Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 538 Humpty Humpty Became a Kind Person
Pierce was amazed by Zhang Yang's tactical thinking. He never expected that football tactics can play so many tricks. Even when he was a professional player, he never heard any coach talk about such precision, rigor, and meticulousness down to a single player. Playing tactically, he found that his eyes were opened and he saw new things in the football world.

"Maybe this is the difference between the top clubs in the new century?"

"A new development in football?"

In fact, meticulous tactics are nothing special. Any top club will have very detailed tactics, such as Manchester United, such as Arsenal, such as Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, etc., as long as the top giants can be discussed. , The tactical layout will definitely be very detailed. Even a head coach who doesn't know much about tactics can arrange exquisite tactics even if he goes to a wealthy family, because the wealthy family has a wealth of data on the use of tactics in the past. Every head coach who comes to coach will record himself. According to the tactical style of play, record the tactical changes. Some giants will also have special personnel records. The rich information will allow the new head coach to quickly understand the team, so as to rely on player changes and special coaching styles. Tactics change.

This may also be the advantage and background of the top giants.

The most typical example is Barcelona in Spain. Barcelona’s tactics have been evolving. The tactics played in 2004 must be more sophisticated than those in 2000, and the current tactics are even more sophisticated than those in 2004. But no matter how they evolve, The nature of their tactics has not changed.

The essence of tactics is the unique style of giants.

Barcelona, ​​to put it bluntly, is to play possession and rhythm; Arsenal, to put it bluntly, is to play speed and fast pace; AC Milan, to put it bluntly, is to play defense, play short coordination, and so on.

Every top club has a unique style. As long as there are no major changes, no matter how many head coaches are replaced and how many players are rotated, they will maintain a specific style.

Pierce didn't know this.

In fact, football clubs also started to keep tactical records in the 90s. Most teams only started in the new century, and many clubs have discovered the benefits of doing so.

Those who are eligible to make tactical records must be teams with top strength, a stable lineup, and less frequent player rotations. It does not mean that ordinary teams 'cannot make records', because it is meaningless for them to do it, like It is a Championship team that has been promoted to the Premier League by relying on their strength. If they want to stay in the Premier League, they will definitely replenish their strength on a large scale. The lineup will undergo huge changes, and the previous tactics will lose their meaning. The head coach Definitely need to rebuild the tactical style of play.

The same is true for ordinary top league teams. In order to strive for better results, they will continue to replenish players, but there are only a few core players. With players with average tactical abilities as the core, it is difficult to create a tactical system that has much effect. As a result, what tactics the team plays depends on the style of the head coach. If you change a head coach, you may change your tactics, and naturally you cannot form any unique style of play.

The glorious time of Pierce's career was too early. He played for Nottingham Forest in the early days. At the end of his career, he joined Newcastle United and Manchester City one after another. They were also teams with no detailed tactics at all. It was the first time he knew about tactics. It can be refined to such a degree that it feels like opening a door to football. It is a bit sad that he has already retired, no longer a professional player, and has become a head coach.

Fortunately for professional players, as long as they don’t understand tactics, they can do well as long as they play well. The head coach is a bit tragic. A head coach doesn’t know how to refine tactics. He only considers the team’s formation in general and lets the players play freely most of the time.

"No wonder I led the team to do poorly!" Pierce found the reason.

This is actually one of the reasons.

"One of the reasons" is not the whole reason. It is meaningless for ordinary teams to refine their tactics, because most of the players in the team cannot keep up with their tactical thinking, and tactics that are too detailed will not be effective at all.

Millwall is special because Zhang Yang's tactics are deduced based on the player's ability, and the players will naturally adapt.

Livermore is an example.

Livermore doesn’t know any football tactics at all. It’s better to jump off a building than to ask him to learn. Maybe his brain will become brighter if he doesn’t fall dead, but Livermore is still very suitable for the position. Although he himself doesn’t know the specific content of tactics Follow the feeling to kick.

