0233 Rose Derby 3
In the end, Leeds had one of the best attacking chances of the first half when Kuyt was disallowed for offside.
George Lee didn't dwell too much on the referee of the game, but returned to his position after reconfirming with the fourth official on the sidelines.
'Wesley's passing was really good, but the United defence was also very good. George Lee turned back to his assistants and said.
"That was offside, if it were another team, we probably wouldn't be offside. But just before Sneijder was about to pass the ball and lift his foot, Ferdinand moved forward a little. Chris Casper turned the computer around, and in a very short time, he took a screenshot of the offside video from the TV broadcast and showed it to George Lee.
In the video, it was indeed Ferdinand who ran those two steps forward, which eventually caused Leeds to be offside.
'Leo is also smart, he is really the kind of centre-back that all coaches like. George Lee sat down in his seat and began to watch the game.
I've been standing in front for about ten minutes just now, and it's time to come back and sit down for a while.
"He's not the only one who has been a great centre-back." Brian Kidd, who was on the wing, pointed to another centre-back on the pitch.
Following his fingers, a long pass from Mathieson at the back of Leeds United tried to find Kuyt in the front. However, Kuyt was firmly stuck by Vidic behind him, and there was no chance to jump, and the ball was eventually headed by Vidic to the feet of Wes Brown on the side.
As soon as Brown got the ball, he immediately met Bale who rushed up to him.
This Leeds United manager, George Lee's previous "white moonlight" in his heart knew that his speed was definitely not Bale's opponent, and he directly chose to give up Bale's idea, but turned around to get stuck behind him, waiting for his teammates to respond.
Bale came up behind Brown and kept stretching his legs to kick the ball, but he couldn't.
Instead, Brown took advantage of Bell's grab, turned in a reverse way to get rid of Bell, and re-faced the direction of the offense.
"I'm still in a hurry." Kidd said when he saw it.
"Yes, although Hargreaves was in the past, Alan had already gone up. If Gareth could post a little longer, our chances would be better. George Lee immediately took Kidd's words and began to express his opinion.
"George, should we be looking for a defensive coach, you raised the high press, we did a good job before. But you see now that Kelly is retired, Hart is gone, and the two Danes are gone. We've pretty much changed all the wide players at the moment, you see today our two full-backs, both wingers are young. Leyton is okay, the rest of you see Gareth Jr. and Charlotte are all new to the city, and JR hasn't played many first-team games, so their understanding of high pressing may not be enough. ”
After listening to Kidd's words, George Lee also agreed, saying: "Although we haven't conceded many goals this season, the offense has not been as good as I expected. At first, I understood that it was not our main team that had more injuries, but it does make sense for you to bring it up now. ”
It's like the ball just now, and it was changed to the Leeds United team from before. It must have been a winger who immediately put it up, and then Smith in the midfield pressed the receiver, and not far behind Smith and the winger, there must have been a second line of pressing by the midfielders and full-backs. Even near the midfielders and full-backs, there will definitely be a centre-back, another midfielder to continue to form a system with them.
But just that time, there was a disconnect in the high pressing.
That is, now Manchester United's main game is an efficient counterattack, if Manchester United can have one or two points that can play the ball at the back, then Manchester United's terrifying counterattack can really be played.
In George Lee's view, Ferdinand has this ability, but Ferguson did not design a targeted tactical arrangement for this, and the old man still prefers to take the ball out of the danger area through the wing, and then form a threatening attack through the front players.
Especially on the right side of Manchester United, compared to Patrice Evra on the left, Brown on the right side is more of a defensive task.
"Do you have any recommendations?" Lee George asked Kidd.
"To be honest, no." Kidd is also telling the truth, after all, the manager of Leeds United is the real developer of this novel tactic. You have to say that those coaches who are used to going all out on offense and defense, those people are a bit outdated for George Lee.
"Since we can't find it from the outside, let's do it from the inside."
"Internal?"
"Let John be in charge of this part in the future, so that he can get used to it slowly." George Lee's first thought was definitely the team's other coach, Eddie Howe, but Howe was now leading the team's reserve team more, and he loved the feeling of coaching the team. So George Lee had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and give the task to John Sheridan.
The added benefit of this is that Sheridan never wanted to leave Leeds United, and he prefers to be a regular manager of the team rather than the kind of manager who is in control.
"In that case, do we need to find a new team coach?" Kidd offered George Lee the idea of adding to the coaching staff.
"Try it, you know I'm very demanding of my assistant."
After listening to George Lee's words, Kidd turned his head to look at Casper on the side. He always felt that George Li's words were very reasonable, but not much.
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The first half of the game was over, and the players on both sides began to walk to the dressing room one after another.
George Lee also started to walk towards the locker room, but halfway through, he saw Ferguson stopping.
The old man chewed gum, as if waiting for someone.
At this time, you don't go back to set up tactics, what are you doing here. George Lee wanted to leave early, but was stopped by Ferguson.
"Hey, George." Ferguson stopped George Lee and even reached out to stop George Lee from taking his route.
"What are you doing, old man, I'm in a hurry to set up tactics." George Li didn't want to say anything more to Ferguson at this time, who knows if the old man had any bad intentions.
"We'll talk as we go." Ferguson pointed ahead and motioned for him to go first.
"Tell me, which player on my team did you fancy again?"
"Now that you've put Smith and Sneijder in the middle, the midfielder in your team is ......"
"Get out!" After George Li finished speaking, he ran away directly.
Every time he played, George Lee found that Ferguson was trying to pry his corner, previously staring at Van Persie and Smith, and now staring at his own back, Scott Parker.
Of course, George Lee knew that Ferguson was talking about Parker, because Barry had just joined Leeds United and it was impossible to leave immediately, so what Ferguson could look at was Parker.
It's just that George Lee can't give Parker away, and if he really wants to sell it, he won't sell it to Manchester United, not to mention that George Lee doesn't feel the need to transfer Parker out now, and Parker himself doesn't have any thoughts of leaving.
As soon as he ran a short distance, George Lee turned around and disgusted Ferguson and said, "If you give Rooney to me in exchange, I might think about it." ”