Chapter 7: A Bad Start
Although the old coach Redknapp did not bring Joseph Sofine, he still knows the situation of this French teenager very well............
Thinking of this, Redknapp smiled and moved to Paul Goddard's side: "Paul, this Frenchman has trained in your youth team, right?" You seem to have trained this kid quite hard, right? Good femdom! ”
Paul Goddard smiled: "Harry, do you know that this little guy has been training in our youth team for a month? But it's not like you don't know my abilities, I don't have the ability to train this little guy so well, it's all Paul's credit! ”
"Oh?" Redknapp looked at Paul on the other side of Paul Goddard with some surprise, he had already heard from Magnussen that the team had hired a young Chinese national as the coach of the youth team, and he had also heard that this young man had an ordinary keen sense of observation, but he had not seen it with his own eyes, so naturally he did not believe it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Coach Paul, can you tell me how you train Joseph? Let me learn from it! With a kind smile on his face, the old handsome Redknapp asked Paul politely.
Paul also knows that the Hammers are really having the final say now, that is, the old coach in front of him, who has been in the position of head coach of West Ham United for ten years, and the current Hammers are completely built by him, if it were not for the poor financial situation, he had to sell a star from time to time, it is estimated that West Ham United's record will be better, and the old coach's life is not very smooth.
"Okay!" Paul said with a respectful face: "Actually, there is no special trick, but when Joseph was training in the youth team, I showed that he was fast, explosive, flexible, and excellent dribbling skills, but his passing quality and grasp of the timing of the pass were not very good, so I encouraged him to do more in-cutting, but I didn't expect the effect to be good, which can be regarded as playing to his strengths and avoiding weaknesses." ”
After Redknapp listened to Paul's words, he pondered for a while, and immediately looked at Paul in surprise, the old man's professional vision is different from Magnussen's chairman, even Paul Goddard can't compare with him, he saw a lot of things from Paul's body, the old man even walked past Paul Goddard to Paul's side, reached out and patted Paul's shoulder, his eyes were full of encouragement: "Paul, you did a good job!" Very good! Keep up the work and I'm sure one day, you'll be a very good football coach! ”
Redknapp's encouragement has increased Paul's self-confidence a lot, this veteran coach who has experienced countless ups and downs in English football, how vicious his vision is, and he is optimistic, which in itself is an affirmation of Paul's ability.
After watching the first team train, the under-19s were brought back to training by Paul Goddard.
With the arrival of the new season in the English league, Paul has more free time, because most of the young players in the youth team have not received professional contracts, and when the summer vacation is over, they still need to receive junior high school and high school education, and naturally it is impossible to run to the training base all day to receive training.
Paul is only 24 years old this year, and many first-team players are older than him, and he is very easy to get along with these players, especially Joseph Sofine, who has an eye-catching performance in the training camp, and pesters Paul to give him advice from time to time.
For his first student, Paul is naturally not hesitant to teach, he has no idea about other first-team players, just holding his newly bought tablet all day to record the training situation and data changes of each player on it, he is now just subconsciously doing these work, wanting to find out the inevitable connection between daily training and player progress from these materials, he did not think that he would use it one day.
On August 17, the new season of the English league officially began, West Ham United visited St. James' Park in the round, and challenged the Magpies away, but the result was quite dismal, losing to the Magpies O:4 away.
After losing the round, the Hammers fans didn't react too violently, after all, the strength of their team was there, and they were able to finish seventh in the league last year, to put it bluntly, it was just luck, their strength was still in the middle and lower reaches of the entire English League.
In the second round, West Ham United welcomed city rivals Arsenal at home, but at that time the strength of the two teams was not at the same level at all, even if the players tried their best, it was to no avail, and finally lost to the Gunners Arsenal 1-2.
In the third round, West Ham United, which suffered two consecutive defeats, visited Fulham, facing a team similar to their own strength, although the Hammers were bent on winning, but under the command of veteran coach Redknapp, they used a counterattack opportunity to win 1:O. Four days later, back at home, West Ham United had led for more than 60 minutes before being equalised by Fulham.
After four rounds, the Hammers, who finished seventh last season, are in 12th place, which is also considered to be a good result considering that they have faced Arsenal and Newcastle in the four rounds.
But then, the god of bad luck found the Hammers! In the fifth round of the league, West Ham United hosted West Bromwich Albion, a game that was supposed to be a hand-to-hand game, but it was ultimately ruined by a counter-attack by the opponent, and the Hammers were in 14th place at their home stadium.
Sixth round, seventh away round, o:o draw Manchester City.................. West Ham's record has been like a stock that has opened high and gone low, and by November they were fourth at 1, just three points behind bottom-placed Bolton.
The pressure of relegation has cast a shadow over the entire Hammers, who originally finished seventh in the league last season and want to go to the next level this season, after encountering such a blow, everyone in the team feels extremely lost.
Among them, the person who feels the most pressure is, of course, the team's head coach Redknapp, the old coach's physical condition is getting worse and worse, but out of responsibility for the team, he is still leading the Hammers to continue to fight, although he has tried his best, and even changed the team's tactical play, but the team's record has not improved.