Chapter Twenty-Three: I Say You Can, You Can!
Just when Wan Sheng was thinking about the core position of the team's new formation, the outside media reports on Derby County were already boiling.
Derby County drew with Fulham on home soil, a result that surprised many, even the hostile Derby media, although they didn't want to see Derby County do well, they still didn't think Fulham had the quality to challenge Derby, but this was the result, Fulham drew with Derby by surprise, so there was a lot of talk about the strength of the Derby team.
Some media close to Derbyshire said that it was just Fulham's sudden prominence;
Neutral media have said Derby County's form has been up and down;
Needless to say, the attitude of the hostile media must have been another criticism and some disappointment after an analysis and discussion of Derbyshire.
In fact, the media focus is on Derby County, and it has to do with the shape of the season.
In the past, there are always only two teams that focus most on England, that is, Manchester United and Arsenal, Ferguson's Manchester United has always been the hegemony of England, and the only one who can compete with them is Wenger's Arsenal, which also set a record of 49 league games unbeaten last season, so as to win the league title.
Many England fans are a little tired of watching the reports of Manchester United and Arsenal.
Every year it's Manchester United, Arsenal, every season it's Manchester United, Arsenal, and the managers of these two teams haven't changed, especially these two teams have always dominated the Premier League, except for their own fans who are happy to see the team good, other fans don't see it that way, even if the team they support can't compare with Manchester United and Arsenal, but they also want other teams to stand up. Change the shape of the Premier League.
This season, this change has occurred.
The most prominent of the previous rounds of the league is undoubtedly Chelsea, which is ranked first in the league, from last summer to this summer, Russia's richest man Abramovich threw nearly 200 million euros in the European transfer market to buy stars for Chelsea, creating the current luxury squad, and Mourinho, a popular European manager, to lead. So Chelsea finally had a breakout.
With five wins and one draw in six rounds, they beat Manchester United, Liverpool and other teams to top the Premier League, and Mourinho's unbridled statements in the media quickly earned him the title of 'madman', and the two combined. That catapulted Chelsea into the spotlight of English media coverage.
Apart from Chelsea, another focus is on Derby County.
Derby County are a team that has been riddled with contradictions in the media and their results are no worse, with three wins and three draws in six games unbeaten, although not as good as Chelsea. But it is only four points short, with this result, Derby County has also risen to sixth in the league, but unlike Chelsea, the media is not optimistic about Derby County, one is because most of the English media have not yet liked Mourinho, and the other is because Derby County is just a promoted horse - Chelsea has a good result, which is Abramovich's 200 million euros. What is the reason for Derbyshire's good results? For things that cannot be explained, they can only oppose them, which may also be a common feature of human beings.
The English media did not have a favorable opinion of Wan Sheng. Actually, there is a reason.
Mourinho is also not popular, his big mouth has provoked many people, in contrast, Wan Sheng is still very kind in the interview, but the main problem is that Wan Sheng is only more than 27 years old, and Mourinho is already 42 years old. At the same time, Wansheng is still Chinese, and Europeans still have some discrimination against Orientals. This is a common phenomenon in Europe, a 27-year-old football coach from a football desert country. Actually succeeding in the English league is something that many proud Englishmen can't accept.
In addition, Wan Sheng is more resolute than Mourinho in 'offending the media', for example, he insisted on rejecting the "Daily Mirror", and even offended Murdoch's News Corporation, and publicly said 'whatever the reporter says', 'listen to me on my home turf', 'only if I agree, you have the right to ask questions', etc. The classic quotations have been recorded by reporters, and it has also become one of the reasons why the English media do not have much good impression of Wan Sheng, of course, the most fundamental reason is Wan Sheng's nationality and age, if he is an Englishman, the attitude of the media will definitely change now, and he has become 'personality'.
It is precisely because of the media's attitude towards Wansheng that after looking at the first six rounds of the league, some media have something to say.
They think Derby County are 'in shaky form', "six league games, Derby County have been good and bad, and it has something to do with their youth, with their tactics, and perhaps more with the age of their manager, Wan Sheng, who is still very young and immature in terms of coaching the team"
"Now that Derby County are unbeaten in six games, it looks like a good result, but in fact the crisis is approaching. A lot of horses who have been promoted in the past have had a good start to the race, but if they lose the last game, they will lose in a row, and I think Derby County will soon have that kind of situation."
