41 The Role of Veteran Players (Part I)
'Burnley finally got a win at home to Southend, who are winless so far. defeated the opponent 1-0 and finally came out of the two draws. "After the eighth round of the league, the media began to summarize the performance of the teams in League One some time ago.
"However, as a new team in League One, Burnley's performance this year is obvious to all. The young Levy coach has led a very productive team and Burnley are now seventh in League One. Fully capable of making a run for the play-offs. ”
"If you were to comment on the most surprising team in League One, it would be Burnley, who have just been promoted."
Burnley, a team fresh from promotion to the First Division, have won four and drawn four in eight games. With a score of 16 points, they are seventh in League One.
As a new team in League One, Burnley's performance is okay. And Burnley are one of three unbeaten teams in League One so far.
In this way, George's defensive focus from the second division onwards has made a big difference, with Ballack and Neil Lennon at the core of the middle, and the tempo is completely controlled in League One. In particular, Barak's growth made George very satisfied.
Although the current Ballack cannot be compared with the time when he led the German team in the World Cup in South Korea and went all the way to the final. However, he is already a leader in League One, and this season George has sacrificed Ballack's attacking ability to use him as a midfielder.
Ballack is one of the few all-rounders in midfield, and he is no worse than those full-time defenders.
Mitchell King on the back line, although he is old, is solid defensively. Coupled with Gary Breen, who is not bad at headers, card positions and even speed, the defense at the back is also very solid.
Although only eight League One and one Carabao Cup game have been played, all teams recognise the strength of Burnley's defence.
But Burnley's biggest problem now is in attack, and when Daniel pushes up front to start, it works well. Some teams were caught off guard and were torn apart by Daniel's incredible speed and defense. But when those first-division teams played bucket defense with Burnley, Daniel's role dropped by an unknown number of times.
Daniel's biggest strength is his speed, the speed of the wind. At left-back, Daniel was free to choose when he wanted to plug in. Once the assist goes up, it makes it difficult for the opponent to defend.
But tearing apart the opposition's dense defence is not what Daniel is good at, and Daniel has all the virtues of England's traditional players. But there is also their inherent disadvantage, that is, the technical ability is not very strong. The combination of man and ball is good in terms of changing direction in high-speed dribbling, but the ability to get rid of dribbling in small spaces is far inferior to that of Latin players.
So in the last few games, Daniel's role has not been as good as when he was at the back.
On the other side, neither Danny Murphy nor Sorkamp could take on the big role. Especially Solkamp, George bought him to improve the replacement in the wide position, but now he is playing the main team.
Southend learned from other teams in the last game and set up a bucket formation at Burnley's home stadium. Had it not been for substitute Ashley Chapman who used his skills to create a free-kick for Burnley. And Burnley also relied on this free-kick, Richard received a pass from Ballack and scored a goal.
After a fifth** win in League One, Burnley followed suit with two draws in a row. And in Southend, which is now ranked at the bottom of the League One, it was not easy to get a victory.
However, when evaluating the teams in League One during this period, the major media have praised Burnley's performance.
But no one knew that George was also very anxious now, but that hateful Ljungberg had not said anything for almost two months. If it weren't for the maintenance of the manager's majesty, George would have wanted to go over and ask Ljungberg to come over.
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"Mitchell, how did you get here. Aren't you having a holiday today? "Wilkinson is leading a group of youth players in training. Mitchell King was spotted and came to the youth team training base. Because it was just over the game against Southend, the first team was off the next day.
Speaking of which, Mitchell and Wilkinson have a good relationship, Mitchell is a player from Burnley's academy. When Mitchell was in the youth team, Wilkinson was the youth team coach. Of course, George's father, Levy Sr., is also a youth team coach.
Mitchell King looked at the youth team players training next to him and smiled, "Wilkinson, let's go sit over there." ”
Wilkinson saw that Mitchell's face was a little gloomy, so he nodded. Then he said a few words to the coach next to him, and sat down on the sideline with Mitchell.
"How's that Swedish kid doing?" Mitchell's eyes were fixed on Ljungberg on the field.
Speaking of which, Mitchell is very dissatisfied with Ljungberg. This kid has always been tough since he came to the club. For Burnley's players, the inadvertent look is a kind of disdain.
"Genius, brilliant right-sided player. The ability is definitely not inferior to that of the departed Pobosky, and the main thing is that he is still young. I'm only 19 years old this year and I've been in the Burnley youth team for 30 years. Aside from Daniel, who was mentioned to the first team by George, Ljungberg is the second talent I've seen. Wilkinson was amazed and spoke highly of Ljungberg.
After saying that, Wilkinson looked at Mitchell suspiciously. "George's eye for people is absolutely top-notch. But is George really not going to use Frederick? Isn't the right side of the first team problematic lately? ”
Mitchell King nodded with a wry smile. Then I didn't know what came to mind and shook my head.
"You don't know George's temper, George will never use that Swedish kid until he apologizes." Mitchell sighed and continued: "Right now our team has some problems with the offense. George should have had the whole picture in mind at the start of the season, but unfortunately the kid was too unruly. ”
"Then you're here today......" Wilkinson almost understood what Mitchell meant.
"I'm a big believer in George's vision. Since George spent 800,000 pounds, I'm sure the Swedish kid must have done something special. When Mitchell talked about George, he was very affirmative: "Now these two people are frozen there, and I can only adjust it." I hope to play a dozen Premier League games as a player. In the late two years, I couldn't kick anymore. You don't see George buying young players like Finnan and Upson just to replace me and old guys like Grant. ”
Wilkinson laughed when he heard Mitchell's words. Then he patted Mitchell on the shoulder and nodded.
"Mitchell, do you know what George plans for your future?"
"My future? George? ”
'George was talking to me about the future of Burnley and said that you, along with Grant and Miller, are the club's treasures. George would like to offer you a club position if you wish. And Mitchell you, George wants you to be able to join his coaching team. He said you know how to regulate the dressing room, and there hasn't been any negative press in the Burnley dressing room since you captained, which George appreciated. Wilkinson looked at Mitchell and saw that George knew Mitchell too well.
Mitchell was also shocked by George's assessment of himself. Mitchell has always thought that the reason why George kept a few of his old guys was to stabilize the Burnley fans and the club. I didn't expect that even the future of his own people George had been thought about.
"Mitchell, looking at your performance today, I think George is too right about your future."