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Neil and Jack

Who is Jack on the new line up? And what's his deal with Neil?

John-called-Jack is the striker Kevin chose. He is very good, and he has years of experience, and he pretty much decides from the get-go that Neil isn't worth the ground he walks on. He doesn't like that an amateur is vice-captain, he doesn't like that Neil gets more playing time, he doesn't like that Kevin is more interested in Neil than he is in Jack, he really doesn't like Neil's history, and he especially doesn't like it when he finds out Andrew & Neil are together.

Everything about Neil is basically unforgivable, as far as Jack is concerned, and he goes out of his way to make Neil's life as difficult as possible. He's rude, he's snide, he's uncooperative any time he thinks he can get away with it, and he is constantly reminding Neil that Neil isn't good enough to get the attention & prestige that's supposedly been dumped in his lap. It doesn't help that Jack has help–he and Sheena, another recruit, get on famously, and they take turns playing Who can get under Neil's skin faster.

He'll get better eventually, as Neil forcibly earns his respect, but it's a slow process and they're never going to be friends.

((Back when there was going to be a book four, Jack & Sheena were pretty much the main antagonists))