At the top of the Championship are Southampton with 47 points, Birmingham are 14 points behind Southampton and sixth-placed Hull City are 6 points behind them with 39 points.

If they want to be promoted, Birmingham will need to finish at least in the top six before they have a chance to play in the promotion play-offs, and there is a lot of pressure.

Birmingham are very different from the Crystal Palace team managed by Wensheng.

Birmingham's organizational structure is very sound, and Crystal Palace was already rotten at that time, Crystal Palace played in the Championship for several years and failed to be promoted, Carleton put little pressure on Wensheng in the trusteeship state, if Wensheng can lead Crystal Palace to complete the relegation task, everything will be fine, and now Hughton is different, Birmingham came to the Championship with a relegation attitude, and their only goal is to return to the Premier League.

Birmingham are the key targets of teams with promotion dreams, and everyone wants to step on Birmingham as a rival, and Hughton is under a lot of pressure than Wensheng.

So Hueton is actually reluctant to play more FA Cup, and the only pressure to play the FA Cup comes from the hierarchy and the fans, who are happy to charge more tickets and prize money, and the fans respect this traditional English competition.

In the face of Hughton's complaints, Wen Sheng actually did not think that he was losing, but comforted: "Chris, you can't look at the bad side!" You should also think about the good side, defeating us will definitely boost your morale! You cheer up the big guys, I believe in your ability and the strength of Birmingham, you can definitely catch up! ”

I don't know if Hughton is too depressed, he complains to Wen Sheng about the Birmingham riddle.

Away bugs!

Birmingham is the quintessential away bug.

Either they don't have the quality or they are too bad away.

"Logically speaking, I haven't watched your away games, and I don't have any say!" Wen Sheng smiled, "But I don't think the away game is good, it may have a lot to do with the defensive state!" ”

Hughton wasn't a conservative coach, he was actually offensive.

When Newcastle was relegated, there were many players in the team beyond the Championship level, and Hughton had enough capital to play attacking, and Newcastle was a bug in the Championship that season, scoring the most goals, more than 20 more than 20 more than the second place, and conceding the fewest goals, without suspense to be promoted.

Because of the ease of the Championship, Hughton carried over his style to the Premier League, and the first half of the campaign he led was generally quite passable, only after two or three months the opponents were thoroughly studied and they played significantly less well than at the beginning of the season.

Hughton's nonsensical dismissal by Newcastle has left Hughton not sufficiently tempered by the Premier League, and to be honest, some of his views or tactical ideas need to be further fleshed out.

The two talked for so long that the whole Crystal Palace team had to leave their boss behind and go home first.

Wen Sheng is a relatively straightforward person by the root, he doesn't like things like empty heads, Hughton has always had a good relationship with him, and Wen Sheng is also willing to talk to him about his opinions.

Hughton was very happy and drank quite a bit.

The more he talked to Wen Sheng, the more he felt that Wen Sheng was really an incredible guy.

......

Back in south London, Morelli told Wensheng the good news that the team had acquired Mahrez from Le Havre for just £400,000.

There are many players of African descent in France, and Riyad Mahrez is one of them, so there are no barriers to labor certification at all, and the process is easy.

In 2012, there was the Africa Cup of Nations, and some teams in the Premier League were more seriously affected, but Wensheng's team almost did not have such a problem, he often did not like to introduce South American players and African players, and he tried to avoid introducing players from these regions in the transfer, and he was afraid that his players would go on a long journey.

Mahrez didn't put half a foot in the deal, there was no phone call, and he didn't meet with his agent, and it was directly handled by Morelli and Madel.

So Tuesday's training day was also the first time Wen Sheng met Mahrez.

Mahrez was very shy, and to be honest, he was both happy and incredulous when he learned of Crystal Palace's interest from his agent Carmel, but Carmel was not so strange, he told Mahrez that in fact, small Premier League teams like to start poaching people from France, Crystal Palace is not a giant, and it is not a great honor to be photographed by Crystal Palace.

If Wen Sheng knew that Carmel commented on Crystal Palace like this, he would definitely have to give him two big mouths, how can he drop?! Still look down on us?!

Carmel said that Crystal Palace is not a giant, nothing remarkable, but his legs betrayed himself, in order for Mahrez to transfer to Crystal Palace smoothly, this guy only took a tip of 30,000 pounds, Mahrez's salary is also very low, Carmel ran before and after trying to negotiate with Le Havre, relying on a pair of mouths to persuade Le Havre to let go.

Of course, Le Havre will let them go, after all, they have a small temple, and Mahrez himself is dispensable for Le Havre.

When he saw Wen Sheng, Mahrez actually had a strong sense of fear, you must know that the person sitting in front of him was not a cat or a dog, but the most well-known young head in Europe today, and it is not an exaggeration to describe his mood as Alexander.

"Don't be nervous! Brat! Wen Sheng looked at the nervous Mahrez and felt inexplicably happy, but he didn't want to frighten the future superstar who had not yet made a name for himself.

"Just sit down!" Wen Sheng sat behind his desk and casually instructed Mahrez.

Mahrez actually said, "I'll just stand, coach!" ”

"With us, you can call me boss or boss, don't call me coach!" Wen Sheng corrected Mahrez's words, "You sit, don't be nervous!" I don't seem to like cannibalism! And you're also a deal I've agreed to, I've seen your footage, and you have great potential! ”

Wen Sheng said this, which can be regarded as a reassurance pill for Mahrez, originally he was a little worried that he was not the player that Wen Sheng asked to bring in.

Wen Sheng carefully looked at the young man in front of him.

Mahrez is not very tall, only about 1.8 meters, but he really looks too thin.

Wen Sheng couldn't help but shake his head, "You look too thin!" How much does it weigh?! ”

“61Kg!” Mahrez replied with a red face.

Wen Sheng was a little irresponsible, Mahrez's physical examination report was actually in front of Wen Sheng's eyes, but he didn't look at it.

"It's too thin!" Wen Sheng continued to shake his head.

"Do you know what you're facing?!" Wen Sheng continued to speak.

Mahrez grew up playing football on the streets, and was not taken in by Le Havre until he was 19 years old, and now he has been in Le Havre for less than two seasons, and has not received professional and systematic youth training at all.

But his technique at his feet is excellent, his sense of the ball and his rhythm with the ball are very good.

The Mahrez in the previous life is the template for the current Mahrez, as long as Mahrez can do as well as the Mahrez in Wensheng's memory.

Mahrez's biggest characteristic is that he has strong individual combat ability, he is very good at breaking through, and his speed is also very good.

In the face of Wen Sheng's question, where can Mahrez answer, as mentioned above, Le Havre does not attach importance to him, as if scratching the lottery, Mahrez's ball quotient has not yet been developed, and his mind is not mature enough.

"First, your physical fitness! It's okay for you to be thin, but I want you to strengthen your strength training, the Premier League is fierce, and I don't think it's easy to adapt to your current physical condition! ”

"Second, your passing, I need you to step up, your position will be defined as a winger! A winger can't do without a good pass! ”

"Third, your ability to read the game needs to be improved! Smart people play here! Wen Sheng pointed to his head.

Mertens is different from Riyad Mahrez in that his limited ability to focus on running shots makes it a bit difficult for him to be a blaster, at least in the Premier League.

But Mahrez is different, considering the diversity of the team, Wen Sheng hopes that Mahrez will be what he remembers, as long as he can break through and shoot, he doesn't need to force too much in running or something, in short, he hopes that the team can have one more breaking point like Zaha to replace the role of Zaha.

Mkhitaryan has the ability to break through and is more versatile, but he is not fast enough and his cadence is not as good as Mahrez's.