Season 3 - Bert Fraudmann - VfL Bochum (Bundesliga)
We are slowly improving, but we're still lightyears behind the top guns of the Bundesliga. Avoiding relegation on the penultimate day with a great 4-1 win against Leipzig finishing in 13th position is more than alright, the loan signing of Dane Scarlett from Spurs proving decisive for the slow rise in the table. Personal highlight was the 4-3 win against Dortmund and the 2-1 win at Schalke within a few days showing everyone who the real #1 in the Ruhrgebiet area is. We finish with a decent goal difference, Stuttgart and Hoffenheim going down is a rather big surprise, same with newly-promoted Mainz storming to Champions League football in their first year back. Darmstadt lose the relegation playoff against Holstein Kiel 1-2 on aggregate.
Unfortunately the DFB-Pokal will be the reason why next season will most likely be my final season in charge of VfL Bochum. Some great wins against Stuttgart and Gladbach before we exit the competition with a stupid defeat away to Hertha Berlin in the quarter final. Leipzig end up winning the final against Bayer Leverkusen after extra time.