Ye Qiu once saw such an article in his coaching system, which very clearly explained the core elements of a football club's success, not an outstanding head coach, not a great chairman, not a group of very good superstars, but long-term stability.

This stability encompasses all aspects of the team, including the chairman, including the management, including the head coach and coaching staff, but also the players, and even some of the club's key employees and staff.

Throughout the history of football, almost all great football clubs have been born in periods of stability.

The peak of Real Madrid was the Bernabeu period of the president, and even the Five Eagles period in the later eighties can be seen as a legacy of the Mendoza period; AC Milan's peak came from Sachi, and after Sachi, Capello, the two can be regarded as in the same vein.

The same case happened to many teams, such as Liverpool, although Liverpool had many changes in the manager at its peak, but Liverpool at that time had a very famous culture called the boot room culture, that is, the managers were all from the previous team of assistants, which can ensure the long-term stability of the team.

If you carefully study the history of all the great and successful teams, it is not difficult to find that in fact, this kind of head coach inheritance from the boot room culture is not an isolated phenomenon, but a very common phenomenon, because all teams with a stable tactical system will first consider adopting this approach to ensure the unity and inheritance of the team's tactics.

Of course, this inheritance does not mean that there is no change at all, but that it is possible to inherit the advantages of the good and then find ways to improve the disadvantages and adopt a gradual reform, which is not only applicable to one country, but also to a team, especially a professional team, which basically has a huge pressure on performance.

It's true for the manager, it's the same for the players.

If any team at its peak wants to ensure stability, in addition to the manager, the stability of the player lineup is also a major key, and this also involves the transfer of the team.

Stability doesn't mean you don't transfer, and if you don't transfer, it's a pool of stagnant water, without novelty and vitality.

The so-called stability is also to adopt a gradual transfer method, keeping the advantages and improving the weaknesses.

And all the fans know that every manager will have his own different tactical ideas and ideas, if it is not to adopt this kind of inheritance similar to the boot room culture, the first thing the new head coach will do when he comes to power, it must be to reorganize the team, bring in some players who are in line with his own preferences and his tactical philosophy, which will inevitably cause turmoil.

Therefore, almost all great teams at their peak often represent the success of this team in terms of youth training.

This is definitely not an accident, but an inevitability, the reason is very simple, the team is stable in all aspects, the head coach is familiar with the team's tactical system, does not easily reorganize the team lineup, and the team has a group of outstanding young players rising, driving the team's internal competition, stimulating the pressure of the players in the team, such a team is the easiest team to succeed.

Some people may think it's strange again, how to ensure the output of youth training?

This involves many aspects of the problem, but the output of the youth training here does not mean that it must have grown up in the club since childhood and become a talent, such a so-called youth training concept is too narrow, because we must understand that the greatest use of the youth training system is to cultivate available talents for the first team, so there is no need to care about whether this person comes to the team at the age of eight, or eighteen years old, as long as it is a talent for the first team, it is considered a successful youth training

Someone once made such a statistic, which is also the recruitment strategy that teams including Lyon, Ajax, Porto and other teams have always pursued, that is, the recruitment of the first team is generally around 20 years old, and according to the precocious characteristics of young players now, it can be appropriately relaxed to about 18 years old.

Why would a team known for its black shop pursue such a strategy?

There are many reasons, young players around the age of 20 are generally formed in skills and tactics, and they are in the rapid development stage of their careers, so at this time, they are introduced, and the success rate is very high, but because they are still growing rapidly, the general price is not too high, it can be described as good quality and low price, after being introduced to the team, they can shoot at any time after playing famous and earn the difference.

So, what if you are younger?

There is a question of risk and fiscal control.

No matter how young the players are, such as about eighteen years old, generally the players who play stable strength in this young segment are very famous, such as Rooney, the transfer fee is very high, because they are all called genius teenagers, and it is not cost-effective to introduce them at this time, and if the strength is not stable, the probability of becoming a talent will be more risky

There is another problem, when the big teams are generally considering high-priced reinforcements, they will first consider mature players, and it will take at least three years to join the team at the age of eighteen, and some even to twenty-four or five years old

All people who do trade know what kind of trade is the most profitable?

Fast in and fast out, there is no financial pressure, that is to say, for trade teams, they not only have to consider buying players, but also consider how long the players hold in their hands, the best thing is of course to play for a period of time after the introduction, sell quickly after the price rises, no financial pressure, and earn the difference from it, this is the most ideal result, and the longer it stays in the hands, the more unfavorable it is for the team's financial operation, so fast in and fast out is the strategy pursued by all black store teams.

