Chapter 11 Three visits to the thatched house
The reason why David invited the second to participate in the football team of the Humanities College through guò invited to dinner, and did not directly invite the second to participate in the team trial, is because David really didn't know the real idea of the second to play football, but simply felt that talents were scarce, especially Maxima, which was arrogant, and he could show his sincerity in the way of "looking at the thatched house".
Although David didn't know the allusion of "three visits to the thatched house", and he didn't know Mencius who said "The king treats me as a countryman, and I should repay him as a countryman", it does not prevent David from making this choice. Don't think that such a thing as inviting guests to dinner and wooing feelings will not happen in England, the British are also people, and there are also ** and feelings.
In order to invite the second to participate in the trial of the football team of the Humanities Academy, David did a great job, not only inviting the second to dinner, but also constantly waving the big radish to tempt the second.
During the meal, David was prepared to talk about the situation of the football team of his College of Humanities.
David boasted intentionally or unintentionally: "Qin, you don't know, just three months ago this year, our team has reached the round of 16 of the Intercollegiate Football League Cup, which is a huge honor." We could have gotten a step closer, when our football team was in a crucial match of 16 to 8, and our team's head coach at that time, Coach Baker, really couldn't come to the scene to direct the game. That's because Mr. Baker's old father happened to pass away due to illness at this time, and as a result, the opponent attacked a goal as soon as the game started. This thief's team has no shame, after sneaking a ball, they start to defend, if the normal offense and defense is not a big deal, but eleven of them are blocked at the door of their team, like a bus, and they keep tactical fouls, and then our team's striker was sent off again, and finally we regretfully lost the game! ”
"Oh, is it? That's a shame! The second said as he sipped his beer, confused.
David and II slammed the beer bottle again, and began to nag again: "Yes, what a pity, that team won the championship in the end." If it weren't for this accident, the champion would have been ours. ”
In fact, the second really didn't know the purpose of David's dinner invitation, if he knew that David regarded him as a football horse and was ready to invite him to join, then the second would really have to repay David's kindness after dying.
In order to get the horse, David kept throwing carrots, the purpose of which was to let the second sincerely participate in the football team of his college. Because there are really too few football talents in the school now, and they are still facing competition from other teams, they have to show the greatest sincerity to invite II to the team for a tryout.
There are historical reasons why there are fewer people in England who are now suitable for playing football at universities. This involves the British Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher asking the British education department to enact a new education law.
The new education bill divides the curriculum of compulsory education for young people in England into core subjects and basic subjects, and physical education is unfortunately divided into the curriculum, and after the reform of the primary and secondary school curriculum, it is stipulated that the compulsory education stage of young people aged 5 to 16 must take four national examinations at the age of 7, 11, 14 and 16 years old.
And Britain is one of the earliest countries in Western countries to implement welfare society, with the development of society, the British national finances are tight, after Margaret Thatcher came to power, began to implement economic reforms, and the four major policies have been de-welfare, which has caused insufficient funds for public school sports, and the benefits of qualified physical education teachers recruited by schools are also declining sharply, and these qualified physical education teachers began to jump to private schools.
As a result, the number of youth PE classes in England has decreased, the amount of physical activity for students and children has begun to be insufficient, and the number of excellent PE teachers has also decreased. According to surveys, in 1991 young people aged 7 to 14 in public schools in England did not spend more than two hours a week in physical education.
This policy has created a strange phenomenon, there are more and more fat students who can go to college, but fewer and fewer people are suitable for playing football.
What do you think, at the beginning of the new semester, those freshmen are all targeted by the school team, and the number of students who are suitable for playing football is not enough. The Faculty of Humanities is not the strongest team at Oxford University, and it is not so easy for the team to be renewed. Now that David has stumbled upon a suitable object that has not yet been discovered by other teams, and the second is considered to be a football player, it is not enough to settle down.
David continued to lobby: "Qin, now there are really fewer football coaches like Coach Baker, Coach Baker was a professional player at the beginning, and after he retired, in order to take care of his sick old father, he applied for the position of head coach of the college football team in our college, you must know that there were several professional club football teams that asked him to coach. ”
"Oh! Coming from a professional footballer's background, that's really amazing. The second replied with a perfunctory question.
"Many of the training methods and training equipment of our team are basically the same as those of other professional teams, some of them are better than professional teams, but this other team does not have them, and this is all brought by Coach Baker. Although Coach Baker is a professional player, Mr. Baker is very good personally, the last time the team lost, Coach Baker also apologized to all of us, and obtained everyone's forgiveness, Coach Baker is recognized as one of the best coaches in the school. ”
"Well, he's a good coach, that's really good!" The second still answered in confusion and perfunctory.
David didn't care about the introduction of his team's situation, and the second was eating on the side, listening to David showing off suspiciously, nodding his head in agreement from time to time, perfunctory, but there was no way to communicate with him further.
David took another sip of beer, a look of pride and regret on his face, as if to say to himself: "I missed the best training time in football, and my football skills were the worst when I entered the academy. But I was in Coach Baker's hands, and my football skills improved very quickly, and now I have become the main player of the team, and that is what Coach Baker taught by hand. Qin, if I had the physical condition as good as you, I would definitely play in the professional league. Last season, we had a senior who played professionally, and that was Bristol Rangers, who were at the same level as Oxford United this season, and that was brought out by Baker. Going from a school soccer player to a professional club player is a huge trench. ”
David took another sip of beer, and then tempted to say to the second, "Would you like our academy's football team?" ”
The second reacted at this time, and before he could answer, Nat raised his hand and said: "I will participate, I must participate, maybe I can continue my dream of being a professional player?" Dragon, what about you? ”
David took out the carrot again and said: "Qin, you know, many of the college graduates this year are the main force of the team, so if you join the team now, you can get early training, and you can play the main team next semester, and if the team ranks well, we can also get a special scholarship for sports." ”
This college campus football organization is so good, not only can it help Nishi meet new friends, but also get scholarships, which is a multi-cost thing, and it would be a fool not to agree to it.
II, of course, was not a fool, and it was precisely about to cry and grin, a big pie fell from the sky, and II was very happy that the organization finally found him.
As long as you try to train yourself, then you are an organized person.
"Okay, then I'll go talk to Mr. Baker, and I'll pick you up tomorrow and take you to our team's training center for a tryout." David was also very pleased.