"I love the international break. ”

Chen Ping only attended the draw ceremony in Nyon, and then returned to London overnight. Because the team had training the next day, although Chen Ping no longer needed to go down to the field to guide the training, he should still not be absent. The next day, watching Liu Yu arranging a training session, Chen Ping was in a good mood when he talked to Julian Dix.

"yes, that's a good thing for us. ”

Julian Dix nodded, agreeing with Chen Ping's opinion. The national team match at the beginning of October was definitely timely for West Ham, giving them a chance to adjust and run in. West Ham's main defender, Mascherano, returned too late and did not fit well with the team. This has always been a headache for Chen Ping.

And both of West Ham's full-backs have defensive problems.

However, although there were a lot of problems, they have not been able to calm down and solve them, because the competition in August and September is too intensive. Just after entering October, it was an international break, and there was no game for nearly half a month. Coupled with the limited number of West Ham internationals, most of the teams stayed at the club. As a result, the impact of the international break on West Ham is limited.

"Julian, what do you think of Martin Anthony's current situation?"

"Progress is still very fast. In particular, his movement is much smarter than before, and he has begun to know how to cooperate with central defenders and midfielders to defend. However, although there is some improvement, there is still a lot of distance from a qualified full-back. ”

Julian Dix sighed.

Speaking of which, Martin Anthony is such a good player to play as a full-back. Especially Martin Anthony's perverted physical fitness, even Lambert can't compare. Martin Antony is strong enough to play against any player with good fitness, and there is no player in the Premier League who can beat Martin Antony physically. And Martin Anthony is strong, but he is flexible, and he is amazingly explosive. Not only that, but Martin Anthony also has excellent defensive skills. In a one-on-one situation, few players can easily break past Martin Anthony.

It's fair to say that Martin Anthony has what it takes to be a successful defender.

It's a pity that Martin Anthony's awareness is too poor, his positioning is too poor, and his teamwork is too poor. Although after two months of training and competition, we have made great progress, but there are still big problems. Awareness, movement and teamwork were too poor, and the result was Martin Antony who was not afraid to face the opposing wing-backs one-on-one. But against some players who run well without the ball, they don't know how to defend at all. And they don't know how to defend as a whole, so it's easy to fall behind in defense.

"Take your time. Compared to two months ago, he is already doing very well. ”

"That's right. If the current development continues, at the end of the season, I think he should be able to adapt to where he is now. ”

Julian Dix nodded.

Chen Ping smiled.

At the beginning of the season, Chen Ping gave Martin Anthony 6 potential points, so that Martin Anthony's awareness potential reached 8 and teamwork potential reached 6. Add to that Martin Anthony's hard work, and he's hell if he doesn't develop.

But even with the progress, the numbers are still very ugly.

At the moment Martin Anthony's awareness is 5 and teamwork is 4. Compared to the previous data of 2 and 3, this is a big improvement. But this awareness and teamwork are even worse than many Premier League substitutes.

If it weren't for the strong physical fitness, Martin Anthony would have been the worst at the back position.

'We still have a lot of problems at the back. In the summer transfer, I made a mistake. We should sign an experienced and quality centre-back. Christian's strength is limited, and Pepe is too young, so it's not a big problem. ”

"Yes. ”

"Julian, what do you think of Southgate?"

Chen Ping actually regretted it a long time ago.

The summer transfer was too rushed and failed to bring an experienced and quality centre-back to the team. Pepe has good strength, but after all, he is young and inexperienced, so he is frizzy. Christian Daly has a lot of experience, but his strength is limited, and he can't say that he has enough spare energy. In the second division, Christian Daly is okay, but not enough for a strong team in the Premier League.

The other centre-backs are either young or lacking in strength. Therefore, Chen Ping has been considering a new central defender.

"You want to bring in Southgate?"

"There is this idea. ”

"If it is Southgate, the experience and quality are definitely better than Christian. But Southgate is not young. ”

"That's not afraid. I see Southgate is doing well. He has also performed well at Middlesbrough this season. Southgate was only brought in for a season or two, and hopefully his experience will help. ”

'If so, Southgate is a good candidate. But it shouldn't be so easy to bring in Southgate. He's the captain of Middlesbrough. ”

'We're a Premier League team, we're a team playing in the UEFA Cup, where are Middlesbrough going. ”

Chen Ping pouted.

What does Middlesbrough compare to West Ham. West Ham United are currently a Premier League powerhouse and can still play in the UEFA Cup, and Southgate will definitely be able to move as long as he has some pursuits.

Southgate is 34 years old but still a regular centre-back for Middlesbrough. Chen Ping knows that Middlesbrough will perform very well in the League Cup next season, knocking out many strong teams in Europe and entering the League Cup final. It was because of Middlesbrough's outstanding performance in the League Cup that Middlesbrough's manager McClaren became the head coach of the England national team. And the captain of Middlesbrough at that time was Gareth Southgate, who was still the absolute main force of the team.

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'From tomorrow onwards, let Gareth Zimbonda play at right-back. ”

"What about Glenn Johnson?"

