Roy of the Rovers - A New Beginning - Week 16

8/13/2019 Roy of the Rovers - A New Beginning - Week 16

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Makes good reading doesnt it Gerry? Melchester sat top of the form league, Everpool in secondplace, their last defeat coming away at Danefield United. The match this Sunday would be thesternest test Melchester had faced this season. What are Everpools biggest threats then Gerry?

The assistant manager loaded page one of hisdossier, This is their probable line-up. Like most ofthe Premier League teams they play 4-3-3/4-5-1, buttheir strength is in the fluidity of their attacking

system. Aron Uras is the centre-forward but heinterchanges with Vidakovic, allowing Cronje to dartforward into the space. But thats only half theirstrength; Mustapha is their best player . Hes tall,strong and brilliant in the air, from either set-piecesor timing his runs into the area, the big man needssome stopping. As long as Jones and Daleycommunicate well and one takes responsibility forthe runner, while the other takes either Vidakovic orUras, whoevers in the middle, we should be alright.Mostin should work on that in training this week.

As usual Gerry Holloway had an amazing amount ofdata on the opposition, The left-back Liam Roberts


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is probably their most influential player. He takes a brilliant free-kick either direct or playing one intothe area and his crossing from the wing is second to none in this league. Vernon replied, So weneed to get Fabrice NDiaye to keep him d eep, or maybe let him go and we can counter into thevacant space. Thats a battle I think we can win, either way, as long as Wesley King keeps up his goodform.

Gerry continued, You can see from Roberts heat map against Weston Villa last week, that he has

more touches in the opposition half than his own. The small circle is where we exploit him. Heseither attacking or defending, most of the time attacking, there he does neither. We need NDiaye toget a lot of the ball in that zone. Its Fabs strength, now Cheetham and Powell must feed it. IfRoberts is attacking, Fab has space or we keep Roberts defending. Either way we neutralise histhreat.

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Geoff Miles folded his umbrella and shook off the excess rain water before he entered theMelchester Hilton through the revolving doors. Trevor Brinsden would be in the Lounge Bar upstairs,as usual, awaiting his latest report. Miles was now working undercover in Brinsdens laundry firm. He

was an average worker, employed at three of the top hotels in the Midlands, always scheduled towork alongside Javier Acosta, the same shift pattern in the same hotels. They had become friends, itwas easy for Miles, Acosta was young and lonely, Miles spoke good Spanish, so it was quite naturalthey would connect. Good evening Mr Brinsden. Ive some good news, the private investigator

joined Trevor at their usual window table, the city-view obscured by the driving rain lashing thewindows. He passed a green plastic folder to the co- chairman of Melchester Rovers, Acosta hasbeen digging, but come up with nothing. He trusts me and he believes my story and background. Hethinks Ive been with the firm since the beginning. We just need to agree on what to feed him. Weneed him to report something back to Lucas, if he doesnt Lucas will look elsewhere. This way wer ein control of the situation, we know exactly what Lucas knows, about your business at least .

Trevor was not overly concerned with what John Lucas would discover about his business activitiesthough, it was certain aspects of his private life, that if ex posed would bring him down. Do youknow if Lucas has a detective yet, one like you, I mean? Miles shook his head, No -one yet. If he hashes got someone really good. Theres been no external hack attempts on any of your systems yet,business or private. Your phones are all clean, no bugs. I think Lucas is relying on Acosta to get agood story. Thats why weve got to give him something to print, something that he thinks will dosome damage, but something that doesnt do much harm . While he thinks hes on the way to a goodstory , he wont go hunting for the other stuff.

Trevor was not happy with the idea, I understand the reasoning, but this is my business, I worked so

hard to get it to where it is today. Maybe if I forewarn the hotels theyll keep us on , not cancel thecontracts . I cant afford to lose even one chain, not in this economic climate. Perhaps I can even usethe big chains to present a united front, even shift the blame to an agency of something. Yeah!Thats it; illegal workers, low wages, no insurance, we can pin it on a dodgy agency!

That sounds feasible. Do some research, check it over with David Roth, see what he thinks. If its allgood, then we can drip feed Acosta over the next few weeks leading up to Christmas. If we can eek itout, I doubt The Daily Gazette would print a story like that over Christmas and the New Year.


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