The Lions vs. Reds match has come to an end, and Millwall's advantage over Manchester United in the table has been extended to 20 points.

Alex Ferguson's side began to recover from the impact of European competition after the first half, but too many draws and back-to-back defeats in the first half, combined with a defeat in direct talks with Millwall, left the Reds feeling powerless in their quest to catch up with the leaders.

The old Scottish man also said in front of the media that Manchester United's road to defending the title is over, and congratulated Millwall in advance on winning the league title.

His remarks pushed Millwall to a higher position and became the target of the Premier League.

In fact, it's a killing.

On the one hand, it makes the Millwall players start to flutter, and on the other hand, it is to suggest that the opponent you are facing against other teams is the champion, and you can show some skills to give the championship a headache.

Aldridge didn't care, and when 10,000 journalists asked him, he answered the same thing: as long as United are consistent and good, they are still the favourites to win the title.

As the sun set, Aldrich drove home, passed by the supermarket to buy a lot of ingredients, and after returning home and drove the car into the garage, he carried his shopping bag and prepared to open the door with the keys.

Tick tick

There was a horn behind him, and he looked back and couldn't help but laugh.

I saw Ronaldinho wearing a somewhat stylish black jacket, tight jeans, and a motorcycle helmet, at this time, he pulled up the helmet goggles, gave Aldrich a cool thumbs up, and shouted at him in fluent English: "Boss, today is awesome!" ”

"Mr. Hall, come on, give me an autograph another day. May I? ”

Sitting on the back of the motorcycle, there was an older girl holding Ronaldinho's waist. He also greeted Aldrich.

Aldrich laughed and said, "It's getting dark." Why are you going? ”

Ronaldinho said: "Go out to eat and celebrate we won against Liverpool. Chief, are you coming? ”

Aldrich felt weird.

You're just a youth player, you haven't played a game for Millwall's first team, we won against Liverpool and you ran to celebrate?

He waved his hand and said, "No, you guys go and go home early in the evening." Don't drink. ”

"Don't worry, sir, I'll be back in the evening."

After speaking, Xiao Luo put down his helmet and goggles, and waved goodbye to Aldrich on the motorcycle.

Aldrich raised an eyebrow and sighed helplessly, opened the door and walked in.

Ronaldinho is much stronger than when he arrived last year, thanks to Millwall's systematic training system, and at the same time, he has worked hard to learn English, showing a strong desire to integrate into the environment from his first day here. Adapting to life here extremely quickly.

He can't learn English if he doesn't learn English, two months ago at Aldrich's house for dinner. Xiao Luo generously admitted: If you don't learn English, picking up girls is a big problem!

The girl sitting in the back of his car just now was a college student he had just arrived, listening to the story Xiao Luo told before, the other party was a fan, Xiao Luo was a star of the youth team, and the dry wood fire hit it off.

Aldridge didn't say anything about this, but just told Xiao Luo not to delay training, and Xiao Luo still understood that his future was guaranteed by playing football, so he played the package ticket with a professional attitude.

Originally, he was sixteen years old, and in England, he was already an adult, and it was normal for him to have a girlfriend, and Aldridge was happy to see his players have a stable partner, rather than a girl who was prettier with his eyes on where he was playing among the flowers, and that was the problem.

On the premise of not affecting his own work and affecting the image of the players and the club, Aldridge is not interested in the private lives of the players at all.

However, as a manager, he hopes that the players can form stable families as soon as possible, which will help men grow up, be more responsible, and be able to focus more on their careers rather than chasing beauty.

Players like Nedved, Larsson, Gareth Southgate, Schneider and others are such players, who have families early and have children, which makes them more focused on their careers, and a strong sense of family responsibility also makes them afraid of excessive social interaction.

After making his own dinner at home, Aldrich bathed early, then went back to his study to get back to work.

Recently he has been putting together a text of his training philosophy, and he wants to sort out Millwall's training system and youth training ideas, so that the club has a clear understanding from top to bottom.

The assessment of coaches in Europe is very strict, but even so, the level of coaches is still uneven, the ideas are inconsistent, and each has its own opinions and ideas.

Many famous youth teams are like this, such as Ajax, and this is also one of the advanced manifestations of the European youth training system, not relying on the coach's experience to teach the players, therefore, many coaches who have not played football or have low professional achievements can succeed, and many players who have been very brilliant in their careers have failed after becoming coaches, most likely because they are relying on their experience in coaching the team, not to talk about management, but the tactical thinking is out of touch with the times, and also because of the deep-rooted "player success experience" They can't change much.