"Let him play as a substitute first. There is a sage in China who once said, "Fish is what I want, and I want the bear's paw; In other words, I like to eat fish and I like to eat bear's paws, and if I can't eat them all, I can only give up fish and eat bear's paws. It's a very simple truth, but I haven't figured it out. I've always wanted both of our West Ham wings to be good on both sides, so I've always reused Martin Anthony and Glen Johnson. It's a pity that with our current situation, and the strength of the two of them, it is impossible to meet my requirements. ”

Chen Ping smiled, also reflecting.

Since being reborn, the tailwind has been smooth. Forget that you used to be a youth team coach, forget what it means to be gradual, and forget what it means to have gains and losses. Although Chen Ping has a system, with the system, it is already very powerful to create a star in a season. Where can you develop two top stars at the same time, and both full-backs with huge flaws. Martin Anthony and Glenn Johnson, if they want to develop them to become the kind of full-backs that Chen Ping wants, it is impossible to do it without two or three seasons.

Too greedy.

As a result, the defensive leakage of the two flanks became more and more porous, and the only choice was to increase the number of people to strengthen the defense.

I think it's bad.

"The holes in the two wings are too big. Although Zim Bonda is inferior to Johnson in offense, he is far better than Glenn Johnson in defensive stability. And Zim Bonda's offensive strength is not bad, and Glen Johnson is suitable for the current situation. With Zim Bonda, the defense on the right side will be much more stable. ”

"Chen, but have you thought about it, Glenn Johnson is a West Ham academy graduate and has a high appeal among fans. ”

"It's not a big deal. ”

Chen Ping shook his head.

How can Glen Johnson have the charisma, and can he compare to a coach like Chen Ping, who brought championships to West Ham. Chen Ping's concern is not the fans and public opinion, but Glenn Johnson's attitude. Glenn Johnson is a well-known talent in English football, and many of the best teams in English football are eyeing him. If he is asked to play as a substitute, I don't know what will happen.

"What about the left?"

Julian Dix asked Chen Ping.

Zim Bonda defended better on the right, but what about the left? On the left, Baines defended clearly better than Martin Anthony. One-on-one, Baines's skinny body is not as good as Martin Anthony's, but in terms of cooperation with the players, Baines is smarter.

"Go ahead with Anthony. I have a lot of confidence in him and his progress is evident. I believe he will soon be able to take where he is now. ”

"Okay. ”

Julian Dix is the assistant coach.

An assistant coach who doesn't want to be a head coach is not a good assistant coach, and of course that doesn't really hold the truth. Because of many solo assistant coaches in European football, the final situation is not very optimistic. Very few of those assistant coaches end up being great head coaches, and they are truly rare.

Because assistant coaches and head coaches are completely different situations.

The best assistant coach is the one who can understand the manager's tactical intentions and implement the manager's ideas, then he is the most competent assistant coach. That's what happened with Julian Dix.

When Chen Ping asks for advice, he will express his opinion. But when Chen Ping decided, Julian Dix did just obey.

"Julian, our strength is the attacking ability. There was just no way before, so it was a defensive counterattack, and it was a half-court defense. It sacrifices our attacking prowess and we suffer when we come up against some teams who also like to defend and counter-attack. So our defensive line should be on the premise and start counter-attacking in the front court as before. ”

"Hmm. ”

Chen Ping said as he looked at Martin Anthony, who was arranged by Liu Yu's training.

The right side began to use Zim Bonda, but Chen Ping on the left side has always supported Martin Anthony, not only because Martin Anthony is Chen Ping's descendant, but also because he is also a player of Chen Ping's agency. The main thing is that Martin Anthony is too physical. Physical fitness is also a gift, and it is the best talent. Height, strength, bounce, flexibility, stamina, balance, speed, explosiveness, injury resistance, Martin Anthony is perfect. It's hard to find a player with such good physical fitness.

I looked at my system.

Since the start of the season, West Ham have won seven and lost one, with 23 goals to their name. It can be exchanged for four strength points, or two potential points. Chen Ping thought about it, and now West Ham needs real strength, not future potential. Therefore, Chen Ping exchanged four strength points.

Since it takes time to improve the strength of players in the normal way, Chen Ping of course has to rely on the system. Chen Ping has been coaching in the fourth division since he saw egalitarianism as having no future. The potential points and strength points in his hands, Chen Ping uses them intensively every time he uses them to create key players.

This time too.

Chen Ping wanted to improve his defense, so he gave all the strength points in his hands to Martin Anthony. 2 points were given to Martin Anthony's consciousness, and Martin Anthony's consciousness became 7. gave 2 points to Martin Anthony's team, and at once Martin Anthony's team became 6.

Although the awareness of 7 and the team match 6 are not the top among the Premier League defenders, they are already in the middle. Coupled with Martin Antony's excellent physical condition, coupled with 7 defensive qualities, Martin Antony can be a qualified Premier League full-back.

Of course, Martin Anthony has many shortcomings.

For example, position 5, technique 4, dribbling 4, passing 5, all seriously affect him to become a top full-back like Carlos. But it's already better than the beginning of the season, I don't know how much. As long as Martin Antony makes good use of the ten days or so to familiarize himself with the changes in strength, and when the Premier League resumes, West Ham's defense will definitely be able to go to the next level.

Looking at the changes in Martin Anthony's data, Chen Ping has a feeling of "the system is in hand, and the world is in me".