Mack can take a break off, and Rafael Benitez and Sami Lee are still sticking with Melwood because they are facing a Devil's rush schedule at the start of March.

After difficult negotiations with the FA, the FA finally agreed to postpone their second round of Premier League fixtures scheduled for the 5th to the 12th, otherwise they would face the embarrassing situation of having games for two consecutive days.

Because after the 28th round of the 28th round of the league, it is the second round of the Champions League round of 16 on the 6th, and then the 29th round of the Premier League on the 8th and 9th, and the unfortunate thing is that the second round of the FA originally arranged with West Ham United is during this period.

Liverpool went to play the Champions League play-offs last summer, and now they are only making up the match, this is the round they are missing, Liverpool of course cannot agree, and finally after negotiation, Liverpool's second round of make-up matches was postponed again to the 12th.

But even so, their March is hell.

On March 2, the 28th round of away games against Bolton; On March 6, the second round of the Champions League round of 16 hosted Schalke 04; On March 8, the 29th round of the host welcomed Newcastle; On March 12, the second round of supplementary matches will host West Ham United; On March 15, the 30th round of the Lord welcomed Reading;

Then there is the 31st round of the league on March 23, Liverpool will go to Old Trafford for a double red meeting! March 30, the end of the month, the 32nd round of the league, the home Merseyside derby 2!

This week's events basically determine Liverpool's harvest this year, fortunately, there are four consecutive home games, otherwise Liverpool will definitely have to kneel.

Even if the first half of the month is successfully passed, the two tough battles in the second half of the year can be called Tianwang Mountain, after this month, there are only six rounds left in the league, once there are one or two mistakes, it is impossible to chase back.

What Benitez and Sami Lee discussed was this month's lineup and rotation arrangement, and the injury situation is easy to say, except for Ag, who has not been able to make a good decision, the rest of the personnel are healthy, and the important thing is to arrange the rotation lineup.

Needless to say, Liverpool's focus will definitely be on the league this month, with the Champions League already dominating and the second leg at home, as long as they don't lose more than two goals, they will progress to the last eight.

The positive side of the head-scratching schedule is that the away game is Bolton, Bolton City is next to Manchester and Liverpool, 20 minutes from Manchester, and only 1 hour to Liverpool, which can largely avoid the fatigue of Liverpool players.

Moreover, Bolton Wanderers are mostly veterans, and the pace has always been relatively slow, which is a relatively willing opponent for Liverpool's physical exertion.

The focus of discussion between Benitez and Sami Lee is the rotation arrangement for the first three games of the month, although Bolton is relatively close, but after all, it is an away game, and it will not be easy to win.

Among them, the key rotation targets are Alonso, Gerrard, Macqin and Torres, these four are the team cannot find a replacement, Benayoun is half of it.

They discussed for a long time, checked the fixtures of the other three at the same time, and finally decided to take some acceptable risks in the second round of the Champions League, which was to play three of these four Champions League substitutes.

If Mackin knew, he would probably not be happy, he was still waiting for the Champions League to score and win the Champions League Golden Boot, the game has been played so far, and the further back he goes, the more difficult it is to enter the ball. And no one can say how many games they can play in the Champions League.

Two days later, the training bases of various Premier League teams returned to their former liveliness, and as soon as Makqin entered the corridor of the base with his bag on his back, he felt a solemn and solemn atmosphere rushing to his face, and the various reports on the walls had been renewed.

As soon as you enter the corridor of the office area, you will find a table of fixtures for March, with three red exclamation marks marking the importance of the two matches, especially the Double Red Club at Old Trafford and the Merseyside derby at the end of the month (2).

Mackin walked up to him and glanced at it, and he felt like a villain in a music box behind him, there was a clock clockwork, which was tightened fiercely, and he couldn't lose a single game in seven games.

Because behind the bar of each game, there are three grids, which have been pasted with the other three concurrent matches, but the score is still empty, and I believe that as each game progresses, these spaces will gradually be filled with some Arabic numerals.

Every word is heart-wrenching!

He moved on and went on to find the team's goals and assists charts after the New Year, as well as the club's Player of the Month.

In all competitions, Torres scored six, Gerrard scored three and Mackin scored three in the top three.

Makqin leads the assist list with four direct assists, followed by Alonso and Gerrard twice.

The club's player of the month goes to Torres, and this Mackin understands that he and Max are quite close in the votes at the time of selection, but a hat-trick in the last game of Torres made him the winner, and Max is also performing very well now, but lacks the explosiveness of Torres.

Just like the company culture, the club also has incentives, the soft and hard, the so-called soft, is the spur of various honors, and the hard, of course, is the green Elizabeth.

Go further, actually have never seen a previous trophy hanging board, if you have played FM, should be very familiar, in the team honor column, vertically divided into the league, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, Club World Cup, etc., each column horizontally followed by a bunch of small trophies, written below the years.

