my name is ferguson

In the past few days, almost all the mainstream media in the UK have come to Burleigh, Manchester, making this not-so-famous city as unprecedentedly grand as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Outside the training base of the Burleigh club, a long gun and a short cannon were pointed at the training base of Burleigh. Of course, what attracted them was not a certain player who was relegated to the third division, but the club chairman who was recently hyped in the newspapers, Richard .

It's a pity that the club president seems to have received the news very early, and he hasn't stepped out of the training base for a long time. He lives there almost every day, basically doing nothing except training, but the team's head coach Andy Poole Si is still relatively common, but this guy is always frowning, and anyone who wants to go to him to ask about the situation of the new chairman will immediately be stared back by a pair of fire-breathing eyes.

Also, they found that the Burleigh Club didn't seem to give the players a holiday after the end of the season. If they couldn't find any news about the new chairman who was closely related to Sir Alex, they would scold the chairman for ruining the game. Tradition, using players as free labor... This seems to be the head coach's business, but the media in England can't control that much. Since you don't make news, they will make it themselves.

In fact, Li Cha, who has been identified as a pickpocket, did not violate any laws. He just increased his salary to make the players give up their vacations, and the training during the vacations was halved.This is a process for him to get familiar with the club and the players, otherwise the joint training just a few days before the start of the new season may not be able to achieve the effect he wants.

In this way, whether it is the head coach or other Burleigh coaches, they will have to spend a season without holidays, but fortunately, they can still accept half a day of training with 150% salary.

When training began, Richard finally saw his lineup: goalkeeper, Green Garner (26), Lewis Whaley (19), Nat (17); left back, Tom Kennedy (18) , Leon Swarth (30 years old, defender left center right, all-rounder in the backcourt), central defender, Danny Swales (24 years old), Colin Woodthorpe (34 years old), Gadley Connell Er (22, available as a defensive midfielder), right back, Matthew Ballas (23), Simon Whaley (18); midfielder, Harpal Singh (18, on loan from Leeds ), Terry Denfit (21), Paul O'Shaughnessy (21), Martin Forrester (24), Steve Gunby (19), Lee Dusco Burleigh (34); Forwards, Joe O'Neill (20), George Clegg (22), Gareth Seddon (22), Chris Potter (19), David Nugent (18).

When he saw this list, Li Cha wanted to laugh. With this lineup and Andy Pulis playing 442, it would be a miracle not to be relegated. This is a typical shortfall. With 20 players, the shortage of midfielders is the most serious. They can't even find a replacement for 442. If it's because the board of directors was short of funds and couldn't add a lineup to Andy Pulis, then there will always be someone in the youth team?Anyway, it’s good to come up with a 25-man roster to fool yourself as the new chairman. Anyway, you can’t see the strength before the training starts. In addition, the average age of Burleigh’s team is so low that there is nothing to see on the surface.

Richard instantly felt that Andy Pulis was not suitable to be a head coach, very unsuitable, so after he seized the right to transfer Andy Pulis, he did another thing that violated the tradition of English football It's just that this needs to be done step by step. The first step is to establish a good relationship with the players, even if he thinks there are many people who are not suitable for his lineup...

Andy Pulis is very annoying recently, whether it is Zola or Gullit, when signing the 'player-manager contract', they are all in control. Whether it is the transfer market, tactics, or training, it is all up to one person , everything changed here when it was my turn.Not to mention the fact that the new chairman took away his right to transfer right after he took office, he even had to point fingers at the training. Such training would increase the chance of injury, and the training would consume a lot of energy and cause muscle fatigue. Mr. Chairman actually came up with a complete training plan, so that everyone must train strictly according to the training plan... Who is the head coach?

