Chapter 136: Season Goals
Loew has long known David's ambitions, thinking about the domestic cup championship in League Two, and the League Cup title in League One, if he has no ambition for the title, then he is really not David.
Moreover, with such a good and talented young player in the team, Loew is also full of ambitions for the UEFA Cup, and the pursuit of glory is the most basic quality of a coach, and Loew has no reason to be afraid of a fight.
"Isn't it the League Cup, even if you don't say it, I will make a military order, this season we will definitely win the League Cup, and add the most important championship trophy to the club's honor room!" Loew stood up and patted his chest in reassurance.
Notts County has long been aware of the teams participating in this season's League Cup, and it is natural that they are eyeing this championship, and it is naturally the squad that gives Loew such confidence.
The giants have all gone to play in the Champions League, and those who remain in the Europa League are clubs in the middle and upper reaches of the major leagues, plus the strong teams in the second-rate leagues.
Even if the third-place finishers in the Champions League group stage reach the last 32 of the UEFA Cup, Loew is not too worried.
The teams that are out of the Champions League group stage, in other words, may not be stronger than the participating teams in the League Cup, otherwise they would have already locked in the group qualification!
David smiled and waved his hand for Loew to sit down, the meeting between the three of them didn't need to be so serious.
"You don't need your military order, just work hard, although we can aim to win the championship, but no one can guarantee what will happen in the League Cup, European competitions have always been a hotbed of underdogs, even if it is a giant, it is not uncommon for the gutter to capsize, so I will not impose pressure on you!"
Loew looked at David and didn't speak, but the firmness in his eyes still made David very happy, if the team coach can always maintain a heart of honor to compete for the championship, then there is no reason for the team to fall apart.
"I know whether the first team is allowed to play in the third or even fourth line with the current configuration, so about the two cup competitions of the League Cup and the FA Cup on the home side, Juachim, you are the most vocal, I want to hear your opinion!" David turned his gaze to Loew again.
"If it were two to three years with the current lineup, then I would say that our configuration is enough for a third-line or even a fourth-line operation, but right now, I'm sorry, I don't think we have the capital!" Loew pondered for a moment, and said solemnly, he had also thought about this question for a long time.
David and Soriano both made a look of wishing to hear about it, because they believed that Loew would not pat his head out of reality and talk nonsense, and there must be a factual basis for this.
"Our players are too young!"
Loew paused and said: "Most of our main players are under the age of 20, although the basic skills have been finalized, there is not much room for improvement, but the players' bodies are not fully developed, they can play fierce games, but can not maintain a season of high intensity, even if our squad can maintain a large rotation, but such a fierce and intensive game, the body of young players is still a great load, so at this stage we had better not unrealistically pursue every championship." ”
"Of course, if this group of players can stay in the team in two years' time, then we can pursue the treble or even the quadruple and work towards this goal!"
David suddenly realized that professional football people are much more professional than his unreliable chairman who became a halfway monk.
He only has a vision of the future, knows how much they will achieve in the future, and given their age, he still has a lot of confidence in them even if they don't perform as well as they want, but he misses some key details.
They are still young, and excessive squeezing is irresponsible to the players, although Loew did not say this, but David knows that Loew must have such thoughts in his heart.
"I think Juachim has a point, there's nothing wrong with our desire to win trophies, but we have to keep our feet on the ground, in other words, Notts County don't have that big club heritage, we urgently need to use honour to boost Notts County's prestige, but that doesn't mean we need to put a stake in the health and fate of our players."
Soriano suddenly said: "In other words, if we think of ourselves as a big club, are the League Cup and FA Cup really important to us? ”
'We've won the Carabao Cup and qualified for the UEFA Cup, but does it really mean anything?'
'If we have a strong enough quality and a good first team set-up, then I really want us at Notts County to be trophy winners and win trophies and win the title and get the attention of others, but now our situation doesn't allow us to do that, so we have to make trade-offs when it counts.'
"My opinion is that on the basis of ensuring the promotion of the league, we should focus as much as possible on the League Cup, as for the League Cup and the FA Cup, we do not force it!"
Soriano and Loew made their attitudes clear, and they seemed to be tough, with the intention that David would rise up against them if he insisted on going his own way despite the dissuasion.
"Well, why are you two excited all of a sudden, as if I'm a stubborn chairman who doesn't understand football, even if I don't understand football, is it that in your impression, I'm still a chairman who can't even listen to opinions?" David's expression was a little embarrassed, and he said with an exaggerated smile.
Loew and Soriano breathed a sigh of relief, just now they were really worried that David would go his own way and put forward unrealistic goals.
Although Loew has absolute authority in the first team, and Soriano has great prestige and power in the club, both of them know that in fact, David is the only one who has the right to decide and veto the club, because the root cause of the club's earth-shaking changes in just one season is David alone.
Of course, they were too nervous and worried just now, with their understanding of David, this chairman who may not be very qualified in the professional football field, likes to dump all the work to others, and only likes to sit in the coach's seat and watch the game, is definitely not a fool, on the contrary, maybe in some aspects, more far-sighted than the two of them.