champion godfather

Chapter 1023 Juan Yakumo's Light and Ageless Legend (Ask for a monthly ticket for a reward~~)

"It seems that the media are interested in your style and popularity." David Chrislake, Dunn's assistant coach, was flipping through the newspaper in his hand.Recently, he likes to read articles about Tang En in these newspapers, because those journalists' pungent articles, which are full of ridicule, can always make him laugh out loud, and he is in a happy mood all day long.

"No one mentioned your grades when talking about you." After flipping through all the newspapers, Chris Lak folded the newspapers and put them aside.Looking at Tang En opposite.

Tony Twain was re-examining the desk in front of him.

Exactly the same as when he came to this club 15 years ago, nothing changed.The dark red solid wood desk exudes an aging atmosphere from the inside to the outside.

He put his hand on the table, rubbing it gently back and forth.Feel every tiny bump and scratch on the tabletop.

Now the table is empty, except for an LCD computer monitor, there is nothing else. Freddie Eastwood has taken all his personal belongings, and the information reports that those things are also gone. It was neatly stacked in the bookcase next to it.

"Isn't that good? This way we won't be under so much pressure." Tang En replied while lowering his head and rubbing the table.

"I thought you'd be furious at being underestimated by the media."

"I'm not a brainless person, David. This kind of doubt about grades is useless to say, you have to beat them with grades." Finally touched every inch of the table, Tang Eun sat down in the chair.

"They love to hype my style, that's fine. I wish no one cared about Nottingham Forest. Talk about the team, David."

Hearing what Tang En said, Chris Lark also put away the smile on his face, and spread out a thick notebook on his knee.

"There are 26 people in the first team now. Goalkeepers Vincenzo_Fiorillo, Mark_Howard, Chris_Kelly. Defenders are Thiago_Silva, Ma Mamadou_Sakho, Ryan_Shawcross, Mathias_Jorgensen, Jan_Vertonghen, Joe_Mattock, Nicola Nicolas_NKoulou, Jack_Cork, Nedum_Onuoha, Carl_Dickinson. There are George_Wood, Jack. Jake_Livermore, Fernando_Gago, Stephen_Ireland, Chris_Cohen, Alex_Teixeira, Geonio Viinadu Georginio_Wijnaldum, Kieran_Gibbs. Forwards Aron Mitchell, Gabriel_Agbonlahor, Mario Balotelli, Matt_Derbyshire, Steven_Fletcher."

While Chris Rack was reading the list, Tang En's brows were always frowning.Although he knew all these names and was able to match the name with the face, but now these names gave him a sense of strangeness.This strangeness is caused by my little understanding of these players.

Tang En's so-called understanding is definitely not as simple as knowing what they are called, what position they play, and how their recent record performance is.His understanding is all-round, and he even needs to know what the players like to eat and what they like to do before the game...

"In fact, most of these players are still very good..." Chris Lak added after reading. "Goalkeeper Fiorillo is Italy's substitute national team. He was called 'Little Buffon' when he debuted. En Kulu is Cameroon's main defender. Sacco is the main central defender of the French team. Jorgensen is also the Danish national team. A regular visitor. Wodenhen is the main player of Belgium, and he can play multiple positions in the backcourt. An Aoja has also played for the national team under you. Gibbs is an excellent player trained by Arsenal and has also been picked up by Arsenal. You have been selected for the England team. Ireland is the main midfielder of the Irish national team. Although Teixeira has not been selected for the Brazilian national team, his strength is obvious to all. Wijnaldum is the main player of the Dutch national team. Derby Scheer played under you, Fletcher was Scotland's leading goalscorer...but they were such a bad combination."

Tang En laughed: "Football is not something that eleven Maradonas can win every battle. Some of these people's styles may not be suitable for Nottingham Forest, some lack fighting spirit, and some just want to fight. In addition, there are some people who are old and have frequent injuries, how do you think such a team can achieve good results?"

Hearing what Twain said, Chris Lark also felt that this team had no money.

"Go on to your observations, David."

"Uh... I don't think there's anything wrong with Freddy's main lineup. This is the strongest lineup the Forest team can come up with. I don't think the reason for the team's poor performance is not the players, but the skills and tactics... ..."

After Dunn patiently listened to Chris Lark's analysis, he pondered for a while before shaking his head and said, "Skills and tactics are certainly a reason, but the root of the problem lies precisely in the players. No matter how well the tactics are arranged, if the players don't implement them, they will not There is no way. But this question can’t be rushed...Let’s talk about tactics. It is not advisable for McAllister to let Wood play the midfielder, and it is not feasible to let the two wings go to the center. To be honest, I think the team has forgotten what the Forest tradition is."

