Soccer Card System

Chapter 5 We will not be downgraded

Chapter 5 we won't be downgraded
The trees outside the car window receded quickly, the pastures along the way were full of cattle and sheep, and the green wheat on the farm swayed with the breeze.

It was already the second day, and he was sitting on the short-distance bus from London to Luton. On the window seat, the new Luton coach Gao Bo was looking out the window.

What does it take to be the head coach of a team?
This may seem like nonsense, but this is what Gao Bo is currently thinking about.

Gao Bo will not think that everything will be fine if he has a system. As the head coach of a team, he needs to manage the team, arrange training plans, direct games, balance the locker room, and bring in suitable players.
All of this is not something that can be done with a few cards.

Although Gao Bo has two different life experiences, in fact he has no work experience as a head coach.

In this life, Gao Bo stayed in school until he got a master's degree at the age of 26, and then went to obtain a coaching certificate. After that, he found a job as an echelon coach at Chelsea. The echelon coach and the team head coach are completely different concepts.

Therefore, for this new job, Gao Bo maintained the utmost caution. To some extent, this is the most critical step for him to enter the career of football head coach!
Become the head coach of a team, then lead the team to good results and accumulate prestige for yourself.

Prestige is one of the most critical factors in the football coaching industry.When Mourinho took over the luxurious team built by the Russian Abramovich with the halo of the Champions League, he can say that he is a special one-he has this qualification because he is the Champions League champion. He is the best coach in Europe that year.

If it were an unknown person who said this in the star-studded Chelsea, the Chelsea stars would definitely sneer.

Last night, Gao Bo read a lot of materials about Luton.

Luton is located in the south of England, next to London.The team named after the city was founded in 1885, and the nickname "The Hatters" comes from Luton's early hat-making history.In the early years, Luton mostly competed in the low-group leagues. Since being promoted to the old First Division in 1982, Luton has competed in England's top league for ten years. After being relegated in 1992, the results have gone from bad to worse.Luton was relegated from the British Championship in the 2006/07 season, and then relegated to the second division in the following year. Due to failure to solve financial difficulties, 30 points have been deducted in the opening season.

Thirty points were deducted from the beginning, which almost allowed Luton to lock in a place for relegation before the season even started!

However, judging from the information provided by David Morton, after a large number of the club's main players were sold, the team's salary space and financial problems were basically resolved. David Morton even promised to provide the team with 20 pounds of transfer funds.

Thinking about it now, despite being deducted [-] points, the team's situation has basically stabilized. Even if the strength has been greatly weakened, at least there are no financial problems. To a certain extent, Luton has been relegated from the first division to the second division.
Playing in the Second Division with such a team is not an ordinary challenge.

The scenery outside the car window has gradually changed from farmland and pastures to colorful and beautiful bungalows, and it is getting closer and closer to Luton Township.

Gao Bo took a deep breath. The beautiful scenery put him in a good mood, and his nervous mood was immediately filled with ambition.

The bus drove Gao Bo into Luton meanderingly.

This is a typical small town in England with a population of only about 16 people, narrow streets, and low houses painted with red paint.

The residence Luton arranged for Gao Bo is in an apartment about 600 meters away from their home stadium, Knilworth Road Stadium. Walking a short distance along a path lined with sycamore trees on both sides, it is Luton’s Luton office building located at Nilworth Road Stadium.

It is said to be an office building, but it is actually a small two-story building with several offices, a gym, and a recovery room.

Naturally, such crude conditions cannot be compared with a big team like Chelsea.

The Nilworth Road Stadium can accommodate about 1 people. There is only one floor of stands without a roof, and the seats in the stands are uniformly painted in sky blue.The grass on the stadium is probably due to the lack of mowing after the season, and it has grown a bit.

And there is a stadium without stands on Maple Leaf Road, which is about 300 meters away from the stadium. It is a venue rented by the team as a training ground.

"That's the "Knilworth Road Stand"" inside the stadium, David Morton said, pointing to one of the stands, "the opposite is the Oak Road Stand, the main stand is on the left, and the David Price Stand is on the right. "

David Morton is a treasure trove.

Gao Bo glanced at the boss next to him who was the same age as him.

"I heard you're American?"

"My nationality is American, but I'm also from Luton." David Morton turned his head. "This is my mother's team. When I was a child, I often watched games with her in the Knilworth Road Stand."

"Now is the most dangerous time for Luton, Gao Bo." There was a trace of earnestness in David Morton's eyes.For him, Gao Bo is his life-saving straw. "I know that there is little hope of relegation this season, but I think, next season, whether we can return to the second division, Luton should continue to stay in the professional system."

Gao Bo looked at his boss, his eyes sparkled: "We will not be relegated!"

"What did you say?" Morton didn't seem to hear clearly.

"I said, we won't be relegated!"

David Morton was silent for a while. Almost everyone said that Luton is definitely a team that will be relegated. Even the most die-hard Luton fans have to admit this.

Most of the main players have left, and even some capable players in the reserve team have gone their separate ways. In order to solve the financial difficulties, David Morton is already exhausted, and it is impossible to introduce any strong players in the next period of time. First of all, he can only collect 20 pounds of transfer funds. Who can this money be enough to buy?

If someone else said this, David Morton might think that the other party was just comforting himself, but when he saw the brilliance in the eyes of this head coach of his age, David Morton must admit that this is a guy who is absolutely confident in himself.

Like. Mourinho? !
David Morton suddenly looked forward to it.

"Whether you're relegated or not, I won't put pressure on you this season, I promise!" David Morton stretched out his fist.

Gao Bo also stretched out his fist, and the two fists touched together.

The sun slanted in from above the stands above the stadium and gently sprinkled on the lawn.

young boss.

Young head coach.
The two shadows were drawn long by the sunlight.

(End of this chapter)