Coaching legend

“Three points!”

The league has been open for more than two months, and eleven rounds have been played. This is Blackburn’s first victory, so many media have paid attention to this three points.

The Blackburn Evening News used “Three Points” as the title of the report, and Yellen praised Blackburn highly in the newspaper.

"Blackburn Rovers has come out of the slump at the beginning of the season. In these two games, they tied Manchester United and defeated Newcastle away from home. Blackburn Rovers finally got the first three points of the Premier League this season, and Coach Levy also got the first Premier League victory in his coaching career. Coach Levy's Blackburn Rovers have been running-in and gradually showing their strength."

"In the games against Manchester United and Newcastle, Blackburn Rovers had a higher ball possession rate than the opponent, and all of them were away from home. How many teams can have a higher ball possession rate than Manchester United at Old Trafford? George's new Blackburn Rovers can do it."

"Seeing these two games, we all believe that Blackburn Rovers will definitely shine in the hands of Coach Levy."

Steven Yellen praised George and Blackburn Rovers. He also commented on the players in various positions of Blackburn Rovers and praised their strength.

The game was won, and the Blackburn Evening News was also very happy. Blackburn Rovers' performance was not good, and Blackburn Rovers' fans' interest in reading newspapers also dropped significantly. Now that Blackburn Rovers' performance is good, Yellen believes that the sales of newspapers will definitely increase.

However, the bragging of Blackburn local newspapers is useless, and some media do not think so.

Mark Lawrenson, who has always been at odds with George, still did not let George go.

"The draw with Manchester United is just because Manchester United players participated in the national team competition and were very tired. Manchester United lacked physical strength throughout the game, and took the initiative to retreat in the second half. The ability to draw with Manchester United is entirely due to the advantage of having few international players. This is what is commonly called the FIFA virus."

"The victory over Newcastle is not worth mentioning. Newcastle's performance this season is extremely bad. Moreover, Newcastle's top firepower Shearer was absent from this game due to injury. There is no persuasiveness in defeating such a Newcastle."

"These two games are just taking advantage of the schedule."

"George's Blackburn is still the bottom team in the Premier League. How come I don't see any signs of Blackburn's recovery at all. Saying that Blackburn is recovering is completely Blackburn's own boasting."

Mark Lawrenson seems to be determined to oppose George. In fact, everyone has seen that Blackburn has begun to recover in these two games. But Mark Lawrenson would never agree with this view.

But George did not refute Mark Lawrenson. George was already very excited. After two games, the team has completely become what George hoped. With Pires' resurrection on the wing, Pires and Duff can change positions with each other at will.

The activeness of Pires and Duff on the wing plays a very important role in the team's style of play.

They are strong on the wing and can tear apart the opponent's defense. Let Miku and Deco in the middle have more room to play. George's transformation of the team is to control the ball in the midfield and use a pressure-like style of play. This style of play can easily cause the opponent's team's dense defense, and at this time, Pires and Duff need to play on the wing.

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The day after the game with Newcastle, George booked a local bar in Blackburn. In name, it was his birthday, and he invited all the players to celebrate together.

Although George is the head coach of the club, his salary ranks first in the team. There is no player in Blackburn who earns more than 10,000 a week. If Hendry was a little younger, the contract he renewed might have paid more than 10,000 pounds a week. Unfortunately, Hendry is old, and the club will not give him too high a weekly salary.

Therefore, in the entire Blackburn, only George has a weekly salary of 13,000 pounds, while Pires and Miku have a weekly salary close to 10,000 pounds.

So George is now considered a rich man, and it is reasonable to treat a few people to dinner.

After the daytime training, all the players came to the bar that George had reserved.

"Today, everyone is free to do whatever they want. I'm using my birthday to celebrate our first victory. Let go and have fun."

George didn't say anything else, just let everyone have fun. And he didn't join the players, but walked to the other side. Although George is not old and has a good relationship with the players. But George is the head coach of the team after all, and it will still be inconvenient for the players to get in.

"George, I don't think you are celebrating your birthday." Carl came to George and asked in a low voice.

