Chapter 22: Can This Little Guy Do It?
Derby County are coming into this game with the mindset of 'scoring as many goals as possible'.
This game must be won, Wan Sheng did not have the idea of experimenting with a new formation, in order to eliminate the opponent as much as possible, it is much more important to play better than to test the new formation, so the formation of Derby County is still 442, Morris, Ribery, Van der Vaart, Ivan Crewe and other main players also started.
Derby County took such a serious attitude against a Hungarian team that the outcome of the game was predictable.
Ferencvaros are a strong team in the Hungarian First Division, but they are only a Hungarian team after all, and even those Derby County hostile media must admit that Derby County can definitely be called above the middle of the table even in the Premier League, so there is hardly any suspense in the match between the two teams.
3:0, that's the final score.
Derby County were quite strong at the Pride Stadium, they were in control from the first minute of the game, and then scored a total of three goals in both halves, leaving Ferenc Varos completely unable to fight back, and in the final minute of the game, the Ferenc Varos players' watch was like sleepwalking.
Anyone can tell that this is a game with a huge disparity in quality.
In fact, Ferencvaros didn't expect the game to turn out like this, they basically don't know much about Derby, the news they know is that Derby County qualified for the UEFA Cup by virtue of the FA Cup winner, in addition, Derby County was still an English second-tier team last season, and this season is a promotion horse in the Premier League, so before the game they also think that the team has a chance to win away from home, but unfortunately there is often a gap between imagination and reality, And with the Ferencvaros players lost in the full-court press of Derby County, the gap between the two became even wider.
As a result, Derby County easily won 3-0.
But in fact, Wan Sheng is still a little dissatisfied with this result, 3:0 does not guarantee an absolute victory. If one more goal can be scored, there will be no suspense in the second leg, and the score of 3:0 still gives Ferenkvaros so much hope.
If Coach Ferencvaros knew Wansheng's thoughts, he would definitely vomit blood in frustration, but there is such a gap between the two teams.
After the game, Derby County didn't celebrate at all, as if it was just a warm-up game, and soon after they reached the fifth round of the league, Derby County travelled to Everton.
Facing David Moyes's side. Wan Sheng once again used a new formation, and the only change from the previous league game was that the starting core of the backfield was changed to Peter Kennedy.
After the start of the game, seeing Derby's starting line-up, many Derby County fans thought of previous media reports, they thought that Derby's defense had problems, and they were worried that Everton would score, especially if it was an away game.
But it was a smooth game.
Maybe because at the beginning of September, before the transfer window closed. Having just sold their best young talent of the decade, Wayne Rooney, or because of the 4-1 defeat to Arsenal in the north London derby, Everton were completely lost in the game. Their overall performance was extremely poor, even when manager David Moyes made two changes in a row and Derby County took advantage of the opportunity to score three goals, if not at the end of the game. Striker Kevin Campbell took advantage of the counter-attack and broke through Vidic's defence with individual ability to score the ball against goalkeeper Carrage. Tottenham Hotspur can't save even a shred of face on their home turf.
1:3。
Home and away, Derby County won the game comfortably.
In the game, Wan Sheng was quite satisfied with Peter Kennedy's defensive table, and he considered using Peter Kennedy as the core of the offense and defense, but it was too early to draw such a conclusion, after all, Everton's table in this game was indeed very bad, and Peter Kennedy did not need to face too much pressure, so there was nothing strange about the team's solid defense, and more games were needed to prove the correctness of the conclusion.
After the game, the media that voiced the Derby County defence was silent.
When the Derby County table was very good, no amount of noise they made would have helped, because the result of the game was in front of them, and it was impossible for Derby County to win 3-1 away, and they also said that Derby County had all kinds of problems, which is difficult for fans and readers to believe
Soon after, on 25 September, the sixth round of the Premier League was ushered in, with Derby County hosting Fulham.
Fulham were strong last season as they emerged from relegation and finished ninth. However, it turns out that their 'rich chairman' Fayyad completely regards Fulham as a tool to make money, and in the summer, the 'farmer' did not have any strength to strengthen, but sold Simon Davis and other key players, their strength naturally declined, and the results also declined, the results of the first five rounds of Fulham are not worth mentioning, 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses, and can only be compared with the promoted Manovich and Crystal Palace, they have been hovering on the edge of the relegation circle, and it seems that it is starting now, They're going to fight for relegation.