The wall wall has more or less the same meaning, and Mackin sees a small trophy at the end of the league column with the word 1990 written underneath, representing the last top-flight victory, although it was not called the Premier League at that time, but the English First Division. There is a big red question mark at the back, and the word 2008 is written underneath, which represents a fairly obvious meaning.

The league column is followed by the Champions League, the last trophy 2005, and there is also a big red question mark at the back, with the word 2008 written below. Then below is the FA Cup, the last trophy 2006.

Makqin understands that this is a sign that the season has entered the sprint stage, just like he used to do projects, he will divide the project into a number of small stage tasks according to the PM management norms, mark the time, and put a small red flag in the grid for each completed item.

He was looking intently when he was "snapped" on the shoulder, and he looked back and saw that it was Lucas, "Why are you so early today?" ", he asked.

For more than half a year, almost no one has arrived earlier than Mack, he expressed his surprise at Lucas's sunrise in the west, Lucas also looked at the hanging board carefully, and said: "Now the schedule is tight, there are many starting opportunities, how can I not perform well in front of the leader, I am not as fast as you sit on the main force"

"It's saying that stupid birds like you have to fly first"

“F**K You!”

In March, everything recovers, and the green trees on the edge of Melwood have begun to sprout, spring here comes early, and in a few days, it is estimated that it will be full of green.

The two of them changed their clothes, or the long model, and now it is still a little cold, so they went to the training ground to do routine warm-up training, and when they began to have the ball training, Sammy Lee led the coaching staff to come, and several coaches were busy, it seemed that the arrangements agreed by the coaching staff were implemented in training.

Sammy Lee has now become a bridge of communication between the team, he is a well-known assistant coach in the UK, and he is also a native of the UK, especially the tactical communication between Gerrard and Benitez, which is now basically conveyed by him, and the training is also arranged by him.

When the players arrived one after another, Sammy Lee gave the first arrangement of the day, and went to the tactics room for a meeting at ten o'clock.

What Mackin didn't expect was that Parry also came, and as the CEO of the club, he rarely went into the dressing room, which is taboo and not allowed by the head coach of any team.

Samily cleared his throat, saw that the players were all in place, nodded and gestured to Benitez, then stood up and said: "Guys, today is a tactical meeting, and it is also a season sprint mobilization meeting, you all see Parry coming, he will first represent the club today, announce a few things, and then the internal arrangements of our team"

After saying that, he gestured to Parry, who stood up and smiled, and said, "I have to applaud you, you have done very well so far this season, and of course it would be even better if we could win one or two championships after the season."

After speaking, he looked at some of the veteran players who already understood some of the newcomers and still ignorant of the field, and continued: "With the agreement of the head coach Rafa, and with the authorization of the board of directors, in order to motivate you to compete for the league and the Champions League title, the club has decided that according to the final ranking, about 5-10% of the final income of the league and the Champions League will be used as an incentive bonus."

After speaking, he was afraid that many people would have no idea, so he explained: "Take last year as an example, we are third in the league, the Champions League is the runner-up, I can't say the total income, but the total prize money should reach more than 10 million pounds, but the Premier League signed a new 900 million broadcast contract last year, and the champion's income will be more, so the final prize money will definitely be more than this."

"Huh~", someone immediately whistled, "We love to hear this, haha~~"

"Parry, the cost of my vacation depends on you, haha~~"

He is right, now the Premier League has begun to enter a period of high-speed commercial promotion, this is just the beginning, if ten years from now, the championship prize money plus broadcast share and commercial income, a season can get 150 million pounds from the FA, directly double the current basis.

If the Champions League reaches the final, the total prize money plus the broadcast share, as far as the British market is concerned, there is also more than 70 million euros in revenue, and the Champions League is not as valuable as the Premier League, which will be embarrassing for many years to come.

Parry smiled and pressed his hand, and said: "The specific distribution of players and coaching staff, I will tell you the detailed calculation rules, we will divide according to the performance and contribution of the players, but I believe that for each of you, this can top your salary for several months!" ”

"Wow~~, cow pen", "Parry is good~"

Reluctant to let the child catch the wolf, Benitez also fought with the board of directors for a long time before deciding on this plan, in order to motivate the players to work hard to win the championship.

The prize money and broadcast share of these two competitions are the bulk of the club's income, and the entire club depends on it to run and pay off its debts, but Benitez has convinced the board of directors that every move forward in the league and the Champions League means millions or even 10 million more in revenue.

Coming up with a prize money distribution that fluctuates according to the position can be a win-win for both the player and the club.

Mack Qin calculated, he is now the main rotation player, with goals and assists, how to distribute the proportion must be in the top ten, it should be no problem to get more than half a million pounds.

Parry left on his own, leaving the venue to the coaching staff and players, which is also the meaning of every season, but the difference between winning the championship and not winning the championship is huge.

In later generations, Real Madrid once gave everyone a sky-high bonus of 1.5 million euros for the Champions League and league championships, and players play not only for money, but one thing is definitely not running, no one likes more money, and this kind of hard stimulation is more effective than anything in the short term.