Chapter 6 Crooked Strikes

After the English biomass recycling company became the owner of Oxford United, it also reorganized the club. Open source and reduce expenditure, that is the essential rule of the management of commercial companies. Isn't that the goal of business enterprise management? So the English biomass recycling company has brought its own set of commercial rules to the football club.

Face Brian. When Horton asked for money to buy people, in a word, there was no money.

The reason why the English biomass recycling company took over the Oxford United club was not because it was Oxford United fans who came to do good, they did it for the money and the intangible money.

Therefore, after the English biomass recovery company took over the Oxford United club, it did not inject a lot of money into the Oxford United club. It's just that maintaining the normal operation of the club has not brought a direct huge turn for the financial situation at all.

Face Brian. Houghton's alleged ambition is to improve the competitiveness of the club at the competitive level of League One clubs. But in the eyes of the English biomass recycling company, the investment is not proportional to the income, the risk is too great, it is not cost-effective, and it does not conform to the rules of business, and they don't want to be wronged. When I took over Oxford United, I thought I had picked up a bargain, but who knows, the football club, it was a black hole.

The English Biomass Recycling Company, in line with the principle of not losing money, has made a decision on Brian. Horton made the club's management clear. As long as Oxford United can remain in the second tier, now known as League One, it can bring advertising effect to biomass recycling companies. Buying people, spending money to upgrade, England biomass recycling company dare not think, football clubs to upgrade the Premier League, that is a big hole, no amount of money can be filled, this goal is difficult to achieve. To make money, the English biomass recycling company also knows that it is difficult for them to do it with Oxford United, a League One football club platform. Now, they want Oxford United to keep it that way, and then sell Oxford United for a high price, so that they can also make a commercial profit.

As for the management of the club, especially for the club competition, it is your club manager, Brian. Horton's own business.

Brian. Horton, aren't you a professional manager? The power is given to you, the English biomass recycling company will not invest a penny in you to buy people, you will be self-sufficient. Not happy, resigned and left.

It is estimated that the biomass recycling company is also seeing Brian. Horton's coaching contract has not expired either, and he does not want to pay liquidated damages. Otherwise also pick up Brian. Manager Horton is gone.

Brian. Coach Houghton's ambitions have been further frustrated.

After the start of the new season, the Oxford United team did not get a supplement after being sold, relying on the supplement of youth players and digging potential internally. Since the start of the new season, there have been two league games, one win and one loss. The two legs of the League Cup are also one win and one loss, indicating that the team's strength is obviously insufficient.

Brian. The reason why Horton personally led the team and directed the team's training was to rely on his own prestige to implement the team's training plan to the letter, give full play to the team's potential as soon as possible, and stabilize the team's performance.

But Brian. Horton was still very aggrieved in his heart.

Brian. Coach Houghton didn't have the bad to leave Oxford United, not that he didn't want to go. But......

Leaving Oxford United, now is not a good time. For Horton, one is that he has yet to find a good and suitable next club. Because the head coach of the team is not so easy to find a job, the head coach position of a professional team, there is only one for each team, and there are many monks and few porridges. The second is that Horton still has feelings for the Oxford United team. The Oxford United team has also been in the hands of Horton manager for more than two years, and it is a lie to say that there is no emotion. Because of the football team of Oxford United Club, which he set up single-handedly. Coach Houghton has indeed put a lot of effort into the Oxford United team. Last season, Oxford United finished 10th in Old League Two, which is a real crime to be honest.

Now, the Oxford United team, the big frame of players is still there, and most of the strength is still there. Coach Horton also wants to tap the potential of young players to supplement, try it, perhaps, the team still has a fight. Moreover, the English biomass recycling company, although it did not pay for Horton to buy people to supplement the team's strength. However, so far, the English biomass recycling company has kept its verbal promises, not selling people, and not interfering in the specific affairs of Coach Houghton. It wasn't easy for the owners of the Oxford United team. Brian. The Holden head coach also wants to wait and see what the actual situation of Oxford United is in the new season. Can you realize the luck in your heart?

Assuming that the Oxford United team can achieve good enough results in the new season, then Brian. Coach Houghton's value will be doubled, and finding the right home will not be a piece of cake. If the team's results are not good, then Brian. Coach Horton is a big deal to pat his ass and leave. With a season's time buffer, it's no problem to find a home to go to.

