champion godfather

Chapter 819 Volume Six Crimson POMO
Before the match between Nottingham Forest and Norwich, the media rushed to report such news:
Karl Spike, the host of Sky TV's "Football Things..." last night, appeared with a bald head.Having confirmed that he had lost the bet with Tony Twain, Spike was willing to admit defeat and shaved his hair.Mr. Carl Spike became the second public figure to lose in a bet with Tony Twain. The first one was Mark Lawrenson who lost his beard. His beard has not grown out until now...

This is of course a scandal for Spike, but it is a good thing for Sky TV.Because they can use this opportunity to further build the reputation of the show.So before the show, they spread the word that Carl Spike would appear in a "new look" later in the show.The program that day created a new high in ratings.

Tang En still didn't forget to add salt to the wound, and mocked Spike in the column: "He should be grateful that he insisted on making this bet with me. Hearing that their ratings have skyrocketed, it's all due to me. I think Sky TV should seriously consider paying me a dividend."

In the away locker room, the Forest players celebrated Ibisevic's No. 20 season goals.However, he did not start this game.

The media knew about the starting list one day before, that Tony Twain was going to rotate, so there was nothing to hide.

The striker who replaced Ibisevic in the starting lineup was not Eastwood or Abang Lahor, but the young teenager Aaron Mitchell.This is his first appearance in an official game on behalf of Nottingham Forest.

Such an arrangement is not surprising.After all, Nottingham Forest will face rival Barcelona at home in the middle of next week. There is really no need to field the strongest lineup against an opponent like Norwich.

Aaron Mitchell may think this day is the most memorable day in his career, because when he was a central defender, he never thought that he could be a part of Nottingham Forest so quickly. The player represents the team in the first game of the league.

But Dunn didn't have any special care for this lucky boy.What he said to the team, he said to this kid.

"I don't know if you will feel that one foot is deep and the other is shallow when you walk on the court for a while?"

The players burst into laughter.They have been training on that terrible training ground for the past half a week, and they suffered three injuries on the first day, including Eastwood. Fortunately, the warm-up was sufficient and none of the injuries were serious.In order to hurry up, Twain even rushed to the away game on the morning of the game. For the sake of the Champions Cup, he was ready to give up the league.

"The quality of Norwich's turf is definitely not as good as that of Camp Nou, but it must be much better than our training ground. Don't forget your physical memory because of this field. To be honest, I won't play this game. It doesn't matter if you put any pressure on you, you win or lose. You just treat yourself as if you are still training on that lousy field, and keeping your body's memory is your only task in this game."

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After the game started, the players of Nottingham Forest showed a state that surprised outsiders.It's not a matter of slow heating or slow heating at all.The players of the Forest team seemed to be unable to play football collectively, and their performance was quite poor.

From the simplest running point of view, it is obvious that the football is closer to the players of the Forest team. Under normal circumstances, the Forest team must have got the ball.

But in this game, the Nottingham Forest players seemed unable to run. They were weak from the start, and they couldn't keep up with the Norwich players in the middle of the run. Just like this, they watched the football being taken a step ahead by the opponent. take away.

"I really doubt that the players of the Forest team went out to prostitutes collectively last night, otherwise how can we explain their weak legs?" The commentator also felt that such a Forest team was really ugly.

"The desire to win is not strong, and the body is not right. What did Tony Twain train for during the three days of closed training?"

"Only God knows..."

Aaron Mitchell was replaced after 65 minutes of starting the game. Due to the inexplicable "sluggish state" of the whole team on the field, his own personal performance was not ideal.The header and foot skills he is good at have not been brought into play. On the contrary, due to his slightly thin body, he still has a disadvantage in the physical confrontation with the opponent's central defender.

Ibisevic, who was replaced, did not see his condition improve.This made the commentators even more incomprehensible-"Why is Nottingham Forest's state from starting on the field to substituting off the field so bad? Did they have some kind of witchcraft?"

