John Robertson

Staff record

staff is the non-playing subtype of person: people this export decoded as staff rather than as players. It is only one of the three places a career can live. Plenty of well-known managers have no staff row at all — some are stored as players, and many sit in person_unclassified, whose subtype the decoder could not determine. Whichever table a person is in, their jobs come from staff_history joined to job_type, which is the table below.

Current ability

85

Potential ability

110

Home reputation

80

Current reputation

80

World reputation

40

International appearances

16

Coaching qualification

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Ability and the three reputations are the raw game figures, which run to roughly 200 rather than to 20 — they are printed exactly as stored and nothing is converted. coaching_qualification is a badge level with no lookup table in the export, so it is shown as the stored number and no name is invented for it.

Calculated at game start

The enriched overlay is not loaded for this version, so Football Manager's calculated values are not available.

Non-playing ability

10 of 26 values recorded from staff_ability. Not recorded: Judging staff ability, Judging team data, Analysing data, Presenting data, Coaching technique, Hardness of training, Physiotherapy, Injury management, Mind games, Patience, Eccentricity, Versatility, Negotiating, Business, Resources, Interference.

Coaching

3 of 6 values recorded from staff_coaching. Not recorded: Technical, Tactical, Mental.

Goalkeeping coaching

1 of 3 values recorded from staff_coaching. Not recorded: Goalkeeper handling, Goalkeeper distribution.

Tactical style

The tactical preferences this person brings to a side, on the same 1 to 20 scale.

9 of 17 values recorded from staff_tactical_style. Not recorded: Tempo, Width, Free roles, Flexibility, Flamboyancy, Squad rotation, Set pieces, Dirtiness allowance.