Arthur Capes
Playoff heartbreak
76 points · 5th in the league
Wilderness Years · 2008/09 league · Version 1.14
- Team rating
- 73
- Chemistry
- 60
Preparing your team graphic…
Play the challenge →Leaderboard
Team changes
Player replacedAfter another pundit asks whether Michael Mancienne could do it on a rainy Tuesday in Stoke, they admit they can’t and sit out the season. Their agent calls it ‘a brave act of self-awareness’. Choose a replacement.
Before · MD 1–23Michael Mancienne0 goals · 0 assistsForest: 33 pts · 0 GD
→After · MD 24–46Tom Lam5 goals · 1 assistForest: 43 pts · +16 GD
Another offered player would have earned 1 more point43 points in the final 23 league games · 3 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 group chat incident
Tell them a thumbs-up is a thumbs-up. Cooper rules that a thumbs-up means a thumbs-up. Andy Reid and Ben Watson are sent back to training.
Next 3 matches: better defensive preparation, less set-piece threat.MD 32 · Who gets the full-time song?
Let the squad choose the next victory song. Cooper lets the players vote. Ben Watson gets his song for one match; Simon Cox admits the home end knew every word.
Next 3 matches: a dressing-room lift creates more chances, with a little less defensive focus.MD 46 · The pre-match barber causes a stir
Send the barber home and finish prep. Cooper cancels the trims until after the tie. Ben Watson gets a quiet team meeting; Steve Cook keeps the hair jokes to the coach.
Second leg: calmer heads and fewer mistakes, but a slower start.
All 46 results so far
Home team first. W / D / L is Forest’s result. All scores are from your simulated season.