Glory Of The Football Manager System

Chapter 83

Chapter 83: The Underdog’s Gambit III

By the time we finished, it was evening. I sent Jamie home to rest. "Get some sleep," I said. "Tomorrow is the biggest day of your life."

He nodded and left. I stayed at the training ground, staring at the pitch, at the cones and markers still scattered across the grass. I was about to play a 17-year-old kid, who had learned a role in a single day, in the most important game of the season. It was insane. It was reckless. It was either genius or madness.

Frankie Morrison found me there. He sat down next to me on the bench. "You really going to do this, Gaffer?"

"Yes."

"You know it’s crazy, right?"

"Yes."

"You know if it goes wrong, you’ll be finished, right? Terry will sack you. The fans will turn on you. You’ll be a laughing stock."

"Yes."

He was silent for a moment. Then he smiled. "Good. Because if you’re going to go down, you might as well go down swinging. And this, Gaffer, this is one hell of a swing."

I smiled back. "Thanks, Frankie."

"Don’t thank me yet. Thank me if it works."

lineup. The players knew what was coming. We had trained the formation. We had practiced

regular players. And then, I named the eleventh. "And playing as our

kid, in the biggest game of the season, in a role that most of them had never

silence. "Gaffer, you’re sure about

"Yes."

"He’s seventeen."

"I know."

in a

"I know."

if it goes wrong? If he makes a mistake?

room. "Then we lose. But we lose fighting. We

they looked at

the kid’s shoulder. "We’ve got your back, Jamie. Just like in training. You do your thing.

one, the other players nodded. They had seen Jamie in training. They had seen his composure, his passing, his intelligence. They had

smile on his face. "You’re either a genius, Gaffer," he said, his voice a low

was right. I was either a genius or a madman. And the fate of our season, of our dream, of our very existence, was now resting on a tactical

up and addressed

said. "I know this seems crazy. I know you’re confused. I know you’re scared. But I need you to trust me. Jamie has trained for this. He knows the role. He knows the formation. And he’s ready. We are going to play a brand of football that our

the anxiety, the doubt. But I also saw something else. I saw a flicker of defiance. A spark

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