130. The season begins
Time flies, a few days pass in the blink of an eye, and the 2010-2011 Premier League season is fast approaching, and the press conference for the first round against Wigan is scheduled at the Beckenham training base.
Crystal Palace are now a complete gimmick team, with an excessively young manager, nearly £40 million in transfers, and an ingenious cheerleading team.
After the end of last season, the Collins family's hug order was lifted, and Wen Sheng's image in front of the public has gradually become fuller. Reporters were looking forward to the Chinese coach's debut in the new season, so the pre-match press conference hall was lively.
The Crystal Palace is poor, the hardware facilities are average, and the press conference hall is not large, only about sixty or seventy square meters, because reporters from all walks of life fill it and the photographer's long guns and short cannons make the room particularly crowded.
"There are a lot of people today, and it seems that I should suggest that the boss change to a larger room as the press conference hall." With a teasing, Wen Sheng led Derry and Boateng to sit down in front of the reporters.
Derry was a regular guest at press conferences, while Boateng was a far less frequent attendee, but he was no stranger to this kind of formation at Portsmouth last season.
The three of them sat down, and the press conference began.
"Goal, goal!" It's "Goal!" again. ”
So many questions about the goals of the new season have been answered recently, and many media outlets have said that Crystal Palace will be up and down tomorrow, and they have said the goals of the new season, but unfortunately at today's press conference, this group of reporters still asked again.
Wen Sheng felt that these reporters should be shut up and take a good look at the latest news before attending the press conference.
"The goal of the new season is relegation!" Wen Sheng had to reluctantly repeat what he had been saying: "For a new army like ours, the league is unfamiliar, and the Premier League is one of the most difficult leagues in the world, as a promoted horse, we really don't have much capital to pursue more things!" Isn't it? ”
"Wen, do you think your team will achieve this goal?!" A reporter answered the question.
"Of course, otherwise we wouldn't have worked hard for the pre-season training camp!"
"So how was your pre-season training camp?"
"We're doing well now, and we're doing it well!" Even if you are not satisfied with Wensheng, it is obviously impossible to say it, not to mention the results of the team's training camp, Wensheng will give a positive evaluation.
The only thing that worries Wen Sheng is the run-in, and the players still need some time.
"Patrick. McCarthy was unfortunately injured in pre-season, has the team considered reinforcements?! How much of an impact do you think his long-term absence has had on your team? We all know McCarthy was your protagonist last season! Another reporter thought of this topic.
Speaking of this, Wen Sheng is inevitably a little unhappy, according to his ideas, he still wants to cultivate newcomers, and does not want to introduce a main force in the year of play, now the teams in the major leagues are preparing for the final stage, this kind of player is not easy to find, not to mention expensive, and now the transfer fee is almost spent, and Crystal Palace may not be able to get that money.
So Wen Sheng wanted to bring in an older man, the goalkeeper Patrick. Taylor's central defender in a similar situation, has the ability to play but is not pretentious about playing time, but the key to the problem is still in the contract years, unlike the goalkeeper, the supplementary central defender does not need three years, according to Wensheng's reinforcement positioning, general manager Morelli insisted on only giving a one-year contract, Wensheng can also understand, in fact, he doesn't want to give a contract too long, a one-year short-term contract is the most suitable.
Wen Sheng and they talked about four players in a very short period of time, but they still couldn't negotiate the price after all.
'Patrick is the third captain of the team and his absence has caused us a lot of problems and we want to find a suitable replacement in the market, but it doesn't happen overnight! We haven't done it yet, but I think even if we don't bring in a new centre-back, the current personnel can fill in the negative impact of Patrick's absence! "Wen Sheng kind of wants to drive Chris back from the first team. Morrison was re-promoted to the first team.
Morrison is a black player, about the same size as Van Dijk, but at the current level, he is not as good as Van Dijk, who is now an unupgraded version, of course, he is also a little smaller than Van Dijk, he still got a few opportunities to play last season, and there were no highlights in his performance, Wen Sheng doesn't know what role Morrison will play in the future if he continues to practice like this, anyway, Wen Sheng has never heard of it in his previous life.
It was almost after talking about the pre-season training camp that the group of reporters got down to business, asking the trio at the press conference about their opponent Wigan.
Wigan is the typical kind of team that "never got rich in the ancestors", which was founded late, in 1932, and was mixed in the lower leagues for a long time, until Dave. It was only after Whelan took over in '95 that the team gradually improved, and in the 04-05 season they were promoted to the Premier League.
They didn't have a good time in the Premier League, with the exception of the first year when they finished 10th, Wigan were a regular in the relegation team every other season, and on one or two occasions they came close to relegation, including last season.
08-09 Season Steve. Bruce was poached by Sunderland after leading Wigan to relegation, and Whelan put his old acquaintance Roberto. Martinez asked back.
Whelan, who had just acquired Wigan, made a big move, bringing in Roberto from Spain. Martinez, Isidro. Diaz and Jesús. Saiba, the three who formed the poor man's version of the "troika" to help Wigan upgrade, has a high reputation among Wigan fans.
Wigan under Martinez did not play well in the first half of the season and lingered in the relegation zone for a long time, but fortunately the team woke up in the second half of the season and fought hard to catch up, and finally finished 16th in the league and retained a place in the Premier League.
So far in the new season, Wigan's investment has only been a few million pounds, and the foundation is poor, and then there is no investment, so now they are in the limelight to catch up with Crystal Palace.
Of course, in terms of their own strength, everyone also has different opinions, some say that Crystal Palace is stronger, and some people say that Wigan is stronger than Crystal Palace, and there is plenty of relegation experience.
'They've been playing in the Premier League for a lot of years, they've got a lot of experience and a lot of quality! It's definitely a big challenge for us! ”
'I hope we can be a little bit more aggressive away from home because for the whole season I think they're one of our biggest rivals and if we can beat them away it will be a very good result!'
Wen Sheng's words made everyone feel a hint of provocation, and of course, many reporters also guessed that Wen Sheng did it on purpose.
Crystal Palace and Wigan, Bloomers West Brom and the like are definitely the most direct competitors to relegation in the new season, and this is a louse on the bald head - obviously.
But when Wen Sheng said this, he looked like he was going to shout and kill at the door of someone's house, isn't this specifically to stimulate others? !
Wen Sheng of course means this, as far as this opening battle is concerned, in fact, there is no need for any excitement or excitement, Wen Sheng understands, Martinez also understands, the two of them know very well that everyone is a competitor, and if you want to be relegated, you have to work hard to step on the competitor.
Wen Sheng's words are to add fuel to the fire, whether Martinez cares or not, he doesn't care, the purpose of fanning the flames is not only against Martinez but also against those players in Wigan.
The head coach may not be on fire, but what about the players, those players in Wigan may not have despised the hearts of the newcomers of Crystal Palace, and they will not be "brainwashed" by the head coach Wen Sheng every day like the players of Crystal Palace!
"Do you know that what I just said just now just wanted to stimulate the opponent, and didn't mean anything else!" At the end of the press conference, Wen Sheng and the others walked out of the press room, and he smiled and said this to Delhi and Boateng.
Boateng and Delhi looked at each other and smiled.
"We know!"
If you really don't know, it means that Wensheng is a coach who deserves to fail enough, which shows that Wensheng still hasn't implemented his tactical design for the team, and the tactics have still not been recognized by the players, so the players will feel that this is the case when we train, and we may be another tactic in the face of different opponents.
Wen Sheng means that I don't really want to attack my opponent.