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The board expects a mid-table finish. The fans, scarred by the MK Dons betrayal, expect blood and thunder. Your first match is away at Bristol Rovers. You lose 2-0. Your team is timid. Your tactical setup (a rigid 4-4-2) gets overrun. In the dressing room, Jamie Stuart stands up before you can speak. “Gaffer, no offense—but that’s not us. We’re not Arsenal. Let us tackle. Let us foul. Let us win ugly.” You swallow your pride. You switch to a 4-1-4-1, direct passing, get stuck in. You drill set pieces for two hours a day. football manager 12

Swindon dominate first half. 1-0 down. Your players are exhausted. At halftime, you don’t give a team talk. You play a recording. It’s the 2002 FA Cup Final replay—Wimbledon vs. Liverpool. Vinnie Jones. The Crazy Gang. The last hurrah. “That’s us,” you say. “Everyone wrote them off. Everyone writes us off. But we don’t lie down. We fight.” 57th minute: O’Donnell comes on. 71st minute: He receives the ball 40 yards out, turns, plays a perfect reverse pass to Lippa, who crosses first-time. Midson—who hasn’t scored in 10 hours—dives. Header. 1-1. Your first match is away at Bristol Rovers