Staff · Aston Villa

John Robertson

Born 20 Jan 1953 · Glasgow (age 56)

Personality calc

  • Perfectionist

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2009

Current ability
110 of 200
Best job (calc)
156 Assistant Manager First Team
World reputation
—
Current reputation
6,500
Wage
£10,000 p/w
Contract until
—

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

  • Attacking19
  • Defending8
  • Fitness7
  • Mental15
  • Tactical16
  • Technical15
  • Working with youngsters12
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping5
  • Coaching (general)17
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination15
  • Discipline14
  • Man management15
  • Motivating15

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability14
  • Judging player potential16
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge—
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy1
  • Injury management—

Board 9

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

Personality 8

  • Adaptability—
  • Ambition14
  • Controversy5
  • Loyalty15
  • Pressure12
  • Professionalism15
  • Sportsmanship10
  • Temperament6

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

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall4 of 5 stars4
  • Quickness3 of 5 stars3
  • Strength3 of 5 stars3
  • GK shot stopping2.5 of 5 stars2.5
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)3.5 of 5 stars3.5
  • Defending (technical)3.5 of 5 stars3.5
  • Possession (tactical)4 of 5 stars4
  • Possession (technical)4 of 5 stars4
  • Attacking (tactical)4.5 of 5 stars4.5
  • Attacking (technical)4.5 of 5 stars4.5

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

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Assistant Manager First Team1563 of 5 stars20
Coach First Team1212.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team80.5 of 5 stars—
Scout80.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team40.5 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
160
Best job (calc)
Assistant Manager First Team
Home reputation
6,500
Reputation scope (calc)
—
Personality (calc)
Perfectionist
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Assistant Manager First Team: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Attacking4
Defending4
Tactical4
Technical4
Judging player ability3
Judging player potential3
Mental3
Motivating3
Tactical knowledge3
Determination2
Fitness2
Man management2

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
Robertson
Common name
—
Date of birth
20 Jan 1953 age 56 at game start
Place of birth
Glasgow
Nationality
Scotland
Height
—
Weight
—

Contract

Job
—
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
—
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
£10,000
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

Honours

WinnerEuropean Champions Cup2×1979, 1980
WinnerEnglish League Cup2×1978, 1979
WinnerEuropean Super Cup1×1979
WinnerEnglish Premier Division1×1978
Runner-UpEuropean Super Cup1×1980
Runner-UpEnglish League Cup1×1980
Runner-UpEnglish Premier Division1×1979

Grouped by the site from the stored career highlights (winners, runners-up, third place, play-off winners).

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Scotland2880 / 0

Staff career

1
  1. Aston Villa

    4 Aug 2006 – —

    Assistant Manager First Team

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

Career highlights

9

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.