Chapter 6: Simon Grayson

When the whistle blew at the end of the team's training match, Chris Sully walked up and shouted, "Zach, David, you two come here, the others hurry up and pack your things, don't you bastards want to go home!?" ”

After Chris Sully shouted, Nell Redfein and Rudy Crinole also came up and yelled, in their eyes, these players in the reserve team and youth team are their own children, even if they don't reach out and scold them, it is normal.

"Mr. Chris, what are you looking for me?"

David Soma was originally a first-team player, and now he is only recovering from injuries in the reserve team, his attitude towards Chris Sully is very polite and respectful, and Wang Tiezhu is different, he may have been influenced by Zach Thompson, maybe Chris Sully himself has affinity, this kid doesn't have so many scruples when he speaks, and he has regained some of his previous feelings in this training match just now, and even because of Zach Thompson's body and technique, he feels better, I wish this training match was a little longer.

Wang Tiezhu, who was in a good mood, came up and smiled: "Boss, my performance in the back is not bad, right?" ”

Chris Sully ignored Wang Tiezhu and asked David Soma with concern: "David, your knee has just recovered, how do you feel now?" ”

David Soma glanced at Wang Tiezhu beside him, then turned his head and smiled at Chris Sully: "Mr. Chris, thank you for your concern, I don't think there is any major problem with my legs, it's just that I haven't played for a long time, and I feel a little tired." ”

Chris Sully nodded: "Well, then I'm relieved, wait for you to go to the medical team for physical therapy and then go home, you know?" ”

"Okay, Mr. Chris!"

"Alright, let's go now, don't let that old thing Alain wait long, he'll complain to me!"

"Okay, I'll go over now! So Mr. Chris, goodbye! ”

"Goodbye!"

David Soma didn't leave immediately after saying goodbye to Chris Sully, turned his head and patted him on the shoulder: "Zach, I think defense will be more suitable for you than offense, I feel that you have the potential to become a world-class defensive player, especially the tenacity you showed when you pestered me, it really made me think I had met a professional player, but I know this is your first time playing in the back, so ...... Go for it! ”

"Hey...... Hey! ”

Listening to David Soma's praise, Wang Tiezhu didn't feel embarrassed at all, but smiled stupidly and honestly proudly, David Soma patted him on the shoulder again and said: "Zach, don't forget to inform everyone to wait for me to go with me at night, I said I want to invite you to dinner together!" ”

"No problem! David, I promise to call them all and wait for you in the locker room! ”

"Alright, Zach, Mr. Chris, I'll go first!"

David Soma waved his hand and left, Chris Sully looked at the back of this handsome high school striker leaving, and felt some gratitude to him, he believed that with what David Soma just said, even if he no longer encouraged Wang Tiezhu, he could really change his career to play a defensive position.

"Zach!"

Chris Sully looked at Wang Tiezhu seriously and asked, "This is your first time participating in the team's training after more than a month, how is it, do you feel that your ankles are uncomfortable?" ”

"Nope!"

Wang Tiezhu shook his head resolutely and vigorously, and said with a smile: "Boss, I now think that I am really a genius back player, I really took a detour before, hey!" ”

Chris Sully laughed and scolded, "You're a fool! I've told you a long time ago, your physical condition and your not-so-great offensive awareness have dictated, you kid can only get out if you play as a defensive player! But what did you say in the first place? You told me you just want to play as a striker! Hum! Now you know, right? I've been doing youth training for so many years, do you still misunderstand what kind of material you are? ”

Hey, this Zach is such an idiot, he can't get out of the way by playing offense, and he doesn't even know how to switch to defense, it's a waste of his own money, but now...... I just like to play defense!

