Pick a tactic & formation before kick-off, then react at a few key moments during the game. Finish level with your benchmark rival's points total or above and you're safe.
Full rules
The situation
Same club, same run-in as every other player today — the day's scenario is fixed, so it's decisions that separate results, not luck.
Before each match
Tactic: Attacking, Neutral or Defensive.
Formation: 4-3-3 (attack-leaning), 4-4-2 (balanced) or 5-3-2 (defence-leaning). The two stack.
During each match
At a few key moments you can switch tactic (max 2 per game) and make a substitution (max 5 per game): Fresh Legs, Go Attacking, or Shore It Up.
Staying up
You're watching one benchmark rival. Finish level with them or ahead and you're safe; if the arithmetic rules you out before the run ends, it's over immediately.
Manager's Ledger
Your managerial career at Mereford, across every run so far.