1.026 regrettable elimination
"Why not? I'm confident in that. We don't give up on any game, we give it our all in any game, we don't let up, that's my football philosophy. The Sheffield Post once again published an exclusive interview with Lee Seungfeng, "Let's see you next season in the Championship." ”
Sheffield Wednesday's fans were also thrilled by the team's performance, and it was not a good feeling to be crushed on the head by their city rivals, but the home team was the first level above the opposition, and they were now looking forward to a Sheffield derby next season. Sheffield United on the other side of the city are a bit bleak. Since the derby defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, a series of defeats have caused the second-placed team to fall out of the top six in the league all of a sudden, and even if the results have improved since then, the team's performance has been extremely inconsistent, and the team has always been up and down 6-8 places. Such a team performance naturally made Sheffield United fans unconfident, and in the face of the ridicule of Sheffield Wednesday fans, they could only sour emphasize that Sheffield United is a Championship team, and Sheffield Wednesday is a League One team.
"Next season we'll be the same, 3:0, 3:0." Sheffield Wednesday fans waved their hands on three fingers and unceremoniously slammed them back, while Sheffield United fans gritted their teeth and endured the taunts, hoping that their home side would be able to get back on the pitch next season.
Sheffield Wednesday's excellent performances have seen their players attract the attention of other teams as well, and they have tried to make an offer. Li Chengfeng rejected the offer of important players in the team's future plans, now they are only League One players, what price can they sell, in the future, they can sell millions, or even tens of millions of pounds, Li Chengfeng will not sell them now. Moreover, there is simply no alternative to them for the same price.
Offers from several other players have made Lee hesitate, namely for defensive versatility Barry Murphy and Haslam, as well as the jack-of-all-trades Plaudlock up front, and Matthew Hamshaw, who has just returned from injury.
With the return of the injured players, Barry Murphy and Plaudlock can only play on the bench, but the team's bench is indeed very thin, and if there is any more accidents, it will have a great impact on the results. But the transfer fee of hundreds of thousands of dollars did make Li Chengfeng feel greedy.
Li Chengfeng carefully calculated and rejected the offer to Haslam. Haslam is a regular for Sheffield Wednesday and a well-established Academy player, and when veteran captain Presmane is about to retire, Haslam is the only player in the team who can occupy the main team of the team, and the team has cultivated its own players. Even if such a player lacks strength, it is very important for the stability of the team. Lee Seung-bong needs such a player, even if he can't play the main team after being promoted to the Championship, such a versatile backfield can also enrich the team's bench, and Lee Seung-phong has no plans to sell him until the new core is cultivated.
As for Barry Murphy and Plodlock, there are Cesare on loan from Chelsea at left-back, Lynch on loan from Manchester United at right-back, plus Derek Gary, who can play at wing-back, and Antonini, who can play all positions in the backline, but it is barely enough, as long as there is another replacement, there is no need to worry at the back.
Substitute Lee Seung-pong is also ready to sign Newcastle United's youngster Gary Caldwell on loan, who is Steven Caldwell's younger brother, who is slightly less powerful and potential than his brother, but is good enough to be a substitute in League One.
In the position of right midfielder, it is enough for Plodrock and Matthew Hamshaw to keep one, and Matthew is much stronger than Plaudlock in terms of ability and potential, and even has the potential to gain a foothold in the Premier League, of course, he chose to give up Plodlock.
The two got £150,000 for Sheffield Wednesday, but the money couldn't buy the players Lee Seungfeng was interested in, but the league continued, and Lee Seungfeng and Sheffield Wednesday continued their unbeaten schedule.
However, there is also a little regret in the undefeated, Hamshaw who has returned from injury has not performed brilliantly, even if he comes off the bench and has full of physical strength, he also shows that he does not dare to exert his strength on the field and is afraid of physical confrontation.
A football player, who does not dare to fight physically on the field, will have what kind of performance Li Chengfeng can imagine with his toes. Lee had hoped that the young man with Premier League-level potential would emerge from injury and realise his potential, but now it looks difficult. In the real world, Hamshaw's playing career is not successful, he failed to get out of the shadow of injury, and can only mix in the League Two, which makes Li Chengfeng feel very pity, but think about the famous injury in CM0304, Ryan Mogan, who also missed most of the season because of injury, is a talented player with much better talent than Hamshaw, and in the real world, he retired directly, and Hamshaw is already lucky to be able to play.
