The man in black was the topic of this week's Big Shout in the Fifa 10 podcast, where I was joined by the sweet talking David Witts from sweetpatch.tv, as Romily continues to find sand in the unlikeliest of places on his hols.
David Beckham. There's no denying the guy's commitment to England over the years, but do England really need him now? I think not.
Regular listeners to the FIFA 10 podcast will know that in our feature 'The Big Shout' Romily Broad and myself tackle the big talking points of the day. This week we responded to comments by Florentino Perez - the Real Madrid president - who said there was a need for the top teams in Europe to break away and form a European Super League.
We arrived today in Manchester for the second leg of the FIFA 10 ad shoot and immediately made a pilgrimage to Old Trafford to worship at the feet of Best, Law and Charlton, before preparing to meet some current footballing heavyweights tomorrow.
David Rutter
is the Producer for FIFA 10 on PS3 and Xbox 360. A lifelong football fan, David supports Leicester and Hitchin Town. In addition to playing FIFA, Rutter also enjoys CoD4, GRAW, and NHL.
Aaron McHardy
is responsible for gameplay design on FIFA 10. He did that on FIFA 08 and 09, too. A professional footballer prior to working at EA, Aaron displayed his skills for the motion-capture cameras on FIFA Street and FIFA Street 2.
Marcel Kuhn
is an Associate Producer on FIFA 10 and looks after the front-end design, specifically for things like Manager Mode and Live Season. Prior to EA, Marcel worked for a marketing agency in Germany for several years and, later, worked for a comic publisher.
Romily Broad
is community manager for EA SPORTS Football World. Principally, that means he gets to play FIFA a lot and claim that it's actual work. Between games he also brings us the weekly FIFA podcast and all the cool stuff you might find over at EA SPORTS Football World.
Christophe Labrune
came to EA Canada from France in 2001 and, after some time in QA and localistion, joined the FIFA crew for FIFA 2004. He was the force behind Be A Pro Seasons in FIFA 09, and is now Online Producer for FIFA 10 on PS3 and Xbox 360. Christophe is a fanatical supporter of his hometown, Metz.
Stevie Morgan
has worked in sports broadcasting for the past 12 years, despite always being picked last for football at school. He has also founded a support group for fellow fans of Southampton FC who, like him, have found things a bit much over the past few years and are suffering from post-Premiership depression.
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