After losing this game, Manchester City continued to sit in second place in the league, and fortunately, Arsenal and Liverpool also lost in this round, Arsenal is still only one point ahead of Manchester City, and Manchester United, although they won the game, because of the defeat in the previous round, they only tied Manchester City's points, because of the disadvantage of goal difference continued to be in third place.

Losing the second league game of the season was not too much of a problem for Dick, after all, Torres was not there, and Manchester City's already formed attacking system was greatly affected, but after this game, when Dick had not dealt with Vassell's early departure, Vassell began to explode......

The next day, a website published an interview with Vassell, in which Vassell made a series of criticisms of Dick's employment, saying that Dick only reused foreign players, ignored the performance of local players, did not give him a chance, and instead put the blame for the loss on him......

"He's a tyrant and he just wants the players to do what he tells him to do. I don't need a good player like me because he didn't bring it, I've had enough, I'm going to leave Manchester City and go to a club where I can play! ”

When Dick saw this interview, he couldn't help but laugh, what was going on in Vassell's head? Don't talk about anything else, say that Dick only reuses foreign aid...... In Manchester City's current main lineup, there are also four local players such as Richards, Barnes, Barton and Parker, compared with the giants, their main local elements are not a lot at all, as for not giving him a chance, even if you are an England international, you can't compare with a golden boy like Torres who is famous in Europe, right? The funniest thing for Dick is that he announced that he is leaving Manchester City, if he has already found a next home, then forget it, Dick knows that there is no club contact with Vassell at all, what is he trying to do......

"Alas, it's rare for a player to jump out and fight me, and it's still such a brainless guy, what can I say?" Dick sighed at Marina - strange to say, Dick has been coaching for a while, but there are really no players who will call him out, no matter what club he is in, few of his players dare to shoot at him, because he always replaces most of the players as soon as he comes up, and then brings in the players he needs, in this case, of course, there will be no players who can't get along with him in the first season, and in the second season he has already solidified his prestige with his coaching results, There are those who don't want to leave as a substitute, but there is really no one who shoots at him because he is a substitute......

So the next Dick's way is also very simple and crude.

"He said I was a tyrant? Then I'll be a tyrant. Dick, who was blocked by reporters, said lightly.

Soon after, word came out from Manchester City that first-team striker Vassell would be relegated to the reserve team indefinitely, and as long as he has not found a home to leave, then he will never return to the first team.

The media is well aware of this punishment, which is the most common approach, after all, Vassell's approach is basically unprepared, and even Vassell himself thinks so, and he is now asking his agent to find him a next home, waiting to leave Manchester City during the winter break......

Anyway, there is less than a month left before the winter transfer window opens, so Vassell doesn't plan to train hard, and on the first day of being sent to the reserves, he waited until almost ten o'clock before leaving for the training ground......

When he parked his car and went to the training ground of the reserve team, he was stopped by the coach of the reserve team outside the training ground.

"What's wrong?" Vassell asked the reserve coach curiously.

"Mr. Vassell, if you are an hour late, you will be fined £5,000 as per the rules, please pay the fine at the club's finance department after training." The reserve coach said with a blank face.

Vassell opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything, and he was fined five thousand pounds, and he was in pain—his weekly salary was only twenty thousand pounds, and now a quarter of it was removed...... The club did have such a rule, but he forgot about it, and it was clear that it was against him, and he couldn't say anything......

In fact, there was more to what he began to encounter than that.

Every day you train, you have to be on time, even in the reserves, and the intensity of training in the reserves is much higher than that of the first team - because the reserves are mainly to maintain the state and improve the strength, the first team is mainly to maintain the state, the intensity is naturally not as much as the reserves, and if the training is not up to standard, you will also be fined.

What made Vassell even more laughable was that when Manchester City ushered in the 17th round of the home game against Bolton Wanderers at the weekend, the club sent a notice that all first-team registered players must go to the stadium to watch the game and must appear in the stands, unless they are injured, otherwise, they will be deducted from their salary for one week!

Dick didn't want to be soft on his feet, he did throw Vassell on the transfer market and promoted the young Sturridge from the reserve squad as a backup in the center forward position, just wanted such a comfortable mixed salary? There are no doors!

