Chapter 152: A Moving Picture
Having lost this game, David Winston was at peace. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info because they worked hard, but the game was very unlucky, and he was very satisfied with the spirit of the players and their desire to win in the second half, and he thought the fans should be happy too.
David Winston was also asked by reporters in the post-game press conference about the referee's missed decision in the game, and of course, David Winston's actions and performance after this missed decision. This time David Winston appeared smart and didn't make any answers, just smiled and fell silent, refusing to answer any such questions.
David Winston's performance greatly surprised the reaction of all the media reporters present, because in their minds, David Winston always spoke freely and said whatever he wanted, but now when he observes it, it seems to have changed. Became mature, became cautious. Maybe this is the inner city of a man, a real manager.
The loss didn't affect David Winston's overall game plan. But the injured players still made David Winston a little troublesome, and after the game, David Winston also learned about the injury of the old captain Alan Shearer, who has about two weeks to recover, which made David Winston a little more comfortable. In addition, the reserve capacity of reserve players is still good.
The next game is the second round of the English League Cup against Championship side Oxford United, a team that gives David Winston peace of mind to start rotating his squad and put his substitutes and youth squad players on to get a feel for the game. David Winston thought of Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott, and he wanted the two imps to come off the bench as well to get a feel for what it was like to play in the official game.
In the locker room, the mood of the players is not too high, but it is not to the point of completely losing confidence and frustration, just thinking that they have worked hard but have not been rewarded as they should be. The reality is like this, whether it is in the field of football or in life, no matter how much you pay, how big, don't expect life to be as much as the other party gives you in return, it is impossible, so as not to make your heart very poor in the end, and make the thief uncomfortable.
David Winston saw that the atmosphere was still a little stagnant and had to get up and stand in the middle of the players, preparing for the post-match wrap-up speech.
David Winston cleared his throat, then looked around and saw that the team members had all stopped what they were doing, looked at themselves, and said, "Guys! I know what you're thinking right now, not admitting defeat, not wanting to accept defeat, feeling like you've done your best, but why can't you win the final game? But the truth is that we have to look forward with our proud heads, and failure will only make us stronger, make our bodies stronger, and make our emotions stronger. Failure will not knock us down, we will let failure see how tenacious we are, we have to fight back against the fist of defeat with hatred, hate to slap them in the face, let them know what kind of strength we are!! We are saints!! We are Southampton!! We are the kings of the future!! ”
The head coach's words were sonorous and powerful, echoing in every corner of the locker room, and the players who listened to it also shook waves of emotion in their hearts, they thought that the head coach would scold them, after all, they all saw the head coach's angry and angry eyes and the applause in the game, and they all thought that he was now angry, but on the contrary, the head coach did not scold them, did not turn on the hair dryer, but continued to spare no effort to encourage them, motivate them, let them regain confidence, and continue to stand up and move forward with their heads held high.
The players looked at David Winston with adoring eyes.
'Boss, we know we played a stinky game today and let you and the fans down, but don't worry, we'll pick ourselves up and show them how horrible Southampton are!!' We don't want to be losers all the time, we don't want to be cowards, we want to win! Want a champion! ”
"That's right, we're going to win!! We want a championship!! ”
"We want to win!! We want a championship!! ”
"We want to win!! We want a championship!! ”
"We want to win!! We want a championship!! ”
"We want to win!! We want a championship!! ”
"We want to win!! We want a championship!! ”
"We want to win!! We want a championship!! ”
Roberto Ayala's words were echoed by all the team members, and they also shouted out this sentence one after another. The atmosphere in the locker room changed from a cold moment just now to a passionate atmosphere, Hierro watched from the sidelines, and admired David Winston's ability and ability to liven up the atmosphere, this person is indeed a head coach with high emotional intelligence.
The players packed up their gear and walked out of the stadium gates, ready to board the bus that would take them back to the training base.
"Come on Southampton!! Go Southampton!! Go Southampton!! ”
The players suddenly heard a loud cheer and couldn't help but look into the distance, only to see a group of Saints fans who had not left yet, pulling banners and shouting in their direction. The Saints fans wore uniform red and white jerseys and ranged in age, from children to older men with frosty sideburns. It was a moving scene.
David Winston also walked out of the inside at this time, and saw the players standing in front of the door of the bus and looking to the side, and questions arose spontaneously in his heart, and just wanted to ask what was going on, he heard the sound of the Southampton team cheering, and looked in the direction the players were looking.
This picture can still be remembered vividly until David Winston gets older.
A trembling voice: "That picture is simply beautiful." The fans are your family at that moment!! They are the only ones who don't give up on us!! Even if it's our family! ”
David Winston hurried over and led the team behind him. David Winston arrived in front of the fans before the players.
"Hello!! There was no win today, I'm sorry as the manager! David Winston bowed to the fans.
"Ouch! Don't say that!! We are here this time so that you don't have any baggage and rush forward boldly!! We are behind you!! (To be continued.) )