Elite Stadium, small meeting rooms.

Leeds United's coaching staff did not leave after the players had trained, but gathered in the conference room.

"I said, are we so suitable, we are almost using other people's gymnasiums as Thorpe Arches." Brian Kidd complained.

The room was not big, but the Leeds United coaching staff was crowded, George Lee, Brian Kidd, Collin McGee, Peter Schmeichel, and Jordi Cruyff and Alfinger Haaland who returned from Portugal, a total of six.

There are two whiteboards inside, one with a lineup on it, and the other with scribbled notes. There are also two TVs and a VCR.

At this time, the door to the conference room was opened, and Chris Casper walked in, still holding a VCR.

"Borrowed, borrowed." As soon as Casper put the VCR on the table, he kept fanning the wind with his hands, "Can you open the window, it smells too big." ”

With no one paying attention to him, Schmeichel picked up the VCR on the table and prepared to connect to a TV, and Haaland got up to help.

"Where did you just go?" George Lee continued the meeting.

'Defence, the question of the two full-backs chasing back. Cruyff Jr. reminded.

Leeds United have played four warm-up games during their training camp in Scotland, conceding just one goal in four games.

The two warm-up games against Motherwell were 3-0 and 1-0 respectively.

The other two games were 6-1 St. Mirren and 3-0 Partick Thistle.

The warm-up schedule is relatively intensive, mainly because the opponents choose teams from near the Glasgow area, and they don't have to rush all the time, and their teams train at the elite stadium under Celtic, which is where they now meet.

"I still have to emphasize to the full-backs that when you attack, you have to dare to press and don't be afraid."

Once again, George Lee pointed out that the full-backs were not pressing enough, and he went on to say.

"If you lose the ball in the front court, you just grab it back, what's there to be afraid of. If you're in this kind of position, you might as well not come back, no matter how fast you are, can you still pass the ball quickly? ”

The only goal conceded in four games was because Milner, who was playing at right wing-back at the time, did not press the ball carrier with Smith immediately after the team lost possession, allowing the opponent to pass the ball out and play a counter-attack.

"Don't ask too much, it's good to play like this, it's not easy for James to be that kid, you played three positions in four games." Kidd exonerated Milner.

"It's still about pressing high up front, and everyone in the team has to get into that habit."

"Tomorrow's game, do you want to let the few who just come to report play?" Kidd asked.

"No, just a little bit of the second half, let them go up and play at will, and let them play again next week against the Celtics."

"Why are you so polite to Queen's Park, they're QPs, they're not QPRs, and we won't meet again when we get back to England." Casper clearly has a clear idea of the two clubs, Queen's Park and Queens Park Rangers.

"After all, it was the first club that the old man played, and it was in this club that the old man debuted."

"That's right, it's said that because Queen's Park Club has always adhered to the principle of building an amateur club, the old man was playing football and was also working as an apprentice at the shipyard in Clyde." McGee apparently knows a little more.

"Anyway, put it away. Kicking St Mirren into six that day, the old man had already called me and told me not to go wild in Scotland. ”

"Haha~" Everyone laughed, everyone here is familiar with Ferguson, in addition to Haaland, he has not only played for Manchester United's two sworn enemies, Manchester City and Leeds United, but also has a deep problem with one of the current Manchester United midfielders.

"You just want to get into more, and it's not easy." Kidd said.

"Yes, I watched the footage of the first few warm-up games, and although we scored a lot of goals, there were still big problems in attack. Cruyff Jr. said.

"First of all, most of our goals came from counter-attacks, and we didn't have enough ability to attack the position."

"Yes, the ball stops or the offense slows down, our offense, what do you say?" Cruyff Jr. couldn't think of it for a while.

"It's like constipation." Caspar reminded him.

"That's right, it's as bad as constipation." Cruyff Jr. agreed.

George Lee waved his hand, signaling that he had something to say.

'I can see it too, but when the two Danes come back, we can definitely go up a notch in terms of attacking on the wings. In the first few warm-up games, I saw that neither Milner nor Pedersen had the ability to cut inside with their back, and Van Persie could have cut inside, but in my plan, he was to play as a striker. ”

"I look at the Icelandic striker, he is quite suitable to play as a center forward, can you let him play the start, the Dutchman goes to the right." Kidd offered his opinion.

