Whyler_forest
Playoff heartbreak
76 points · 6th in the league
Modern Run · Hard · 2 choices · 2019/20 league · Hard 1.9
- Team rating
- 73
- Chemistry
- 59
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Player replacedA podcast has spent two hours explaining why the team would improve without Steve Cook. The club has taken the unusual step of listening and agreed a season-long loan. Choose a replacement.
Before · MD 1–23Steve Cook0 goals · 2 assistsForest: 32 pts · +1 GD
→After · MD 24–46Scott McKenna0 goals · 0 assistsForest: 44 pts · +10 GD
Same points; another player had better goal difference44 points in the final 23 league games · 2 of 4 choices
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 · The last pie in the canteen
Clear the air over lunch. Cooper orders two more pies and keeps lunch relaxed. Aaron Tshibola and Apostolos Vellios call a truce; the afternoon session is lighter.
Next match: fresher legs. Following 2: a small preparation cost.MD 32 · The missing tag
Tell them both to put their phones away. Cooper puts both phones away before training. Samba Sow and Chris Cohen have to settle it on the pitch.
Next 3 matches: better defensive preparation, less set-piece threat.MD 46 · The pre-match barber causes a stir
Send the barber home and finish prep. Cooper cancels the trims until after the tie. Chris Cohen gets a quiet team meeting; Mustapha Carayol keeps the hair jokes to the coach.
Second leg: calmer heads and fewer mistakes, but a slower start.MD 46 · The space behind the full-backs
Release the wide runners early. Cooper lets Ben Brereton chase the wide space. Forest have more routes to goal, but West Brom can counter into the gaps.
Wembley: more chances to score, but more space for the opposition.