Chapter Five: Not a Charity Home

【Management Mission complete: Auditable first-team performance code established.】 【Reward: Player-development framework; talent-assessment error −15%.】 The code soon saved Eli. Tier-seven opponents denied him space. He went eight matches without scoring, while social media called him speed and nothing else. After training he threw his bib at Oscar. “Release me too.” Oscar opened the projector. Eli ranked first in recovery runs, second in chances created, and had reduced his fullback's one-on-one exposure by forty percent. “You aren't failing,” Oscar said. “Success merely looks different.” “Why did nobody tell me?” “I just did. Tomorrow we train the third option after cutting inside.”