Chapter 8: New Coaches
Just as George was changing his style of play under the careful tutelage of Dalglish, and Liverpool was not idle, on June 9, Liverpool's spokesperson finally announced the news of Liverpool's new coach in front of many media, this person is Valencia's head coach, Spaniard Rafa Benitez.
When this news was announced, it immediately caused a sensation throughout the United Kingdom. You must know that Liverpool is not a weak team in the Premier League, but a strong team.
When receiving the news of Liverpool's change of manager, everyone was quietly waiting, waiting for Benitez's Liverpool to have a chemical effect. Will Liverpool, under the leadership of Benitez, begin a strong recovery, or will it sink completely.
Liverpool fans are faced with this situation, divided into two completely different positions, one side is that Liverpool will be led by new coach Benitez, just like Benitez led Valencia, to win the first La Liga title in 31 years in the first season, allowing Liverpool to regain the Premier League title that they have not tasted for a long time.
On the other hand, of course, there is a huge suspicion of the new coach Benitez, doubting whether Benitez is qualified to lead Liverpool, and Benitez does not crown himself as a world-class coach with countless accolades like Ferguson and Capello. Although Benitez has achieved a miraculous result in Valencia, some Liverpool fans are still skeptical.
Since Benitez has become Liverpool's new manager, it is natural that the former manager Houllier naturally left Liverpool with a trace of bitterness and loss without the fans and the media careless, and began to look for another way of his own.
This is football in today's world, no matter what kind of results you achieve, if you don't reach a certain level, your managerial position is like the wind.
When Houllier left, in the whole Liverpool, only Owen, Gerrard, and George went to see Houllier. For Owen and Gerrard, Houllier is undoubtedly his own Bole, and it is Houllier's bold use of the two that has made the two slowly grow into stars at a young age.
It can be said that Hollier's status in the hearts of the two is still very high, as for George, he is fine, thinking that Owen and Gerald are going to send Holier, thinking that he is fine, he will be fine, so he followed the two to send Holier.
For George, he actually doesn't like Houllier very much, although George has played a lot under Houllier, and he also performs very well. But in Houllier's mind, whenever he has the opportunity, he will start Barosh, and George is more often than a substitute, or that kind of firefighter.
Obviously, his performance and role on the field are far stronger than that of the Czech Barosh, but in the choice of George and Barosh, Houllier chooses Barosh every time, which makes the arrogant George, how can he have a good impression of Houllier.
George didn't know, in fact, Houllier also knew very well that compared to George, Barosh was indeed much worse. But Houllier couldn't help it, the club's forward problem was more serious at the beginning, and there was no way, so in the end, he could only buy Barosh with the Czech Republic in order to strengthen Liverpool's forward strength.
But how could Hollier have imagined that Liverpool's formidable youth training camp would send a super striker after sending Fowler and Owen. But at that time, Baros had already come to Liverpool, and Houllier had not reached that level of shamelessness, so Baros was sent back.
Therefore, in the league, Houllier has always wanted to tell Liverpool fans and senior management that the purchase of Baros is not a loss-making business, as long as there is an opportunity to let Baros start, it is possible that Baros can get more playing time, hoping that Baros can have a wonderful performance and prove his worth.
It's a pity that Baros seems to have just arrived in England, exposed to the Premier League, everything is not used to everything, and he is performing badly, and at this time, George began to rise.
Hollier looked at George and Owen and Gerrard coldly, and suddenly sighed with emotion, he didn't expect that when he left, there were only three players in the entire Liverpool to send him, thinking of this, Hollier suddenly felt bitter.
"Michael, you're a very talented player, you're characterized by your speed and technique, but you're not strong enough, you have to work on your body and avoid injury."
"Steven, you're very physical, you're very physical, especially with a great long pass. But you need to strengthen your defence, but at the same time be bold, get forward when you have the chance, and don't forget that you have Dittmar behind you. ”
"George~ Hey! I don't know what to say, your performance is perfect, there are no special shortcomings, the only thing lacking is experience, but your mental quality is very good, plus experience takes time to accumulate, so I am not worried about that. But you can be impulsive sometimes, and although sometimes you have to be tough on the pitch, it depends on the situation. In short~ In short, you are perfect, I have nothing to say, I can only blame me for being too selfish and not using you well, otherwise, I would not have fallen to this point now. ”
As Hollier was about to get on the plane, Hollier began to talk about the characteristics and shortcomings of Owen and Gerald, which made their eyes sparkle and they almost burst into tears.
However, when Hollier talked about George, he suddenly looked helpless and a little embarrassed. After learning that Liverpool had dismissed his position as head coach, Houllier always wondered if he had not been so stubborn and insisted on using Barosh instead of choosing George, who was in better shape, would have gotten to this point today.
But these things have happened after all, and it is useless for Hollier to regret it now. What's more, as long as people are like this, any coach, if he coaches the national team, has more choices, or will choose the players he is familiar with, especially the players he has coached, which can be regarded as his own team, which is not uncommon in football. The most common is a club, changing a manager, and the manager will also strongly ask the club to buy one or two players who are easy to use for themselves, and once they arrive at the club, they may be the main team.
In the end, Houllier is still gone, Houllier's departure is a little tragic, Liverpool fans, except for a few, have long forgotten Houllier's great feat of leading the team to the treble, and have long forgotten Houllier's bold use of Owen and Gerrard's feats. Now Liverpool fans only know that Houllier's inaction this season has left Liverpool with nothing, which has to be said to be a kind of irony.
"Okay, don't think too much, now that everyone is gone, let's go back. After all, as the two of you said, this kind of thing happens a lot in football, and the only thing we can do is to silently bless it. The new coach is coming, so let's prepare well and try to make a good impression in front of the new coach, and gaining the trust of the new coach is more important than anything else. ”
Seeing that Owen and Gerald were still reluctant, George couldn't help but persuade. In fact, Owen and Gerald also understood this truth, although they were a little sad, but the two quickly recovered and left the airport with George.
(One more today!) This time is collected very quickly, and the madman also knows that this time is badly written, but the madman is not like explaining anything, and the explanation is a cover-up. In short, the madman will continue to write, write well, and the situation will not be the same again. After all, a madman is a newcomer, please forgive me, read the book, and take it off the shelves if you are unhappy, even if the comments are not too radical, the madman is afraid that he will not be able to bear it. In short, no matter what everyone thinks of this book, the madman will insist on writing it, although he is a newcomer, he still has to adhere to the principles, at least he can't be a eunuch. )