George picked up the glass and clinked it with Carl. Then he looked at the players who were having fun there and smiled.

"Karl, I have never taken my birthday seriously since I was a kid." George took a sip of wine. "Birthday is just an excuse. I am doing this for them. We have made too many moves this summer. Although they have been together for two months, it is still not enough to be teammates on the same team."

This summer, there are five players from France, two players from the Eredivisie, two players from Italy, and of course, there are players from Blackburn, including players from the youth team. It can be said that Blackburn this season is a completely new team.

But it is precisely because they come from all over the place that the phenomenon of grouping is still quite serious. Just like the players from France, especially Miku. As the absolute offensive core of the midfield established by George, Miku almost only talked to French players after coming to Blackburn.

Miku's language ability is really too poor. Although his English has improved in the past three months of study, compared with Pires and Makelele, Miku's English is just like a child. In addition, Miku is not an extroverted player, so when he came to Blackburn, he had a mediocre relationship with players from other places.

And the players George introduced from France, except for Gallas, have become the main players. Therefore, the phenomenon of their grouping is also quite serious.

It is not uncommon for a team's locker room to have some factions, but if it is too serious, it will affect the team's performance. George hopes to take the opportunity of such a gathering to increase their feelings.

Before the party, George had talked to Hendry. He hoped that he could play the role of captain and actively help them truly integrate into the team.

Especially let Hendry take good care of Miku. Let Miku communicate well with the players so that they can cooperate more freely on the court.

Although George had conflicts with Hendry before, he was very grateful to Hendry after entering Blackburn. George not only cleaned up many former Blackburn players after entering Blackburn, but also the players who stayed in Blackburn had become substitutes. Including the main goalkeeper Flowers, he also became a scapegoat.

But Hendry, as the captain, helped George stabilize the locker room. It's hard to say about the new players. But Hendry did a good job of appeasing those former Blackburn players. Although they were all on the bench, no one made trouble in the locker room. This is all thanks to Hendry.

Therefore, George is now more reluctant to part with Hendry. Even if Hendry retires, George wants to keep him in Blackburn.

"George, you are cunning. But there are some things you should pay attention to, and you can't let the team split." Carl gave a thumbs up and praised George.

"It's really not easy to be the head coach of a Premier League team." A head coach is not just about arranging training, formulating tactics, and playing games.

Controlling the locker room is a science, and it is also an indispensable job for a head coach. There are many strong and tactically capable head coaches in the world of football, and they can often lead the team to achieve very good results. But some of them can only leave sadly because they can't handle the problems in the locker room. Such examples are everywhere.

In order to control the locker room, George also learned a lot. Blindly suppressing is not okay, but blindly pampering players is also not advisable. You still have to learn the carrot and stick.

"Boss, happy birthday."

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Although there can't be much change in one night, George is thinking that there should be more such gatherings. Even if it's not drinking, at least the players should have more exchanges.

George, who didn't drink much before, drank a little too much.

The car was just left there, and he took a taxi home.

As soon as he got off the car, George saw a swaying figure. He was very surprised and smiled. "Miranda, why are you here? It would be great if you called me. Look, you are all wet."

The sky was gloomy and it was drizzling. Fortunately, it was drizzling. If it was heavy rain, I would have caught gonorrhea.

Miranda saw George and jumped up.

"Brother George, happy birthday."

Looking at Miranda's smile, George nodded. "Miranda, go in quickly. Change your clothes, don't catch a cold."

While opening the door, George thought of the past. When he was in Burnley, old York and Miranda helped George celebrate his birthday every year. This scene is so familiar and so warm.

"Brother George, you went to drink." Miranda asked George as she entered the house.

George nodded. "We finally won a game, I invited those players to celebrate together. By the way, how is Uncle York? Is he still blaming me?"

If George left Burnley and joined Blackburn the person he felt most sorry for was old York. The friendship with Old York started from George's parents. And later on, Old York was responsible for his life in Burnley.

This guilt made George dare not contact Old York.

"Well, you know my dad's temper. He hates Blackburn the most."

"Come on, Miranda. Go in and change your clothes quickly. You can't continue to wear wet clothes."