Chapter 14: Growing Concerns
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VOLUME 2
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The rain hammered against the windows of the Memorial Stadium’s coaching office like an accusation, each droplet a reminder of the storm brewing both outside and within Bristol Rovers Football Club.
Amani sat hunched over his laptop, the glow of the screen illuminating tactical diagrams that might as well have been hieroglyphics for all the attention they were receiving from the first-team management.
Three weeks had passed since his promotion to assistant coach and the honeymoon period, if it could even be called that, was definitively over.
The system interface hovered in his peripheral vision, displaying statistics that painted a picture more damning than any newspaper headline could manage:
Current League Position: 20th (2 points above relegation)
Form Guide: L-L-D-L-W (1 win in 5 matches)
Tactical Implementation Success Rate: 23% (Declining)
Managerial Receptivity to Suggestions: 34% (Critical threshold)