Looking through the reports of these newspapers, Wan Sheng felt very funny.
The interpretation of Derby County by these English media is really pervasive, and he thinks all kinds of speculations are true, but in fact, except for himself, everyone else knows a fart!
In the end, Wan Sheng couldn't help but smash the newspaper four.
After venting, Wan Sheng felt a little funny, he was actually affected by the report, I guess this is what they are happy to see, but he thinks it's nothing, after all, he is just an ordinary person, and ordinary people will also like others to say good things about themselves, instead of still seeing critical reports after some achievements.
Wan Sheng shook his head indifferently, and then stared at the tactical board and thought carefully, this afternoon he had been thinking about the possibility of using Alfred as the core, and after a comprehensive observation of Alfred's attributes, he came to a conclusion - Alfred still has some insufficient ability to become the core of attack and defense.
In the past year or so, Alfred has grown a lot, in addition to game experience and other aspects, in terms of personal ability, Alfred is not weaker than captain Marcus at all. Even some talented aspects, such as steals, header clearances, and physical confrontations, these abilities are much better than Marcus, especially steals and physical confrontations, and the attribute evaluation is more than 92. This also gave Alfred a high overall rating of 86 points for his personal ability.
But the core of offense and defense is not just based on the comprehensive evaluation of individuals.
Alfred has one ability that is not up to the requirements, that is, passing, the core of attack and defense is not a central defender, many times as an offensive or counter-attacking www.biquge.info, passing ability is quite important. Alfred's passing ability is only '79', which is also low for the current team, and he wants to be the core of attack and defense, and has a good table. The passing ability must be at least '85', so that with the bonus of coaching skills, it can be around 90 points on the field of play to be the core of a Premier League powerhouse - yes, Wansheng has positioned the team as a Premier League powerhouse.
If he is positioned as an ordinary team, he doesn't need to think about any new formation at all, just using the original formation is enough to ensure results, but he wants to win three championships. This positioning is definitely not good, Wansheng has high requirements for the team, and the team as the core point has high requirements.
But here comes the problem again. Osman, Peter Kennedy, Ferdinand, plus Morris and Van der Vaart, who have been ruled out, these players cannot be used as the core, and Alfred can't, so they can only give up the new formation?
Wansheng was a little unwilling.
The new formation is something he came up with after a long period of deliberation to increase the team's attack. Its attacking ability has been proven in the game, and the only problem is to have an extra core player. Solidify the team's defense.
Alfred just doesn't pass well just!?
Wan Sheng suddenly thought of something, and surprise flashed on his face. With wide eyes, he hurriedly opened the soccer trainer system and immediately checked his skills.
Really!
In the training skills, the introduction of a new skill comes into view.
"Rapid progress, a training type of advanced skill.
Passive: Your players have 20% less mission requirements when doing individual training.
Activation: Actively activate the skill, you can designate a player, and for the next month, you will receive double attribute rewards for submitting tasks for personal training. ”
This is a newly acquired training skill in the summer, he didn't care about it before, after all, the passive attribute 'task requirement is reduced by 20%' and he doesn't have to care about it at all, it will have an effect, he knows this active effect, but he hasn't wanted to use it, in his opinion, this active effect only adds double attribute rewards to one player, and it is definitely not as good as the whole team's '20% reduction'.
But now it's different!
The problem now is to let Alfred quickly increase his passing ability in a short period of time, with this active effect bonus, Alfred only needs to submit three tasks to increase his passing ability to 85 points, three rounds of tasks, if it is just training passing, about a month is enough, right?
At the end of the Derby County training session that afternoon, Alfred was about to go back to the dressing room to clean up, but Diamares stopped him.
"Beck, wait a minute, Wansheng asked you to go to his office." Diamares said.
Alfred was stunned.
Bolton Reiter and Ivan Crewe, who were next to him, were all smiling gloatingly, but Van der Vaart didn't know why, so Ivan Crewe explained to him, "I don't think anyone likes to go to the office and face the boss alone!" ”
Ivan Crewe nodded with deep emotion as he spoke.
He was called by Wan Sheng, and he was very apprehensive at the time, although that time was actually a good thing, and Wan Sheng planned to focus on cultivating him, but he still has lingering palpitations, because the atmosphere of facing the coach alone is too depressing.
