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Playoff heartbreak
81 points · 4th in the league
Wilderness Years · 2010/11 league · Version 1.12
- Team rating
- 77
- Chemistry
- 66
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Player keptA fortune teller visits the training ground and predicts a January injury for Jack Colback. The squad are split: sign cover now, or trust the player and ignore the warning?
Before · MD 1–23Jack Colback2 goals · 2 assistsForest: 39 pts · +5 GD
→After · MD 24–46Jack Colback5 goals · 1 assistForest: 42 pts · +8 GD
Good call — joint-best points return42 points in the final 23 league games · 1 of 5 choices
The fortune teller's prediction missed.
Verdict compares the offered players over the same run-in, with your other manager calls. The two halves above had different fixtures.
Season details
Your decisions
Fictional club events from this simulated season.
MD 12 · Cooper's private notes leak
Back him in front of the squad. Cooper tells the squad the note was one coaching point, not a verdict on Joe Worrall. Lee Camp backs the message, though the reporter keeps asking about the leak.
Next 3 matches: a dressing-room lift creates more chances, with a little less defensive focus.MD 32 · The corner-flag celebration
Give Yuri Ribeiro a quiet warning and back him publicly. Cooper warns Yuri Ribeiro privately but backs his commitment in public. Chris Gunter likes the support; the press keep asking about the flag.
Next 3 matches: a dressing-room lift creates more chances, with a little less defensive focus.MD 46 · An agent chooses his moment
Back the player in public. Cooper backs João Carvalho at the press conference. Lewis Grabban sees the squad rally, but every interview now starts with a transfer question.
Second leg: a lift in confidence, with some risk of losing focus.MD 46 · One last training session
Keep Wembley tight. Cooper asks Lewis Grabban to keep the side compact against Reading. Forest concede fewer openings, but must take their chances.