Haven't updated this for a while. I haven't been playing much Fifa. Online is wrecked. Offline offers very little replay value. The GFL has totally slowed down, i have only played one league  game in about 2 weeks. I am contemplating binning 09 and getting Tiger Woods 10 to keep me busy until Fifa 10 comes out. I have been reading Glens thoughts on 10 and am starting to look forward to it. He says he has spoken to Mike Takla at EA and they are looking at ways to stop people cheating and boosting next year. It's a shame they couldn't take a look at it for 09 but there were a lot of online modes introduced in 09 and there were bound to be holes that couldn't be fixed until the next release, i bet they wish all their customers were that understanding! Been playing the Tiger Woods demo and have really enjoyed it, i haven't had a Tiger Woods game for a few years so it feels fresh and although other have mentioned its just a glossed over yearly update with a few new courses i dont feel that way because i didnt have 09.

I stopped playing Fifa when a mate lent me COD: WAW. I couldnt put it down. I finished it in a couple of days and picked up COD: MW the other day. Nearly finished that now. One thing i noticed was how different the online feels compared to Fifa. I know, what a ridiculous comparison to make right? 2 totally different games, 2 totally different genres! But what i mean is the satisfaction. With Fifa online if you are getting pasted 6-0 its no fun. When you are playing against a glitcher or cheater its no fun. When you are in a laggy game its no fun. All of these things happen far too frequently. With COD the online is always just a good laugh. When i first went into a game i thought i would get murdered but i didn't, i ended the game with just as many kills as deaths as there is a solid structure to allow new players to ease into online play in place and although it only takes a few evenings of playing to "level up" enough to take on the hardcore players it gives you a chance to learn the maps and how things work with people on your level. I havent yet seen a cheater. I'm sure there are loads, but i havent seen one yet. [digression]It says a lot about the the youth of todays (fuck me how old am i again?) self esteem that they would rather be indoors cheating their way up the leaderboards on a computer game than in a park drinking cider and touching up birds. [/digression]

I feel like i have done Fifa to death now. I have hammered the offline modes, seen just about everything 1v1 online can throw at me, had a good run in clubs and i just no longer feel the need to go back and play another game. I am going to see how much i get offered for it at Game or whatever, if they offer me a decent price ill get rid. If not ill keep it to play with mates. The disk recently didn't leave my bookcase for about 10 days, something that hasn't happened since the 3rd of October.

I'm going to keep looking at the forums, and keep up to date with Fifa10 and will no doubt still pre order it, but as for playing 09. I think im done. I hope Fifa10 can hold my interest for a full 12 months.

Adios.