George was relieved that the players had lived up to his kindness. When the calendar turned to December 26, everyone returned on time. After a rare Christmas with their families, the players who have been greatly comforted by their bodies and minds are gearing up for the 18th round of the Premier League, which is scheduled to be played later today!

"Tsk, I originally wanted to take this opportunity to kill chickens and monkeys, and find an unlucky guy to cheer them up. Now it seems that I don't need to do it anymore. Looking at the players who were training seriously under the guidance of the coaching staff, George whispered to Adele on the side. Obviously he was pleased with the positive attitude that the players showed when they returned from vacation.

"Hey, man, you can't hear that. Hearing George's words full of routines, Adele's face stiffened slightly, and then returned to normal, smiling and waving his hand at Ronaldo, who was doing recovery training, while lowering his voice and reminding, "If they know that you actually play routines in this kind of thing, then it is likely to bring unnecessary negative impact to the team." ”

"What stupid are you talking about? George tapped Adele's forehead with his right hand and replied with a dignified face, "I didn't play with these boys. This is an upright conspiracy. I just took the opportunity of Christmas to dig a hole, and they themselves are willing to jump into it, can they blame me for digging a hole that is not in place?"

Whether or not they will be punished by George depends entirely on the self-control and professional attitude of the players, that is, their subjective will. In such a situation, even if the players finally perceive George's intentions, they will not have much negative opinion about it, but will think that these guys are all to blame for the manager's heavy hand.

"Hey, even if you have a point, brother~" Tilting his head and thinking about it, he found that things were indeed as George said, and he understood that this was another combination of his brother's hand born from the "carrot + stick" strategy, Adele flattened her mouth and agreed quite unwillingly.

The main reason why George manages the team like this, and picks up the big stick from time to time to keep his players vigilant, is mainly because he has always been afraid that the players will lose their hunger for the championship trophy and the motivation to keep going because of the heavyweight honor that will be won too early!

As things stand, George's fears have not been seen within the Tottenham squad and the players have not let up on what they have achieved. But George still keeps a close eye on the team, constantly making adjustments according to the actual situation, ensuring that the players do not feel that the atmosphere in the team is too oppressive and does not become too relaxed!

Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. When players think that even if they relax their demands, it won't make much difference, in fact, they are already on a downward slope!

is like the Barcelona team known as the Dream II team in George's previous life. In that season, not only did Barcelona win the double of La Liga and the Champions Cup, but its number one star Ronaldinho was crowned Mr. Double, as if he was about to establish a football dynasty in European football!

However, as Ronaldo indulged in lust and stopped training hard after reaching the top, Rijkaard, who was soft-hearted to the star, failed to stifle the sprout when he first appeared, and the other main players were not as enterprising as before after winning two consecutive La Liga titles and the Big Ears Cup, resulting in the Dream II team was already unworthy of its name after the 06 World Cup, and finally fell apart two years later.

Excessive governance can also make it difficult for a dynastic team to rule for a long time, as exemplified by AC Milan during the Dutch Three Musketeers. Despite Capello's impressive achievements in those years, it was precisely because of his tough personality and overly strict management policy that the disgruntled Three Musketeers were disbanded at the end of Capello's second season in charge, and the Milan dynasty came to an end shortly thereafter!

Only a combination of grace and power can make the players feel comfortable with them and be able to faithfully carry out their orders. Missing any of these can cause the team to lose its balance and slide into the unknown!

Now back to the upcoming game. After a morning of restorative training, the entire Tottenham squad arrived at White Hart Lane in the team bus to make final preparations for the 18th round of the Premier League, which is scheduled to start at 1pm!

In this round of the league, Tottenham's opponent is Manchester United legend Steve Bruce's Birmingham. However, Bruce's team has been quite poor this season. Birmingham have lost a full ten of their first seventeen league games so far, picking up just twelve points and sitting just one place above Sunderland, who are vice-leaders of the league. If you're not careful, this copycat version of the Blues (note: Birmingham and Chelsea are both nicknamed Blues) are likely to be relegated at the end of the season!

Predictably, in order to avoid relegation and stay in the Premier League, Birmingham will have to give their all in every league game. This is obviously not good news for Tottenham, who are currently stuck in a long journey and two games in a week!

Although Tottenham's opponent in this round of the league is Birmingham, the number of fans who came to watch the game did not decrease. More than 36,000 tickets were declared sold out before the start of the tournament, which is enough to prove how hot Tottenham's home ticket sales are!

With the demolition and redevelopment of White Hart Lane on the agenda, and Tottenham's growing strength since George's arrival, and the faint momentum of becoming a new generation of English football dominance, Tottenham's home ticket sales have been quite hot in recent times - for fans, Tottenham's days of playing at White Hart Lane have been one day less. If you don't seize the opportunity to watch a few more Tottenham games here, you won't have a chance to watch it even if you want to watch it in the future!

Birmingham, a team managed by Bruce, the former Manchester United captain and first-choice centre-back, have done a decent job defensively, conceding just 23 goals so far, better than many teams at the top of the league table. The problem for this team is that they are just too bad in attack – Birmingham have only found the back of the net 11 times in their first 17 league games that have come to an end. The attack power is weak, even the bottom of the table Sunderland is not as good! And this is the main reason why Birmingham are only second from the bottom in the standings!

So, if Birmingham want to score points from Tottenham, or if they want to get out of the way at White Hart Lane, then Bruce will have to find a way to build on a solid defensive foundation and pose a threat to Tottenham's door in attack!

Otherwise, Birmingham, who is playing away, will only be torn to pieces by Tottenham with a fierce attack!

Forty-five goals have been scored in seventeen league games, averaging a goalscoring efficiency of 2.64 goals per game. Tottenham's attacking firepower is definitely not inferior to any attacking team!

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