North Lanark, Phil Park Stadium.

In Leeds United's second warm-up match against Motherwell, the referee blew the whistle for the halfway game and the two sides went into half-time.

The two sides were tied 0-0 in the first half, and the Leeds United players entered the players' tunnel with a smile and walked to the dressing room.

Except, of course, two people.

Alan Smith and Robin van Persie are at loggerheads.

Van Persie kept gesturing with his two hands, while Smith kept shaking his hands.

In this game, Van Persie appeared on the right side, and on the left side Lee George sent Morten Pedersen, who had performed well in the previous game, and at the front was still Icelandic striker Orie Oscarsen.

The reason for the quarrel between Smith and Van Persie was that there were two balls in the first half, Van Persie cut inside on the right and did not pass to Smith, Smith felt that his position was out at the time, and Van Persie did not pass. Van Persie felt that Smith was too close to him, blocking his inward route.

This is a very common thing, just talk about it, but Smith is a stinky temper, and his voice grows louder when he talks about it. And Van Persie is not a master to mess with, he dared to defy the manager at a young age, and did not let Smith when he was loud.

"Do you want me to pull Alain out and persuade him?" Brian Kidd said to George Lee.

"No, it'll be fine for a while, this kind of thing will be common in the future." George Lee is a little indifferent to that.

"Won't the locker room be messy?"

"Now these two are arguing here, and the ones who come back from participating in the European Cup in a few days are not good birds, can you pull them over?"

Kidd thought about it, too.

It's just Van Persie and Smith now, and then Edgar Davies and Thomas Gravesson, both of whom are famous, and he's heard that the new Dutch defender, Juris Mathiesen, doesn't have a good temper.

Kidd thought as he walked as he walked past Danny Mills, the team's right wing-back, and Kidd took one look at his big bald head and thought of Gravison, who had not yet joined the team, and couldn't help but shudder.

"Coach Brian, are you alright?"

"It's fine."

As soon as Kidd walked to the break room, he saw George Lee start drawing on the whiteboard and start talking about tactics.

"Robin, you struggled a little bit on the right side in the first half, ...... like that"

George Lee picked up a sign and placed it in the penalty area of the tactical board.

At this time, Van Persie and Smith stopped arguing, one was drinking water there, and the other was wiping sweat not far away.

'As in the second half of the last game, you go ahead and play up front and give up the right side to James.

In Milner's game, George Lee asked him to play the half-game in the midfield, and the young man performed well, running and scrambling very actively, which would really stand next to Smith and wipe his sweat. Hearing George Li call out his name, he raised his head and looked at the tactical board, and then nodded desperately.

"Ori, you take a break in the second half. Daniel you go up, play on the left wing, like in the last game, a little bit more in-cut. Morten, you go back to midfield. ”

The Icelandic striker said "OK", his English is not particularly proficient, there is no problem listening, and he has to take his time.

Daniel Blatten came off the bench late in the last game, scoring his team's third goal after winning the ball on the left flank, cutting inside and slotting into the far corner.

And his Norwegian countryman Morten Pedersen, because of his excellent performance in the last game, was heavily marked by Motherwell in this game, and there was basically no chance to get off the ball on the left side. There were a few crosses in the first half, all of which were reluctant and of low quality.

"Everyone else rests and in the second half I'll let the other guys who didn't play in the last game go up and move, especially the guys at the back."

In this game, Ian Hart returned to the starting line-up, starting with Mathieson, Albuchesen and Kelly.

"The two full-backs plug in more often, don't be too late, don't be afraid of losing the ball, don't be afraid of being beaten behind, if you lose it, you will immediately counterattack, don't retreat, leave the two central defenders and Eric to keep an eye on that McDonald."

"Okay, that's all I have to say." George Li felt that there was no need to say so much about a warm-up game.

"Why are you targeting the Australian striker across the street like that?" Chris Casper asked secretly after Lee finished his tactical set-up.

"Is there one?"

"He didn't get the ball a couple of times in two games, and that's obviously something you put for Buck."

"Well, I'll admit, I was targeting him because that's what Coach Martin O'Neill told me."