In the end, everyone was in a bad state. They couldn’t find the game state on the court. Nottingham Forest, who seemed to be unable to play football, unexpectedly lost 0:1 to Norwich in the away game, breaking the biggest upset of this round of the league. .You must know that before this, Norwich ranked first from the bottom and was almost certain to be relegated.

After the game, in the mixed zone, the Nottingham Forest players who lost the game became the target of the media.All the reporters want to ask the Forest players a question: "Can you explain your poor performance in this game?"

Most of the players, probably because they were in a bad mood after losing, refused to answer the questions.Even if a few people answered, they didn't say anything: "You can't say anything about the status. We feel that there is no problem, but there is a problem in the game, so we don't know what went wrong."

Well, these players are obviously unwilling to cooperate with the reporters. Maybe they all feel that their performance is too bad, and they are ashamed to answer such questions.So the reporters turned to the post-match press conference, intending to hear what Tang En had to say.As usual, Tony Twain must be very angry when his team played such a bad game.

But what did they see there?
Tony Twain sat in front of a row of microphones with a smile on his face, talking eloquently about the game that just ended.

"Football is like this, you can never say that because we are strong, we deserve to win. You can't pre-celebrate the victory before the game starts. Until the last second, no one knows what the result will be. For such a game I am really sorry for the result.”

Can anyone see the slightest "regret" expression on his face?
"The team is not in shape, and I am also very angry."

Is he really angry? "laughing and angry"?
"Finally, I would like to congratulate Mr. Glenn Rhodes. His team played a beautiful game." Dunn stood up and shook hands with Rhodes who was beside him with a smug expression.These two could be considered to have a close relationship - Twain's opponent in his debut match was West Ham led by this man.At that time, he showed his "big mouth talent" for the first time at the press conference. Not only did he successfully curse West Ham for relegation, but he also let himself know for the first time where the England FA's door is opening.

Eight years later, Mr. Rhodes appeared in front of Tang En after experiencing a heart attack and cerebral thrombosis.But this time he is neither the head coach of West Ham nor the caretaker head coach of Newcastle, but the head coach of newly promoted Norwich.He led the team to qualify for promotion last season, but this season he is likely to lead the team back to the British Championship.At this critical moment, being able to defeat the powerful enemy Nottingham Forest is naturally a timely matter.

It's a pity that even so, he couldn't be the protagonist at the press conference.Instead, Tang En, who lost the game, became the focus of attention.If Tang En hadn't stood up to shake his hand and congratulate him, he didn't know how long he would have waited for the attention of the reporters.

After the game, Norwich's victory over Nottingham Forest became a big upset, but what appeared in a prominent position was an article by the media analyzing why Nottingham Forest suddenly couldn't find its status.Poor Mr. Glenn Lord...

Some people said that this was Twain's rotation in order to face Barcelona, ​​but with the strength of the Forest team, even if the rotation was complete, they wouldn't be defeated against a team of Norwich's level, right?
Others said that the away loss to Barcelona had a profound impact on Nottingham Forest. There were gaps in their impenetrable dressing room, and Tony Twain, who only jumped up and cursed, couldn't control his stars anymore.Today's Nottingham Forest is like a mess. After losing two games in a row, morale has dropped to the bottom, and Barcelona's opportunity has come.

What's more, the analysis of Twain's abnormal performance at the post-match press conference shows that after he lost control of the team, he has turned against the club's top management.He is completely broken.There are already rumors that Tony Twain will leave Wilford once he loses to Barcelona.The Manchester United club had already initially signed an agreement with Tang En in private. When he left Nottingham Forest, he would immediately go to Manchester United to take up his post.

These rumors are half-truths and half-false, some of which cannot withstand scrutiny at all, while others seem quite reasonable.The real and the fake are mixed together, and readers can't tell the truth at all.Can only be led by the nose by the media.

