Playoff heartbreak

Your decisions

Fictional club events from this simulated season.

1. MD 12 · A Derby-week notebook
   Rehearse our attacking corners. Cooper gives Dorus de Vries the attacking session. Forest have a corner plan, though Michael Dawson would have liked more time on defending.
   Next 3 matches: better set-piece threat, less defensive preparation.

2. MD 23 · Mid-season replacement
   Tobias Figueiredo out; Matty Cash in.
   Tobias Figueiredo pulls up during a training sprint. The club rules him out for the run-in, so Cooper needs another option.

3. MD 32 · Reporter locked out of presser
   Let staff handle it; return to training. Staff sort the pass while Sam Surridge and Chris Cohen return to training. Cooper answers the questions later.
   Next 3 matches: fewer distractions tighten the defence, though Forest create slightly less.

4. MD 46 · The owner finds a microphone
   Keep the squad out of it. Cooper shuts down the media questions and speaks to Michael Dawson privately. Training is quieter before the return leg.
   Second leg: calmer heads and fewer mistakes, but a slower start.