Unconvinced, Andy Pulis was still surprised when he saw the training plan that Richard presented. Such a training plan could never be made by a layman, and he had never even seen many things.After a few days of experimentation, Andy found that the fatigue of the players during training is gradually reducing, and the interesting training on the training ground every day begins to become talking and laughing, and the atmosphere that has never appeared in Burleigh Club is slowly form.The most important thing is that the disappointment after relegation began to dissipate slowly. This chairman who likes to hang out with players is very popular. After each training, all the players will line up to be massaged by Mr. Chairman. This young man Mr. Chairman began to do more and more.

The thing that can bring the chairman and the players closer together is when they eat every day. Every time the chairman will occupy the kitchen of the training base and start frying and frying. As we all know, the food in England is horribly boring, fish and chips It almost made everyone feel sick when they saw it. Now it’s different. The players have stopped talking about the weather and stars, and started discussing what Mr. Chairman will eat tomorrow at noon... Men cook a lot It will be annoying, and sometimes Li Cha is just fooling around, using pasta and adding his own fried sauce, ready-made noodles with fried sauce will come out of the pan... When it came to sauce noodles, he began to expose Chairman Li Cha's ten crimes, the first of which was 'this guy didn't put oil in making noodles with sauce'! ! !

But now, they still eat with relish.

The entire coaching staff saw all this in their eyes. Alan Padrew, a staunch supporter of Andy Pulis, quietly said beside Andy: "Don't be sad, maybe we are wrong, Mr. Chairman He didn’t get the Burleigh Club by relying on the status of the old Sir Alex, it’s a bit real... But knowing how to train doesn’t necessarily mean knowing tactics, and if you talk to him about tactics later, he’ll definitely be speechless.”

Andy Pulis glanced at Alan Padrew, tilted his mouth and said, "He's interacting with the players. Would it be impolite for me to intervene like this?"

"Didn't he still owe us a player? After Ben transferred to Blackpool for [-] pounds, the wide player you wanted has never arrived. If you start talking about tactics with this topic, Mr. Chairman will definitely understand by then. Everyone is fit to be a manager, otherwise ... Andy, I doubt we will be the second batch of staff to leave Burleigh after the scouts, and even before the chefs."

Andy Pulis wrote when he published his autobiography ten years later: "When I was not fully infected by Mr. Richard's charm, I already noticed his shameless energy, yes, don't doubt my words, it is shameless. , but it's a compliment."

At this time, Andy Pulis never thought that his career in the next ten years would be tied to Burleigh's chariot by Richard, let alone that he was trying to humiliate himself.

"Mr.president."

Li Cha, who had just finished training and personally helped the players relax their muscles, was covered in sweat. His "closeness to the people" not only infected other players, but also David Nugent, the most talented player on the team, who had high hopes from the entire coaching staff, even took the initiative to Withdrawing the transfer application, no one knows what method Li Cha used. Anyway, David has been avoiding Li Cha in the past few days. He has been training honestly and never dared to complain.

Hearing the head coach's yell, Li Cha smiled, he knew that such a day would come!

I deprived Andy Pulis of his transfer efforts, which is definitely against tradition in England; then changed the coach's training plan, and according to his own set of training, he actually completely emptied Andy Pulis Si, if Andy didn't come to him, he might have already made up his mind to leave. Now it seems that there is still room for relaxation.

Andy Pulis glanced at David Nugent, who was seriously waiting in line for a massage, never mentioning the transfer, and asked strangely: "David..."

"David is fine, and if you want to know what I said to David it's okay. I just told him that if he doesn't complete the remaining three years of his contract at Burleigh, then I will reject all offers and let the team next season. Relegated to the British African Union, let him watch the amateur league on the bench every day, and see who will use him after three years."

Cold sweat was already breaking out on Andy Pulis's forehead. This was more ruthless than dealing with Ben Thornt. At least Ben Thornt could count on changing careers if he didn't agree to the chairman's request. David Nugent and The club has a contract. As long as the club pays him back his salary, he will stay on the bench. Even if he wants to change his career, he will have to wait three years later. Not to mention his career, his life will be ruined.

