Chapter 167: Goal Play-off

Ended the 31st round of the league with a draw, Portsmouth has 40 points, and the ranking has slipped one place to 11th, and Hydward's points for participating in the Championship promotion play-offs are expected to be 75 points, which means that his team needs to get 35 points in the remaining 15 league games, and if they guarantee not to lose, they will almost win about 10 of them in 15 rounds, and he can prepare for next season's league in advance below 10 rounds.

Of course, for the six teams in the promotion zone, Pompey's legion is more of a spoiler than a contender.

Sitting alone in his office, pen in hand, Sensibile has been out a lot lately, worrying about all aspects of the club's off-pitch, and the two of them have a great working relationship, with the Italian providing the team with the perfect infrastructure to focus on his work on the pitch.

He feels a lot of pressure in the face of the rest of the race, and no matter how good you are before, there will always be times when you feel vulnerable and helpless. As a manager, there is always a fear of failure, no one will share it for you, you have to be alone, and sometimes you are even willing to pay anything to avoid loneliness.

What Hydward wasn't doing was being in the office and no one was knocking on the door because they felt like the coach was definitely busy because he was always busy. Ward waited to hear a knock on the door, to Finnan or Walker or Tom to walk in and ask, "Would you like a cup of tea?" Sir"

But Finnan is definitely with the players at this time, Walker is in the youth team and Tom is definitely struggling with the club's new batch of training equipment.

He needs to find someone to talk to and enter their world, but all coaches are helpless, you have to bear this loneliness, in a management position, others think you are busy with important things, so they don't want to get close to you.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the office was starting to get busy, with Academy staff, Richards, who had been promoted to his personal secretary, and a few first-team players. The presence of a team member always makes him extra happy and it means that they trust you, even if it's just a family matter, if you want to take a day off due to fatigue, or even if you come to talk about a contract.

On any issue of taking time off, Edward agrees that no one will miss training sessions at Portsmouth, especially his training sessions, for no reason. He never asks a player why he's taking a leave of absence because everybody has a valid reason, and if you insist on getting to the bottom of it, it's a sign of distrust in your players.

Saul. Campbell came here to give feedback on the state of the team, including the players' opinions and suggestions on the current tactics. Jamie Gundy felt he wasn't comfortable on the wing, and Drinkwater preferred himself as a playmaker rather than a B2B all-round midfielder, with Icardi suggesting the team needed to give up some possession in favour of moving forward quicker, with a player like N'Golo Kante who could never lose the ball, but possession without penetration was a waste of time.

Edward has documented them all and promised to make some changes to the tactics soon, and he likes the players' suggestions because tactics ultimately need to serve the players, so their first sense is important.

A new scouting report was followed by a new scouting report from Peranci as an assistant to Sensibile and his arrival was one of the team's best signings of the year, and he was always enthusiastic and talkative about his work. Every Saturday night, he would make a phone call to Hydward, and the conversation would last for more than an hour, and Chen Xi would walk into the study and ask very dissatisfiedly, "Isn't it over yet?" Then he threw the phone aside.

The report details how their opponents in the round of 32 Watford have conceded an average of 0.4 goals per game in the last five games, with all three conceded coming from their right flank, with a header in the middle. But again, two of their six goals came from assists on the right flank, which is a direct reflection of the opposition right-back's attacking and defensive weakness.

But Heidward didn't target the opposition right-back, he has a machine like Icardi up front, and as long as he provides firepower to the Beryllium, he will be tireless in his goals. So it's more about doing a good job of yourself, and strategies such as quick balls, wide crosses, and crossing defensive gaps are all things that the team must do.

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On February 18, 2012, with Icardi's sixth league goal and Alexander. Hleb's opener was a 2-0 win at home to Watford.

It was followed by Mauro Icardi on the 25th of February, who took advantage of a defender's mistake in a return pass and made a quick effort to score the ball before Edward's side thrashed Peterborough United 4-1.

Portsmouth's fine form in February saw Hydward win the first award of his coaching career, Championship Manager of the Month.

Entering March, the team's attacking line was on fire from the 34th round onwards, with a 2-0 defeat to Birmingham City away in which Riyad Mahrez missed an empty goal and fired a right-footed shot off the post in the face of an unguarded goal. Hydward joked: "Mahrez, you scored the best goal of the team this year, and you kicked the most incredible goal right now." 'In the 2-1 Southampton game, that midfield shot is still playing in the team's cafeteria. The game against Birmingham City had so much time to prepare for the goal that it could have been brought into the net, but it was kicked off.

This defeat has brought Portsmouth, who were close to the promotion zone, back to the prototype, considering that Birmingham are the fourth-placed teams in the promotion zone, and they are back in 11th position, which is not a small blow.

The 46 points from 34 rounds of league points can basically declare that there will not be much relegation risk this season, which may be the key reason for the team's slight reluctance. Heidward's coaching philosophy has always been that mediocre talent and mediocre ability are not the most terrible things, and the most terrible thing is mediocre fighting spirit.

At the team's 35th round of team meetings, Edward took the initiative to raise his goals for the season, admitting that Portsmouth could try to fight for a top-six spot, which is not an unattainable goal. He quoted Warren Buffett's words to warn all players: "As an investor, you should be afraid when everyone else is greedy, and greedy when everyone else is fearful." ”

Perhaps because of the good communication of the spirit of the meeting, the team's first comic Bimendy showed the momentum of the top assisters who have sprinkled salt in the formation of the ocean, handed over the shovel in Nuwa, hoeed in Kaifeng Fu, and sold smoke in Humen Bay. Benjamin put in a top-notch performance of 12 breakthroughs, seven key passes and a hat-trick of assists, bringing on three right-backs in a row on the opposite right flank.

Portsmouth's thrashing of Derby County 3-0 moved to 49 points and Edouard Mendy was named Player of the Round.

In the blink of an eye, the FA Cup was on the agenda again, and this time Sensibiele, who was drawing for Hydward, brought back not too good news.