Playoff heartbreak

72 points · 6th in the league

Wilderness Years · Hard · 2 choices · 2010/11 league · Hard 1.9

Player replaced

Dexter Blackstock has decided a career as a TikTok dancer looks better than football and is retiring with immediate effect. Choose a replacement.

Before · MD 1–23Dexter Blackstock3 goals · 4 assistsForest: 28 pts · -8 GD

After · MD 24–46Radosław Majewski5 goals · 3 assistsForest: 44 pts · +13 GD

Good call — joint-best points return44 points in the final 23 league games · 1 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

Fictional club events from this simulated season.

MD 12 · The group chat incident
Tell them a thumbs-up is a thumbs-up. Cooper rules that a thumbs-up means a thumbs-up. Tendayi Darikwa and Jack Hobbs are sent back to training.
Next 3 matches: better defensive preparation, less set-piece threat.
MD 32 · The academy bus is stuck in traffic
Train now and meet them afterwards. The senior squad train on time. Jack Robinson and Ben Watson meet the academy players afterwards and make sure nobody has travelled for nothing.
Next 3 matches: fewer distractions tighten the defence, though Forest create slightly less.
MD 46 · The Wembley shirts arrive early
Box them up until the tie is won. Cooper sends the box back to storage. Ben Watson keeps the squad on leg two, and Tendayi Darikwa asks for his shirt back after the whistle.
Second leg: calmer heads and fewer mistakes, but a slower start.

Home team first. W / D / L is Forest’s result. All scores are from your simulated season.

MD 1