Oh, come on! Every real football fan knows that one of the pleasures of actually turning up to a game is being able to let rip with all the invective and foul-mouthed jokery that's been building up all week. Apparently, in the brave new world of EA Sports, however, having clever and grown-up chants from the fans is a total no-no.
Jeff Macpherson, audio director for
FIFA 10, tells the
BBC.
"We're all native English-speakers... we were unaware of some of the content that was going out there into the games, so we've made sure that there's a more rigorous process around screening these chants so that no parents out there are going to be upset with us."
It's enough to make you swear.
Put your favourite chants in the Forum (it's free and you don't even have to register) and we will immediately petition the curtain-twitching, do-gooding, probably Arsenal supporting soft southerners over at EA Sports.