Li Chengfeng can't do anything about Hamshaw's problem, he can't solve this kind of psychological problem, and he is not a psychological expert. Since Hamshaw is destined to not recover, Lee Seung-peak decides to find the right opportunity to shoot him. However, Ploudlock had already been sold before and the lack of a substitute on the right flank was also a problem.
Lee Seung-bong thought of Bradford's youngster Simon Francis, who could also play on the right and had great potential. Bradford didn't want to sell the youngster, but now they are deep in the relegation zone, with more than 10 points separating them from the relegation zone, and the gap is nothing short of hopeless, with many players in the squad thinking of leaving, including the youngster. In the real world, Francis is the same city rival Sheffield United who switched to Sheffield Wednesday this season, so the key issue is just price.
Sheffield Wednesday certainly didn't have enough transfer money to impress Bradford, but it's no wonder that Bradford are interested in Hamshaw. Bradford's attacking power is at the bottom of the Championship as a whole, and they are looking for any way to improve their attacking power, including Ham Shaw, who showed potential in the Championship last season.
Lee Seung-peak made his own offer, and Hamshaw impressed Bradford with a transfer fee of £300,000. Sheffield United are also interested in Francis, but not so adamant, and they are bullish on his potential, but Sheffield Wednesday can commit to his presentness. And now Sheffield Wednesday is in the limelight, and next season it will also be in the same league as Sheffield United, and now it can play back and forth with the Premier League team, both in terms of development prospects and the degree of attention that surpasses Sheffield United, Francis will naturally agree to Sheffield Wednesday's contract.
Lee Seung-peak is also very happy to get a young player with Premier League potential again, the main framework of the team has been built, like Braten, Cahill, Cherchi, Ederson, Guarin, Holt, in the real world are all players who have played in the five major leagues, and Francis, Schmeichel Jr., Antonini, are also players with the potential of the top league, even in the Championship next year, Sheffield Wednesday will be extremely competitive. Moreover, as long as a few more suitable players can be added in the off-season, even if he is promoted to the Premier League next season, Lee Seungfeng has a certain certainty.
Despite the changes in players, Sheffield Wednesday continued their unbeaten run in all competitions with a strong form of unbeaten run in all competitions until a defeat to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup semi-finals to put their unbeaten run of the season at 26. This season, apart from Arsenal, who won the Premier League title unbeaten, Sheffield Wednesday has the longest unbeaten streak.
In fact, strictly speaking, Sheffield Wednesday did not lose to Blackburn, the two sides played to a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes, and in the end Sheffield Wednesday was only eliminated on penalties. The three-goal win over Manchester City was also a wake-up call for Blackburn, who no longer underestimated the miracle League One team, and fielded all their squad against Sheffield Wednesday, and the players were also very the pitch, they did not want to be another laughing stock after Manchester City.
After all, there is a gap in strength, although the Sheffield Wednesday players also worked very hard, but in the end they could not create a miracle again, after Cherci sneaked up early in the opening game, after taking the lead, Sheffield Wednesday held on for 60 minutes, and was finally broken by Blackburn.
Sheffield Wednesday were completely helpless about the goal, Blackburn completely relied on brute force to tear apart Sheffield Wednesday's defence, Barry Ferguson squeezed away Guarin with his body and grabbed the ball, and then Cole, the former Manchester United main striker, used his body to suppress Antonini's defense and smashed the ball into Sheffield Wednesday's goal. Blackburn Rovers really live up to the nickname of Violent Ben, and their style of football is so violent and direct.
Although in Li Chengfeng's view, Blackburn's goal is suspected of fouling, but after all, this is the opponent's home stadium, and the opponent is a Premier League team, so it is predictable to receive such care, but this does not mean that Li Chengfeng can accept such a result. I've come this far, and I'm only two games away from winning the FA Cup, so it's a little unwilling to fall here.
But Li Chengfeng can't make any adjustments, there is a big gap in the strength of the two teams, and he can only deal with the opponent by relying on defensive counterattacks, and the hope of relying on the initiative to win this game is a little slim, and it is better to hope for penalties more reliable.
In fact, Sheffield Wednesday also did it, they successfully maintained the suspense until the penalty shoot-out, but unfortunately it fell short, the young Sheffield Wednesday players had psychological fluctuations, Cherch and Lynch missed one after another, even if Schmeichel saved a penalty from the opponent, Sheffield Wednesday still regrettably lost.