The plan briefly works when equalising against Manchester City from a clever set-play, but Tartt haunts his former club by scoring a match winner. Nate is promoted to coach, while Welton calls on Lasso to cause confusion for rivals in a bid to pick up results. It is determined that injury will be given as the reason for Kent’s absence from the team, while Lasso maintains that results are not important to him. Welton tells Lasso of her tabloid picture plan, and is surprised at being forgiven so easily. Lasso initially refuses to bench Kent despite his struggles for form, alienating him from his team-mates, but eventually backtracks on that decision. Keeley discovers that Walton had planned to sell a picture of her with Lasso to The Sun. Lasso wins a wager with Walton’s ex-husband over a game of darts that stops him from criticising the running of the club. Lasso creates his ‘Diamond Dogs’ team of sidekicks, while Kent’s relationship with Keeley becomes an issue as they are caught on camera kissing by the paparazzi. Lasso suffers a panic attack during a post-game karaoke party. Following an apology, Nate delivers an inspiring – if somewhat insulting – pre-match speech ahead of a match at Everton that brings a 60-year winless run against the Toffees to a close. Lasso gets drunk on a night out, as he struggles to come to terms with his impending divorce, and snaps at Nate. Lasso learns that the club’s treatment room is haunted, leading to him attempting to lift the curse, while Tartt returns to parent club Manchester City as a loan spell is cut short.
Lasso benches a talismanic presence before half-time in one contest, but claims a result to silence any doubters.Ī new star arrives in the form of Dani Rojas, who then gets mysteriously injured after becoming an on-field rival for Tartt.
On the field, Tartt is refusing to pass to his team-mates as AFC Richmond become a one-man show. Lasso’s wife and son arrive from the States, but it becomes apparent that a relationship there is failing and a parting of ways becomes inevitable. Keeley is talked into breaking up with Tartt, while Lasso finds an unknown street performer to provide musical assistance. Kent and Tartt constantly feud and it is discovered that Welton’s ex-husband is responsible for cancelling Williams, while he shows up his former flame by donating £1 million to charity. The team lose on the field, while Robbie Williams cancels on Welton off it – meaning that another music act needs to be found for a charity ball. Kids at a local school are won over by his charm before a positive story is published in the papers following a first taste of Indian food for Lasso during a meal out with Crimm. It emerges that tactics are being devised by kit man, Nate, while Lasso reveals that he places little emphasis on results. Lasso meets with a tough reporter from The Independent, Trent Crimm. Lasso is set up in a supposed clinch with Tartt’s girlfriend, Keeley. Squad harmony remains an issue, with ageing star Roy Kent at odds with youngster Jamie Tartt, while Nigerian player Sam Obisanya is homesick. Lasso attempts to win over his players, while gifting shortbread to Walton as a present – a product she becomes obsessed with. Lasso is drafted in from Kansas City and his new players hate him despite efforts to win them over with his positive attitude. Rebecca Welton, the owner of Premier League strugglers AFC Richmond, appoints the most incompetent coach she can find to run the club in a bid to spite her ex-husband.
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