Tang En spoke with eloquence, as if he had not just taken over the team, but had been coaching the team for a long time.

The Forest team has changed their head coach frequently in recent years, and has changed seven head coaches in less than four and a half seasons.The direct result of this is that the tactical thinking is chaotic, the players are at a loss, and in the end they simply don't know what to do. In the game, they still play according to their own habits and styles. This is also the reason why the team's performance is getting worse and worse.

Twain is of course aware of this point. To bring the team back to the top, it will definitely not be possible to rely on more than half a season alone.Now that Tang has decided to inherit his career, what he has to do now is just a transition.He can't determine the development path of Nottingham Forest in the next ten years in his own office. Being able to stay in the Premier League this season, as he said to Don: "A bigger stage."

And this is precisely what Tang En is best at.

Isn't it just leading the team to victory?I have been doing this for 15 years.

"No attacking midfielder; resume wing attack; two forwards cannot stand in parallel, one forward and one backward staggered, the second forward must actively retreat and connect the frontcourt; solid defense... Our recent work must start from defense If you want to stop the downward momentum of the team's performance and restore the low morale, not conceding and not losing is the first element."

Chris Lark nodded in agreement with Tang En's opinion.After consecutive losses, what should be considered is not whether the offensive power is strong, but whether one's defense is solid. Defense is the basis of victory, and defense is also the source of offense.Requiring the team to strengthen offense without grasping defense is putting the cart before the horse.

"The personnel arrangement above..." He asked a very critical question.Can the players who used to be the main players in the team still be seen by Tang En?If the starting lineup is to be adjusted, it will inevitably touch the interests of some people, so how can the atmosphere in the team's locker room be guaranteed?

"Look at the training status." Tang En replied simply.Then he realized that Chris Rucker was actually worried about the locker room, so he asked, "Isn't George the leader of the locker room?"

"The local players obey him, but the foreign players...in fact, the locker room is mainly divided into several factions." Speaking of this, Chris Lack was also a little embarrassed.This kind of clique formation had never happened during Tang En's coaching period, and it was absolutely impossible to happen.

"Native gang and foreign gang?" Tang En was not surprised by this, and he didn't feel embarrassed to talk about it—it didn't happen under his rule anyway.

Chris Rack nodded, unwilling to say more.

Tang En grinned, not knowing whether he was smiling or expressing helplessness.

"Interesting." He muttered, pinching his chin.

Then he sat in the chair without saying a word for a while.After about 10 minutes, when Chris Lak was a little bored waiting, he raised his wrist to look at his watch, and then stood up.

"Let's go, David. I suppose the players are here too?"

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"The boss is coming back!" In the locker room, Joe Mattock excitedly announced this news, which was definitely not news. "I can't believe I've waited until this day!"

But not many people are interested in his topic.On the one hand, the news that Tang En was coming back was more than two weeks ago, and the climax of the discussion had passed long ago.On the other hand, naturally the players in the locker room have their own concerns.

Everything Chris Lark said was true.In the current locker room, there are indeed invisible gangs.The English players huddled together, and other non-English players gathered in small groups.At the same time, the old players in the Forest team had a harmonious relationship, but there was a gap between the players who joined after Twain and these old players.

The 33-year-old Brazilian central defender Thiago Silva is the leader of the Foreign Legion. Because of his age and seniority, he joined the team in the summer that Dunn just left the Forest team. He also represented the Forest team and the Forest team. Dunn's England team played a warm-up match.He has always disapproved of the legendary head coach. On the one hand, he was influenced by the media, and on the other hand... He felt that for a head coach who abandoned his team, he really couldn't understand why those old players would still be like this Not forgetting, he felt pretty stupid.

The other person who was not interested in the news of Tang En's return was relatively lonely. He didn't have any groups or gangs, and he was fighting against the entire team by himself.He is Mario Balotelli, the "Super Mario" who clamored to leave every summer, but never left, and his salary kept getting higher and higher.

His personality and temper make him have few friends in the team. The Italian goalkeeper Fiorillo can't understand Balotelli's aloof temper and actions.He believes that he should be the real core of the team, not George Wood, but the coaches can't always clearly recognize this fact, which is why the team's results are so poor.If this Tony Twain still couldn't recognize his own role and value, I believe his return would be just another tragedy.