Faced with Chris Sully's resentment that iron is not steel, Wang Tiezhu put up his signature smile again: "Hehe, boss, don't be angry, don't I understand your good intentions now?" In the future, I will definitely do my best to cooperate with your training plan and ensure that I will be able to meet your requirements! ”

Zach Thompson, who was no longer depressed after the injury, became very cheerful and even "scoundrel", and Chris Sully was amused: "Okay, you kid don't be poor with me here, although if you had changed to defense earlier, you might have become a talent by now, but no matter how you say it, you don't really realize this preciousness." But, Zach, you've wasted a lot of time, and maybe I won't be too your training these days, but after ten days at most, I'll let you know what hellish training is, and I'll definitely train you to be a good defensive player! ”

"Aha, boss, don't be polite to me, if a genius like me can't be cultivated, it's all your responsibility! Alright, sir, I still have to remind everyone that David has a treat in the evening, and I'm leaving! ”

Wang Tiezhu turned around and ran, Chris Sully watched him run away with a smile, and there was a kind of refreshment in his heart to keep the clouds open and see the moon, Zach Thompson is the most optimistic player in the declining Leeds youth team under his command, especially the ruthlessness of this kid in training after the loss of his family, Chris Sully is a little distressed to watch, he believes that there is such a kind of persistence that people will never succeed, but it is a pity...... This kid is on the wrong track!

However, now it's no problem!

Chris Sarri believes that as long as Zach Thompson, who is comfortable with changing his defense, can still have that ruthlessness, then in six months, maybe a year at most, he can become a qualified defensive player.

While Chris Sarri was in a good mood, Leeds United's first-team manager Simon Grayson was having a headache at this time......

Simon Grayson began his playing career at Leeds United, where he was able to play as both a midfielder and a defender, but his career was not glamorous, with no breakthrough at Leeds United, making just two appearances for the team in four years. In March 1992, Grayson signed for Leicester City and helped the team win the 1997 League Cup, where he was voted the club's Player of the Year in the same year. He moved to Aston Villa in 1997 and joined Blackburn Rovers in July 1999, making 34 appearances in his debut season before losing his place in the first team and being sent to Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke Harbour, Notts County and Bradford. On 19 July 2002, Grayson joined Blackpool as a free agent and played more than 100 games for the team, eventually becoming their captain. He started at right-back but was moved up front by then-manager Colin Hendry to strengthen the midfield, and after retiring in 2004 he began his coaching career at Blackpool, where he led the team to relegation, the Championship and a ninth place finish in the English Championship, which is already Blackpool's best result in nearly four decades.

In 2008, Leeds terminated the contract with manager Gary McAllister, and Grayson's name was frequently associated with the position of Leeds manager, and Blackpool tried to prevent Leeds from contacting their team's meritorious manager, but Simon Grayson finally chose to sign a new work contract, after all, it was Simon Grayson's wish to return to his parent club in a different capacity, and all he could do for Blackpool was to get more liquidated damages from Leeds.

Under the leadership of Simon Grayson, Leeds United finally returned to the English Championship last season, and through last season's efforts to regain a foothold, this season the team has begun to expect better results, if you can enter the play-offs and have the opportunity to impact the Premier League, it will be perfect, for this goal, club chairman Ken Bates has prepared 12 million pounds for Simon Grayson, but only 2 million pounds of this money can be used for transfers, The rest of the money is the team's salary budget.

Two million pounds seems like a lot, but this amount of money can't even make a splash in the transfer market, and Simon Grayson can only find some players in the lower leagues if he wants to buy people.

Sitting in a cluttered office full of information, Simon Grayson frowned and looked at the list of the first team in front of him, a list of twenty-four players' names written on it, Leeds United's lineup is honestly still very neat, three goalkeepers, eight defenders, nine midfielders, four forwards, eight defenders are just four central defenders, two left backs, two right backs, although there is no high striker like David Soma in the four forwards, but it is also very comprehensive, but the midfield makes Simon Grayson worry, There is not a single defensive midfielder among the nine midfielders, and there is no one who can play in the back.

Having led the team to the Championship last season, Simon Grayson has realised that he is facing a problem that his mentor Colin Hendry faced at the time: a lack of hardness in midfield.

The technical and tactical level of the Championship is not comparable to that of the Premier League, but the intensity of the game is very high, the physical requirements of the players are also higher, and the lack of midfield hardness is absolutely fatal for Leeds United, who are no longer able to rely on tactical superiority to attack opponents as they did in English League One.

If Leeds United want to improve in the Championship and even return to the Premier League, then the team needs to do better and get stronger overall.

But now...... Simon Grayson really wants to trade his three or four midfielders for two midfielders!

ps: Evergrande is powerful, my 20-year-old fans are very pleased, it is not in vain that the fat man is now four times more than that! Hahahaha~~~~~~~~~~

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