The Young Lion

Millwall is in good shape, but always has the taste of a snake. They are magnificent at home, enlarged to the end of the London Civil War, but as soon as they walk out of London, they are hard to win.

After killing Chelsea cleanly with 5 goals, he turned to Elland Road Stadium and played 0-0 with Leeds.

Millwall seems to be used to the rhythm of winning a tie, even if he doesn't lose, but it will make you unhappy.

There is a convention on Monday night in the club, the colleagues of the coaching staff will gather together to drink beer and chat, they call this "beer night".

In the hotel’s recreation room, Jenson and Babu are playing billiards, and Craig and Naji are sitting at the bar and drinking and chatting.

In just two months, the Millwall youth team led by Najib made rapid progress in the youth league, and the Youth FA Cup also spurred along, making Millwall's Leo youth training base the focus of the outside world.

Players under the age of 21 like Pirlo, Capdevila, Shevchenko, Lampard, Ferdinand, etc. will improve their growth through the Youth League. Perhaps they are overkill for many of them, but this is their growth. The indispensable part of China, hastily pushed them into the body against the fierce Premier League field, which may not be a good thing for them, and foreign players also need an adaptation process.

After three gaps, Aldridge will put some young players into the bench, and give them some time to watch their game through the bench, but they will never rush to give them a stable position.

Almost forty years ago, Manchester United’s reserve team was dubbed as "Basby Baby" by the British media. Now, Millwall’s Leo Youth Training Base also has a nickname. These highly talented young players are called " Hall Baby".

Aldrich came late. He mainly delayed some time in the medical department. After walking in, he smiled directly at Naji at the bar: "The Millwall youth team will continue to be so popular, and our future will be affected by other The team poached."

Najib, who looks stiff, replied: "I heard that at home, there were already a lot of scouts from all over the country watching our players."

Aldridge took a bottle of beer and opened it with a sigh: "Not only domestically, Andrew told me that there are many team scouts in Italy and Spain who come to the lion's stadium to watch the ball. There is no way. Millwall has already It has become the focus, but what can be comforted is that those scouts do not represent the giants. Thank God, this is a world of arrogance. The top giants now even look down on Manchester United and will not care about the small role of Millwall. ."

Aldridge is telling the truth, the Premier League is on the rise, and its competitiveness in the European War has not risen to the point of attention. Mo said that in the past few years, he has not even entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League. This year’s new champion Blackburn The direct group stage came out of the bottom, and Europe's eyes have not been aimed at England.

He said that he was afraid of being dug into the wall. In fact, Aldridge was quite stable.

The youth team has attracted the attention of many local teams in England, but they can’t afford more favorable conditions to take away Millwall players, and the first team has attracted the attention of other first-tier clubs in Europe, but it may not be able to impress the players unless It's a real giant. It's the kind of team whose name has been heard by the fans and has offered a sincere offer. Otherwise, it will be difficult to take away Millwall players.

Jenson came over and asked, "How is Nedved?"

Aldridge sighed on his back, "Ten days of rest!"

"grass!"

Jenson whispered in a low voice.

Tolope said with a stern expression: "Makelele suspended, Nedved recuperates, our two main players cannot play at midfield weekend, and Pires was also injured in the last game. Stam was sent off with a red card. By the way, this weekend is the first team to play Newcastle United, but we only have half of the main lineup."

In a long league, there are always a lot of accidental factors that collide together to form big problems.

In the last round of the game, Stam was sent to the Elland Road Stadium because of an elbow kick and was suspected to be sent off by the referee. Maclele was suspended for a yellow card. Pire injured his knee when he fell, not a problem. However, there is also a three-week truce. Nedved felt thigh discomfort during training today. The doctor recommended a 10-day break.

The main lineup is incomplete, but it has encountered Newcastle United, who was crazy in the first half of the league.

As of the 17th round of the league, the Millwall League has 9 wins and 8 draws, ranking third in the league with 35 points. Newcastle United has 15 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and has 46 points in the top of the list. It not only leads Milwall by 11 points, but also leads Manchester United 10 points.

Ten years later, twenty years later, the name Newcastle United, even fans who like the Premier League, will not feel anything special.

But in this day and age, the Newcastle United team in these months is simply a magical team, Tyneside's Hollywood.

So subconsciously, the Millwall coaching staff feels that Newcastle United is now more difficult than Manchester United, at least the results are a good proof.

