champion godfather

Chapter 1038 Shankly's original decision

After the Arsenal game, it seemed to outsiders that Nottingham Forest had suddenly found momentum.They achieved three wins and one draw in the February game, and their ranking jumped to eighth, only two places away from the top six.

When the team's performance is good, people's brains will become active.

Evan Dalgety looks at the calendar every day to see what the date is and how long it is until the end of the season.Twain's words of quitting at the end of the season kept echoing in his mind, the media knew it, and the fans knew it too.Just at the FIFA Awards Ceremony at the end of December, he repeated it once.He seemed determined to retire.

But Evan Dalgety was unwilling to just let Dunn leave again.On the issue of Tang En's going to stay, he once made a mistake, this time he can't make another mistake no matter what.

He was thinking, after more than two months, has Tang En's mind changed?
Every day, Evan Dalgety would come to Wilford's training base on time to observe Dunn's performance in training, and to speculate on this man's inner world.

He saw Dunn chatting intimately with his colleagues on the training ground, joking with the players, and he even put his arms around Bell and Wood and whispered to them.

He seems to be in a good mood and enjoying football.

Evan Dougherty felt the time was right.

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"Hey, Tony. I heard that your wife is back?" During the interval between training, the players would gather to chat and relax, and the same is true for the coaches. They are human beings and need rest too.

And coaches gossip more than players.

The British entertainment gossip magazine reported the news of Shania Twain coming to the UK yesterday, and these old men ran to the training ground to ask Shania's husband for inside information.

Tang En had nothing to do with these old men who liked to gossip.

"Yes, it arrived yesterday."

Several coaches looked at each other and laughed: "It seems that we will win the next game! Haha!"

Everyone laughed along with them.It's an old joke.Before Tang En hadn't left the forest team, as soon as Shania came back, the team's results would be good and stable.

Tang En let them laugh, and there was nothing unhappy about it.In his view, a harmonious team atmosphere is the key to good performance.Since the atmosphere is very harmonious now, why does he want to destroy it?
After finishing the training, Twain walked to the head coach's office alone. He had to tidy up a little before going home.Shania made lunch at home and waited for him.Although there is a restaurant in the training base, most of the meals are athletes' meals, which ordinary people basically can't eat.Tang En is not an athlete, so naturally he doesn't have to eat that kind of tasteless lunch.

Dunn put the training notes on the table, took out the car keys from the drawer, and prepared to leave.But when he looked up, he saw a person standing at the door.

"Evan!" Tang En yelled, "You startled me. You just stood at the door so silently, you look like a ghost, don't you know?"

Seeing Tang En's appearance, Evan Dalgety smiled embarrassedly: "Sorry, I thought you were busy, so I didn't call you. Ready to go home?" He looked at the string in Tang En's hand car key.

Tang En obviously noticed where his gaze was, so he shook the car key: "Yes, Shania is still waiting for me at home."

"Ah..." Evan felt a little regretful, "It seems that now is not a good time to talk."

Tang En felt strange, so he asked, "What's the matter with you? Evan."

"Uh..." Evan hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say it. "Whenever you have time, I'd like to speak to you alone, Tony."

Tang En thought about the recent arrangements, and then gave Evan a reply: "After the away game this weekend, I will have time."

Evan nodded: "Then I will go to your room to find you. Goodbye, Tony, I dare not delay you for too long, or your wife will definitely blame me."

He is still somewhat self-aware, knowing that he has a bad impression in Shania's heart.

Tang En watched the head of the club leave without saying anything further.This 60-year-old man seemed to have lost his arrogance and domineering four years ago, and looked like an ordinary old man in front of him.And the relationship between the two of them can't go back to the original past even if they recover in time.Once there is a crack on the smooth and clean mirror, how can it be as if nothing happened?

Evan seldom jokes with himself now, and he won't go to his office to sit and chat when he has nothing to do.The relationship between the two of them still looks very harmonious on the surface, but it can still be seen from some small details that it is different from before.

It was an indescribable feeling that could only be felt.

In fact, they all know.

