'He is the man that has wrecked all their games. He is the one big brain in the whole show, and he happens also to be an honest man. Therefore he has been marked down these twelve months past. I found that out—not that it was difficult, for any fool could guess as much. But I found out the way they were going to get him, and that knowledge was deadly. That's why I have had to decease.'
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It means that his rating in importance and quality as a football manager has been reduced.
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It means that his rating in importance and quality as a football manager has been reduced.
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