Chapter 44: The Price of Rotation
Ever since Bob was sent out, Michu has been sneezing non-stop these days, but he hasn't caught a cold!
Why does he keep sneezing, Mi Chu at this time must not know that Bob, who is thousands of miles away, is the reason why he keeps sneezing!
And when Michu began to prepare for the team's summer recruitment, Leeds United also welcomed another opponent of the team, Gillingham!
With the team establishing an early lead in the standings, Michu did not let Reus and Muller play with the team on this road trip.
In addition to the fact that Royce had a cold, Michu was forced to hide Mueller. You must know that in almost every game, Bayern will receive an evaluation report from Muller.
So seeing that Muller's loan contract is about to expire, Michu also has to find ways to keep Muller, so a Muller who is too brilliant may not be a very good thing for his own ideas at this time!
Considering that the team has other recruitment targets, Michu does not want to easily trigger the buyout clause in the other party's contract during the negotiations with Muller! 2 million euros is not a small amount! I don't know how long the boss will be chattering about Muller's buyout.
So in the last few games, Michu decided to choose the way of snow hiding, and the limited use of Muller became a helpless move for the team.
Since his goal is to keep this German guy for a long time, then any feasible method is Michu willing to try!
And Muller himself was also very surprised when he learned the news that Michu was about to let him not participate in the game with the team, "Boss, I'm amused!" You're in such good shape right now, this is an opportunity to make history! I want to continue to set records with the team! ”
"No, no, no, I've decided to use some substitutes for this game, you've done a really good job, I want you to take a break so you can spend more time with Lisa," Muller smiled, and stopped arguing,
"Okay then, but I'm going to play in the next game."
"Don't worry, look at you, it's true, you're not satisfied with your vacation"
The media completely showed two attitudes towards Leeds United's away campaign at KRBS Priestfield Stadium, and sure enough, the British media really had the mentality of watching the excitement and not being afraid of more things, and some reports hoped that Leeds United would continue to win 11 in a row and create a new record!
On the other hand, they feel that Gillingham may cause some trouble to Michu's team, after all, no one wants their home stadium to be a stage for the other party to celebrate! So it was decided that Leeds United's away trip would be the start of the team's defeat.
Due to his previous dissatisfaction with the performance of the media, this time Michu chose to be silent.
However, the starting list has been determined early, not that he doesn't want to release a smoke bomb, Michu just hopes that Pluton and Thompson, who started in place of Muller and Royce, can be fully prepared for this start in time!
After all, compared to the long-term impact of leaving Muller, a winning streak that had no impact on the final promotion result really couldn't arouse Michu's interest, so even if the media was happy, Michu had no intention of responding.
And Poyet specifically asked about this before this, "Will such a big adjustment to the starter really have no impact on the results?" ”
It wasn't until Michu told Poyet what had happened that Poyet began to agree.
Although after the adjustment of the starters, the team's offensive strength has been affected to a certain extent, after all, Delph's single-core team did not show good results in the previous games, but in terms of defense, he still chose the previous starter.
The reason for the use of substitutes is more because Michu himself is preparing for the summer personnel purge, after all, if he doesn't give a chance at all, it is inevitable that some people will be disgruntled.
So when Leeds United's starting line-up was announced, the media reaction was also a big surprise, especially for the side that advocated Leeds United to continue their 12-game winning streak, and everyone began to speculate about Michu's actual thoughts, but Michu remained indifferent.
After the start of the game, the opponent really began to focus on Delph's defensive set-up, and when Delph was limited, Leeds United's attack began to rely on long passes from the back to contact Candor to complete the advancement. However, because of the single means, the actual effect is not ideal.
The weakness of the opponent's offensive strength also made the game between the two sides begin to evolve into hand-to-hand combat near the midfield, and the process of the game became boring.
"Gillingham have come back again and again under Leeds United's tight defence, even though they are better organised than Michel's side.
However, Leeds United, which obviously lacks the main attackers in the frontcourt, cannot launch an effective counterattack, and the functions of both sides are half a catty!
It is not known what Leeds United have in mind, but their performance in this game is clearly not acceptable to their supporters! ”
Of course, Michu also knows that this is a big gap from the football he has always sworn before, but for the sake of the future of the team, what can he do but compromise temporarily.
In the next game, Leeds United replaced Huntington and Kilkenny with central defender Heath and central midfielder Johnson.
In the end, after 90 minutes of intense and unexciting, Michu's team shook hands with each other.
While the team ended its 12-game winning streak, it also won 13 games unbeaten, but for this result, except for Michu, who felt a little satisfied, everyone else would be a little disappointed!
In the next two league games, Michu believes that he will continue to do this, and continue to inspect the team's players.
At this time, the coaching staff gradually understood what he meant, after all, it is impossible for the team to use these players in next season's games, and it seems that some people may have to continue to look for their next stop here immediately!
Although the end of the record was a bit of a disappointment for the team's supporters, it also made the pressure on the team a little less.
After all, too much focus has also made the team's performance more and more restrictive, and this is not good for the players, especially for the substitutes.
If these people can't play to their 100 per cent strength, then Michu feels that it is unfair to them, because the performance in these games will probably be the main factor in determining whether these people will stay or not.