The leader of England's local gang and veteran players' gang is naturally George Wood, but Wood will not do this kind of thing that divides his own locker room, so in fact he is just a spiritual leader, like a totem erected by someone Same.Players who were dissatisfied with Silva and Balotelli spontaneously gathered around this totem and confronted them in the name of Wood.

This is the current status of the forest team's locker room. With such a locker room that is not united at all, how can it be possible to have combat effectiveness?David Chris Luck said the team's problems were tactical, not players.Tang En was right, the root cause was precisely those players...

"Stop barking." Wood appeared behind the excited Mattock. "If you don't change quickly, you'll be late. The boss doesn't like people being late."

Although he said this to Joe Mattock, his eyes were on everyone in the locker room.

Thiago Silva and Balotelli, who had their backs to him, didn't say anything.

Mattok shrank his neck honestly and changed into his training clothes.

There were still discussions in the locker room, but none of them stopped what they were doing.Veteran players and local players in England all know how strong Tang En's sense of time is - he once waited for people on the training ground with a stopwatch, and the practice of asking latecomers to run around every ten seconds was passed on by word of mouth among the players. It has long been known.

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"Do you want a stopwatch?" Chris Lack asked on the practice field.At this time, there is not a single player on the training ground, but it is still early from the stipulated time to start training.

"Do you have it now?" Tang En asked.

Chris Lak took his hand out of his pocket and showed Dunn what was in his hand. It was a black stopwatch.

Tang En grinned and said, "You really understand me. Start pinching when the time comes."

Other coaches also came to the training ground one after another, saying hello to Dunn and Chris Rack.Some of them are old people who helped Twain when he was coaching him, and some of them were recruited from other clubs. They have a good relationship with Chris Lack, and they are newcomers to Twain.

Among the coaches, I saw Freddie Eastwood, who had become an assistant coach again. Twain went up to greet him: "Are you relieved now, Freddie?"

"Of course, I feel good now, boss!" Eastwood said to Dun En with a smile. "I no longer have to wake up in the morning thinking about what tactics the team should use to beat Manchester United."

Tang En smiled.Someone like Eastwood is suitable to be an assistant coach without too much ambition.That's good, Tang can be an assistant coach with peace of mind. Eastwood, who is familiar with the team and popular among players and fans, will be a competent and excellent assistant coach...

The coaches also saw that the new head coach came so early, and came to the training ground earlier.So such a scene was formed: all the coaches came together and waited for the players on the court.

When Matok was the first to run onto the field from the locker room, and when he saw the situation, he hurriedly said to himself, if he was a bit late, then he would be the one who was unlucky... Joe Matok is Know the boss's temper, don't look at the relationship with him is very good and harmonious, but if you violate his rules, then no matter how good the relationship is, it will be bad luck.

Since I am not late, there is no need to be afraid of the boss.Mattok greeted Dunn with a smile: "Good morning, boss."

"Good morning, kid. Where are the others?" Tang En asked.

"They're all behind, they'll come out soon..." Mattok glanced back at the locker room behind him, not sure if those teammates would really come out soon.But he hoped that Silva and Balotelli would be five or six minutes late...

His wishful thinking did not come true, and before the stipulated assembly time came, all the players appeared on the training ground fully dressed.

Tang En looked at this group of his soldiers, his subordinates, and felt very sorry. "You're lucky, guys." He shook his head. "How I wish you could stay in the locker room until a quarter past ten, from 09:30 to a quarter past ten, 45 minutes, a lap every ten seconds, my math is not very good, you can do it yourself Count how many laps you'll have to run. Maybe the whole morning training session will be spent running, but I don't care. But it's a pity..." He sighed heavily.

"You lucky bastards, but don't rush to breathe a sigh of relief." He pointed to the players who were just about to breathe a sigh of relief, "From now until the end of the season, we have six months to get along. There will be a chance to catch your pigtails."

After speaking, Dunn paused.He glanced at all the players present.He can see a lot of things from the eyes of those people. Some people look at him excitedly, full of expectations for the future; some people keep their heads down and don't know what they are thinking; The moment he opened his eyes, he turned his eyes away, unwilling to have much contact with him; of course, some people looked at him rebelliously, as if they were deliberately reminding Tang En of his existence.

After scanning around, Tang En spoke again: "I am a retired person, look at the white hair on my head." He pointed to his temples and said. "But if any of you think I'm old, feel free to try it!"

Among the players, some eyes lit up.

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PS, Tang En is not old yet!Ask for a monthly ticket reward~~!

(End of this chapter)