Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 252 Difficult Choices
On the way back to the club from the Neil Stadium, Frederick didn't say a word. He felt ashamed of his performance at the press conference. The reporters were so relaxed and at ease, without the assistance of the press officer at all, he felt even more ashamed.

Frederick has been brooding over his failed Christmas 'run for manager'.

Although he knows that it is impossible for him to lead the Millwall team to achieve such good results, it is still very heartbreaking to miss an opportunity to be the head coach. Maybe that will become a turning point in his career?
Even if the coaching performance is not so good, as long as he can achieve good results, there are some possibilities to continue to serve as the head coach.

This has nothing to do with Zhang Yang's excellent coaching ability, it is entirely a matter of his own job prospects.

With Millwall's astonishing results, Frederick's mind also changed. He didn't care too much. Such a good grade?
"Where did I go wrong?"

Frederick has been looking for problems. He feels that he is also quite good. For example, most of the first-team training work is led by him. Aldous and Wise must also refer to his opinions in this regard.

In addition, he also did a lot of assistant work for teaching assistants.

In Millwall's coaching staff, Zhang Yang is the head coach of the team, responsible for formulating tactics and leading the team; Wise is the coach of player abilities and is also the nominal "first assistant"; Career support', he is not good at anything, but he can do something in every aspect.

Frederick is "hard-working", responsible for the work that requires physical strength and rushing to the front line. He can be said to be the "blue collar" of the coaching staff. He is responsible for the details of leading the team and supervising the training of each player. of.

In the past few seasons, Millwall has changed one head coach after another, and Frederick has always been the first assistant coach because of his excellent work ability.

In the current Millwall coaching staff, Frederick is also very important.

In addition to work, there are some special things that require Frederick. For example, the name of Millwall's head coach registered with the FA is Frederick, because Frederick has passed the UEFA exam. Professional coaching certificate, according to the regulations of the Football Association, the head coach of the club must have the coaching qualification.

Zhang Yang doesn't even have a second-level coaching certificate in the region, so he naturally doesn't have the qualifications to coach a Premier League team.

So does Wise.

Aldous has a certificate, but it is only enough to coach a team in the English Championship and below, not enough to coach a Premier League team.

Frederick is the titular Millwall manager.

Millwall is not a special case. In fact, many clubs have similar situations. After retiring, some big-name stars have the ability to coach Premier League clubs, but they do not have the corresponding coaching qualification certificates. The registered head coach of the club can only It's someone else.

The most representative of these is Manchester United.

Everyone knows that Manchester United's head coach is Ferguson, but in fact, the name of Manchester United's head coach registered with the FA has never been Ferguson, because Ferguson does not have a professional coaching certificate issued by UEFA.

But so what?
The actual controller of Manchester United is still Ferguson.

With the most representative Manchester United in the lead, other clubs don't care about the so-called 'rules and regulations' at all, and the name of Frederick's head coach is also meaningless. The advantage is that the salary has risen symbolically by three hundred pounds a week.

With an important job and a nominal head coaching title, Frederick respects himself even more for being officially a head coach.

What happened today hit him hard.

The others didn't care much, and they didn't talk about Frederick's embarrassment at the press conference, but Frederick himself was very concerned. Think about Zhang Yang's achievements in leading the team, think about Zhang Yang's calmness in dealing with the media, and then think about it. Thinking of the absolute support of all the players, including the club and fans, for Zhang Yang, Frederick suddenly realized that he was really not suitable to be the head coach.

He can do very well as an assistant coach, but he can't do the job of a head coach at all.

Just dealing with reporters is enough of a headache.

Seeing Zhang Yang chatting with Wise about the game in the front row, Frederick suddenly felt that it would be good to continue like this.As an assistant coach, with a high salary, lead the team to do training, share the joy of victory with the team, and enjoy the cheers from the fans.

Frederick found he didn't mind being an assistant coach all the time.

The thought annoyed him: how could he think like that?People always want to improve!But from the feeling in my heart, not being the head coach, without that kind of urgent pressure, is actually quite suitable for me.

Publicity?He might just be a natural head coach.

This is the talent gap.

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Zhang Yang didn't know that Frederick had so many sighs, and he was actually amused by what happened to Frederick.

That is schadenfreude.

The whole club knew that Frederick wanted to be the head coach, and the latter made no secret of his desire to become the head coach. Zhang Yang was too lazy to attend the press conference to deal with those reporters who did not support Millwall purely, so he gave up the opportunity To 'Frederick, I didn't expect the other party's performance to be so bad.

"Then maybe...would be embarrassing?" Zhang Yang was rarely sympathetic.

After returning to the club, the team disbanded, and Zhang Yang went back to conduct the first "group interview work". After a victory, he was interviewed so that the media could promote the team, and it was also beneficial to his own image and reputation. of.

There are only four people in the group.

