Day 220

I held my first backroom meeting with the new staffers (assistant manager Martin O’Connor and coach Kevin Paxton) today. O’Connor and Paxton stayed quiet—they’re still learning their way around the club and my squad. Grant Brown and Jason Fowler had lots of suggestions, however. I agreed to scout several players who probably aren’t good enough, changed Peter Bore’s squad status from “indispensable” to “important first-team player” (Brown actually suggested “backup to the first team”), and set Jean-François Christophe as a backup player (rather than a key man).