Coaching career started as a college team coach

"... What I want to say is that I know the problems you mentioned, and we are working hard to improve them. In the next game, I will show you a different Wolves."

After the video was played, Hodgson raised his hand to close the laptop, and the projection screen on the big screen also went out. Under the lights in the conference room, the Crystal Palace players were silent.

"What do you feel after listening to this, gentlemen?"

"It seems that they have already made up their minds." The team captain Ward frowned and said.

Zaha nodded in agreement.

Hodgson shrugged, "Of course I don't deny that Wolves have really made changes, but what I want to say is that Wolves are really not that strong."

"You also know what happened in the last game. We watched their game against Watford together. In that game, they were basically suppressed in the first 30 minutes."

"We already know a lot about Wolves. Their tactical play, their formation, the strengths and weaknesses of their players..." Hodgson walked off the stage and walked around among the players while talking.

"Of course, we have a way to control them." Hodgson smiled at Zaha, "Use speed to counterattack them. Lyon and Watford have both tasted the sweetness of this."

"After all, their head coach is still an inexperienced character, but they happened to run into Crystal Palace, and I, by chance, coached for a few more years than him."

Hodgson's words made the players laugh, because Hodgson was telling the truth, but where is "coaching for a few more years"? When Hodgson was coaching, Wei Le was not born yet!

Hodgson believes that it is difficult for Wei Le to complete the adjustment of the team's tactics in such a short time.

Even if the adjustment is completed, the poor competitive state of the Wolves players will hardly meet Wei Le's needs.

"He can say whatever he wants, but the result of the game still depends on the players." Hodgson did not comment on Wei Le's declaration, "To be honest, I think his words are more bluffing."

"This is our chance."

"It is often difficult to win against the fifth-place team in the league, but now the fifth-place team in the league is in trouble. What should we do?"

Zaha grinned, stretched out his hand and made a dragging motion, and said fiercely, "We should pull them down!"

"Yes! We should pull them down!" Hodgson laughed with satisfaction.

Selhurst Park ushered in a yellow wave. Although Wolves have encountered some setbacks recently, the determined Wolves fans are still willing to travel to London and dye the half-stand of this stadium, which can accommodate about 26,000 spectators, with passionate bright yellow.

The referee Anthony Taylor squeezed from the end of the team to the front, and the narrow player passage was a little crowded just to accommodate the players from both sides.

As the exciting music sounded, Anthony Taylor waved to the captains of the two teams behind him, "Gentlemen, it's time to go!"

The home team players wearing red and blue striped shirts and the Wolves players wearing black away jerseys walked into the stadium side by side. Three flames shot up from the flamethrowers on the opposite side of the stadium!

The cool fireworks effect of Crystal Palace's home stadium ignited the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene, but the meeting between the two head coaches was not so tense.

Wei Le has great respect for this old coach who has been coaching before he was born. Hodgson was born in the same era as Lippi, and Ancelotti was still a young player when he retired.

He talked and laughed with Ferguson in the 1990s and with Guardiola in the 2000s. And now in 2017, his tactical play can still keep up with the times.

Such qualifications are not available to everyone.

"You young people have caught up, and we old people are under a lot of pressure." Hodgson smiled and patted Wei Le on the shoulder, "You are very capable and will become a great man in the future."

"I hope this will be a wonderful game." Wei Le also responded with a smile.

The reason why Hodgson was calm was that he got the starting lineup of the Wolves, and in this lineup, only one person's position exceeded his expectations.

The Wolves mainly played a 4-2-3-1.

The goalkeeper is Martinez, and the two central defenders are Ruben Dias and Maguire, but in this game Maguire's position is on the left and Ruben Dias is on the right.

Generally speaking, the appearance positions of these two players are Ruben on the left and Maguire on the right. The left back is Alphonso Davies, and the right back has changed.

"Conde? Such a young guy is put in the starting lineup?" Hodgson was a little surprised when he saw Conde on the field. Conde, a young player under 19 years old, played in this game.The appearance in the game was not his first show.

But he did not start many games.

Especially in the Premier League, he did not start at all.

In the midfield, the two defensive midfielders are Dendoncker and Rodri, the attacking midfielder is De Paul, and the center forward is Jota. The left winger is Trossard and the right winger is Bowen.

Compared with Bowen, Almiron's body is relatively weak, and Crystal Palace is such a team that is good at physical confrontation. Their four defenders are very tough and good at physical confrontation.

Hodgson did not expect Kounde to appear. This French guy was originally a central defender and was once highly expected. After coming to England, he was transformed into a full-back.

He played well.

It was just good.

As a traditional full-back, Kounde is quite standard. He is quite strong in one-on-one defense and is good at dribbling, but his passing is not superb.

In addition, the disadvantage of height also led to his neither high nor low.

Although short stature also has its own way of playing, and there are short defenders in the world, Hodgson believes that this type of player will find it difficult to gain a foothold in the Premier League unless he has a special skill.

In this game, Kounde was able to play probably because Doherty is in poor physical condition. Hodgson's view is reasonable, after all, Doherty has played almost every game in the past two seasons.

He is too tired recently, this is a fact. The data provided by Crystal Palace's tactical analysis department can show that Doherty's performance in these few games is far worse than at the beginning of the season.

He is a player who has been figured out by the opponent and is easy to be targeted. One of the reasons is that Hodgson thinks he is very tired now.

If Doherty plays in this game, Hodgson will be happier. In this way, Zaha is very fast and can get behind him.