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Nottingham Forest travel to Manchester City at the weekend.The two sides sent out the strongest lineup, and in the end the Forest team relied on a somewhat controversial goal to win a small victory over the home team.After the game, the media of the home team thought it was an offside ball and babbled at the press conference.But Tang En put all the blame on the referee: "...I was in a bad position at the time, and I'm not sure what happened the moment Chen Jian passed the ball. But since the referee thinks the goal is valid, then it's a goal It worked...it's not the process that counts, it's the result. We won and I'm happy."

The home team's media had nothing to do with this rogue Tang En, they could only watch him "steal" the victory that belonged to them.Of course, some verbal criticism and cynicism in the media after the game are indispensable.But Tang En didn't care about these things. The 15 years of coaching was basically a period of 15 years in which he and the media attacked and ridiculed each other. He was not surprised to see such things.

The highlight of this weekend is not the game, but the hotel where the Forest team stayed after the game.To be exact, it was room 1102 where Tang En was located.

This scene must be somewhat familiar to people. Four and a half years ago, a similar good show was staged in the hotel in Madrid, also in Tang En's room.It's just that there is one less leading actor today, and the scenes played are also different.

If what was staged four and a half years ago was a power play, then what is being played today is a drama of bitterness.

The protagonist of Misery is Evan Dougherty.

"You came to me to tell me something, didn't you just persuade me to stay in the forest team, Evan?" Dunn sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Evan Dalgety who was sitting on the opposite sofa.

"What else could it be? Tony, don't you believe me?"

Evan Dalgety's expression now is very bitter.He spent a lot of saliva just now to express his desire for Twain to stay in the forest team, but Twain responded with a rhetorical question. Could this not make him feel bitter?
Once there is a rift, it really cannot be bridged...

"Of course I believe in you, Evan, otherwise I wouldn't accept your invitation to return to the team to coach." Dunn tilted his head and said to Evan.

But this attitude can only make Evan feel more uncertain.In his opinion, such words were all Dun En's perfunctory.

So looking at Evan's expression, Tang En laughed helplessly: "How do you want me to prove it to you, Evan? I'm really not trying to play tricks on you..."

"Stay here, Tony."

Evan Dalgety stared at Dunn, but he didn't see anything in Dunn's eyes.

"That's impossible, Evan. I have my family, and my body doesn't allow me to continue working in this position." Tang En shook his head and rejected Evan's plea again.

"But... your body has never had any problems in the past few months..."

Dunn reached out his hand and interrupted Evan's words. "I know my body well, Evan. I feel that my energy is not as good as before... Besides, is it only considered that there is a physical problem if I passed out on the sidelines of the game and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment for 48 hours? I guess as my friend, you don't want me and my family to go through that again, do you?"

Evan Dalgety who asked this question was speechless.He was eager to keep Tang En, and he really didn't think about it.If he was really doing Tang En's best, then he shouldn't put his health in a dangerous situation.

No one in the room spoke for a while. Evan Dalgety lowered his head and wondered what he was thinking, while Dunn turned his attention to the TV, where the evening sports news was being broadcast, and it happened to be the end of the episode earlier. The match between Forest and Manchester City.The focus of the news naturally focused on whether Mitchell's ball was offside.

At the press conference, Tang En said that he did not see the situation at that time, and now he has the opportunity to take a closer look.The TV was replaying the footage of Mitchell before he scored. At that time, he was parallel to Manchester City's defense, and then when Chen Jian took the ball, the game was frozen.Tang En saw clearly this time, Mitchell's upper body leaned out...

Strictly speaking, this is really an offside, but whether to judge or not is at the scale of the referee himself.If he feels that the upper body sticking out has nothing to do with the overall situation, then he can not be judged offside.If he had strictly followed the rules and ruled that he was offside... I guess it would be Twain's turn to chatter after the game.

The voice-over on TV said something different from Twain. They believed that Manchester City was defeated by the referee this time, and strongly condemned and protested against the referee on duty.Tang En paid attention to the logo, and found that it was the local media in Manchester. No wonder...

Tang En was not interested in listening to the next words. He turned his attention from the TV screen to Evan, and found that Evan was also watching the TV in a trance.

Tang En thought for a while, then laughed: "I need the help of the referee even to win the game. You see, I am really old."

When Evan heard him say this, he shook his head: "What does the referee's mistake have to do with you? Besides, although our possession rate was lower than Manchester City in the whole game, we had an advantage in the number of threatening shots. Yes, the victory should have been taken for granted, but our luck was not very good, we had several threatening shots but failed to score..."

