P

@3

true. by the way, lots of top managers (and not-so-top ones) use football manager (FM) as another option for scouting as FM database proven to be almost accurate in predicting bright youngsters. I read a news about spain under-21 (i think) manager use FM to scout its opponents weakness and strength.

The rejection letter is pretty funny.

Great reply letter from Gibson showing that he has a great sense of humour.

I don't want to seem like the sort of guy who posts on Joystiq comments like "OMG THIS IS ANCIENT" or whatever, but this sort of thing has happened basically since the Championship Manager series started 10+ years ago. Every so often a story hits the media about an everyman who applied for a top English job using the game as the basis for his CV - it's by no means the first time. However Gibson (who already has the reputation of more-or-less the best chairman in England) wrote the best rejection letter I've seen, so this qualifies as news! Gratz, Joystiq!

digg this story if you like it :)
http://digg.com/gaming/Gamer_applies_for_Premiership_(EPL)_Soccer_Management_Job