Although you are thrown into the reserve team, but the daily training must be obtained, you must complete the training well, every time the team plays, I have to appear in the stands, otherwise, one by one, all the rules and regulations, one by one for you to use, even if you are not used, the salary cannot be taken in vain!

Dick is never soft on this, and it doesn't take much effort, Manchester City Club has staff, as long as he explains, that's fine......

In the home game against Bolton, Dick sent a front three of Ribery, Ashley Young and Di Natale, and this forward combination is absolutely enough in terms of flexibility, but there is a bit of a gap in impact.

Di Natale scored a goal in the seventh minute, and he has now become Manchester City's most reliable goalscorer, but in the following games, the lack of strength in Manchester City's attack began to be exposed, in the face of Bolton's dense defense, they can only pass in the front court, such an attack is not only inefficient, but also dangerous, because Manchester City's midfield is definitely not as strong as Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid led by Dick before, and even weaker than Dortmund.

Bolton seized this opportunity, creating chances with strong defence and rough long passes, and scored two goals in the first half thanks to Diouf and Nolan, with French striker Anelka performing very well, and both goals were assisted by him.

Seeing this situation, Vassell in the stands sneered, in his opinion, after Torres was injured, Manchester City could only use him as a central striker, although Di Natale scored a lot of goals, he is not the kind of striker who can pull gaps and create chances in the penalty area, he can only do it, just take chances.

This kind of thing was done by Torres before, but now Manchester City, only he can do it, so he doesn't worry about Dick not giving in to him, and when he returns to the first team, he will perform better, and he won't be able to find a home!

Vassell also looked happy at half-time, while Dick was in the dressing room with new tactics and substitutions.

In the Premier League, a good centre-forward is a must, and if you want to achieve good results, you need to charge forward with a top-level striker, who not only scores goals, but also needs to take on enough tasks, such as carrying the opponent's defender in the penalty area, such as pulling out gaps, such as making balls for teammates...... Manchester United used to have Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ruud Ronaldo was built after Vanney left, Arsenal now has Adebayor, Liverpool has Crouch and Kuyt, Chelsea is the three major center forwards, and other middle and lower teams are often indispensable for such strikers, Vassell is such a striker, which is why Dick chose to let him stay at that time.

It's just that I didn't expect Vassell's strength to be nothing in Dick's eyes, but his temper is not small, and he doesn't want to be a substitute, which is why Vassell made such a scene, because he didn't play many games in the first half of the season, and now Torres is injured, he is not willing to be a striker like Torres who always has to make sacrifices, but to try to brush up on his own data, so that more teams can want him, and the reason why he will make such a scene is to make Dick give in and achieve his own goals, Because he knows that he must not be able to compete with Torres, Torres is famous, valuable, and Dick's descendant, why should he compete with Torres? Only by seizing the opportunity of Torres's injury and using his core performance to win the favor of other teams can he make the rest of his career even better!

This is Vassell's idea, but unfortunately, Dick is not a person who will be threatened by players, not to mention that he has a backhand, even if he does not have a backhand, he will not compromise on Vassell's approach, let alone give up his insistence on tactics for the sake of temporary results, so Vassell's so-called threat is destined to have no good results.

Daniel Sturridge, a young homegrown striker, is very clear about this player, he has changed several positions later, but he has always performed well, he can be regarded as a regular in the England national team, such a young player, is a more suitable substitute than Vassell, if it weren't for Dick didn't know that the striker is now in Manchester City's youth team, he would not have kept Vassell......

Now that Vassell wants to make a difference, let him go, and Dick prefers to use such young players because they have potential and unlimited possibilities for development.

"Daniel, get ready for the second half."

Dick said this first thing in the dressing room, which surprised all the Manchester City players, after all, although Sturridge has trained with Manchester City's first team a lot, it is the first time he has been in the squad, and everyone thinks that this is just a substitute because Vassell was taken down, and they did not expect him to be sent out at this time.

This is not Sturridge's first appearance for Manchester City, in fact he made two league appearances last season, but he was injured until October, and it seems a little too early for him to play at the age of 18 now......

Hearing this, Sturridge just nodded: "Understood, Mr. Coach." ”

"When you come on the pitch you play as a centre-forward...... Scott, you take a break in the second half, we're going to add some rotation in this time, and in the second half, take them out with offense, understand? Dick raised his voice to all the players.