With such a team, few people think that they can pose a threat to Derby County at Pride Stadium, and Derby County are also promoted horses, but their table is much better than Norwich City and Crystal Palace, with three wins and two draws in five league games, and can even be compared with Manchester United.
But the result of the game was unexpected, Fulham held Derby County to a 3-3 draw at the Pride Stadium!
In this game, Derby County played extremely hard.
Fulham established the advantage in the first half, they scored two goals in a row, leaving the whole Derby County team a little lost, and the defensive problems at the back were highlighted to the maximum, and as a result, after the break, Wan Sheng replaced Peter Kennedy almost immediately, because he was 100% sure that this was Peter Kennedy's problem.
Peter Kennedy lacked individual ability as a core and was also very unstable, and on two occasions he was even directly broken by a Fulham player in front of the penalty area!
What is the reason for this, Wan Sheng doesn't have to think about it - not because of Peter Kennedy's defensive ability, but because he can't bear the psychological pressure of being the core.
His shoulders can't bear the burden!
The last game with Everton was better, Peter Kennedy didn't have much defensive pressure, so he naturally coped with it easily, but this time Fulham's attack was aimed at the middle, so Peter Kennedy couldn't hold on, the more he wanted to be stable, the greater the psychological pressure, and there were frequent mistakes in the game.
In this case, Wansheng can't do much.
But he is already very sure that Peter Kennedy is not the kind of player who can take on the heavy responsibility, and maybe his quality is not bad, but the mental quality is so bad that he will definitely not be able to use it as a core.
The annoyance of Wansheng is not only that, the second-half substitute Ferdinan also did not perform well, he also had similar problems, and at the same time, Ferdinnan's personal ability was also much worse.
Ferdinan can be said to be a veteran player under Wansheng, after Wansheng came to Derby, he quickly became a player who trained with Wansheng, all because of that injury, more than a year, nearly two years, Ferdinnan's personal ability has improved a lot, but the most important thing is that his original strength was too poor, in Gregory's Derby County, Ferdinand can only be used as a substitute, let alone the current Derby County, even if he has been with Wansheng for two years, The limitations of talent and age have also led to the limited growth of Fei Dingnan, and now he can only be a qualified substitute in the backfield.
Wan Sheng still feels a little pity, after all, Fei Dingnan is an old player who follows him, and his reverence for himself has exceeded one hundred early, and now there is even 122, this reverence value can be said that if Wan Sheng leaves the team, as long as he beckons, Fei Dingnan will follow him without hesitation.
But his strength
Wan Sheng was not worried about Ferdinnan, after experimenting with the new formation in the official game, he found that neither Osman, Ferdinan nor Peter Kennedy could be used as a core, so if he wanted to use the 4321 formation and increase the team's offensive ability, he had to choose other players as the core.
Could it be that Morris could only be allowed to retreat?
Morris can definitely do better when he drops back as the core, but Morris can play better in the frontcourt, and if Morris drops back as the offensive and defensive core, then the team's offense will definitely be worse.
So who is better suited?
With his chin in one hand, Wan Sheng stared at the internal match that was going on on the training ground, observing the appearance of each player.
Ribery, Morris, Ivan Crewe
After counting the players one by one, Wansheng is still uncertain, mainly because it is a pity that some players retreat as the core of attack and defense, and some players are completely unable to bear the heavy responsibility, and it is difficult for Wansheng to find the best choice.
At this moment, Ribery, who was on the offensive side of the field, broke through Lichtsteiner and Ferdinnan with the ball in a row, cut directly to the middle, ran a few steps to shoot, and suddenly a figure rushed over and blocked the front of the football with his body, and Ribery's shot was directly blocked out of the sideline.
Ribery turned his head to look at the ball that flew out of bounds, and complained to Alfred, who was blocking the ball, "Beck, it's just a training match, you don't need to take it so seriously!?" ”
Alfred smiled and touched his cheek embarrassedly.
And Wan Sheng, who was sitting on the grass, stared at Alfred and suddenly his eyes lit up, he only thought about the retreat of the frontcourt players, but did not think about the premise of the backcourt players, Baker Alfred, isn't it a very suitable one?
Even if Marcus is injured, many other players, such as Osman, Peter Kennedy, Ferdinand, Roussy and others can also play as central defenders, but not everyone can make a cameo at the core of attack and defense.
The key question is this little guy, can it work? (To be continued......) R1292