Chapter 61: Away game against Newcastle

How could Joey Barton be a Leeds United gift, is there something bad in the boss's brain?

"Joey Barton is known to be a tough guy on the pitch, but at the same time, because of his fiery temper, the teams he has played for have suffered a lot, and in my opinion, sometimes a person's strengths are more obvious and often become the person's weaknesses at critical moments, and that's where I want to take advantage of them.

Since this dude's temper is so easily provoked, we need to make him feel insulted, which is why I want Delph to confront Patton.

Delph's technique allowed him to humiliate Barton in many ways, and these fancy enough moves were enough to make the tantrum rage, and once Barton was no longer calm, it was our chance.

As long as we can break down Joey Barton, we can break down the opponent's defense in the middle, and that's where I think the team has a chance to win at the moment! After listening to Mi Chu's calculation of Barton, everyone felt a chill in their backs, Mi Chu is really a ruthless thing that can't be provoked!

"But Delph is only 19 years old," Poyet said in a seemingly simple sentence, but still expressed everyone's fears, will Delph be able to accomplish this?

Michu himself knows this, Delph didn't play well as a central midfielder before, but this time he has two thugs by his side! So Michu decided to stick to his plan.

The end result of the meeting was that everyone had some opinions, but the final result was to follow Michu's intentions, Delph will become one of the central midfielders, and the final starting line-up will be determined after the meeting, as long as there are no injuries, then Leeds United will follow this starting XI to play Newcastle United in a week's time.

The determination of each personnel includes Mi Chu and the others' calculations on the other party, no, it should be said that it is a great effort, and in the end, Mi Chu is a little unsure whether this is fucking preparing for a game or preparing to fight?! That's all you need to do to prepare for war, hey!

Knowing that St James' Park is too long and not wide enough, it will inevitably cause the two teams to compete fiercely around the middle, and this game will surely become a hand-to-hand battle with bayonets!

On the day of the game on August 8, the atmosphere at St James' Park was extremely hot, and almost all Newcastle United fans believed that the team would return to the Premier League stage after the end of the season, so Newcastle United certainly hoped to fire the first shot of the title race in the first game of the season!

In the eyes of Michu and others, this is the team that retired from the Premier League after all, and the head is very good, and it is full of grandeur in the Championship, although Michu despises the other party's behavior, but there is no way, after all, this is an away battle, someone else's territory!

Before the start of the game, the opposing manager took the initiative to come over to say hello, because the Championship is the second tier of the United Kingdom, so the broadcast system is more formal than the previous League One, and because this is the first game of the season, any action of Michu will be recorded by the ubiquitous cameras.

"Good luck! Mr. Michu" Chris Hughton took the initiative to step forward and shake Michu's hand,

"You too, Coach Hughton" Michu also replied politely,

However, the ubiquitous camera makes Mi Chu a little tired, but after all, this is for other people's work, and Mi Chu is not easy to say, fortunately, Sophia had told herself before that Mi Chu still looks quite good on TV, which slightly makes Mi Chu look a lot more natural when facing the camera!

However, after the opening kick-off, it was clear that Michu could not watch the game in a comfortable way, and the Newcastle United players clearly did not show the same calm as their manager Chris Hughton greeted.

At the beginning of the game, the opponent increased the tempo very quickly, and it seemed that Andy Carroll had not yet adapted to the fact that he was back in the Championship, and Michu felt that the opponent was planning to take advantage of Leeds United's unstable foothold to knock his team down at once, and then clock out at half-time.

Michu also expected this idea of the opponent long before the game started, so Leeds United also retracted the defense decisively, but it also made Newcastle United not get any great chances.

But as the game progressed, Poyet and others' worried Delph was a little unsupportable, although it was also a reluctant defense, Delf looked very immature in front of Joey Barton, Barton's strength made Leeds United on the side of Delph's defense became the target of the opponent's key attack, and Reus had to frequently return to the half to assist in the defense, and for a while Leeds United's left attack seemed to be paralyzed.

It's not that Michu didn't think about such a situation, but Barton's suppression of Delph didn't expect it to be so comprehensive, which greatly surprised the coaching staff.

It didn't take long for the game to start, Delph's passes were all rushed under pressure, and all attempts to pass ended in failure, which was a big blow to the boy's confidence.

Although the team was able to win a lot of long balls at the back with Giroud's header advantage in attack, the midfielders Delph and Holson were pressed too far back, making it very difficult for Giroud to connect with his team-mates.

If the team can't break Newcastle United's strangulation of Barton and Nolan in the middle, then the outcome of this game will be difficult to say, and Michu doesn't know how long such a draw can last!

And Leeds United's two wings are also because the team's middle is too suppressed, and they have to fully defend back, that is, the back of Leeds United is often a backfield big foot sloppy, the result is naturally a vicious circle that makes the team more and more passive, Barton and Nolan's performance is too good.

Even as an opponent, Michu can't help but admit that Newcastle United's central two are too helpful to the team.

"Boss, it's not a way to go on like this, we can't curb each other's play at all! Do you want to adjust the lineup! Poyet in the dugout was also anxious about the team's performance.

"It's too early now, wait and see, Delph should be able to adapt a little more, after all, we are still a draw now, we have to be calm!" Michu comforted Poyet and comforted himself, after all, the current situation is very unfavorable for him, how can he make the team's state improve without substitutions?