But Aldridge didn’t care much. He drank a cigarette and drank his beer, smiling: "The league is a long-distance race, some people lead the first half, some people overtake their opponents in the end, and some people exert force halfway but fail to stick to the end. Ferguson He has started to declare war on Keegan. After Cantona’s comeback, Manchester United’s record has improved significantly. They don’t care at all in the UEFA Cup. Now they are determined to regain their lost ground in the league. Ha ha, don’t you think Keegan is a little tender as a spectator?"

Jenson put down his club and walked over to grab a bottle of beer and frowned: "I think that the old Scottish man has signs of madness, belittle Newcastle United and attack Keegan. This is justified, but even with other teams in the league. Once again, it was a bit puzzling, he said that other teams did not do their best to face Newcastle United, which is too irresponsible."

Aldridge grinned: "You think of yourself as Keegan. How would you react to these remarks? Kevin Keegan's player career is so brilliant. He is a character living in applause and flowers. I can’t doubt anyone else. It’s as if he just got an MBA certificate and applied with confidence. As a result, people told him that we are recruiting technical talents. You can go back to school and learn again. I’ll be honest. In the Premier League coaching industry, Ferguson There are many enemies, but the peers all want to be respected and recognized by him. Keegan seems to be tit-for-tat with Ferguson. In fact, he couldn’t help but Ferguson said: Newcastle United is very strong, Keegan’s coaching ability is strong. This is Keegan. What I want most is because of Manchester United, Ferguson is like a mountain on the top of all the Premier League teams."

Jenson understood something and touched his chin softly: "The more Keegan cares, the more he wants to prove himself, which is very bad for the team. If the coach can't calm down, the consequences will be disaster."

"Actually, there is always only one opponent for the team that wants to compete for the championship: yourself. The champion team should not stare at others, especially if you can’t pin your hope of winning on the basis of competitors’ mistakes. Fighting is just fighting with yourself. If you can play the top level steadily, then there is no reason to miss the championship. If you do not win the championship, you can only say that your performance is not as good as the championship team. Ferguson said a few words, just Let Keegan start to lose his position and draw the attention of the outside world to Newcastle United. What about Manchester United? They only need to beat themselves."

Aldridge's words made colleagues nod frequently. They have rarely seen this kind of psychological warfare made by the media before, which is an eye-opener, although this is not new in England.

"After all, what do we do when we play Newcastle United this weekend?"

Torop asked curiously.

Aldrich was confident: "I already have a rough idea. Newcastle United is known to be offensively gorgeous, hehe, then we will welcome them with the most popular strong shield now."

After listening to Aldrich's plan, everyone stopped asking and talked about other topics in life. Everyone played billiards and drank, and the beer night was very pleasant.

In addition to the next match against Newcastle United on the weekend, Millwall will also have a quarter-finals with Manchester City in the next week. As long as they beat Manchester City, then Audridge will be close to Wembley at the end of February next year. The finals have 80% confidence, because the League Cup semi-final is two rounds of host and guest, he is confident to beat any opponent in England within 180 minutes, even if Manchester United and Newcastle United, he is not afraid, because both teams will be for the league And distracted, but Aldridge is more eager for the championship, not only him, Millwall is waiting for the first championship, a full 110 years!

In the eighteenth round of the Premier League, Millwall was overcrowded at the pre-match press conference against Newcastle United.

Aldrich entered the court in a suit and leather style. After sitting down, he said: "Tomorrow is just an ordinary league. Please don’t ask any questions about the league championship. Regardless of the result of tomorrow, the Premier League championship will not happen immediately. "

His remarks made the reporters a little speechless. Their old bankers used this powerful dialogue to create the suspense of the champion suspense. Aldridge shut their mouths in one sentence.

In desperation, a reporter asked: "Will Millwall send a substitute player to play tomorrow? I mean, according to Millwall's style of emphasizing the cup over the league this season, Millwall will make the next week's league. Cup to retain strength in the league?"

Aldridge replied immediately: "No, we value every game. There are many young players in my team. They can compete in the Premier League. At least in this round, we have not lost any game. It’s enough to prove that we haven’t despised or voluntarily abandoned the game. I can announce tomorrow’s starting lineup. Goalkeeper: Keller, guard: Thuram, Elgra, Southgate, Zambrotta, midfielder: Schneider, Vieira, Gattuso, Barak, strikers: Solskjaer, Larson."

When the reporters heard the starting lineup, they all showed strange looks on their faces.

This is very different from all the columns in today's newspaper that predicted Millwall's debut. At least two defenders guessed wrong, one midfielder guessed wrong, and the forward wrong.

What the **** is Aldridge doing?