So, Brian. Coach Houghton began to strengthen the training of his players at the beginning of the season to tap into their potential. But in today's training session, at this very moment, Brian . . . Coach Houghton saw that Carpenter, a member of the club's staff, had brought someone over, and handed over a player recommendation trial form. For a time, Brian. Coach Houghton, that's the second monk - I don't know what to do.

How did I not know about this?

Why didn't anyone report this?

Is there something wrong with the club?

……

Coach Houghton was very annoyed and was ready to refuse.

But Horton was slow. As soon as Carpenter handed over the form, he whispered, as if he had a little secret to tell Horton's head coach, about the ins and outs of the Two's visit to the trial.

When Coach Houghton heard this, the trial player was actually discovered and invited by the team's chief scout Paul, and the trial player was actually sent by Coach Baker, the head coach of the football team of the Faculty of Humanities at Oxford University.

Coach Horton was very surprised when he heard this, and forced this inner unhappiness.

Coach Houghton thought to himself that in football, it is generally the king who does not see the king. Coach Baker is also the head coach of a soccer team at a prestigious school. Although it is not a professional league system, it is also a head coach, and it is also a person with status. If you don't give yourself the opportunity to try out and refuse directly, it will definitely not be appropriate.

Moreover, Coach Horton wondered in his heart, how did this Paul arrange things? I didn't say hello, I just brought people over. Could it be that this trial player is really good and deserves so much attention? Also, the head coach of the football team of a prestigious school team is personally accompanied, what is the situation?

Coach Houghton still didn't figure it out and asked Carpenter how much Carpenter could know. However, Brian. Houghton thought about it for a while, but still opened the Oxford United club measurement report for the second trial.

Coach Houghton was taken aback when he saw it. However, he knew that the club's measurement department would not play any tricks on this, because the final decision was still in his hands.

What surprised Horton's head coach was the Two's physical quantification, which was really good. In particular, the speed of the II, 10 seconds 75 per 100 meters. Now the age of the second is only 19 years old. Judging from these statistics, this second is a great player, and there is no problem at all in becoming a professional player in a League One club.

Coach Houghton thought that the Oxford United team was just short of people right now. The salary of the young team members is not high, so they have a bite to eat with this speed. And the second has a British passport, not foreign aid. This player is still signed for free, no transfer fee, only salary payment, which Oxford United can still afford.

II's tryout, although it did not conform to the normal trial procedures, but, Brian. Coach Horton also wants to see what the strength of this Qin Long is? After all, II was also recommended by the team's chief scout Paul, and was accompanied by the head coach of the famous school. As long as the technical characteristics of the second match the team's skills and tactics, it is a good thing to sign. Coach Houghton made the decision, then give it a try.

Brian. Horton, who was also an old man, raised his face from afar, smiled, greeted Mr. Baker and II, and waved his hand, "Hello, Hello! ”

Say hello, Brian. Horton walked over, shook Mr. Baker's hand, and said, "Mr. Baker, why did you deliver it yourself?" ”

"Hello, Mr. Horton, Mr. Paul said he had arranged it. But since he was going to be in the field, he was busy, and the time was also pressing, so I sent Qin Long over for a trial. Coach Baker also said politely.

"Yes, Mr. Paul did go on a business trip. This Qin Long, with very good results in the physical quantification test, is very fast, and is only 19 years old, so he should be a good player. The tryout report said that he was good at wide positions, but what position was he best at? ”

II, what position is best at? For Coach Baker, that's really hard to say.

According to the tactical needs of the team, II can play all positions on the field, the left and right wingers and defenders, and the wingers can also do it. The middle lane is a little worse, mainly because the organizational ability is not good, and it can't do a penetrating fatal pass. A central defender or a center forward, also almost. II now has no experience in judging the ball, handling the ball reasonably. But on the left and right flanks, whether it's a full-back or a full-back, it's really the same.

If you say that the forward and defender positions on the left and right wings of the second are very good, there is no difference between superior and inferior, and any position can be done according to tactical needs. Mr. Baker can't really say that for a football coach. Because Mr. Baker said this, it seemed that the princess was selling melons and boasting about herself, which caused Coach Houghton to be disgusted, and the gains outweighed the losses. Moreover, the second has been learning football for a short time, and there is really no position that is particularly outstanding, even if it is slightly stronger, it is not obvious. Mr. Baker did not want to give a presumptuous answer, lest he delay the future of the second.

It's a difficult problem, and Baker himself really can't say it, and he doesn't want to overstep it.