102. Grant of the bitter ratio
Wen Sheng's tone was gentle, but the content was worth pondering, and the young players fell into deep thought.
"Alright, guys, cheer up, the most important thing now is training!" Wen Sheng clapped his hands hard to stop the players' reverie.
As the match date approached, the media and fans all became frenzied, and many media reporters and fans waited outside the Beckenham training base at the end of each day.
The Palace players enjoyed the sensation of being a superstar, with fans chanting their names outside the door and media reporters looking to get everything out of their mouths.
Where did the players who were given a gag order by Wen Sheng dare to say anything, they didn't spit out a word when they were surrounded by reporters.
The more there is a gag order, the more likely it is to arouse the curiosity of media reporters and fans.
What kind of strategy will Palace adopt in the final?!
Given Palace's high-pressing tactics in the first leg of their promotion play-off against Nottingham Forest, the media really can't afford to speculate on what kind of tactical arrangement Wen Sheng will have for Portsmouth.
On the 21st, the pre-match press conference for the FA Cup final was finally held.
This week is the day of the Champions League final, but this game has nothing to do with the Premier League teams, with Inter Milan and Bayern Munich facing the final.
Even with such a heavyweight match, there is no shortage of media following the FA Cup, and the press room at the Beckenham training base is packed with journalists.
Wen Sheng is no longer a fledgling press spokesman, and as Cheryl said, whether these reporters praise him or denigrate him, he must be open to their existence.
"Good afternoon, gentlemen!" Wen Sheng smiled and greeted everyone before sitting down, and Derry sat beside him.
As soon as the press officer announced the start of the press conference, the reporters in the audience couldn't wait to raise their hands.
It's not the first time these reporters have been here, so Wen Sheng can get to know some of them.
He was the first to name Jordan of Independent Television. Myers, an independent television station in charge of the FA Cup, Jordan. Miles has interviewed him many times before, and the report is more biased towards him.
The first question, Wen Sheng hopes to be gentle, Myers is a good candidate.
'Daniel, Sean, we all know that they haven't won the FA Cup once in Crystal Palace's history and the fans are looking forward to this game, so will it add to the pressure on you and the other players.
The question was relatively simple, Wen Sheng looked at Derry next to him, and then pointed into the microphone and said: "Of course, the expectations of the fans will put a lot of pressure on us, football cannot do without the support of the fans, so we don't want to live up to their expectations." I think that gives us the most raw motivation. ”
'I know how much the fans want trophies, but I don't feel like it's pressure, I think that's just what drives us!' When everyone turned their attention to Delhi's, Delhi replied with a sonorous voice.
Answering this question, Wen Sheng named the Guardian reporter again, and the other party hoped that Wen Sheng would look forward to the FA Cup final, and what was the probability of Crystal Palace winning the championship.
"Fifty percent!" Wen Sheng smiled, and the reporters laughed tacitly, and the answers to this kind of question were almost 50% of the standard answers.
'Some people say we will have an easier final than Chelsea and this is our best chance to rewrite history! But I don't think that's the case, our opponents are also a good team, they have a lot of good players and they have a good coach! So the final will definitely not be easy for us, it is they who are the favorites, not us, but we are hungry for the championship! I look forward to our success! ”
"What do you think of Mr. Grant?!" The Post reporter asked.
Afran in Portsmouth. Grant, he went to Portsmouth as technical director after he left the Israeli national team in 2006, and the head coach at that time was Lao Lei, why did he go to Portsmouth?! Because at that time, Mandridge, the former owner of Portsmouth, sold the club to the Russian Jew Gaidamak.
Speaking of which, everyone understands why Grant used to be mixed in Israeli football circles, and suddenly ran to England football circles.
He's and Gadamac both Jewish.
Wen Sheng still knows Grant, after all, this has been Chelsea's interim head coach, otherwise he really doesn't know who Grant is.
Anyway, he has some sympathy for Grant at this moment, and the Grant he knows now is a bitter character.
Mourinho ran from Chelsea was he took over, did half a season, was ruthlessly fired by Chelsea, in 2008 when the old Ray led Portsmouth to win the FA Cup, and then the old Ray ran, Portsmouth fell into turmoil, in 2009 Gaidamak sold the club to the Emirati businessman Fahim, Grant fart did the pick-up man, who knew that Fahim sold the team to the Saudi Arabian Faraja in a few months, Faraja put the team directly in the, without paying a penny, Portsmouth is in debt, Much more money is owed to the bank than Crystal Palace.
In such an environment, no matter how talented Grant is, it is useless, and the situation he encounters is much worse than Wen Sheng.
Crystal Palace didn't start to rot today, Jordan has long wanted to sell the team, so this team is a lot of crooked melons and cracked dates, just say that these players want to run, and no one may want to want them.
But Portsmouth is not, they have brought in a lot of good players in the last few years, Portsmouth is in a bad environment, the players are excited, and they are much more turbulent than Crystal Palace.
With such a volatile team, Grant can't clean up the morale of the army at all, in fact, even if they don't get penalized, they can't keep the ranks.
So Wen Sheng has some sympathy for Grant, his life is very hard, of course, after all, it is Grant's own decision, he is a coach, he is old, he has been in England for several years, and he wants to return to the coaching position, and he wants to go back to the coaching position as soon as he has an opportunity.
The reporters asked Wen Sheng to comment on Grant, and Wen Sheng almost wanted to blurt out that he was a bitter comparison.
But how can this be said?!
"Mr. Grant is a good coach! I believe that the Portsmouth he led is also a high mountain standing in front of us! Wen Sheng said this, how to say it, he still decided to lift it, it's not easy for everyone!
"Daniel, you said Portsmouth is a tough opponent, so how are you going to deal with this game?!" The Mirror's reporter finally asked the tactical question.
"Staying the course is victory!" Wen Sheng's answer was concise and to the point.
This is simply looking left and it says, and it does not touch the soul.
Wen Sheng has been practicing closed training in the Crystal Palace in the past few days, which is a bowl of ecstasy soup in itself, deliberately trying to make others unsure of what the Crystal Palace thinks, how can he easily reveal his thoughts.
But the reporters are not giving up, they are panicking.
"Daniel, in the first leg of the play-off against Nottingham Forest, we noticed that you have adopted a very different tactical strategy from your usual style and it has worked very well, will you continue this tactic in the FA Cup final?!"
"Wen, will Zaha start this game?!"
"Daniel, will Lawrence be able to adapt to the intensity of the game?!"
Knocking on the side, step by step, the reporters tried their best, but after all, they couldn't let Wen Sheng confide half a word, so someone targeted Delhi.
Derry politely said: "I think it's more appropriate for the manager to answer this question!" As players, we just need to obey the coach's arrangement! ”
Before coming, the uncrowned kings still thought that they had to at least take a little dry goods from Wen Sheng's mouth, who knew that this guy was really leaky, and he refused to confide even half a word, and even the starter He was secretive and refused to tell the truth.
When he left, the uncrowned king was full of resentment, but he couldn't say that Wen Sheng was unfriendly.
"Let them guess, let them think wildly, it's best if Grant can think more, it's better to guess wrong!"