While Pierce felt his eyes were opened, he was not completely superstitious about the tactics of publicity.

He has doubts.

It is precisely because he cannot fully understand how and why the tactics work, that Pierce has doubts. He is also surprised at "how Zhang Yang came up with such a complicated tactic", and at the same time questioned whether the tactic can be successful.

Whether the tactics can be successful depends not only on the correctness of the tactics, but also on whether the team can adapt. No matter how good the tactics are, if the team cannot adapt, it is meaningless.

How does Millwall adapt to such a complicated tactic?

Summer preparations are only one short month away!

Although Zhang Yang said that "the 433 coreless formation needs to be adapted slowly", the other 352 offensive style of play is also very complicated, because it involves strengthening offense and taking into account defense, compared to the dual-core style of play mentioned earlier more complicated.

Can such tactics really be adapted in short-term preparations?
Pierce left with doubts. He went to the first team training ground, helped the club staff, moved some training equipment, and also checked the first team training ground with the ground administrator.

This work is done by the stadium staff. Pierce is also idle when he is idle. He has nothing to do to help out and get to know the staff of the club.

In the process of inspecting the training ground of the first team, Pierce met Frederick who came to check the turf. The short fat man was asking the staff to use the machine to sprinkle more water on the training ground.

"What is this for?" Pierce walked over and asked.

With a cold face, Frederick said to Pierce impatiently, "Sprinkle water."

"Sprinkle water?"

Frederick looked at Pierce contemptuously, and explained, "The players will regroup in two days. Sprinkling some water and grass will grow better, and the stadium will look better during public training." Simply put Said, just to look good.

The maintenance of the stadium turf is definitely no problem.

Because the natural turf of the stadium is real grass, if you sprinkle water a few days in advance, it will grow greener and the whole will naturally look better.

Frederick has worked at the Millwall Club for nearly ten years. He has a little understanding of every aspect of first-team training and competition, and he does his work meticulously.

He is indeed a fairly qualified employee.

Pierce didn't lament that Frederick "knows a lot", but he was surprised that Frederick didn't look good towards him, but he didn't think about it too much, because the guy's face was even worse when we met for the first time, "Probably Is he like this on weekdays?"

Pierce looked at Frederick with a sympathetic look of 'ugly and helpless', showing a look of 'I don't discriminate', and asked what he wanted to say, "What do you think of Zhang Yang? I mean his tactics."

"Tactics?"

Pierce nodded and explained, "Today Zhang Yang explained to me the tactics to be trained in preparation for the battle. In my opinion...it's great, but it's very complicated. I don't know if there is..."

"Don't question it!"

Frederick suddenly denied, and Pierce was almost choked to cough, only to hear the short fat man continue, "In terms of tactics, it is Zhang Yang's consideration. This is his job. He formulates tactics for the team and leads the game. Wait, don't question it! We're just assistant coaches."

Pierce is still puzzled, isn't the assistant coach just assisting the head coach to complete the work?If you can't even have doubts, how can you play a supporting role?
Frederick rarely kindly explained, "We have always worked like this. I am in charge of training, and the former Dennis is also in charge of training. Zhang Yang is in charge of formulating tactics, and of course he is also responsible for leading the team in games and other head coach work. What tactics the team will play, How to compete with the opponent does not need us to intervene at all.”

"That's it?" Pierce opened his mouth in surprise.

"That's it." Frederick shrugged, "You see, because we have a clear division of labor, we succeeded."

"..."

Pierce couldn't understand Frederick's 'because of that' at all.

How did Millwall succeed? There are many theories in the media, most of which are ultimately attributed to Zhang Yang’s ability to lead the team. He had doubts about this, but now it seems that this is the case. Tactics and games are all Zhang Yang’s. In terms of work, other assistant coaches will not intervene at all, and Zhang Yang can only take credit for the team's good results.

Pierce could also tell that Frederick had a high opinion of Zhang Yang.

