In the Community Shield at Wembley, Queens Park Rangers lost 1-0 to Manchester United, with Jose Mourinho leading his Red Devils to their first title of the new season.

Lu Ling stood under the stands and raised his eyes. She's not in a bad mood, and it's a bit of a pity, but it's not a big win. Compared to the lost title, the 90 minutes against Jose's team showed something more valuable.

First of all, centre-back Nedham remains a weak link.

The weakness of one centre-back can sometimes lead to a collapse of the entire backline, and his misalignment or misjudgment can lead to the distraction of one or more defenders, who can lead to the opposition scoring. Also, Nedham's speed is declining, because because of his presence, Lu Ling does not dare to take too much risk in his tactical choices. Of course, playing a team like Manchester United, QPR will not use high defence in most cases.

Nedham naturally has merit. He is strong and experienced. But overall, it is not the main central defender that Lu Ling wants. She spoke to him more than a week ago that Nedham was willing to accept the position of a substitute, which made everything much easier.

He'll still be the captain, but when he's not on the field, Ian will be the captain of the QPR. The Scottish boy doesn't know that yet, and she'll tell him tomorrow.

Secondly, in midfield, QPR still hasn't gotten rid of the same problem as last season, which is a lack of control. Both offensively and defensively. Ian is still good, but he needs a partner who can protect him when he is attacking and can work well with him when he is defending.

Last season, Lu Ling tried to free up Ian with Edsah as a midfielder in the final fifteen minutes of the season-ending game against Chelsea, but it was a change of formation and a sudden inspiration. Of course, that worked out well. Later, she watched the last fifteen minutes of the game back and forth a dozen times, and also asked Mensah how he felt about playing in the back - Mensah said that he was originally from a back and preferred to play in midfield.

Then, the midfield partnership of Ian and Mensah can be used as one of the regular plays. As a result, the signing of Mensah is becoming more and more crucial, as he can play as both centre-back and midfielder.

But even so, with Marco van Kingkel's long-term injury and Jack Steele's immaturity in midfield, she also needs a young, impulsive midfielder to keep the midfield alive.

Finally, there is the question of offense.

She can boast that QPR's attacking line-up is in the top four of the Premier League. Still, after that, she still needs to diversify her attacking style. The left side is almost perfect, the only flaw is that Zixiang sometimes attacks too fiercely and needs special personnel to protect. On the right, John lacks a partner. Campbell would be a good fit.

It is worth mentioning that Hans's performance was very satisfying to Lu Ling. As for the former first goalkeeper Robert, Lu Ling was surprised - the former England international seemed to accept his position as second goalkeeper after his first training session with Hans. She talked to him, and although he was a little discouraged, she didn't complain.

Hans has adapted very well to the team. However, I heard from Pat that he didn't talk much in the locker room, and although he had a good relationship with everyone, he was not particularly close. This did not surprise Lu Ling.

When Pat told her about this two days ago, she had the feeling that she had an inside line of her own in the locker room.

Probably because her smile was too obvious, Pat immediately understood what she was thinking, he raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh boss, if you really want me to be a whistleblower, you have to exchange something for it." ”

"If I'm willing to trade things for something, will you really tell me everything?" she asked him amusedly.

He shook his head and smiled a little scoundrel, "No." Baby, believe me, there are many things you don't know. ”

At that time, Lu Ling shrugged her shoulders, she didn't have such a strong desire to control, and she also understood that there were many things that she really didn't know. The dressing room is more about the players than the coaches. She needs to rule there, but she can't be one of them.

Now, she's in the players' tunnel.

The game has passed, and in a week's time, the first round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season will begin.

Coming out of the post-match press conference, Lu Ling met the Portuguese again.

Lu Ling wanted to ask about Mensa's transfer, but the words were about to be spoken, and she shut up at the last moment. She wanted the player to be right, but there was no need to act like Mensah had to act in front of him.

José was in a good mood and started chatting with her.

'You know we played Everton in the warm-up games before and I feel like they're still doing well this year. After he finished speaking, he observed her, and his smile was rare and friendly.

Lu Ling smiled and shrugged: "Oh please, for you, it's Manchester City that is more troublesome." ”

He pouted, "Nick and your team are in trouble too. ”

"I would take this as a compliment. ”

"A compliment, Christine, indeed. He blinked, "You gave Nick six points last season, and hopefully you can beat him at least once this season." You know, he's been very moist lately. ”

"I hope so, too. She chime in.

Nick has a new love. Lu Ling listened to the players talk about it in the locker room. It seems to be a Portuguese girl, and she is also a model. He doesn't seem to be at all out of the way the unexpected world thinks of him. There have been many English celebrities who have come out to criticize him for this style.

Duncan Ferguson (Everton legend) said in a radio interview: "I never thought a manager of a professional club would be like this. Some of the things he's doing now don't seem to me to be a good fit, like a rock star, and even though the fans do see him that way, I don't think he can think that way. ”

Jose felt that the girl opposite was in a trance, and he didn't know if it was because of the loss of Community Shield or because he was talking about his ex-boyfriend. He patted her on the shoulder, "See you next month, then, Christine." ”

Lu Ling thought he was referring to the league clash that came back after the September international break.

