Chapter 37: Unstoppable
Chapter 37 is unstoppable
Simon Grayson's successive signings have caused a sensation in the English Champions League, and after the purchase of three consecutive Premier League-level players, the overall strength of the team has improved secondarily, and the morale improvement effect is obvious.
Now every player of the "Young Guard" and every Leeds United fan has clearly received a signal that Leeds United is no longer aiming to compete in the English Championship, and the team's eyes and plans are already on next season's English Premier League.
BBC's Leeds branch also did an interview for today's "Young Guard", and they spoke highly of Leeds United: "Young Guards coach Simon Grayson has already begun to plan for next season's English Premier League after winning the 'Leeds Three', and Leeds United chairman Ken Bates has also changed his previous stingy style and bought three players in a row in the winter transfer, 1.6 million Reid, 2.8 million Whitehead, Ameobi of 5.5 million, these three players cost Leeds United almost 10 million pounds! ”
"However, according to the information we have received, Ken Bates, the chairman who has been criticized by fans for being stingy, has really made a big move this time, and he has injected more than just 10 million pounds into the team, it is said that it is 20 million pounds!"
"If Leeds United can really put £20 million into the transfer market, we have reason to believe that the English Champions League title this season will definitely belong to Leeds United, and when they play in the Super League next season, they will have a good chance of relegation!"
Simon Grayson's approach to managing the squad is certainly not just about bringing in external signings, he has also drastically streamlined the first-team squad, and the number of players in the Leeds United first-team squad has been reduced to 18, and this is the result of the addition of three new signings.
Simon Grayson directly sent all the players who were weaker and played in positions that were not very needed by the team to the reserve team, which was basically equivalent to sentencing them to death, just waiting for a team to be interested in them and directly selling them!
In Simon Grayson's plan, when the team plays in the English Premier League next season, in addition to the 18 players in the first team, only South African centre-forward David Soma, who missed half a season this season due to injury and thus failed to qualify, can stay.
The morale-boosting Leeds United team continues to soar in the league, with strong strength and strong fighting spirit, as well as the persistence of rebuilding the team to glory, coupled with the two veterans of Ameobi and Whitehead who want to prove that they are fierce in the new team, and the young Reid, although a little rough, is also a powerful central defender, everything makes the "Young Guards", a once-glorious team, unstoppable in the English Champions League.
When the time entered mid-March, although Leeds United drew 0:0 with Millwall and drew 1:1 with Birmingham, they still ranked first with 36 games, 26 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses with 82 points in one less round, 2 points ahead of second-place West Ham United and 12 points ahead of third-place Peterborough.
However, it was the team's results in the FA Cup that excited Leeds United fans the most, although they gave up early in the Carabao Cup because the team wanted to compete in the league, but this time in the FA Cup, Leeds United did not miss the opportunity to play against the superteam and gain experience.
In the FA Cup third round, Leeds United comfortably beat fellow English Champions Cardiff 2-1 away before beating Swansea 2-0 at home to relegation from the English Premier League in the fourth round.
In the fifth round of the FA Cup, the red-eyed Leeds United beat the "Blue Moon" Manchester City at home 3:2 to the "Blue Moon" Manchester City who was competing with the "Red Devils" Manchester United for the Super League title, but in that game Manchester City coach Mancini did not let his team exert his strength at all, not only used substitutes and young players, but even so they were very absent-minded, after obtaining a huge amount of money to buy many stars, Manchester City fans have been extremely eager for the league title, Everything else is out of sight.
Simon Grayson is very aware that there is still a big gap between his team and the super team, but Leeds United fans don't think so, they even think that their team has the strength of a super team, and even the fans encourage the "Young Guards" to continue to play the role of the dark horse of this season's FA Cup, and it is best if Yiji can win the championship!
It's a pity that when the draw ceremony for the sixth round of the FA Cup ended, the hearts of Leeds United fans were suddenly cold, and their opponent this time was the ...... "Arsenal" Arsenal led by "Professor" Wenger!
Because of the decline in the overall strength of the team, Arsenal, who have already withdrawn from the English Premier League title race, after trying their best to maintain their ability to enter the top four and qualify for next season's Champions League, that is, watching Manchester compete for dominance, and then strive for an honor in the FA Cup, so they attach great importance to this draw at home to Leeds United.