Apart from Zhang Yang himself and the press officer Charlieson, there is only one reporter from "Telegraph Sports" and one reporter from "The Times".

What a pathetic number!
Zhang Yang didn't care too much, he just took it as an exclusive interview with an individual, not to mention, a "Times" topped several media in the London area. When he opened the private chat message, he found that two reporters had privately chatted and sent questions. There are also a few simple questions in the group.

Some of the news was just sent, and the reporter of Telegraph Sports asked, "Are you using private chat for the interview? Excuse me. I want to know what you think of the upcoming game against Manchester United?"

The question sent to the group by The Times also attracted Zhang Yang's attention, "Millwall is about to play Tottenham Hotspur twice, what do you think of these two games?"

Also, "Is Jody Morris back from injury and in which game will he return?"

The "Telegraph Sports" reporter mentioned that the match against Manchester United will be in two weeks' time. Millwall's opponent in the next round is Tottenham Hotspur, and the opponent in the next round will be Manchester United. Many media have begun to pay attention In this game, Millwall and Manchester United, the second in the league and the third in the league, are very concerned teams. The two direct confrontations are enough to attract the attention of many fans.

But it's too early.

Before Millwall had time to prepare for the match against Manchester United, Zhang Yang replied in words, "I have a vision for the game. It is always different to play against Manchester United, because they are the most successful English club in the past ten years."

"But the whole team will do their best to beat the opponent. Facing Manchester United is a good opportunity to widen the points gap!"

"The Times" asked about the nearest match. Millwall will face Tottenham Hotspur in the next round. Afterwards, Tottenham Hotspur will also face Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup. It is still very difficult to play against a team for two consecutive games. Interesting, but Tottenham Hotspur is not easy to deal with, and Zhang Yang has also figured out a strategy: the focus is on the league, and the League Cup is used for training.

He and the reporter certainly can't say anything, even a friendly reporter can't reveal the idea of ​​'military training', so Zhang Yang praised Tottenham Hotspur and said that he will work hard to win.

As for Morris?
He will not announce when Morris will play!

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The next day, "Telegraph Sports" and "The Times" both published the news of Zhang Yang's interview.

The content is fascinating.

Zhang Yang has been very low-key this season. In front of various media reporters, he likes to add the prefix 'Millwall's goal is to relegation' or 'Millwall is just a relegation team'. When the team is strong, Zhang Yang will give a series of praises to the opponent and say that it is not easy to win the game.

This is what the media are used to.

Although I know that Zhang Yang definitely doesn't think so, but news reports are like this, no one will express their thoughts, and the work of the media is only to reprint and publish what celebrities say in the news.

The Telegraph Sport and The Times reported differently.

Zhang Yang made it clear that Millwall would work hard to win the matches against Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, which immediately attracted the attention of many fans.

Other media were surprised.

Zhang Yang did not appear at the press conference the day before, and did not accept interviews in public afterwards. How did "Telegraph Sports" and "The Times" get the news?
In front of the Millwall club, there is never a shortage of reporters. They have not seen any reporters entering the club for interviews.

So far this season, Millwall has performed so well. There have been reporters wanting to do interviews. It would be nice to be able to interview two players occasionally. It would be best to interview Zhang Yang himself. Unfortunately, Zhang Yang rarely accepts individual interviews.

On non-match days, Zhang Yang would be bored at the club, and when asked by media reporters for interviews, he would reply with one sentence, "No time."

He really has no time.

Recently, the competition schedule is very tight, and most of the time is busy. How can I find time to deal with media reporters?
Now Millwall has to deal with Tottenham Hotspur.

There are three games to be played in the next two weeks, two are against Tottenham Hotspur and one is against the 'Red Devils' Manchester United. Apart from the League Cup that I already want to use for training, the other two games are impossible to win. easy.

Zhang Yang faces a choice: should he rotate against Tottenham Hotspur, or choose to rotate against Manchester United?
Zhang Yang thought for a long time.

If possible, I don't want to give up the two games, but two consecutive league games, with a League Cup added in the middle, it is impossible to play all the main players in every game, which not only means that the players will become tired, but also means In the second game, the performance of the players will be greatly affected.

The second game is against Manchester United!
So even if you don't make a choice, it is tantamount to giving up the game against Manchester United, and it also brings great danger to the team's main lineup. If a player is injured during the game, the problem will become even bigger.

Zhang Yang thought about it and finally decided to face Manchester United.

There is a reason for this choice. If it comes to the second half of the schedule, you will definitely choose to face Tottenham Hotspur and give up the game with Manchester United appropriately, which is the most beneficial for getting points.

But it’s different now. The difference is that the game against Tottenham is away, and the game against Manchester United is at home.

If the full main lineup is on the field and the home game is against Manchester United, the team still has a chance to win, and the full main lineup is not necessarily able to win against Tottenham Hotspur, so the game against Tottenham will send some substitute players , focusing on the match against Manchester United is the best choice.

(End of this chapter)