"And he said, 'And thou shalt believe?'

"Coach Martin is a nice guy and he loves his wife a lot, which is very much like me......"

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West of Scotland, Frulen Council District, Paisley Town, outside St Mirren's Park Stadium.

Lee George, Casper, and McGee walk down the street on the east side of the gymnasium.

Leeds United and St Mirren's friendly match has just ended, with Leeds United winning 6-1.

George Lee and the three of them did not take the bus and returned to Glasgow with the team. Instead, he walked out of the gymnasium and walked down the street next to the Parc St Mirren stadium.

Casper looked around for a moment and said to George Lee.

"George, as much as I'd love to know about you and Jordi going to the red light district in the Netherlands, you don't have to bring me and Colin to a place like this."

Casper would say this because the name of the street is "Love Street", which translates to Love Street.

George Lee ignored Casper and continued to walk ahead until he came to a stop at the door of an old bar.

He glanced up at the sign, which was very old-fashioned and a little out of place with the other bars on Love Street.

"That's it." George Lee walked in first.

As soon as I entered the bar, I saw an old bartender wiping glasses in the bar, and the bar was relatively deserted, and few people were drinking.

"It's ......" McGee entered the bar and was intrigued by the pictures on the bar's walls.

There were a lot of old black-and-white photographs on the wall, and the one McGee was staring at depicted a man in his thirties and forties in a suit and plaid shirt and tie, pointing with his mouth wide open and pointing at the other side.

And a black and white photo hanging next to it, there are two players in the locker room, one is holding a wine bottle, the other is attached to something, and the other is sitting next to him wearing a shirt with two sleeves rolled up, it should be a team coach, holding a wine bottle and pouring wine into his mouth.

"Boss, three glasses of whiskey on the rocks, thank you."

"I didn't expect it, the old man was quite chic when he was young." McGee looked at the photos.

"It's ......" Casper heard McGee say before looking up at the pictures.

On the wall are pictures of some St Mirren's players and coaches, and the few photos they just looked at were their mentor, Sir Alex Ferguson.

In 1975, at the age of 34, Ferguson took over the reins of St Mirren and in two years led the team to the 1976-77 Scottish Second Division title, re-promoted to the top flight.

In 1978, Ferguson was dismissed as head coach due to a dispute with the top management of St Mirren, and Ferguson even took St Mirren to court afterwards.

"Do any of you remember our dreams when we were in the academy at Manchester United?" George Lee took the wine from the waiter and asked about Casper and McGee.

Alex Ferguson began coaching a Scottish league at the age of 34, but George Lee became the manager of a Premier League side at the age of 31. At the starting point, George Li is in possession, but I don't know if the future achievements will reach the height of his mentor.

"What else can there be, it's nothing more than helping Manchester United win the Premier League and standing at the top of Europe." McGee took a sip of his wine and said casually.

"That's you, I was one of the worst at the time, I didn't even think I'd be able to play for Manchester United." Caspar touched Lee with his glass, but he didn't drink it, as if he was thinking about what had happened before.

"Am I not the same, Ryan, David, they were so good, we couldn't compare to them at the time. Of course, George, you're different, you're God's favorite, and if it weren't for that, you might be the Footballer by now. ”

"He's been the best guy since he was a kid, and although he didn't come to our academy very often, he always called him over and helped him take notes during the coaching staff meetings. At that time, we all called him behind our backs...... "Casper couldn't remember.

"Trafford stenographer." McGee reminded him.

"Hehe~" The wine glasses of the three people touched together.

"It's a shame that Manchester United didn't have us ...... when they were in their glory"

McGee started talking about their three unsuccessful careers as players, and Casper talked to him about the hardships of the past few years.

The two did not sign with Manchester United as adults, and have been playing in the lower leagues.

A few minutes later, George Lee interrupted the grievances between the two of them.

"So, can you help me lead Leeds to the same glory as Manchester United?"

For George Li's words, the other two were stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other and laughed.

"Okay~"

"If you missed it once, you can't miss it a second time."

The three glasses collided again, and there was the sound of the glass colliding with each other, and the sound of ice cubes colliding with the glass.