That's why there is such a rule, around twenty years old is the golden age for first-team recruitment

But this obviously does not apply to Tottenham Hotspur, because Tottenham Hotspur is a team with a mature tactical framework, and they have certain requirements for the skills of players, so whether players can be integrated into the team when they are brought in at the age of 20 is a question, and there is a question of the length of adaptation.

In Ye Qiu's view, for a youth training team like Tottenham Hotspur, the most suitable age for the youth team to introduce players should be around 14 years old, because the 14-year-old player's technical plasticity is still there, play for two or three years after joining the team, adapt to the overall tactical system of the team, and after emerging from the scene, then enter the first team to play substitutes and cup matches, and those who have the strength to climb up and enter the rotation, and even the first team.

For this, it is not Ye Qiu who created it himself, in fact, including Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Arsenal and other teams, and even Ajax's youth training camp, all pursue this policy of introducing youth training semi-finished products, but this requires a premise, that is, the team itself has a certain amount of youth training and! Sculpt the strength of the players.

Including Pogba, Ramsey, Varane, Nastasic, Hazard and other players, basically came to the team around the age of fourteen or fifteen, and Tottenham Hotspur arranged manpower from the beginning to focus on cultivating these players, for example, Ye Qiu asked Moniz and Muhrensteen to focus on taking care of this group of young players, and even arranged professional coaches for one-on-one guidance in some cases.

Not only that, Ye Qiu also dared to let go of power, Pogba will not turn 17 until March, but he has already played in the reserve team for half a season, and has played many games in the League Cup, and has had direct face-to-face battles with lower teams and Premier League teams.

There are also Raphael Varane and Nastasic, who are also under the age of 17 but still play in the Carabao Cup and are doing well.

To explain with Ye Qiu's idea, it is to use the game to cultivate players, and for games like the League Cup and FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur actually does not attach importance to it, and the pursuit of the north London team is in the Premier League and the Champions League, so Ye Qiu uses the cup to cultivate young players.

For example, this season, the English media is hyping the young player Nobel Lazaros of Barnsley in the Championship, this player is only 15 years and 45 days old this season, and he made his debut in the Championship, but he appeared in the cup last season and played twice, and he has now attracted the attention of Manchester United, and Ferguson also invited him to Carrington for a trial

So don't look at Pogba, Nastasic and Varane are only 16 years old, but when you put it into the framework and system of the whole team of Tottenham Hotspur, they are not bad, because in the team, they are not alone, as long as they integrate themselves into the whole system of the team, the individual weaknesses will be properly covered up, and they may even perform well.

It's like this counterattack against Manchester City, Cavani rushed to the front, attracting artillery fire, Hazzard, Ramsey, Pogba and others followed, and Cavani also quickly caught up with the ball, trying to break through with inertia, but failed, after being intercepted by Zabaleta, the latter did not clear the distance.

Hazard caught up and passed to Ramsey, who also failed to make an effective attack and then distributed it to Pogba.

This tiger-headed African-French player seized the opportunity as soon as he came up, picked up his foot and directly fired a heavy long-range shot.

Given, too, did not expect Pogba to suddenly come back again, and by the time he reacted, the latter's long-range shot had already crossed the goal line and drilled straight into the net, 0

Pogba, who has dark skin and hair like a mess of grass, quickly rushed to the sidelines after seeing the goal, opened his big mouth excitedly along the way, revealing a mouth full of white teeth, and after rushing to the sidelines, he was even more excited to stick out his tongue at the camera, but was rushed up from behind by his teammates and hugged him directly.

Under the age of seventeen, Paul Pogba broke Tottenham Hotspur's record for the youngest goalscorer, albeit only in a cup competition

All the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium were very excited, they obviously felt the strength of the club to promote young players, and this group of young players is indeed very powerful, although they have all kinds of shortcomings and shortcomings, but the improvement is very obvious, especially in the cup competition, the performance is very standard.

This can't help but remind people of last Christmas's Talent Day selection event, Tottenham Hotspur signed 15 young players in one go, which caused a huge response in English football, and even many people openly bombarded Tottenham Hotspur's behavior, believing that both the FA and the Premier League should give appropriate restrictions.

Young people are the future of the team, and when young people do well, the future of the team is bright

And Tottenham Hotspur's current batch of young players is indeed hopeful, whether it is Pogba, Varane, Nastasic and other young players who are still in the reserves, or Phil Jones, Ramsey, Kyle Walker, Hazzard and other young players who have already performed in the first team, they all make people feel their bright future.