"David believed it? You are burying him with the whole club."

Li Cha smiled mysteriously: "Andy, David is, right?"

How shameless to scare a child!

Andy Pulis continued to ask with dissatisfaction: "Mr. Chairman, you once promised me when my winger would arrive. I can't practice my tactics by one winger. It's not that our people don't play wingers." In this position, but the strength is too poor, at most he can be a substitute."

He thought that Li Cha would talk about tactics along the lines of the words, and then he would be able to make a long speech, telling the essence of the striker's one high and one fast, the midfielder or the backcourt long pass to find the frontcourt fulcrum, and then shift from the fulcrum to seize the opportunity. A striker grabs a point, or kicks a high ball from the side, relying on the domineering ability of the center forward to score goals, corner kicks, set kick tactics, etc.Unexpectedly, everything failed.

"Andy, what do you think of my training methods?" Richard said nonchalantly.

"Great." That was the truth, at least it was the best training method Andy had ever seen.

Wouldn't it be great?

Richard directly passed on the training method of West Ham. West Ham is a place that has produced countless talents. This training method can be said to be unique in the whole of England at this time. It has a leading position of ten years ahead!In addition, Li Cha, the former West Ham team doctor, personally operated and rectified, almost all the team doctor and coaches became Li Cha's hands, and the whole team instantly merged into a collective.He even shared a bathroom with the players to take a shower, and wiped those players' backs with his own hands. I'm afraid that's how he treats his own son!

"Andy, I have studied this training method for a long time. It is no exaggeration to say that this training method is at least ten years ahead of the whole of England!" He let go of the players in his hand, massaged one, and the other To make it up, he didn't delay the task at hand when he spoke: "Since our training is ten years ahead, I hope our tactics can also be ten years ahead!" This is what he said after serious consideration. Porto, Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and other clubs have all worked hard on tactics, but what is the result after ten years?

The agility of tactics has been greatly improved, and the players' on-the-spot performance is far more perfect than the set tactics.

For example, in Barcelona with Messi, Harvey should have delayed the organization like Guardiola and handed over the frontcourt to Iniesta, but after getting the ball, Xavi will often head to the front of the penalty area, and Messi will Breaking into the middle from the wing, Iniesta and Messi swapped, making Messi a fake No. 9, which stunned everyone. Of course, Messi’s skills are unparalleled, but the agility of Barcelona’s tactics is also fascinating. Le Road.

Besides, Ferguson's running 442, Manchester United will almost always see tactics being changed, or Giggs, or Scholes, or Cristiano Ronaldo, once they show their talents, tactics will change for them.Manchester United's 442 will become 433 the moment they rush up the wing. Although this 433 is deformed, even more like 424, the agility of tactics has come out.

In the future, tactics are no longer the most important thing, and the entire football world is no longer about players serving tactics, but tactics serving players.

When he uttered the tactics he understood, Andy Pulis found that he couldn't talk at all. He is not a famous coach himself. He is still signing a player-coach contract. Let him sign this contract The reason is to rely on his years of hard work experience on the court.What is experience?Experience is the history that he has witnessed with his own eyes. What he knows is what happened in English football before 2003, and what Richard sees is the future that Andy has never seen.

At the end of hearing, Li Cha's players had changed three or four times, but Andy Pulis felt that he was humiliating himself here.

"Mr. Chairman, where are my players?" In the end, he could only talk back and forth, otherwise the embarrassment would not be relieved at all.

Li Cha turned his head and said with a smile, "Don't worry, it will be done within three days."

ps: The reason why the tactics and training methods are very general... The reason is that I will use a special chapter to introduce them later. If West Ham's team doctor and so many years of knowledge have some unique insights into tactics and training... say no go.

Uh... In fact, the next one is more shameless, and the transfer has begun.In addition, this is Chapter 2, and there will be another chapter after twelve o'clock.Tomorrow a few specific pictures, see the situation