Tang En didn't interrupt Evan, just tilted his head and listened quietly to Evan's eloquent talk, and then the corners of his mouth slowly curled up unconsciously.

Evan Dalgety also noticed the change in Tang En's expression, and then he realized that he had said too much.He quickly stopped talking and looked at Tang En.

"Ha!" Tang En laughed, "When I think of the person who couldn't even tell the 'coach' from the 'manager' back then, but now he can analyze it clearly, I think it's really interesting. Look, we It's all changing. I don't want to keep doing it for a few more years now. I'm 50, Evan, and I'm a guy with a heart problem. I have a sense of crisis that I'm going to die before Shania, So I have to cherish the time I am still alive, and spend more time with her and Teresa... You are also a man with a family, can you understand my thinking?"

Evan nodded, could he still shake his head?

"But..." But he was still unwilling to be persuaded by Tang En.

"I am now convinced that you are indeed thinking about the club. Really, I have always believed in you, Evan. But I am no longer suitable for Nottingham Forest. We are all changing, and Nottingham Forest is also changing." Tang En persuaded, " There is no undefeated team in this world, and there is no team that always wins the championship. Those teams that have created an era and a dynasty also have their ups and downs. The same is true of Nottingham Forest..."

Tang En lost his mind as he spoke.

The era when Chapman led Arsenal to run rampant in English football has been too long; Sir Busby, who led Manchester United to the first European Champions Cup, has passed away long ago; shaped Liverpool into a powerful generation and profoundly influenced Liverpool football Shankly, who developed later, has also become a term; Clough, who competed with the Red Army in Liverpool's most powerful era and jointly created the "England Red Age" in European football, is now just a bronze statue standing in the center of Nottingham Municipal Square. For example: after entering the Premier League era, Ferguson, who is all-powerful, has now become a rare old man who basks in the sun in the yard of his home every day, and can’t even watch his favorite horse racing; and the godfather of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, who once stood side by side with Ferguson, is also 70 years old this year Now, retirement is just around the corner...

Those once glorious names have been buried in the dust of time one after another, and the past events can only be recalled.I believe that in a few years, the same will be true for myself and the former Nottingham Forest team.Just like children born today will not know how great Michael Jackson is when they grow up, Ronaldo fans will not know how good Maradona is, and Maradona fans will not be able to see Pele play with their own eyes. Leigh fans are so unfamiliar with Di Stefano... the same.The past will eventually pass,
After so many things, what else can't be ignored?

"I can't sit in this position forever, and I shouldn't. What Nottingham Forest needs is a long-term plan, which is to develop slowly. An arrogant person like me who is eager for quick success is not suitable for the future development of Nottingham Forest."

Evan seemed to want to stop Tang En from degrading himself so much, but Tang En took the lead and said: "Don't you understand, Evan? Why did the Forest team's performance start to decline as soon as I left the Forest team? I don't want Nottingham Forest to become "Tony Twain's Nottingham Forest". No matter how many championships you win, it will be a castle in the sky. Ordinary people can't even live to be a hundred years old in their lifetime, but now the world Centuries-old teams abound in football. To be really strong, a team cannot rely on only one person. Why is Liverpool a giant? They were nothing before Shankly, but the important thing is not this, but After Klee they won five European Cups."

Tang En leaned out and looked at Evan.

"Some media compared me to Shankly of Nottingham Forest, but do you know what is the most correct thing Shankly did in his life?"

Seeing Evan's expression change from doubt to bewilderment to distress and helplessness, Tang En laughed.

"It was he who suddenly announced his resignation and left Liverpool."

When Twain was a fan, he was no stranger to the story of Shankly, and he was also familiar with the story of Shankly's successor, Paisley.But he has never been clear why Shankly suddenly resigned and left the Liverpool club when Liverpool were doing well.It stands to reason that he should continue to work, and thoroughly perform earth-shattering careers, such as leading Liverpool to the first European Champions Cup in the club's history-Twain and everyone else believe that as long as Shankly can continue, then he Surely this can be done.

Now he is clear, totally clear.

These words completely stunned Evan Dalgety, he opened his mouth unconsciously, sat on the sofa in a daze, and didn't make a sound for a long time.

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