"No, although Oscarson has height and speed, his body is not strong enough, and he can fight against the defenders of these Scottish teams, and he can choke in the Premier League." George Lee vetoed.

"Your requirements are really high, you have to be high, you have to be fast, you have to be strong, where can I find you this kind of center."

"Yes, I don't think I'm good at Marseille."

"No play, they just bought it for 24.5 million pounds by Chelsea." Haaland told Lee not to think about it.

"And, you know, I don't like to use African players."

"Hey, I know." Casper said right away.

"It's not just Vanessa, what do you think I'd do if the core of the squad was an African player and he took a leave of absence to go back to play in the Africa Cup of Nations during a crucial period in my league and European competition?"

"Uh~" The group couldn't keep up with George Li's brain circuit, and he continued to speak.

"If the core of my team is another Asian, and he often flies halfway around the world to play in the national team during the league, and then flies halfway around the world and comes back to play in the league, is it tiring?" George Lee gave the first example.

"Okay, don't go on, we get it."

George Lee didn't stop, he spoke again.

"Again, I have a Spanish player in my team who is the main player in the team, and then one day he says that his hometown team invited him to join and he wants to go because he is homesick. George Lee gave a second example, which was ridiculous, but then a Spanish player applied for George Lee's claim. That's an afterword.

"And what if?"

"Think about it, if ......"

"Alright, alright, that's enough." Kidd interrupted his various "what ifs".

"George, is there a center that meets your nationality requirements, meets your physical fitness requirements, and can also meet your technical and tactical requirements?"

Haaland is still making fun of Lee, mainly because Lee has always been more accurate in seeing people.

George Lee signed Morten Pedersen, Daniel Bratten, Ori Oscarson and others for almost no money before, and it can be seen from several warm-up games that these people are all good, and each has distinctive characteristics.

Like Pedersen's set-pieces, crosses, Bratten's in-cut shots, and Oscarson's aerial duels all give people a dazzling feeling.

"Yes."

"There really is, say it quickly, now hurry up and contact the transfer department." Haaland can't wait to get the transfer department moving.

It's no wonder that George Lee insisted on Van Persie as the team's lone striker in the new season, but several other coaches are inclined to buy another serious center forward, mainly because in recent games, Van Persie has struggled a bit.

Who knew that Lee glanced at Haaland and said.

"Maybe not born yet, or not grown up yet." George Li couldn't count on the "devil" in the future, at least for more than ten years.

"Don't make a fuss, we're serious, the Dutchman is playing a single striker, and we don't think much of it."

"Let's take a look at the next two games, in my tactical planning, the guys up front are relatively free. The wingers can go down and cut inside, and the forwards can break forward and pull the edges. The two wings can be swapped, as can the striker and the winger. ”

George Lee began to draw his tactical intentions on the whiteboard, speaking as he drawn.

"In the first few warm-up games, as you have seen, Van Persie doesn't have the support of the two wings when he plays as a lone striker, Chris, you put the video camera on the left to the 67th minute of the game, and we attack near the bottom line on the opposite side.

Casper hurriedly operated the remote control and kept fast-forwarding.

'You see, Van Persie was on the counter-attack at this time, he broke through on the right side, where should Milner be at this point?'

"He should go to the middle."

"Yes, Smith didn't come up at the first time, so Milner should have rushed to the middle and opened up a certain amount of defense for Van Persie, instead of following Van Persie."

"It seems that there is a problem on the other side as well."

'Yes, if Milner hadn't gone to the middle, then Braten on the left would have gone to the middle to attract the defence.

"Yes, I don't see him in the picture, and he has a problem with his movement."

'Yes, then all the defensive pressure is on Van Persie's side.'

"That's right, as long as the other side almost watches Van Persie, there is no threat to our attack."

George Li finally took over and made a final summary.

"In the next two games, you have to pay special attention to the movement up front. We don't have a high striker, so we have to be positive and correct in our movement to open up space. Hopefully we can change more with the two Danish wingers coming in, so we'll see. ”