Although Pierce still has doubts about the tactics, he undoubtedly has no prestige at the Millwall club. He even said that the whole club is 'is' publicity, including players, fans, and all supporters. Their hearts belong to publicity. .

So his doubts are irrelevant.

Frederick is a nice person. Although he always looks bored, he kindly reminds him of some things, solves his doubts, and is easy to get along with.

Pierce figured out a lot of things, then turned around and left. What he didn't know was that Frederick, who was considered 'kind' behind him, spit lightly on his back, and looked around nervously After a glance, he muttered, "The airborne guy really doesn't understand anything!"

Frederick would be kind?

Maybe.

But Humpty didn't like Pierce at all. He originally thought that after Wise left, he could become the "first assistant" as he wished, but in the end, Pierce was parachuted and he became the "second assistant" again.

Frederick was very angry about this. He didn't dare to say anything to Zhang Yang, but his dislike for Pierce was directly written on his face.

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On the second day, all the coaches assembled.

Pierce, Frederick, Aldous, Jodrick, and Bruno Burt all gathered in the coach's office. Zhang Yang held a coaching meeting to make overall arrangements for summer preparations.

Next, the players have to assemble, and then carry out physical recovery and reserve training. Chodrick is the most important person. He needs to make an individual physical training plan for each player.

Frederick will be in charge of the physical coach to ensure that every player completes the training seriously.

Bert, assistant.

Physical training will last for one to two weeks. For players who can recover, a few days is enough. For players who cannot recover, continuous training is required.

After a week, after most of the players have completed the high-intensity training, tactical training will begin. Therefore, it is necessary now to let the coaches involved understand the training content to prepare for the game, and explain the new tactics as soon as possible.

Zhang Yang has always disliked procrastinating work. After the coaching meeting, Pierce, Aldous, Frederick, and Burleigh were all left behind to learn about the new tactics, except for Chodrick who left first. , They must understand the content of the new tactics, and then explain them to the players.

This is not easy.

The new tactics are somewhat complicated. To fully understand the players in each position, how to play in the new tactics and formation, as well as the overall structure of the tactics and formation, it takes a long time to learn and understand. For example, last summer, a group of coaches It took three days to understand the 'dual-core' tactics.

Zhang Yang does not require them to fully understand, but only needs them to know how to guide the players is enough.

What matters is the players.

Each player will understand the content of the new tactics according to the personal tactical training plan. After the tactical training, he will know how to run, pass, and when to confront the opponent in the new tactics.

and many more.

For the next day, Zhang Yang patiently explained the tactics. Frederick, Pierce and the others seemed to be back in elementary school, three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon.

The effect of instilling education in one day is still very good. Everyone understands the main points of the tactics. It's just that the players in each position need to spend a lot of time memorizing how to run and pass.

For Frederick and Aldous, the work of reciting and memorizing is quite simple. They almost belong to the "academic" coaches, and learning and reciting are the basic abilities.

Pierce was different.

Pierce was born as a pure player, and he hated studying when he was a teenager. During the training process with the youth team, he barely finished high school in order to be smooth in the future.

That process was very difficult, much more difficult than playing football.

Now re-entering the study class, Pierce regretted coming to Millwall, otherwise, how could he fall into the abyss of reciting and encounter the great troubles of life?

Pierce knew he had to do it, because he was an assistant coach, and he was the 'first assistant coach', leading the game with the head coach.

If the "first assistant coach" doesn't even understand the team's tactics, he must be very unqualified. At that time, the coach's future will be completely ruined, and other clubs will know that he can't even complete the job of an assistant coach.

Maybe he will become the laughing stock of European football?

For the sake of work, future, and face, Pierce devoted himself to studying and reciting without hesitation.

July [-]th was a sunny day.

This day is very important to the Millwall club, because all players return to the team and it also marks the official start of preparations for the new season.

For many new players, the official assembly on the first day is also very meaningful, marking that they have truly joined Millwall and officially entered the process of integrating into the team.

In addition, a very important point is that they finally met the head coach Zhang Yang.

(End of this chapter)