In general, Millwall's youth training idea is roughly to practice more tactics and skills when you are young, and the proportion of physical training in youth is important, because players are over 23 years old, and the technical links are basically finalized, and some technical movements, 23 years old can not be done freely, and it is not expected that future training can be greatly improved, and in the stage around the age of 23, the proportion of strengthening physical training will gradually increase, and many talented technical players have a short peak period, and a big factor is to despise strengthening the body, Most of them are overconfident and obsessed with their foot skills, which leads to physical losses in more intense confrontations, making them more susceptible to injury.

What's more, the technical movements are based on physical fitness, even the most ordinary emergency stop and turn, which not only requires the flexibility and flexibility of the body, but also requires the body's ability to endure, and the physical fitness is not too hard. A sharp turn is not good, it is a sprain.

Following. The main team of the first team is on holiday. The other players have returned to the training ground to train, and some players who have been on vacation will also practice for themselves, such as Schneider, who was blown up in the game yesterday, he deliberately returned to the team to find Mulenstin, and the two watched the game video repeatedly in the conference room, and every time Schneider was blown up by McManaman, Mulensteen would take it out to explain to him the mistakes he had made.

This is a matter of pure defensive skill and technical ability, and in terms of speed, Schneider is not inferior to McManaman at all. Fighting for the body, he is not left behind, so it is still a matter of technical links and defensive experience.

Aldridge went to the youth team to discuss plans for the youth team with Najib.

He plans to continue to expand the youth team in the summer, with a lower age group.

"But the number of coaches is obviously not enough."

Nagy agreed with Aldrich's plan, but Rome was not built in a day.

"The real problem is that I have to talk to the youth coaches about the tactical thinking of the team, even though we try to keep the young players on the pitch as little as possible. But in dynamic team tactics, they still need to follow tactical routines. We now have to hire a coach and then have the coach learn our training policy first, and it can't be done overnight. ”

Najib's difficulties, Aldridge also understands, standing in the office of the youth training base, in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, his position can overlook several training grounds outside, there are almost six teams training on the field, which has been divided into different age groups, but because of the low threshold for recruiting new players in the past, among the seventy or eighty young players, the blood that can be delivered to the first team is only the ones that Aldridge focuses on introducing, and the rest are to accompany the prince to study.

"How many people will leave here in the summer?"

Aldrich asked lightly without looking back.

In the youth team, except for players like Villa, two Cole, Ronaldo and other players whose contracts are personally followed up by Aldridge, everyone else is signed on a one-year contract, and every summer, many players who are old enough to make a decision will leave the team, either to find opportunities elsewhere, or to leave the football circle.

Nagy picked up a copy of the youth team members on the table, opened the document himself, flipped through it, and said: "There are nine players who will not be renewed in the summer. ”

"How old are they?"

"The youngest is 17 years old, and the oldest is 20 years old."

"Give them a new contract, be a coach, stay if they want, and the club can develop them and work and further their education."

Najib's eyes lit up and he praised, "That's a good idea!" ”

This saves a lot of trouble, because the training that these players get at Millwall, they have a better understanding of the team's training system and philosophy, and they can be seamlessly connected, and they only need to enhance their professional knowledge before they can be employed.

And it's not for them to be the head coach, the threshold for the team's coaching qualifications is relatively high, in England, without three or five years, it is basically impossible, Aldridge has taken various exams before and after, and it took four and a half years to leap up and down.

Of course, ordinary coaches also need professional qualifications, but the FA is not so strict in managing this kind of thing, but this affects the team's signboard, whether you use a group of non-professionals to train players or use professionals, which will directly affect whether young players are willing to come to your youth base to sign up.

If you want to enter the first team, you must first have a higher level of professional certification, such as Jensen, Craig, Benitez and others, who have already passed various professional ratings in the past.

"Isn't the team building a new stadium? Do you want to expand the youth base in the summer? I think the first-team squad is a bit thin, especially the strikers, and if Larsson and Shevchenko are injured at the same time, you can't even have two substitutes. ”

Najib's words made Aldridge's face grim, he shook his head and said: "But we can't fight the rich, the competition in the transfer market will become bigger and bigger, because now is the stage of the growth of the football bubble, the stars who can fight, not to mention the giants, the first-line clubs are also eyeing it, we can only grab some good seedlings and semi-finished products." Most importantly, I hope that Millwall will make a name for youth development, and in the future, it will not only be for us to recruit talent, but also for a steady stream of talent. ”

Najib came to Aldridge's side, looked down with him at the sweaty young players on the training ground, and smiled: "Although this road is dangerous, I agree with you to persevere, and it is this that will make our success even more brilliant." ”

Aldrich nodded, his eyes sharpening.

This summer, there will be a big leap in financial revenue, and he is about to start a new round of expansion, and he wants to make Millwall a "cradle of superstars" in history! (To be continued......)