Van der Vaart still didn't quite understand, but he understood what Ivan Crewe meant, "It's not a good thing", it's as simple as that.
So he stepped forward and patted Alfred on the shoulder to comfort him, and then laughed and returned to the locker room with the rest of his teammates, who stood there with a bitter face and gritted his teeth at these teammates who had 'abandoned' him.
He hurriedly asked Diamares, "Mr. Diamares, do you know what the boss told me to do?" 'Unlike the rest of the players, Alfred and Reitt came through the Derby County Academy and have a lot of respect for their coaches, despite Diamares' repeated requests to call themselves 'Gale'. But he insisted on being called 'Mr. Diamares'.
Diamares talked to Wan Sheng just now, but he knew that Wan Sheng wanted Alfred to try it out, but he didn't want to reveal anything in advance, just said, "It's a good thing." Beck, you'll find out when you go. ”
"A good thing?" Alfred didn't understand.
Alfred feels like he's not bad at the moment, a first-choice centre-back for Derby, playing in the top flight, a manager who trusts him, and a group of team-mates who have good connections. In terms of the team's position, especially after Marcus is injured, he is the pillar of the back line, so although the pressure is a little higher, it actually feels very good.
He couldn't figure out what Wan Sheng would tell him to do.
Is it a renewal?
No way. He has just completed a contract extension in the summer, and his weekly salary has been raised to about 10,000 pounds, which Alfred is still very satisfied with, but he values more that he can play under Wan Sheng.
But what can it be if it's not a renewal? After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't understand, but Alfred simply didn't want to think about it, and he would know when he went.
Soon Alfred walked into Wansheng's office.
Wan Sheng was staring at the tactical board in a daze, and Alfred walked in without reacting. After a long while, he turned his head to look over and said. "Beck, you're here."
"Didn't bother you, did you?" Alfred asked politely.
Wan Sheng shook his head, his face became stern, and he asked seriously, "Beck, do you want to be a star?" ”
Alfred was at a loss. He didn't expect the coach to ask such a question directly, and he didn't understand it. There was no answer either.
Approaching Wan Sheng, he added, "It's like Frank." It's like Rafael, look at them, after every game, there's a bunch of media coverage, they're already stars, do you want that? ”
Alfred was stunned and didn't know how to answer, and after a while he asked weakly, "Boss, can I do it?" ”
He still wants to be a star!
Then again, as a professional footballer, who doesn't want the media to report on themselves after every game! Who doesn't want to be a big star in everyone's eyes! Without such an idea, it is certain that this professional player must have limited abilities and it is difficult to become famous, just like ordinary people want to make money, they don't even have the idea of making a lot of money, and they can't make a lot of money if they are content with an ordinary life.
But Alfred has little confidence, he trusts his own strength, but he is just a defender, and it is much more difficult for a defender to become a star than a frontcourt star, even if it is a defender of a giant club such as Manchester United and Arsenal, it is rarely on the newspaper page, because it is difficult for them to attract the attention of fans just for their defensive appearance, not to mention, as a defender of Derby County, Alfred also thought that he would be often reported by the media, but that was at least a few years later.
Wan Sheng smiled and nodded, "Beck, do you believe me?" I said you can, you can do it. ”
Such a god-like statement made Alfred feel more confident, and he nodded firmly, "Well, boss, I can!" ”
Wan Sheng smiled.
This is the benefit of a high reverence value, Alfred has a reverence value of '118' for himself, this value can be compared with those faithful believers in God, this trust makes his job much easier, he came to Alfred, in fact, to do his mental work.
After all, Alfred is too young and has too little experience, and Wan Sheng is worried that he will be 'entrusted with heavy responsibilities', and it will be difficult for him to bear it on his shoulders, just like Peter Kennedy, who has enough ability, but can't pick up the beam at all, so there is no way at all.
After seeing Alfred's determination, Wansheng knew that he was halfway there.
He took out a new training plan and handed it to Alfred, "This is the training you will be doing in the next month, from tomorrow, you are in the formation premise, you have to work hard to adapt to the new position, as long as you can adapt, you are not far from becoming a star!" ”
Listening to Wan Sheng's words, Alfred's expression became more and more determined, and at the same time, he was secretly excited in his heart - is he finally going to become a star?
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