"Professor" Wenger even played psychological warfare with Simon Grayson before the game, expressing his greetings to his opponent through the media: "In my opinion, Simon is a very good young coach, he led Leeds United to play beautiful attacking football, their tactical style is very similar to my team, so this game will also be a fierce collision between Mars and Earth!" And, let's not forget that the FA Cup has always been a breeding ground for 'dark horses', and Leeds United this season has a tendency to go dark to the bottom, although they are a team in the second division of England, but they also have a good chance to beat us! ”
The psychological battle between Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson used to be an attractive sight in the English Premier League, but this time Wenger chose the wrong target.
Simon Grayson may be 20 years younger than Arsene Wenger, but his strict coaching style has kept him from falling for easily, and he said in an interview with Kicking magazine's Michael White: "Arsène Wenger is an admirable coach and I am sure I and my team will learn a lot from the Arsenal game. ”
Simon Grayson put himself in the right position, and he also put the "Young Guard" at the bottom of the "Arsenal", but in fact he did not give up when training for his team.
After continuous adjustments and running-in, the tactics of the "Young Guard" have been completely formed, and the team has been built into a four-three-three formation with Simon Grayson focusing on attack.
On the forward line are Ameobi, Beccio, Snodgrass, Ameobi has comprehensive skills and strong individual ability, and Becchio is good at seizing opportunities to grab points, especially his header is quite threatening, Snodgrass's dribbling ability is extremely strong, can be used as an offensive point on the side, and can also impact the opponent's big penalty area laterally, the threat of this forward combination is still quite large.
In the midfield, it is led by Wang Tiezhu, who has a great range of activities, strong fighting ability, captain Jonny Hausen on the right, veteran Dean Whitehead on the left, although the tactics of "back waist front" can receive miraculous results, but it is not the magic weapon that the team relies on to win, but it makes full use of Wang Tiezhu's defensive ability, relying on his large range of activities, strong impact, excellent long-range shooting characteristics, supplemented by Jonny Hausen's excellent organizational ability and strong impact, Combined with veteran Whitehead's desperate defense and penetrating through passes, the result is a midfield combination with slightly less playmaking skills but excellent offensive and defensive skills.
Relatively speaking, Leeds United's back line is still a little weaker, although there are cadres like Ben Parker, there are also excellent young defenders like Reid to join, and Connorie's assist ability is not weak, but relatively speaking, this back line is still the weakest link of Leeds United, and the defensive ability of the "Young Guard" has not been very reassuring, even if there is a moving castle "Shaq" in front of the back line to block the enemy's attack.
Goalkeeper Andy Ronegan has played well this season, conceding only 23 goals in 34 games, and has become a member of Simon Grayson's plan for next season with his own performance, after all, it is difficult to find a reliable goalkeeper this year, and the Leeds United manager does not plan to find a replacement for Roneckan immediately, but hopes that he can live up to expectations and always pick up the task of guarding the team.
With such a strong strength as Leeds United, it is naturally invincible in the English Champions League, but if you encounter a strong opponent like the "Gunners", it will undoubtedly be a fool's dream if you want to win easily.
When preparing for the Arsenal game, Simon Grayson's main instruction was not to prevent the "Gunners" from attacking with mercury, but to focus on strengthening the team's attack, such as how to cooperate in corner kicks and set-pieces, how to grasp the timing of Wang Tiezhu's long-range shot, how to feed him the ball and build a turret when he rushes up, how to open up the space for the striker players, etc.
Wang Tiezhu's performance this season is really amazing, because he has increased his long-range shooting surname to 20 full value, so his long-range heavy artillery has become a big weapon for Leeds United to attack the city, many times his long-range shot can easily open the door to victory for the team, plus his excellent defensive ability is there, even if he is weaker in passing and organizing the attack, head coach Simon Grayson has always built the team with him as the core, Even captain Jonny Hausen has no opinion on this approach, because in the eyes of everyone, "Shak" is the most trustworthy one, and the "Young Guards" can sweep all opponents in the English Champions League, "Shak" is indispensable!
According to Simon Grayson's pre-match arrangement, everyone in Leeds United understands what kind of fierce battle this away game against the "Gunners" Arsenal will be, they will not fight against the opponent defensively, but with the opponent to fight who can score more goals.
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