Tottenham's goal completely pushed Manchester City off the cliff, forcing Roberto Mancini's side to fight back.

Because according to the League Cup format, the semi-finals are played over two legs, if the aggregate score of the two sides is tied, the team with more goals will advance directly, and if the two sides have the same number of goals, it will be overtime, and if the extra time is the same, then the side with more away goals will win directly.

The first leg is I, but now Tottenham Hotspur has scored in the second leg, 0 The aggregate score between the two sides is according to the rules, if the score has not been changed after entering extra time, Tottenham Hotspur has an away goal and automatically gets promoted.

Therefore, after Tottenham Hotspur scored, the Manchester City team almost desperately launched a round of onslaught against Tottenham Hotspur, and Tottenham Hotspur was also a little embarrassed by Manchester City's crazy attack, and had to retreat and counterattack.

But as time went by, Mancini gradually felt the pressure, and successively replaced Santa Cruz, Bellamy and other players to continue to strengthen the team's attack, which made Tottenham Hotspur's entire defense tight, Ye Qiu even directly changed the formation, let Beckham return to the back position, and the team began to pay more attention to defense.

The two sides are in full swing, especially in the final stage of the game, Tottenham Hotspur's group of youngsters are almost exhausted, after all, they are at a disadvantage in age, and their physical fitness is naturally not as good as those stars in their twenties and in their prime, so the later the time, the more obvious their disadvantage is.

Ye Qiu also exhausted the substitutions at the team's difficult moments, further coupled with the team's defense, and successfully dragged the game into extra time, and the tenacious performance of Tottenham Hotspur's group of young players desperately resisting Manchester City's attack still won the recognition and affirmation of the fans in the stands.

But not long after extra time, Robinho took advantage of a mistake in Tottenham's defence to help Manchester City score the equaliser, which also caused Tottenham Hotspur to lose a mountain, followed by Santa Cruz assisting Bellamy to score again, and finally Manchester City reversed Tottenham Hotspur again

Both legs were scored first and reversed, which made the group of Tottenham Hotspur youngsters who tried their best feel very depressed and unhappy, at least in their opinion, if they were more tenacious and work harder, maybe Manchester City would not be able to score.

But after the game, all the fans at White Hart Lane stood up and gave a round of applause to the young players, who deserved recognition for their performance despite being knocked out of the Carabao Cup and failing to pull off a miracle in the end.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, hugging the players who walked off the court one by one, he told each player that he was proud of their performance, and also encouraged them not to be discouraged, continue to strengthen their strength, and there will be a chance to take revenge.

When every player walked off the field, they were obviously disappointed and frustrated, but this was not unexpected by Ye Qiu, and he was not even surprised to lose, because Tottenham Hotspur was too young, especially this group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old players, facing Manchester City like a wolf, Ye Qiu was mentally prepared for losing

But why should he continue to choose this group of players?

Why did he announce his starting line-up early after the first leg and continue to play them?

In addition to rotating for the main team of the first team, Ye Qiu also wants to tell all the young players that the coaching staff has a lot of trust in them, and the players' performance in the second leg is indeed quite good.

The League Cup championship has a chance to compete for every season, but if you can exchange the loss of the League Cup for a season of ambition and fighting spirit of young players, Ye Qiu feels that no matter how you look at it, it is quite a good deal.

At the press conference after the game, Ye Qiu also repeatedly said that he was proud and proud of the performance of this group of young players, and would continue to give them opportunities to get more game time to show their strength.

Not only Ye Qiu, but the British media also gave a very high evaluation to Tottenham Hotspur, a group of young players who are almost considered youth teams, to play so hard with Manchester City, thinking that the performance of Tottenham Hotspur's youth echelon made everyone see hope, and the 16-year-old Pogba, who scored a goal for Tottenham Hotspur, also made everyone remember his name.

Three days after playing the second leg of the League Cup, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Leeds United, who had been relegated to the third tier of League One, and Tottenham Hotspur defeated Leeds United with a hat-trick from Cavani.

Although this group of young players were eliminated from the League Cup, they continued to get opportunities in the FA Cup, and their performance was clearly so good that as the winter break transfer period drew to an end, there were many teams making offers to Tottenham Hotspur's group of youngsters, including Pogba and Joe Hart, but Tottenham Hotspur said that they are the future of the team and are not for sale.

Not only that, Tottenham Hotspur also announced early that they had reached an agreement with these young players and signed a contract, and as early as last year, when they just turned 16, they had become official professional players, which can be regarded as blocking the outside world's coveting of Tottenham Hotspur's group of young gems.

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