Awards night. Filip Jazvic takes Player of the Season and breaks the club record for goals in a season. 14. Fourteen goals. Club record. He's 31. Our YOUNG Player of the Season is 24. I'm 21 and I'm in charge of all of them.
Zak Rudden's won Young Player of the Month for January. 4 goals in 4, 7.95 average rating, 21 years old. We're 5th. Firhill has been loud for a month. Morton at home Saturday. That is the entire scope of my ambitions right now and I'm fine with it.
115 games in charge. 62 wins, 53%. Born about 4km from this stadium, which is either the best or the worst possible arrangement and I genuinely can't decide which.
Hannover have offered me an interview. In the same message they've explained their reservations about me: "your complete lack of experience in guiding teams away from relegation" We're 6th. I'm 22. They've put the insult in the invitation and still expect me to drive to Hannover for it. Think I'll stay where I am.
26 shots. 9 on target. 59% of the ball, 89% pass completion, xG 2.05 to 1.04. Lost 2-1. Staff report: "a fantastic performance according to xG". Brilliant. I'll get it framed.
Three games, three wins, nine points. Third. Barcelona and Atletico have done exactly the same thing. Long season.
First team meeting. 21 players in the room, atmosphere logged as "Pessimistic". Great start. Diyoke speaks for the group: "I understand that some people might have doubts about your lack of experience but we're all prepared to give you a chance and our support." Cheers Gerald. Really felt the confidence in that one. My assistant's reaction is logged as Expressionless, so he's fully on board too. I have now promised improvements in defence, midfield AND attack, plus minutes for the young lads. Four promises, one meeting, 21 years old. What could go wrong
Liverpool 4-3. We were 3-1 up inside 28 minutes. Mariano on 4. Chiesa on 21. Keïta pulled one back on 24, Mariano restored it on 28 with a volley the report describes as "deflected on its way in". Then Firmino on 49, Insigne on 52, Firmino again on 87. He finished on 9.1 and man of the match. The club email under the report: R. Madrid to receive €15M. Last year, for winning it, €19M. So a European Cup final is worth four million euros either way. Above it in the inbox: "Klopp praises players for rising to occasion"
Champions Cup. Beat Bayern 2-1 in Istanbul. Five shots. They had 11 and 55% of the ball. Ünder scored on 20, Rodrygo levelled on 49, Mariano won it on 76. The report says Ramos "lived the dream of many a supporter" lifting it, which is a generous way to describe a man doing it for the fourth time in seven years. Email underneath from the president: R. Madrid to receive €19M. Remember that number.
Head Coach of the Year, second place. Abelardo, Alavés — 50% win ratio, 52 scored, 43 conceded, 684 points. Me — 68%, 87 scored, 25 conceded, 629 points. I won the league. I won it as defending champions. I conceded 25 goals in 38 games. Last season I won this award with 814. Nobody has offered to explain the scoring and at this point I would rather not know
Called a team meeting. 24 players believe we're in poor form, which the game presents as one solid green block so I can read all their names at once. Inaki Williams speaks for them: "We haven't played well at all of late and I know I'm not the only one to think that." Aduriz, Raul Garcia, Muniain, Inigo Martinez, De Marcos. Men who were playing here while I was at school, sitting there nodding along. Locker room atmosphere: Average. I'm 20. Valencia away Sunday.
Asked the board to put me through a coaching course. Answer, in full: "We are afraid we just don't have the confidence in you at the moment. We want to see you improve before granting this request." So I need to improve, and to improve I need the course, which I can have once I've improved. Job security on the same page: "Precarious". Four months in, at the club I was born next to. Fine.
Stopped in the tunnel, before we've even got out, to be asked whether I'm confident Muniain can perform in a role that "doesn't really suit him". He's 98% fit, 95% match sharp and averaging 7.32 over his last five. He has played zero games this season because the season is four weeks old. One of the replies the game offered was to suggest he spends less time guessing my tactics and more time watching us play. I said I have the utmost confidence in Iker. His relationship with me is filed as Indifferent. Mutual.
Board have paid to put Gunther Metz through his Continental Pro Licence. 12 months, $7,720. Gunther is 51. Gunther is our loan manager. I'm the head coach. I'm 20. Under coaching qualifications my row is blank. Our SCOUT has a Pro Licence. 10th in the 3. Liga.
Quadruple. Spanish Cup, First Division, Club World Championship, European Super Cup. The write-up: "Despite being considered among the leading contenders to win the Spanish Cup, head coach Dylan Rogers has deservedly received the plaudits." Despite being expected to win it. That is the sentence they went with. It also calls this "a growing list of honors in an impressive coaching career". It is season one. There is no list. There is this. Separate email, from the president: R. Madrid to receive $650K.
Head Coach of the Year. 814 points, 81% win ratio, 12 conceded in 38 games. Second was Mauricio Pellegrino at Leganés — 47%, 753 points. He lost more than half his matches and finished 61 points behind me. The past winners list directly under my name: no award given, no award given, Simeone, Luis Enrique, Simeone, Simeone, Mourinho, Guardiola. I am 20 and this is the only job I have ever had. I have no idea which part of that list I am supposed to find strange