For these media reports, Tang En chose to remain silent, and Nottingham Forest also chose to remain silent.It's like a nuclear submarine diving into the deep sea, dormant in the dark, so that the enemy can't figure out their movements or what they are going to do.

The only trouble is that some within the Nottingham Forest fan base believe the rumours.After all, that game was really ugly, almost catching up with their home loss to Bolton that year.And Tony Twain, uncharacteristically, didn't lose his temper. It's no wonder that some Forest fans thought wrongly.

But from this point of view, Nottingham Forest's confidentiality work is really good.

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While the rumors about Tony Twain's dismissal from get out of class continued to spread outside, the Nottingham Forest players also continued to train on that rotten field.After these few days of "ruining", that site got even worse.

However, this has little impact on the training effect, because Nottingham Forest did not conduct any ground coordination training. The focus of the team's training this week is all in the sky-long pass and lob.

The offensive players in the frontcourt are required to handle the ball as simple as possible after taking the ball, and the faster the better.Don't think about playing exquisite ground coordination-in fact, many players did think so at the beginning, but when they saw that the ball they passed couldn't roll on this kind of court, they couldn't think of it. After going to the place, they all gave up this unrealistic idea.

To put it bluntly, the only trick to playing on this kind of uneven and uneven grass is to minimize the contact between the football and the ground, so the high ball is king.

When the defenders are on the ball, if someone is marking them, they must move forward with their big feet; when the double midfielders switch between offense and defense, they do not use short passes, but long passes; the wingers frequently pass obliquely at a 45-degree angle, instead of going down to the bottom cross.Then put a high center forward with an excellent header at the front. Where the high center forward is, the football will be passed there.In addition to practice set-piece tactics, whether it is offense or defense, set-pieces will become the top priority of that game.Because Twain knew very well that his tactics might not be able to get more direct shots, and he needed other means to score.Set balls are the best option.

The players of Nottingham Forest will not be too unfamiliar with this style of play, nor will they feel that this is a new thing that the boss came up with on a whim.Because even when the Forest team is playing the most beautiful, this kind of "efficient football" or "ugly football" can be seen in their tactics.Otherwise why do the media always scold them?

Nottingham Forest's coaches will not be surprised either.Because Tony Twain's initial success in the Forest team relied on efficient football and the theory of "ball possession is useless".It was only later that he revised his tactics little by little, making the forest team's style of play richer and better-looking.It's just that this time Tang En took the "uselessness of ball possession" to the extreme, and went to a famous extreme - POMO (Positions_of_Maximum_Opportunity), which means "Theory of Maximum Opportunities", which is the famous "British long pass and sling". ".

Almost all coaches in England know and are familiar with this theory, because this theory was created by Charles Hughes, the person who had the greatest influence on English football in the last century, and he used his skills as the England Football Association from the 60s to the 90s of the last century. The position of director is convenient and vigorously promoted, which is the main culprit for the slow development and even retrogression of England's football technical style.

This is a typical example of "on paper" in football.The theory is impeccable, but the actual situation is completely different.That being the case, why did Tang En suddenly decide to use this extreme tactic?

Since POMO has been promoted in England for 30 years and has far-reaching influence, it must have its merits, no matter how small.George Graham's Arsenal were successful in the early 90s, although they played rough football that Arsenal fans themselves were tired of.But they won the championship, and that's the saving grace.

Poor surfaces are obviously ideal for long passes.Tang En said that in order to win, he would do whatever it takes, so it's no big deal to revive the "notorious" POMO briefly on Nottingham Forest.

The winner will smile even if he is scolded, and the loser will not be happy even if he gets more praise.

The Catalan media always had only one reason to criticize Twain - the football he played was ugly and full of utilitarianism, and he was the biggest football hooligan in England.

Then Tang En will tell them: what is the ugliest and most utilitarian football you have ever seen?It doesn't matter if you haven't seen it, I'll let you open your eyes right away!
(End of this chapter)