Staff · Doncaster Rovers

John Dickens

Born 7 Mar 1958 · Bournemouth (age 51)

Personality calc

  • Fairly Professional

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2009

Current ability
100 of 200
Best job (calc)
180 Physio First Team
World reputation
1,2500 / 5 calc
Current reputation
5,000
Wage
£500 p/w
Contract until
30 Jun 2010

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
—
Coaching style
General

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking—
  • Directness—
  • Pressing—
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width—
  • Depth—
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility—

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation—
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance—

Stored preferences and tactical tendencies. Each tendency uses the game’s 1–20 scale.

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking—
  • Defending—
  • Fitness—
  • Mental—
  • Tactical—
  • Technical—
  • Working with youngsters—
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping—
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination9
  • Discipline—
  • Man management—
  • Motivating—

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability—
  • Judging player potential—
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge—
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy18
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business—
  • Buying players—
  • Hardness of training—
  • Interference—
  • Mind games—
  • Patience—
  • Resources—
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability12
  • Ambition9
  • Controversy5
  • Loyalty15
  • Pressure12
  • Professionalism17
  • Sportsmanship14
  • Temperament14

Stored staff attributes, 1–20. A dash means the attribute is not recorded for this person in this build.

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall——
  • Quickness——
  • Strength——
  • GK shot stopping——
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)——
  • Defending (technical)——
  • Possession (tactical)——
  • Possession (technical)——
  • Attacking (tactical)——
  • Attacking (technical)——

Calculated by fm-reader per training category, as FM shows them. Missing ratings remain blank.

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Physio First Team1803 of 5 stars20
Gk Coach First Team50.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team50.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team40.5 of 5 stars—
Assistant Manager First Team40.5 of 5 stars—
Coach First Team40.5 of 5 stars—
Scout—0.5 of 5 stars—

Calculated by fm-reader (1–200); preference is the stored 1–20 wish for the job.

Staff profile

Coaching badge
—
Potential ability
135
Best job (calc)
Physio First Team
Home reputation
5,000
Reputation scope (calc)
—
Personality (calc)
Fairly Professional
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Physio First Team: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Physiotherapy4
Man management2
Motivating2

The game’s stored attribute weights for the job type of this person’s calculated best job. Weights are 1–10; these are weighting inputs, not attribute or job ratings.

Personal

Full name
—
First name
John
Last name
Dickens
Common name
—
Date of birth
7 Mar 1958 age 51 at game start
Place of birth
Bournemouth
Nationality
England
Height
—
Weight
—

Contract

Job
—
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
—
Contract starts
28 Feb 2009
Contract expires
30 Jun 2010
Weekly wage
£500
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
England000 / 0

Staff career

6
  1. Doncaster Rovers

    6 Nov 2006 – —

    Physio First Team

  2. Doncaster Rovers

    6 Nov 2006 – —

    Physio First Team

  3. Sheffield Wednesday

    1 Aug 2001 – 6 Nov 2006

    Physio First Team

  4. Huddersfield Town

    1 Aug 1995 – 30 Jun 2001

    Physio First Team

  5. AFC Bournemouth

    2 Aug 1988 – 1 Aug 1995

    Physio First Team

  6. Portsmouth

    1 Aug 1984 – 1 Aug 1988

    Physio First Team

Up to 200 stored career entries. A missing departure date remains unknown.

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About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2009.