But the Portuguese was quick to add, "I'm referring to the UEFA Coaches Summit. I'll probably go this year. I know you've definitely been invited. ”

"I don't necessarily have the time. ”

"Could it be busier than me?"

"Not necessarily. Small teams have Europa League to play this year. Lu Ling blinked.

This league always surprises you, Jose thought. The 28-year-old will be one of his competitors this season.

Ridiculous? Not really. She came close to beating him both times.

Jose laughed, "Anyway, see you later." ”

"See you later, José. ”

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Both Hoel Campbell and Mensah made a breakthrough the day after the Community Shield ended!

QPR's simultaneous offer to Arsenal and Manchester United on the same day was met with a lot of media coverage.

Simon's first offer for Campbell was £16 million, and the Costa Rica international has only one year left on his Arsenal contract, so the price can't be too high. However, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur are also interested.

Simon's first initial offer to Manchester United for Mensah was £20 million – an offer he knew United would reject, but it was a common way to test the psychological price of the opposition. Soon Manchester United rejected the offer and asked for more than £30 million.

Lu Ling and football director Les Ferdinand had a video call with Simon in the office, and after Simon hung up, Rice touched his chin and asked Lu Ling, "Do you really think it is necessary to spend so much money on these two?"

Lu Ling was very firm, "Yes, Rice, I'm very sure. ”

Rice shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Christine, we've had some progress in our search for homegrown players recently, I've sorted them out, I'm sure you've looked at the profiles of these players as well, and these are the three candidates I've focused on. After that, he handed the ipad to Lu Ling.

Lu Ling felt that Rice's attitude towards himself had improved a lot this year, although he had deprived him of a lot of power as a football director in disguise. Also, he is more and more in agreement with some of her ideas, but sometimes he is still slow to react.

She thanked Rice for her work and took her iPad back to her office.

Her gaze was locked on a name.

Jacob Harding

Date of birth:(19years old)

Nationality: England

Club: Brentford

Height: 183 Weight: 72kg

Position: Central midfielder and midfielder

She had seen a video clip of the young player before and was so impressed that she had even seen his interview, a Newcastle boy with a thick North East England accent.

Rice, on the other hand, gave her more detailed information, as well as more video reports.

While she watched, she felt that this player was a rare and talented talent among local players.

First of all, the midfielder has very good athleticism. Whether it is explosiveness, speed, and confrontation ability, it is quite superior, and it also has good flexibility.

Secondly, his technical fundamentals are rare and solid, and in addition to having a long ball like many England players, he also has a fairly good longitudinal dribbling ability - although he is not very capable of passing people continuously, he can easily dribble vertically in open spaces with his speed. He also has a powerful shot, although the handling is a bit monotonous at times.

This is still a typical English midfielder. Very combative, and can even be said to be a natural fighter, but unfortunately the small skills are not particularly fine. Moreover, a lot of his offensive and defensive thinking also tends to be simple and straight. But these can be improved, after all, they are still very young, and a lot of excellent hardware conditions are rare.

Lu Ling jotted down the name "Jacob Harding" in his notebook and drew a circle.

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On Thursday morning, Lu Ling received a call from the FA who told her that after an investigation, there was no evidence that she was linked to her father's gambling behavior, so the charges against her were dropped without any punishment. The news was released by major media outlets at a later date.

And Lu Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief, and both Nathan Neal and Tony called to congratulate her on finally being able to get rid of this matter completely.

The players were aware of the news before the training session began. It seems that they are not only happy for her, but also relieved. It also makes sense, they finally don't have to worry about a Catholic training club suddenly being banned.

The atmosphere in the training session that followed was still tense. The first race of the new season is the day after tomorrow. At home to Middlesbrough, it will be difficult for her to stand if she can't get the three points.

Her phone rang all day. It's all congratulatory phone calls and messages.

But two of them didn't say a word until the next day.

Nick and Lu Yungui.

She and Nick are not friends.

She asked Lu Yungui not to contact her if there was nothing really important.

So, it makes sense.

Pate said he should celebrate, but Lu Ling's attention was all on the first round of the Premier League, and she said it was a problem out of nowhere. Patrick realized that she had never forgiven her father. There was no mention of the celebration.

It's just that on Friday, when Lu Ling returned from the pre-match press conference, there were a bunch of flowers in her office, roses, and daffodils. She was only puzzled for a moment, and then she probably understood what was going on.

Sure enough, before the afternoon training session began, Patrick told her, "I sent it all." Rather than making people think that you have a mysterious suitor, it is better to mislead people into having a group. ”

She couldn't help but laugh and cry, her office now looked ridiculous, and she said: "A manager's office shouldn't be like that. ”

"Keep one, throw the others away. He smiled nonchalantly.

Then he went to warm up.

Lu Ling smiled slightly, he probably thought that she had been too nervous recently, and hoped that she would be more relaxed.

But, in fact, her mental state can't be easy -

Her first full season in charge is about to begin. 166 Reading Network